The Bhubaneswar airport will get its maiden international flight with IndiGo starting a direct service to Dubai from May 15, officials said. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched ticket sales for the flight on the occasion of Utkal Dibasa on Saturday. IndiGo will operate the service thrice a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The […]
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Dubai-bound FedEx aircraft hit by bird, emergency landing at Delhi airport
Authorities at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport declared an emergency on Saturday after a Dubai-bound FedEx aircraft suffered a bird hit soon after take off. Officials said that the step was taken so that the aircraft could land and technicians could check the plane for any technical glitches before fly-clearance. The flight landed safely and […]
Assam: Opposition demands probe alleging corruption in Guwahati flyover contract
The opposition parties in Assam demanded a probe, alleging corruption in giving contracts linked to a flyover in Guwahati. The Congress, Raijor Dal and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) demanded a high-level investigation into the allegations related to the Super Market flyover. “The Super Market flyover was inaugurated on November 4, 2021 by Chief Minister Himanta […]
Sankey Road flyover: Cong slams govt for booking protestors
The Congress on Sunday strongly criticised the Bommai administration for registering FIRs against citizens who protested against the construction of a flyover along Sankey Road. Former minister Priyank Kharge assured citizens that his party would scrap the project and withdraw cases against protestors if voted to power. Wondering if law enforcing personnel are on the […]
From half-done flyover to sustainable transit: Tramway for Inner Ring Road?
Can the half-done Ejipura flyover be repurposed to facilitate a much-longer tram project that can carry more people? Indeed, public transport advocates are rooting for the tramway that could cover the 15-kilometre distance between Baiyyappanahalli and Central Silk Board along the Inner Ring Road. The tramway, they say, will link two metro stations and a […]
FIR against 70 citizens marching in support of Sankey Road trees
Sadashivanagar Police station has booked criminal cases against 70 citizens who participated in a peaceful march to save trees and voice their opposition to the construction of a flyover along Sankey road in the heart of Bengaluru. The move has received widespread outrage among civic groups. On February 19, 2023, citizens marched along the footpath […]
Toll plazas likely to go from Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway
The Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway is set to become one of the few national highways without toll plazas. The NHAI is working on a plan to use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology to collect toll charges on the newly upgraded national highway, an official said. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) currently uses ANPR technology […]
Bengaluru metro extends hours on IPL match days
Metro trains will run for extended hours on IPL match days on the Baiyappanahalli-Kengeri and Nagasandra-Silk Institute lines. The extended timings will come into effect after IPL matches on April 2, 10, 17, 26 and May 21. Accordingly, the last metro train from the terminal stations (Baiyappanahalli, Kengeri, Nagasandra and Silk Institute) will leave at […]
Output of 8 key infra sectors record almost flat growth at 6% in Feb
Production of eight infrastructure sectors recorded an almost flat growth rate of 6 per cent in February as against 5.9 per cent in the same month last year, according to official data released on Friday. The output of core sectors had increased by 8.9 per cent in January 2023. Barring crude oil, all the segments […]
As fuel becoming more costlier in Kerala, petrol dealers close to Karnataka, TN borders worried
Kerala vehicles might head towards petrol pumps in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu from Saturday as petrol and diesel will become costlier in Kerala as the state budget proposal to impose a cess of Rs. 2 per litre is coming into effect. Many petrol pumps close to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu borders in Kerala, especially those […]
Govt keeps APM gas price on hold, cuts rates for Reliance
The government on Friday left the price of APM gas, used to make CNG and fertilisers, unchanged pending a Cabinet decision on capping rates, according to an official order. While the price of natural gas from legacy or old fields was left unchanged at $8.57 per million British thermal units, the rate for the fuel […]
IISc’s new micro supercapacitor could power e-cars, medical devices
Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP) in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a tiny device capable of storing an enormous amount of electric charge. The novel ultra-micro supercapacitor is smaller and more compact than existing supercapacitors and can potentially be used in devices ranging from streetlights to consumer […]