There were 115 passengers on board the 120-seater Airbus aircraft, the official said, adding that the flight will operate twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday.
Singh told reporters that he had pledged to make the offering if Modi was re-elected from his Varanasi parliamentary constituency for a second consecutive term.
Aviation Advisor, Uttarakhand government, Capt Deep Shrivastava, in a press release, said the service will be operational on Wednesday and Saturday every week till October 26.
The 'mela' police will use three advanced drones during the Mela for the first time for aerial surveillance and better crowd management. Besides elaborate security arrangements, a dog squad unit and a bomb disposal squad unit will be on guard.
The event will be hosted at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University and more than 100 personalities from across the world -- nations including Nepal, Bhutan, Italy, Mauritius, and Myanmar -- will participate in this event.
PM Narendra Modi launched the membership drive of the ruling BJP from his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Saturday. PM noted that it will further connect people from all walks of life with the ruling party.
In his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the membership drive of the Bharatiya Janata Party. PM Narendra Modi also addressed party workers, besides unveiling a statue of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at the local airport.
PM Modi to visit Varanasi tomorrow, will launch plantation and membership drive
PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 6, will launch plantation drive to increase green cover in and around the city
In a bold step, two cousin sisters here in Uttar Pradesh married each other against the wishes of their families. The girls then posted a photograph of their ‘marriage on the social media which sent shock waves in the holy city.
Unidentified men shot a man and a woman dead at her house in Jagatpur here apparently over a land dispute.
Narendra Modi thanks people of Varanasi, says UP has strengthen the base of democracy
Narendra Modi thanks people of Varanasi for voting for him in large number. He also offered prayer at Kashi Vishwanath temple.
"I have come to thank with folded hands the people of Kashi and Uttar Pradesh, the voters and party activists" for the BJP's sweeping victory in the Lok Sabha battle, Shah said.
The Prime Minister said he was also grateful to his opponents who fought against him. At the same time, he lamented there was a sense of political untouchability, adding BJP workers were being killed for their ideology in West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala.
Political analysts will have to accept that beyond poll arithmetic, there is chemistry, the prime minister told the gathering in a 'thank you' visit to his parliamentary constituency.
Modi was scheduled to address a gathering of workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during this first visit to his constituency after he won the Lok Sabha elections by a huge margin of 4.79 lakh votes.
Modi, who flew in from Ahmadabad, was greeted by BJP President Amit Shah, Governor Ram Naik, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders at the airport.
PM Narendra Modi is in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today, where he will also pay obeisance at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
CR Patil of BJP has created a record by defeating his nearest rival Patel Dharmeshbhai Bhimbhai (Congress) by margin of 6.89 lakh votes in Gujarat's Navsari Lok Sabha seat. Here's a look at the biggest winners of Lok Sabha Election 2019. PM Modi features at the 5th spot with a win-margin of 4.8 lakh votes.
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