Additional expenses like Covid tests and insurance premiums and frequently changing health and travel norms continue to make international travellers feel apprehensive and so despite several new routes opening up from Kolkata, the bookings are low. Tour operators said high fares due to less number of flights along with the additional costs were keeping many […]
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India to resume scheduled international flights from Dec 15
Scheduled international flights to and from India will resume on December 15 after a gap of around 20 months. The resumption of flights will be based on the coronavirus risk levels of individual countries, according to a government order. The aviation ministry’s order has divided countries into three groups on the basis of the Union […]
Park Street flyover to be shut on December 4 & 5
The Park Street flyover in the heart of the city will be shut to traffic from 10pm on December 3 to 6am on December 6 for a load test of the structure. Senior officials of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) — the agency responsible for the maintenance of the flyover — has informed police […]
Kolkata Metro tokens to be available from November 25
Tokens will be back for Metro Railway passengers from Thursday, the carrier said. “Tokens are going to be re-introduced in North-South and East-West Metro from November 25. These tokens will be issued from the counters of all the stations,” Metro Railway said in a statement on Monday. Tokens were suspended from March 2020 to combat […]
Union minister of state for railways visits Sevoke-Rangpo rail route site
Raosaheb Patil Danve, the Union minister of state for railways, on Monday visited the site of the Sevoke-Rangpo rail route that will connect Rangpo, the bordering town of Sikkim, from Sevoke station in Darjeeling district, some 20km from here. He inspected two tunnels and a bridge along the route and asserted that the project would […]
Govt assigns 2 officials to handhold Deocha-Pachami mining project
The state government has posted two officers in Birbhum, including one in the rank of additional district magistrate, to solely look after proceedings related to the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine project in the district. Officials said the decision to appoint these officials for the project showed how keen the government was to start it without […]
No fuel without Covid-19 vaccination proof in Dhanbad
The Dhanbad district administration has ordered fuel outlets to refill only to people who show a proof of Covid-19 vaccination, a move meant to ramp up inoculation in the coal hub of Jharkhand which is lagging behind. On Sunday, Dhanbad additional district magistrate (law and order) Kumar Tarachand said the initiative has been done to […]
India working on ways to release crude oil from strategic storages
India is working on ways to release crude oil from its strategic storages in tandem with other major economies to dampen prices, a top government official said on Monday. The US had last week made the unusual request to some of the world’s largest oil-consuming nations, including China, India and Japan, to consider releasing crude […]
Brokerages give mixed views to RIL shelving Aramco deal
Brokerages have given mixed views to Reliance Industries (RIL) shelving a proposed plan to sell a 15 per cent stake in its oil-to-chemical business to Saudi Aramco. This comes even as the Saudi oil giant said on Sunday that it will continue to look for investment opportunities in India. Analysts at Credit Suisse said the […]
Jharkhand News Digest: Dhanbad sheds dependence on DVC for power supply
Dhanbad: Coal town has opted to make alternate arrangements for power supply in a bid to tackle power cuts plaguing the city. Dhanbad Municipal Corporation in an attempt to have continuous power supply for its residents has got into an arrangement with Tenughat Thermal Power station and Dumka grid. The move aims at decreasing the […]
Bengal to gauge response before starting Deocha-Pachami project
The state government will wait for a month before it starts any work on the ground for the Deocha-Pachami coal mining project so as to feel the pulse of local people on the Rs 10,000-crore rehabilitation package that was announced on Tuesday. The decision was taken to ensure that the 21,000-odd people, who will be […]
Cong to launch stir against price rise from November 14
The Congress will launch a 15-day nationwide mass agitation programme from November 14 to highlight the issue of inflation and price rise. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal charged at a press conference that price rise is destroying livelihoods and adding to people’s woes and that it has been caused by “destruction of the economy, deepening […]