As Vistara completes six years of flying in India, the airline today announced ‘The Grand 6th Anniversary Sale’. “The sale is intended to inspire people to travel to places where they get the feeling of ‘being at home’, physically or emotionally. The sale is also an acknowledgement of the challenging last year that everyone across […]
Day: January 8, 2021
Tata Power takes over power distribution in western, southern Odisha
Tata Power has taken over the management and operations of Western Electricity Supply Company of Odisha (WESCO) and SOUTHCO Utility upon completion of sale process. Now WESCO and SOUTHCO will operate under the companies named as TP Western Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPWODL) and TP Southern Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPSODL) respectively. As per order issued by […]
Sembcorp Energy India wins 400-MW capacity solar project in Rajasthan
Sembcorp Energy India (SEIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, on Friday said it has won a bid for a new 400 megawatt (MW) solar power project in Rajasthan. It added that the bid was won through its renewables subsidiary, Sembcorp Green Infra, in an auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). […]
IndiGo to resume direct flights on Kolkata-Shillong route from February 1
Private carrier IndiGo will resume direct flights between Kolkata and Shillong from February 1 with the Meghalaya government reopening the state for tourists after remaining closed for almost 10 months due to COVID-19, Airports Authority of India (AAI) said on Friday. The northeastern state was connected with Delhi last month by direct flight services of […]
HPCL-Mittal Energy to shut Bathinda refinery for 40 days from end-January: Sources
India’s HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL), part-owned by steel tycoon L N Mittal, will shut its 226,000 barrels per day (bpd) Bathinda refinery in northern Punjab state for about 40 days from end-January for maintenance, two sources said. During the shutdown HMEL will also carry out work to be able to hook petrochemical units, including a […]
Chennai-Salem project: Plea in SC seeks review of Dec 8 verdict
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its December 8 judgement which upheld the notification for acquisition of land for the Rs 10,000-crore Chennai-Salem eight-lane green corridor project. The petition contended that the top court verdict has “Errors Apparent on the face of the Record” and would result in “gross […]
CBI actions against illegal coal trading helped ECL get better price: agency official
Illegal coal trading in the Asansol-Jharia belt in West Bengal and Jharkhand has stopped completely following raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the matter, and ECL is getting better prices for that, a senior official of the investigating agency said on Thursday. The official said that thousands of crores of […]
Petrol price at all-time high, diesel crosses Rs 81 in Mumbai
New Delhi: Petrol price on Thursday scaled to an all-time high of Rs 84.20 per litre in the national capital after state-owned fuel retailers hiked rates for the second day in a row. Petrol price on Thursday was hiked by 23 paise per litre and diesel by 26 paise a litre, according to a price […]
Amritsar-Pune flight begins
A private operator started daily flights between Amritsar and Pune with a short halt in Delhi. Sameep Singh Gumtala, convener, Fly Amritsar Initiative, said according to the schedule released on Indigo’s website, booking of flight is available till March 27, 2021. The flight operating as Indigo #6E286 departs from Amritsar at 15:45 pm and reaches […]
MC bags energy efficiency award
The Chandigarh MC)has got the first prize in the Municipality Sector of the National Energy Conservation Award. The award will be presented during the 30th National Energy Conservation Awards-2020 function to be held on January 11. RK Singh, Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable Energy and Minister, will be the chief guest […]
Air traffic restored in Srinagar
After four days of inclement weather triggering heavy snow and rain, there was marked improvement on Thursday as the local Meteorological (MeT) Department forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the next seven days. The air traffic was restored from the Srinagar international airport on Thursday after remaining shut for three […]
Petrol price at all-time high, diesel crosses Rs 81 in Mumbai
Petrol price on Thursday scaled to an all-time high of Rs 84.20 per litre in the national capital after state-owned fuel retailers hiked rates for the second day in a row. Petrol price on Thursday was hiked by 23 paise per litre and diesel by 26 paise a litre, according to a price notification from […]