Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy on Saturday urged Prime minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw the decision to put to auction the four coal blocks of Singareni Collieries Company Limited in Telangana. “Any decision to auction the four coal blocks in SCCL will disrupt the coal supply in the region […]
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Coal case accused Mishra cites ill-health, skips court hearing
Burdwan: Vikas Mishra, one of the accused in the illegal coal mining case, could not be produced before the special CBI court on Monday due to his health condition. Mishra, who is undergoing liver treatment, is currently at hospital inside the Burdwan Correctional Home. He will be produced before the court on December 22. Mishra, […]
Fog-day flights hit by visibility device snag, airlines fear more disruptions
Kolkata: The city airport experienced fog-related flight disruptions on Wednesday morning, when there should not have been any. Airport sources said a critical instrument that measured the visibility in the middle of the runway had developed a snag. That, in turn, led to downgrading of the category of instrument landing system at the airport from […]
AAI planning to build new ATC complex at Chennai airport
CHENNAI: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is planning to build a new air traffic control complex so that the space of the existing one can be used to construct more parking bays for planes at the Chennai Airport. The move is a part of a series of work proposed to augment aircraft handling capacity […]
Chennai: CBI files case against senior NHAI official
CHENNAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a case against a senior National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) official in Tamil Nadu for engaging in a criminal conspiracy with two private contractors — KNR Constructions and Gayathri-SPL. M Muthudayar, who worked as the project director at NHAI’s project implementation unit in Karaikudi, allowed […]
Minerals industry body writes to PMO for resumption of normal coal supplies
Kolkata: With no respite in sight for the continued shortage of coal faced by the non-regulated sector, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (Fimi awards) has written to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) requesting resumption of normal coal supplies by Coal India and availability of railway rakes by the Railway Board. In its letter dated […]
BPCL tie-up with nuclear institute in net zero push
NEW DELHI: India’s third largest refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp said on Monday it has tied up with the country’s nuclear research institute for an electrolyser technology for green hydrogen as it seeks to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. India, the world’s third biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is aiming to reach net zero emissions by […]
No proposal to transfer ONGC’s assets to OIL
NEW DELHI: There is no proposal at present to transfer India’s biggest oil and gas producer ONGC’s assets to smaller state-owned firm Oil India Ltd (OIL), Parliament was informed on Monday. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had earlier this year written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider transferring all assets of […]
Mumbai Metro to display art work of ‘Rang de Metro’ contest winners across all its stations
MUMBAI: Mumbai Metro (Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar) stations will display the paintings of artists, who won prizes in the Majhi Metro painting competition held for the year 2021. The winners were felicitated at an event in Ghatkopar on Friday. This year’s theme was Rang de Metro (Painting). R-Infra promoted Mumbai Metro One’s Majhi Metro Festival started in 2013 […]
Delhi’s IGI world’s fifth busiest airport due to revival of domestic travel
NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi International Airport has emerged as the world’s fifth busiest airport this month, thanks to the revival of domestic air travel, and despite postponement of regular international flights due to Omicron. The same reasons have made IndiGo — which flies six in every 10 domestic passengers — the eighth biggest airline […]
Power disruption in several areas this week
Bengaluru: There will be interruption in power supply in several parts of the city because of Bescom’s maitenance work.Dec 13: Adugodi, Subramanyapura Vasantha Vallabha Nagar, Sarada Nagar, Maruthi Layout, ISRO Layout Bikasipura, Mango Garden, Prathima Industrial Layout, Kashi Nagar Lake, Kumaraswamy Layout, Pipeline Road, Vittal Nagar, Vasanthapura Main Road, Puttenahalli Main Road, Nataraja Layout, Acchappa […]
Honour pact with power generators, says Karnataka high court to Escoms
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court has issued guidelines directing electricity companies (Escoms) in the state to honour all duties, obligations and liabilities under the power purchase agreements signed with power generators. As per these guidelines, all Escoms are also directed to make prompt, regular and timely payments in favour of the power generators without delay […]