PEDDAPALLI: The votes of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) and Allied Industries workers will mostly likely be the game changers at Peddapalli Parliamentary constituency. In the 2014 Parliamentary polls, TRS’ Balka Suman won the seat with a majority of 2,91,162 votes. In the recent Assembly polls, TRS won all segments in the constituency except Mathani […]
Day: April 1, 2019
First SpiceJet flight from Hyderabad lands at VSS Airport
JHARSUGUDA: Regular flight services began from Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport here on Sunday with SpiceJet operating daily direct flights to Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata under Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme. “The first flight of SpiceJet landed from Hyderabad and 95 per cent of seats were booked from Jharsuguda. Passengers are very happy […]
Bannerghatta Road residents see red over green cover loss
BENGALURU: Bengaluru’s tree lovers have come together for a green cause yet again. Angry over the lack of transparency while cutting trees for infrastructure projects, the green brigade has called for making public consultations mandatory before clearing the green cover for any development project. Citizens from various parts of the city recently met the Deputy […]
Unpaid pilots to keep planes grounded; Jet Airways says show will go on
NEW DELHI: Even as over 1,000 Jet Airways pilots, who haven’t been paid for the past four months, have decided not to fly from April 1, the carrier late on Saturday expressed its inability to clear the dues immediately. Jet held that it will only be able to clear the remaining 85.7 per cent of […]
Airlines responsible for their financial performance; govt can’t interfere in day-to-day ops: Suresh Prabhu
NEW DELHI: Efficient operations and financial performance are individual responsibilities of carriers, and the government cannot interfere in their day-to-day operations, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said amid Jet Airways crisis and turbulent times of the domestic airlines industry. In view of intense competition, rising costs, shortage of pilots and grounding of planes hurting many […]
Jet Airways pilots decide to wait, defer strike to April 15
The management of crisis-ridden Jet Airways got a temporary relief as its pilots’ body has agreed to give 14 more days to the company to pay their salary dues and deferred its call for halting operations to April 15. “There was meeting with National Aviators’ Guild (NAG) in both Mumbai and Delhi offices. The management […]
Lenders exploring Plan B if no single investor takes control of Jet
Lenders to Jet Airways are exploring the option of readying a blueprint aimed at garnering returns of Rs. 2,636 crore in three years if they do not find a single investor to buy a majority stake in the airline. Under this plan, the lenders are hoping to raise Rs. 5,135 crore through a rights issue […]
Shapoorji Pallonji Infra sells 194 MW solar portfolio to Sprng Energy
Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital (SP Infra) has sold 194 MW of operating solar portfolio to Sprng Energy, a renewable energy platform in India by London-based private equity firm Actis. The deal size has not been disclosed. “A year ago, we decided to divest a part of our operating portfolio in order to redeploy capital for […]
Hyderabad: Bumpy rides to stay as only 8 roads fixed
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has completed a mere 8 works out of 52 road repair works in 10 months. Officials claim that the civic body cannot go ahead with road repair works until pending bills worth Rs 60 crore are released with immediate effect and Rs 80 crore by the month end, even […]
Will secure road connectivity, make smart railway stations: Marri Rajasekhar Reddy
Hyderabad: Residents of the north-eastern colonies of Secunderabad are raising the issue of lack of public transport connecting their areas to the main city, while TRS MP candidate Marri Rajasekhar Reddy is promising to turn all railway stations into smart stations with all amenities. There is a lack of connectivity to the Yapral colonies by […]
AK Purwar likely to chair Jet Airways’ interim management committee
The consortium of lenders to Jet Airways is considering roping in former SBI chief AK Purwar as chairman of the interim management committee as the cash-strapped airline looks for a new investor, a senior official said. The official of the State Bank of India (SBI) also said the lenders are in the process of appointing […]
Jet says can’t clear pilots’ dues immediately
Struggling private carrier Jet Airways has expressed inability to clear salary dues of its pilots, saying it can pay only the balance 87.50 per cent of December pay, amid the looming threat of halting of operations from April 1. Meanwhile, the airline’s pilots body, the National Aviators Guild (NAG), has called an `open house’ of […]