LONDON: Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi an “eloquent speaker”, absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday asked as to why the Prime Minister was not instructing the banks to take the money he had made available to pay off the public funds lent to Kingfisher. On February 4, the UK Home Office has signed an […]
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Airbus to stop making struggling A380 superjumbo in 2021
TOULOUSE: European aviation giant Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world’s biggest passenger jet and one of the aviation industry’s most ambitious and most troubled endeavors. Barely a decade after the 500-plus-seat plane started carrying passengers, Airbus said in a statement that key […]
Telangana: Power supply cut off to irrigation department over dues
MAHBUBNAGAR: Owing to lack of funds, the irrigation department has turned into a power defaulter in Mahbubnagar district, forcing the electricity department to disconnect the power supply.
Restrict power supply in Kawal Tiger Reserve area, Telangana High Court tells government
HYDERABAD: In a significant ruling, a division bench of Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government to restrict power supply in the Kawal Tiger Reserve area, spread over Adilabad, Nirmal, Komaram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial districts. Finding fault with poachers being allowed to set up illegal live electrical wires, the bench made it […]
Inflated electricity bills rectified for 762 TNSCB houses in Perumbakkam
CHENNAI: After an Express article on electricity bills in the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) tenements in Perumbakkam, shooting up tenfold, was published on September 30, the local Electricity Board officials have now rectified the inflated bills in 762 houses.
Can’t pay electricity bill online February 8-11
CHENNAI: From February 8 to 11, online service to pay the electricity bill, will not be in service for localities in the North zone, said a Tangedco release. Also, offline centres present in the north zone of Chennai, will also be closed on February 9 but will be functional on the other two days.
Domestic aviation sector records 18.6 per cent growth: IATA
CHENNAI: There is an 18.6 per cent annual increase in domestic aviation sector considering the rise in Indians preferring to fly across the country last year, according to an International Air Transport Association (IATA) report.
Telangana, AP and Karnataka discoms owe Rs 4000 crore to NTPC
As much as `4,228 crore has remained unpaid to NTPC for over two months from the date of issue of bills by various distribution companies (discoms) in three states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
KREEPA Green Power Expo from next week
KOCHI: The third edition of KREEPA Green Power Expo 2018 – 19, organised by the Kerala Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs’ and Promoters’ Association (KREEPA) in association with the Department of New and Renewable Energy, Kerala Government, ANERT and Suchitwa Mission, will be held at the Bolgatty Event Centre here from February 13-15. Power Minister M M […]
Power to be suspended tomorrow
CHENNAI: For carrying out maintenance work, power supply will be suspended by Tangedco on Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm in the following areas. A Tangedco statement said, power supply will be resumed before 5 pm if work is over.
More than Rs Rs 2,400 crore-worth dues to AAI owed by domestic airlines
NEW DELHI: Domestic airlines owed dues worth Rs 2,448 crore to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) as on January 15, the civil aviation ministry said on Thursday. Dues against foreign scheduled and non-scheduled airline operators stood at Rs 312.27 crore, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a written reply to […]
Black box of Mirage-2000 that crashed in Bengaluru sent to France
NEW DELHI: The black box of the Mirage-2000 trainer aircraft, which crashed in Bengaluru last week killing two pilots, has been sent to France’s Dassault Aviation, the Original Equipment Manufacturer, for decoding of its data, a senior HAL official said Wednesday.