The state government has budgeted Rs 89 crore this year to upgrade airport infrastructure in tier-II and tier-III cities in Karnataka to promote regional air connectivity, infrastructure minister RV Deshpande said on Wednesday. His comments came hours before the government launched its first regional air service –Chennai-Mysuru-Chennai route at Mysuru, coinciding with the Dasara festivities. […]
Day: September 21, 2017
Railways looking at ways to speed up electrification process: Piyush Goyal
The Railway ministry is looking at ways to speed up the electrification process as it would help cut down Rs 16,000 crore expense on diesel, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today. He said the ministry is consulting all the people who are involved in the electrification process. The important things which are involved in the […]
Vedanta power plant closure: Odisha green board revokes order
Vedanta Ltd today said it will resume power generation at three power plants after Odisha State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) revoked its earlier order to close mining conglomerate’s five such units. On September 14, the metals and mining major had said that it has been directed by the SPCB to temporarily close five units of […]
Oil prices steady ahead of key OPEC meeting
Oil prices steadied on Thursday, holding most of their recent gains before a meeting of oil producers that could extend production limits aimed at clearing a glut that has depressed the market for more than three years. Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other producers meet in Vienna on Friday […]
How Air India engineers braved the rain to restart Mumbai airport in 24 hrs
More than 90 people worked for 24 hours in incessant rains to pull out the SpiceJet aircraft weighing 41 tonnes that kept the primary runway of Mumbai airport shut and disrupted operations at the country’s second busiest airport. “The advantage was that our aircraft recovery kit is based in Mumbai itself, so our men were […]