Pothole-ridden roads are nothing new for residents of north Chennai. The Chennai Corporation recently identified potholes, and has taken up patchwork at more than 1,000 locations on non-bus route roads in the five zones. According to officials, 1,386 locations on non-bus route roads were identified for repair works, with the area being 24,918 sq m. […]
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Work at Parivakkam junction to be completed by Pongal
Work to lay concrete and strengthen the Parivakkam junction on the Chennai – Bengaluru Highway will be completed before Pongal. Concrete-laying work on both sides for a length of 200m began on December 22. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) took up repair work at three junctions — Vanagaram, Velappanchavadi and Parivakkam — following […]
IndiGo CEO Dutta seeks to reassure staff
IndiGo’s CEO Ronojoy Dutta on Thursday sought to reassure employees that the airline will continue to chart its growth strategy. This comes amid media reports of a rift between two of its founders. “I want to assure you that the growth strategy of the airline remains unchanged and firmly in place, and the management is […]
Air India to crack down on sexual harassment
Air India chief, Ashwani Lohani, has instructed the airline’s leadership team to “come down heavily” on instances of sexual harassment in the company which were being reported “often.” The order from the airline’s Chairman and Managing Director follows a complaint from a woman pilot about a senior pilot and instructor about an incident on May […]
Reliance-BP combine bids for oil block; Vedanta picks 30
Reliance Industries and its British partner BP Plc have made their first bid for an oil and gas exploration acreage in over eight years by bidding for one of the 32 blocks up for auction in the latest licensing round that saw mining major Vedanta putting in as many as 30 bids while state-owned ONGC […]
DGCA set to take drone operations to next level
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is all set to conduct an experiment to prove the feasibility of beyond visual line of sight operations for unmanned aerial vehicles, where a pilot will remotely track the device The DGCA has invited Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from a consortia of experts comprising a team of expert […]
Peak power demand likely to cross 7,400 MW
Breaking previous records, peak power demand is expected to cross 7,400 MW this summer, electricity discom BSES said in a statement on Thursday. To meet the demand, the distributor said that apart from arranging for adequate power, it had also ramped up the network capacity and made other arrangements. In the year 2018-19, with a […]
Nuclear energy is a safe and reliable option, says Venkaiah Naidu
Nuclear power is not only a safe and reliable option, but is environmental-friendly and an economically-viable source of electrical energy which can significantly reduce green house gases, said Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu here on Thursday. “We have a commendable record of operating our nuclear reactors for over 40 years without any serious incident. With technological […]
Two women workers fatally run over on NH
Two women labourers working on the Chillakallu flyover that is part of the Vijayawada-Hyderabad national highway in Jaggaiapet mandal were run over by a speeding car and killed on the spot on Thursday. Another woman sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment. According to the Jaggaiapet police, the deceased have been identified as Mangatayaru, 60 and […]
Power cut on May 20
Some areas in Belagavi district will face a power cut on May 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The affected areas include Khanapur, Shivaji Nagar, Rumewadi, Otolli, Modekoppa, Nagurda, Ramgurawadi, Karambal, Koundal, Jhadnavaga, Lalwadi, Hebbal, Nandagad, Kasaba Nandagad, Karalaga, Shivolli, Chapgaon, Amboli, Harasanwadi, Asoga, Nersa, Ashok Nagar, Manturga, Shedegali and Hemmadaga villages and surrounding […]
Electricity billing clerk held under Pocso Act
The police on Wednesday arrested an employee of the Electricity Department under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012 on charges of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in her house. According to the police, the name of the accused was given as V. Vinoth, 26 of Abhishegapakkam. A Bill Assessor of the […]
Tambaram Air Force base to be used by smaller aircraft soon
Smaller aircraft, particularly ATRs, may soon take off from the Tambaram Air Force station, as the Chennai airport has been increasingly getting saturated. A mini terminal will be built for passengers to complete the check-in and check-out procedures at the air base. Officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI) said the plan was under consideration […]