PATNA/DEHRADUN: Large-scale smuggling of petrol and diesel has been reported from the Nepal border forcing Nepalese authorities to cap fuel supply. Any vehicle from India in border areas will now be allowed to get only 100 litres of petrol or diesel. In north Bihar, demand for petrol from local peddlers has shot up in the […]
Day: February 23, 2021
Illegal coal mining in Bengal: SC seeks CBI’s reply on plea challenging its jurisdiction to probe
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order which allowed the CBI to investigate a case of alleged illegal mining and transportation of coal in West Bengal without the State’s consent. The top court also refused to grant protection to Anup Majee, the director of […]
Coal India, CRIS ink deal on data ops
Kolkata: For faster and customised automated access to data through Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) of Indian Railways, Coal India on Monday signed an MoU with the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), a wing under the Ministry of Railways. The new data-sharing offers CIL a bouquet of benefits that will help it in rationalising […]
Kolkata inks Kukrahati LNG Terminal deal
Kolkata: The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata, signed an MoU with the Hirnandani Group of Companies on Monday for a jetty-based LNG Terminal along the River Hooghly at Kukrahati in East Midnapore. The storage and re-gasification terminal will have a capacity of 5 MMTPA. SMP is considering this development as a part of the […]
Modi, not Manmohan, ensured Assam gets its due of oil royalty: Pradhan
DHEMAJI: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who ensured that Assam gets its due of Rs 6,000 crore oil royalty which the earlier Manmohan Singh-led UPA government had failed to give to the state. Pradhan, speaking at the function where the prime minister […]
Old KIA runway to function from March-end
BENGALURU: The reconstruction of the old runway at Kempegowda International Airport will be completed in a week and will be opened for use by the end of March, Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Monday after inspecting the ongoing work.He said the illumination has been installed along the mid-section of the […]
Jharkhand petroleum dealers body demands reduction of VAT on diesel
DHANBAD(Jharkhand): Jharkhand Petroleum Dealers Association (JPDA) on Monday demanded that the Hemant Soren government reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on diesel by at least four per cent to bring it at par with neighbouring states. JPDA president Ashok Singh and general secretary Sanjiv Rana said that the price of petroleum products in Jharkhand was […]
High gas, diesel prices in India prompt smuggling of fuel
NEW DELHI: Pump prices are so high in India that some of the gasoline and diesel exported to neighboring countries is being smuggled back through porous land borders. A tanker loaded with 1,360 liters of diesel that was being smuggled to India, where pump prices are at a record, was held last week in Nepal, […]
Larsen & Toubro wins ‘large’ contracts in power transmission segment
NEW DELHI : Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said its power transmission and distribution business has bagged large domestic and overseas contracts across its spectrum of offerings. Though the company did not specify the exact value of the contracts, as per its specification a large contract ranges between ₹2,500 crore […]
Boeing says all 777s with same engine now grounded after United Airlines fire
Boeing Co on Monday said that all 777 jets with the same engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend are now grounded, news agency AFP reported. In a statement Sunday, the company had recommended that all the aircraft concerned should be grounded as US regulators investigated a United Airlines flight which was forced […]
Boeing 747 cargo plane drops engine parts in Netherlands, probe launched
An incident involving a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that dropped engine parts shortly after take-off from Maastricht airport on Saturday is under investigation, the Dutch Safety Board said. The Longtail Aviation Flight 5504 cargo plane scattered small metal parts over the southern Dutch town of Meerssen, causing damage to cars and lightly injuring one woman, […]
Malaysia’s AirAsia Group expects fundraising clarity next month, eyes recovery by 2023
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd expects more clarity on its fundraising efforts, including a government-guaranteed loan, by the end of March, its group chief said on Monday. Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes said the airline was working towards obtaining approval for the loan under a government-guarantee scheme within the next month. […]