CHENNAI: Budget airline IndiGo has announced new direct flights between Abu Dhabi and north Kerala district Kannur from May 9. Extending its international presence, the airline will operate daily non-stop flights from the coastal city of the southern state to the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the airline said in a release on Friday.
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Ambani-Adani’s joint power play?
NEW DELHI: The purchase of a 26% stake by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in a Madhya Pradesh power project owned by Gautam Adani’s Adani Power is seen as a ‘landmark’ development in India’s corporate world. However, this partnership is rather driven by current electricity norms around captive power units and there are rarely […]
‘What policy prioritizes goods train over passenger?’: Chhattisgarh HC asks railways
RAIPUR: Expressing serious concerns over the frequent cancellations and unscheduled suspension of passenger trains in Chattisgarh, the state High Court asked the railways to file a reply within three weeks as to under what policy were the freight trains have been given preference. In South East Central Railways (SECR) zone, the profit-making zone of the […]
Construction firm behind Silkyara tunnel donated Rs 55 crore in electoral bonds to BJP
NEW DELHI: Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC), which is constructing the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, a portion of which collapsed last year, purchased Rs 55 crore worth of electoral bonds and donated the entire amount to the BJP, as per data released by the Election Commission. A total of 41 workers were trapped after […]
ISRO’s ‘Pushpak’ makes flawless landing in Karnataka’s Chitradurga
BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has added another feather to its cap by successfully demonstrating the autonomous landing capability of ‘Pushpak’, the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), as part of its RLV-LEX 2 mission. The second experiment in the series was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka, at 7.10 am […]
India looking at Africa for critical minerals, says mines secretary
NEW DELHI: India is looking at Africa for minerals, including cobalt, and other critical minerals, Mines Secretary V L Kantha Rao said on Friday. The country is still engaging with Australia for lithium blocks, he said. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, the secretary said, “In Africa, we are looking at […]
Family of five burnt alive in Jaipur after LPG gas leak causes fire in house
JAIPUR: A young couple and their three children were burnt alive when a fire broke out due to an LPG gas leak in their house while changing cylinders here on Thursday, police said. The fire engulfed their rented room in Vishwakarma police station area of Jaipur and none of them could escape, they said. The […]
1 killed, several feared trapped as under-construction bridge collapses in Bihar’s Supaul
SUPAUL: One person was killed and several others were feared trapped as a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed in Bihar’s Supaul district in the early hours of Friday, officials said. Police said that the mishap took place near Maricha between Bheja-Bakaur when a slab of an under-construction bridge being built over the Kosi river […]
Coal imports see modest rise of 1.65% during Apr-Jan period
NEW DELHI: The country’s coal imports witnessed a modest rise of 1.65% during April-January period of current financial year (FY24) as against the same period in the previous year (FY23), according to data compiled by Mjunction Services Ltd, a B2B e-commerce platform. Total imports reached 212.24 million tonne (MT) in FY24. The data also showed […]
JSW-MG Motor eyes 33% EV mkt share by 2030
NEW DELHI: Billionaire Sajjan Jindal wants to disrupt India’s electric passenger vehicle (PV) industry by recreating the “Maruti moment” of the early 1980s. His steel-to-port conglomerate JSW Group and China’s SAIC Motor on Wednesday finalised joint venture (JV) ‘JSW MG Motor India Pvt Ltd’. MG Motor is a legacy British brand owned by Shanghai-headquartered SAIC […]
Japan Airlines buys 42 aircraft from Airbus, Boeing
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan Airlines said Thursday that it is buying 42 airplanes from Boeing and Airbus as part of a drive to boost its international and domestic operations. 32 new aircraft from Airbus and 10 from Boeing in orders worth billions of dollars. The firm said it would “introduce a total of 21 Airbus A350-900 […]
Local trains cancelled in Chennai-Gummidipoondi section for three days
CHENNAI: The Southern Railway has changed the schedule of trains in Chennai-Gudur section for three days to facilitate engineering maintenance between Ponneri and Minjur railway stations from 9 am to 11.30 am. According to a press statement, Chennai-Gummidipoondi local train leaving MMC complex at 9 am and 10.35 am, will be partially cancelled between Minjur […]