Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated 17 developmental projects, including the Sohela-Nuapada stretch of Biju Expressway that has been constructed at a cost of Rs 455.66 crore. He also said that a cancer hospital would be established in Bargarh district as has been demanded since long by local people. Attending a mega farmers’ conclave […]
Day: February 23, 2019
5 petrol bunks to be manned by prisoners inaugurated in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Five fuel retail outlets that would be operated by prison inmates at various locations were inaugurated by Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami through video-conferencing here Friday. Set up at a cost of Rs 10 crore by IndianOil Corporation, the outlets were located in Puzhal, Vellore, Palayamkottai, Pudukottai and Coimbatore. The prisons department and […]
Gadkari to inaugurate, unveil foundation of NH, Namami Gange projects today
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for national highway and Namami Gange works amounting to Rs 5,894 crore at Haridwar in Uttarakhand on Thursday. He will be accompanied by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. The Minister […]
GMR-TERNA JV signs deal for new Crete airport in Greece
NEW DELHI: Expanding its overseas portfolio, GMR Airports Limited and its Greek partner TERNA Group signed the concession agreement for building and operating a new international airport of Heraklion at Crete, Greece. The infra major will construct the first phase of this airport in five years while the project’s concession period is 35 years Greece […]
TSA adds Air India to list of airlines whose flyers can avail its ‘PreCheck’ programme
NEW DELHI: Air India’s direct flights between India and the US are set to get even more convenient for citizens, nationals and permanent residents of America. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of America has now included AI in the list of airlines whose passengers can avail its ‘PreCheck’ programme. “TSA Pre is an expedited screening programme […]
Brent hits new 2019 high on US-China trade talk hopes
Oil prices rose on Friday, supported by OPEC’s ongoing supply cuts and hopes that Washington and Beijing may soon end their trade dispute. International Brent crude futures hit a new 2019 high of $67.60 a barrel, up 53 cents from Thursday’s close. Further gains were tempered by US crude oil production hitting a record 12 […]
Crude oil output falls 4.33% in Jan
Crude oil production during January stood at 2.85 million tonnes while natural gas production stood at 2841.45 million standard cubic meters. An official statement said domestic crude oil production was 4.33 per cent lower while gas production was 5.43 per cent higher in January compared to the same month last year. There was lower crude […]
Banks’ consortium considering Rs 500 crore interim funding to Jet Airways, says PNB chief
NEW DELHI: A consortium of banks is considering an interim funding of Rs 500 crore for debt-laden Jet Airways but a final decision is yet to be taken, Punjab National Bank managing director Sunil Mehta said on Friday. PNB is part of the lenders’ consortium, led by State Bank of India (SBI), that has extended […]
Politics will decide fate of Ratnagiri refinery
The mega refinery project at Ratnagiri could be in cold storage for now but the script could change after the national elections in May. “Politics has prevailed for now but this is only a temporary setback,” said an industry source familiar with the project. Earlier this week, the feuding BJP and Shiva Sena had agreed […]
Fuelling change: TN Prisons dept and IOC to run fuel outlets outside prisons
The Tamil Nadu government has accorded approval to the Prisons department to operate retail fuel outlets on the outer premises of Central prisons across the State. The department has joined hands with IndianOil Corporation for operating these outlets at 11 locations. In the first phase, outlets have been opened at Puzhal in Chennai, Vellore, Pudukottai, […]
SpiceJet announces 12 new direct flights on domestic network, starting March 31
PUNE: The officials said that the airline is the first Indian carrier to introduce daily direct flights on the Bhopal-Surat-Bhopal, Gorakhpur-Mumbai-Gorakhpur and Jaipur-Dharamshala-Jaipur sectors. SpiceJet is also the first budget airline to connect Bhopal, the city of lakes with Delhi. All the new flights introduced will be operational daily, except the evening flight on the […]
EESL to launch Super-Efficient Air Conditioning programme
Partners with BSES Rajdhani Power Limited Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) launched its Super-Efficient Air Conditioning Programme for residential and institutional consumers on Friday. EESL is a joint venture of four Public Sector Enterprises under the administrative control of Ministry of Power. The programme was launched in the localities in the capital serviced by BSES. […]