Less than a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway during a visit to poll-bound Karnataka, commuters on Saturday reported waterlogging in pockets of the 118-km road, with many attributing the ‘hasty’ opening of the highway to its newfound woes. Built at a cost of Rs 8,480 crore, the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway was […]
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PM Modi to inaugurate Whitefield metro line on March 25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the KR Puram-Whitefield metro line on March 25, according to a government source. While Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) didn’t specify when the 13.71-km line would open, the government source said that would happen on March 25 when Modi would be in Karnataka to take part in several […]
HC directs Centre, Delhi govt to help pay DMRC award money it owes to DAMEPL
The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Centre and the city government to attend to the request of DMRC for extension of sovereign guarantees or subordinate debt to enable it to make payment of dues of an arbitral award passed in favour of Reliance Infrastructure-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited. The high court said […]
Godhra train burning: SC to hear pleas by govt, convicts on March 24
The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on March 24 the appeal of the Gujarat government and the bail pleas of several accused who are serving life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, meanwhile, […]
Central Railway’s Mt Everest expedition flagged off
Mumbai-headquartered Central Railway’s General Manager Naresh Lalwani on Friday formally flagged off a mountaineering expedition to Mount Everest. He presented an ice axe with the flag of the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), and the crest of Central Railway Sports Association (CRSA) to Hemant Jadhav, Chief Office Superintendent, working in the Engineering Branch, and Sandeep […]
With electrification of two key routes, Meghalaya to get electric trains for first time
With the electrification of two key routes, the northeastern state of Meghalaya will see the operation of electric trains for the first time, the Railways said in a statement. The Northeast Frontier Railway has achieved the milestone by commissioning a 22.823 track kilometre single-line stretch of Dudhnai-Mendipathar and 34.59 track kilometre between the Abhayapuri-Pancharatna double-line […]
After pipeline blast, GAIL slams BWSSB
A day after a GAIL Gas pipeline leak triggered a blast and injured two people in HSR Layout, the company faulted the BWSSB for failing to comply with the standard operating procedure (SOP) while carrying out its manhole repair work. A senior GAIL official said the civic agency failed to intimate them and ended up […]
Hundreds of flights cancelled in fresh round of strikes at German airports
Strikes at four German airports led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Friday in the latest bout of industrial action to disrupt travel plans in recent months. German union Verdi called on security and ground handling staff at airports in Duesseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart and Baden-Baden to strike over pay and working conditions. Cologne/Bonn […]
Air India makes another voluntary retirement offer for staff
Air India on Friday made a voluntary retirement offer for its non-flying staff, the second such offer by the Tata Group after taking control of the loss-making airline in January last year. The latest offer will be available for permanent general cadre officers who have attained the age of 40 years or above and completed […]
Boeing and Airbus hunting for highly-skilled talent in India
Boeing Co. and Airbus SE are increasingly looking to India for highly-skilled, low-cost engineers to meet a boom in demand for aircraft and expand their manufacturing presence in the world’s fifth-largest economy. Airbus plans to hire 1,000 people in India this year out of 13,000 globally. Boeing and its suppliers, which already employ about 18,000 […]
Rs 99 cr earmarked for flyovers diverted towards minor works in Padmanabha Nagar
The government has diverted Rs 99 crore allotted to build two flyovers in Ittamadu junction and Sarakki signal to carryout 35 minor works. In a rare move ahead of the Assembly elections, it approved the change of works on the request of Padmanabha Nagar MLA R Ashoka. The Rs 99-crore allocation was part of the […]
DK Shivakumar politicised National Highway issue: Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai talked about toll collection on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway. He said that the Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar has politicised the National Highway issue. “We have decided to increase the wages of employees of the Transport Department by 15 per cent. We will issue an order in this regard today. Congress […]