Hyderabad: The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has threatened Telangana that it would discontinue power supply if the outstanding bills of Rs 1,356.06 crore were not cleared.
Day: February 6, 2019
Power supply to be suspended in Velachery West on Wednesday
CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in Velachery and KK Nagar areas in Chennai from 9 am to 5 pm on Wednesday (February 6) for maintenance work. Power supply will be resumed before 5pm if work is completed, according to a release from Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation.
Training aircraft crashes in Baramati, student pilot injured
MUMBAI: A trainee pilot was seriously injured after the Cessna training aircraft he was flying crashed in Baramati on Tuesday.
Mumbai: Iconic Boeing flight simulator, Air India’s 1st, now open to public
MUMBAI: Four years after Air India’s first-ever flight simulator, Boeing 747-200, was gifted to the Nehru Science Centre, Worli, it has been made accessible to the public.
Air fares to & from Mumbai to soar 20-50% till end of March
NEW DELHI: Flying in and out of Mumbai on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays till March 30, 2019, is going to cost anywhere up to 25% more than regular fares. The Mumbai airport will see no flight movement between 11am and 5am on these days till March-end, except March 21, (Thursday, when it will operate full […]
WOW! Check out the first supersonic jet to launch soon
Boeing announced a partnership with Aerion, a Reno, Nev.-based company pioneering next-generation supersonic aircraft. As part of the agreement, Boeing made a significant investment in Aerion to accelerate technology development and aircraft design, and unlock supersonic air travel for new markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
GAIL Q3 net profit jumps 33%
GAIL India Ltd, the nation’s biggest gas utility, on Tuesday reported a 33% jump in December quarter net profit as it sold more natural gas and transported higher volumes.
‘SECI holds consultations to make solar energy marketable’
In response to a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Poddar regarding auction for solar energy, Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy and Power RK Singh said that the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has been holding consultation with project developers and financing institutions in a bid to make tenders marketable.
Maurya asks PWD engrs to adopt latest roads construction technique
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday asked engineers of Public Works Department (PWD) to follow the latest technique in construction of roads and adopt Chanakya Software from the coming financial year.
13,255 villages have no all-weather roads
There are a total of 50,178 villages in the State as per the Road Core Network prepared under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and, of them, 13,255 villages have no all-weather roads. This was revealed from the information furnished by Rural Development Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh in the State Assembly in response to […]
Pilots shut down wrong engine after take-off: DGCA probe on 2017 bird strike incident
New Delhi, Feb 5 () While engine number 2 of the flight was affected due to bird strike, the pilots on GoAir’s Delhi-Mumbai flight decided to shut down engine number 1, stated a report of Indian aviation watchdog DGCA on the incident that occurred on June 21, 2017.
With mounting salary dues, Jet pilots give ultimatum to airline; say ‘final call’ next month if not paid in February
NEW DELHI: With cash-strapped Jet Airways so far not getting any fund infusion or new investors, its pilots now seem to be running out of patience. They have warned that if the salary default takes place this month also, they will collectively take a “final call” in March.