NEW DELHI: The national carrier Air India has taken disciplinary action against its four employees for allegedly stealing unserved food and dry ration from its planes. In August 2017, Air India had issued an internal communication saying that ground staff and officers often take out unserved food and dry ration “for their personal consumption” on […]
Day: March 6, 2019
Activists, experts decry hurried elevated corridor push
The state government’s decision to go ahead with the controversial elevated corridor has rankled the activists. They are questioning the hurried approach towards a costly project without considering public opinion. The Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL) invited tender for the construction of the 22-km north-south corridor under Phase 1, from the Baptist Hospital to […]
AgustaWestland case: Christian Michel claims in court CBI asked him to implicate certain persons
NEW DELHI: Christian Michel, arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, alleged before a Delhi court on Tuesday that CBI had asked him in Dubai to implicate certain persons in the case, failing which he would face problems in jail. The threat to him was given before he was extradited to New Delhi, he […]
Jewar airport: Papers to be put up before panel, says YEIDA
GREATER NOIDA: The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Tuesday said the bid document and concessionaire agreement for the sanctioned Jewar airport will be put before the Project Monitoring and Implementation Committee (PMIC) on Thursday. Set up by the Centre to expedite the implementation of the Greenfield Noida International Airport, once the PMIC approves […]
Consortium threatens to walk out of Achan waste-to-energy plant construction
A consortium hired to set up waste-to-energy plant at Achan dumping site is likely to walk out of the project on grounds of delay by authorities to perform their job under the agreement. A 5-MW power plant was to be installed at Achan that serves as dumping site for municipal waste generated in Srinagar. As […]
Shivpora residents demand transformer
Residents of Rose Enclave Shivpora have urged the Power Development Department to install a transformer which would cater to the ever expanding households in the area. According to a delegation, the PDD had installed a transformer at Rose Enclave Shivpora when there were 20 households in 1997. Presently the area has about new 150 households […]
Govt nod to air travel of central forces personnel a boon for airlines
The travel portals and airlines have been witnessing a considerable increase in bookings and travel queries on Srinagar sector by the forces personnel. The rise in bookings and queries has come after government of India recently approved air travel for low-ranking officials of the central reserve police force, national security guards and other forces from […]
Jitendra Singh, Advisor Sharma lay e-foundation of bridges
Minister of State in PMO, DrJitendra Singh today laid the e-foundation of CRF Roads, Bridges, PMGSY roads in Doda, Kathua and Udhampur districts in presence of Advisor to Governor K K Sharma. The projects costing Rs. 205.37 crore have long been demanded by the people living in these districts and would provide the necessary connectivity […]
Mughal road tunnel answer to highway woes
The frequent closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway due to bad weather has once again brought the focus back on the Mughal road. The arterial road which connects Shopian with Poonch in Jammu region could provide a safe and all-weather alternative to the Srinagar-Jammu highway. “A seven kilometer long tunnel between Zanzar and Chattapani could serve the […]
Adani in Aussie offensive
The chief executive of the Adani group’s mining arm in Australia has suggested his company could seek a sizeable compensation in case the government there cancels its lease on a $16.5-billion coal mining project in Queensland’s Carmichael. Adani Australia Mining chief executive Lucas Dow made the suggestion before a parliamentary committee reviewing a bill demanding […]
Odisha go-ahead to HPL integrated refinery plan
Odisha has “accorded approval” to an integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL), three years after the company had publicly announced a similar plan for Bengal. A committee headed by Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik approved the Rs 28,700-crore project ($4.05 billion), which will involve a refinery to produce paraxylene and purified terephthalic acid […]
Fresh drill for US crude breather
India and the US have started negotiations to extend the 180-day waiver by Washington on the purchase of Iranian crude in November. Sources said the Trump administration wanted New Delhi to reduce crude purchase as a condition to continue with the waiver. Crude oil imports from Iran have been on a decline since November last […]