Ashok Gajapathi Raju: News
Ashok Gajapathi Raju is a senior leader of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and a former Member of the Parliament and the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as well. Raju belongs to the royal Pusapati family of the erstwhile princely state of Vizianagaram and is the Hereditary Trustee of the Vizianagaram Samsthanam Temples. He entered politics with Janata Party in the late 1970s, getting elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Vizianagaram (Assembly) constituency. He switched to the TDP upon its formation in 1982 and won consecutively in the 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, and 1999 elections on the party ticket from Vizianagaram. In 2004, Raju lost the seat of Vizianagaram to Veerabhadra Swamy Kolagatla in the 2004 Assembly polls. He returned to his former constituency as an MLA in the 2009 elections, and in 2014, was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Vizianagaram (Lok Sabha) constituency. Between 2014 and 2018, Raju served as the Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi Government until TDP broke away from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
10 Mar 2018
Andhra PradeshPM Modi gives Suresh Prabhu additional-charge of Civil Aviation Ministry
Commerce and Industries minister Suresh Prabhu was given additional charge of Civil Aviation Ministry, a day after President Kovind accepted the resignation of TDP's Ashok Gajapathi Raju.
08 Mar 2018
Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh special status: Two TDP ministers resign from Cabinet
Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Y S Chowdary, two TDP ministers in the BJP-led NDA government, today submitted their resignations to PM Modi.
03 Jan 2018
IndiaCenter considering proposals to rename nine airports
Nine airports in India might soon have different names, if approved by the civil aviation ministry.
14 Dec 2017
DelhiFlight delay: Aviation Minister calls up AI chairman, three suspended
Passengers of a Delhi-Vijayawada Air India flight yesterday had to sit inside the plane for 1.5 hours waiting for take-off.
05 Nov 2017
IndiaAir India selling flats worth Rs. 50cr to SBI: Sources
Even as the strategic sale of Air India (AI) proceeds, reports have emerged that it is in advanced talks with SBI for the sale of two residential properties.
22 Sep 2017
MumbaiMumbai airport main runway operations resume after 26 hours
Flight operations at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport gradually resumed a day after a SpiceJet flight overshot the main runway 27, which remained non-operational for 26 hours.
10 Sep 2017
IndiaAir India's debt may get excluded for stake sale
Centre may keep out a part of Air India's debt to draw investors.
07 Sep 2017
IndiaBefore privatization, clear our dues, appeals AI pilots to Center
Privatization will be supported if the pending allowances are cleared.
07 May 2017
IndiaAs security becomes pricier, flights get costlier
Looking at the increasing security threats, the Centre has decided to requisite the services of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to guard India's 98 airports. This will mean that flyers will have to pay more as airfares will increase with an imminent hike in passenger security fee (PSF).
07 Apr 2017
MumbaiIIT-Bombay gets notified for software piracy
The Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay) was recently served with a 'license non-compliance' notice by a proprietary software major.
