action to be taken by the State Government, which is approved. Directions need to be issued to AAI for early completion of the same. For development of Greenfield airport at Kota, 1250 Acres of land acquired by the State Government and handed over to AAI for development of New Greenfield Airport. Sports The city is home to Jay Kaylon Cricket Stadium located in Nayapura area. Among several matches, six Ranji Trophy matches have been played in the stadium. The stadium also hosted RCL T20 2016, an inter state cricket league with six participating teams. Kota has majority of sports teams like Cricket, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Badminton, Shooting, Table Tennis, and Lawn Tennis. Media Television There are five major regional TV Channels in Kota. DD Rajasthan Media House Rajasthan(MHR News) ETV Rajasthan India news Rajasthan Jan TV A wide range of other Hindi, English, and other language channels are accessible via cable subscription and direct-broadcast satellite services. Dish TV, Tata Sky, Radiant Digitek, Airtel digital TV are entertainment services in Kota. Newspapers Major daily newspapers in Kota include: Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi) Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi) Dainik Navajyoti (Hindi) Chambal Sandesh (Hindi) Radio There are five radio stations in Kota, with four broadcasting on the FM band, and one All India Radio station broadcasting on the AM band. All India Radio (102.0 MHz) Big FM (92.7 MHz) My FM (94.3 MHz) FM Tadka (95.0 MHz) Radio City (91.1 MHz) Notable people Umed Singh II Om Birla Ijyaraj Singh Onkarlal Berwa Shanti Kumar Dhariwal Vinod Kumar Bansal Bhim Singh II Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi Krishana Kumar Goyal Shail Hada Taj Haider Hari Kumar Audichya Raghuveer Singh Koshal Shiv Kumari of Kotah Bhuvaneshwari Kumari Nikita Lalwani Pramod Maheshwari Aniruddh Singh Dau Dayal Joshi References Further reading Tod James Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan: Or, The Central and Western Rajpoot States of India Published 2001 Asian Educational Services pp. 407–690 External links Official website of Kota District Metropolitan cities in India