TIRUPATI: Tirupati Airport’s potential as a machine, repair, overhaul (MRO) hub for aircraft servicing in the country was showcased at the Invest India Meet held in Hyderabad on Thursday. Releasing a report on the occasion, Tirupati MP Dr. Maddila Gurumurthy thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for identifying the […]
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Electrification of Dharmavaram-Pakala section enters last leg
Tirupati: Electrification works taken up on 228-km Dharmavaram-Pakala railway line have entered the last leg, as South Central Railways (SCR) has completed energising the tracks between Pakala and Kalikiri in Chittoor district. Dharmavaram-Pakala section, which was converted into broad gauge in 2011, is one of the major rail routes under Guntakal Railway Division. Various trains, […]
Cochin Airport to facilitate 1190 flights per week starting from Sunday
Kochi: India’s third busiest airport, Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) will facilitate 1190 flights every week from Sunday as India will resume commercial international flights from March 27 after a gap of two years. The airport was facilitating 848 flights during the ongoing winter schedule. The Summer schedule released by the airport starting from Sunday […]
Kerala HC declines to stay OMCs’ decision to hike price of bulk diesel purchase
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to stay the state-owned oil companies’ (OMCs) decision to hike price of bulk diesel purchases or restrict them from further increasing the rates, but asked them to explain the manner in which their pricing mechanism worked. The order of the high court came on a plea by […]
Cochin Airport to facilitate 1190 flights per week starting from Sunday
Kochi: India’s third busiest airport, Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) will facilitate 1190 flights every week from Sunday as India will resume commercial international flights from March 27 after a gap of two years. The airport was facilitating 848 flights during the ongoing winter schedule. The Summer schedule released by the airport starting from Sunday […]
Fuel price hiked 80 paise a litre after 4 months; LPG up Rs 50
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 paise a litre while domestic cooking gas prices were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder, ending an over four-and-half month election-related hiatus in rate revision, sources said.
Move to privatise PSUs opposed
HYDERABAD: Demanding that the BJP-led government at the Centre withdraw its decision to privatise public sector undertakings (PSUs) such as the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and others, TS Planning Board vice chairman B. Vinod Kumar on Sunday said protests would be intensified in association with trade unions against the move. […]
Visakhapatnam railway station to implement Centre’s ‘One Station, One Product’
Visakhapatnam: In a first, Visakhapatnam railway station will be implementing the “One Station One Product” concept, informed the Railway Board on Friday. The Central government announced “One Station One Product” in the recent budget.
India defends oil deal with Russia
HYDERABAD: India on Friday defended its decision to buy discounted crude oil from Russia and insisted that legitimate energy transactions should not be politicised. Reports suggested that India’s state-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd bought two million barrels of crude oil from Russia. A few days back, Indian Oil Corp had reportedly bought three million […]
Govt working on establishing charging infra for EVs across country: Pandey
New Delhi: Union Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey on Wednesday said the government is working on establishing charging infarstructure across the country in order to promote faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country. Speaking at industry body SIAM’s 61st Annual Convention, Pandey said various ministries and government departments are collaborating to set […]
Air traveller wins Rs 1 lakh compensation from IndiGo
Hyderabad: A citizen who took IndiGo Airlines to consumer court after he missed a flight had to attend 15 hearings in the court here, but he won the case by a Rs 1 lakh compensation payment order. Didugu Suresham and his daughter had missed their flight from Hyderabad to Kolkata as there was a delay […]
SCCL tops list of 12 profit-making PSUs in state
HYDERABAD: Out of 30 public sector undertakings (PSUs) in Telangana which had furnished their accounts and information, 12 PSUs earned profits of Rs 728.63 crore, 16 PSUs incurred losses of Rs 10,295 crore and two PSUs reported neither profit nor loss, according to CAG report for 2020-21. Major profit-making PSUs are Singareni Collieries Company Ltd […]