A delegation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders flew to Silchar but was detained at the airport to maintain law and order in Assam, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday told the Lok Sabha, adding that the delegation members created an "unruly situation at the airport".

The ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday said the party would observe "black day" for the next two days in protest against the "manhandling" and harassment" of a party delegation at Assam airport on Thursday.

A delegation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders flew into Silchar and were detained in the airport to maintain law and order in Assam, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday told the Lok Sabha.

The last two members of a Trinamool Congress delegation which arrived in Silchar in Assam's Barak Valley on Thursday and were confined to the airport are likely to leave on Friday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that members of a Trinamool Congress delegation were "manhandled" by police at an Assam airport and accused the Centre of imposing "super emergency".

Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Saugata Roy on Thursday said a delegation of party leaders, including MPs, which was on its way to Assam to assess the situation after release of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), was "detained" at Silchar airport.

Tension prevailed at Kumbhirgram airport in Silchar in Assam after a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation was prevented by the district administration from going out of the airport and interacting with the people.

Jazeera Airways flight set ablaze as it landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad in the early hours of Thursday. Around 145 passengers on board were evacuated safely by the grace of Almighty. Also, no injuries were reported.

The upcoming greenfield airport at North Goa's Mopa plateau, once completed, will have the potential to handle 30 million passengers annually, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the State Assembly on Thursday.

IndiGo airline on Wednesday launched its Kolkata-Dhaka service from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here, a company statement said.