Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday night said it has completed the emergency oil spill recovery work in the ecologically-sensitive Ennore Creek area by removing 105.82 kl oily water and 393.5 tonnes oily sludge since December 12. The oil spill from the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) refinery in Manali, which was let into the […]
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3 of family booked for beating up 2 employees of power company in Thane
Thane: A couple and their daughter allegedly beat up two women contractual employees of a state-run electricity distribution company when they were returning after disconnecting the family’s power supply over non-payment of dues, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Kalyan town on Wednesday. The two contractual employees of the Maharashtra State Electricity […]
Telangana discoms’ losses mount as govt depts fail to clear dues
Hyderabad: As many as 20 government departments in Telangana owe a whopping Rs 28,842.72 crore to the state discoms. Over the years, government departments have not been paying their power consumption charges regularly and the backlog has been growing. According to the white paper presented in the state assembly by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti […]
Heathrow and JFK – favourite destinations for Indians using our airline: Etihad GM
Bengaluru: At a time when India’s air traffic has taken off big time, with both its domestic airlines winging out to international destinations and international airlines deepening their regional reach in the country, UAE’s national carrier, Etihad Airways is set to launch direct flights from its home Abu Dhabi to Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram from January […]
Govt says 164 planes lying idle at 15 airports
New Delhi: As many as 164 planes are lying idle at 15 airports in the country, the government said on Thursday. Out of the total, the highest number of grounded aircraft is at Delhi airport at 64, followed by Bengaluru (27), Mumbai (24) and Chennai (20). As per data shared by civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya […]
NIIF to invest up to Rs 6,750 cr in GVIAL to develop Andhra’s Bhogapuram international airport
Hyderabad: In a fillip to ongoing works of Bhogapuram international airport in Andhra Pradesh, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NII would be investing upto Rs 675 crore in GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Limited (GVIAL). GMR Airports Limited (GAL), a subsidiary of GMR Airports Infrastructure Limited, and NIIF entered into binding agreements for NIIF to invest […]
IndiGo pays Rs 20 lakh penalty to DGCA over 4 tail strikes
Mumbai: InterGlobe aviation — the parent company of IndiGo — said on Thursday that it has paid Rs 20 lakh towards revised penalty to the aviation safety regulator DGCA for four tail strikes involving some of its aircraft. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had in July issued a showcause notice to the company […]
‘Road construction projects worth Rs 65K cr under way in Delhi, nearby areas’
New Delhi: Work on projects worth Rs 65,000 crore is underway in Delhi and its nearby areas for the construction of roads, highways and expressways, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Work on an expressway connecting Delhi’s Akshardham temple to Dehradun has started. Once it is completed, it will […]
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Dhami honours rat-hole miners, hands them Rs 50,000 cheques
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday honoured 12 rat-hole miners who played a vital role in the rescue of 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel. The rat-hole miners had manually drilled the final stretch of about 15 metres through the debris in the collapsed part of the tunnel in claustrophobic conditions […]
Woman’s accident at metro station: DMRC to give Rs 15 lakh compensation to next of kin
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will provide a compensation of Rs 15 lakh to the next of kin of a woman passenger who died after an accident at a metro station recently, officials said on Wednesday. The incident occurred at Inderlok metro station on December 14 where prima facie it appears that […]
Tamil Nadu rains: Stranded train passengers evacuated after 36 hours
Over 36 hours after they got stranded at the Srivaikundam Railway Station and in a near-by school in Thoothukudi district, nearly 700 passengers of the Tiruchendur-Chennai Express were evacuated and moved to safety on Tuesday. About 800 passengers were stuck at the railway station since December 17 night – about 300 of them were shifted […]
Helicopter deployed; defence personnel begin rescue of stranded train passengers in TN
Madurai: Defence personnel have engaged a helicopter to rescue about 800 train passengers stranded in flood-hit southern Tamil Nadu, an official said. At Srivaikuntam railway station, rope and accessories needed to lift people were lowered from the chopper and a number of passengers, including a boy, were airlifted to safety. “The work has commenced, passengers […]