With a focus on five key pillars — exceptional customer experience, robust operations, industry-best talent, industry leadership, commercial efficiency — Air India on Thursday unveiled its comprehensive transformation plan. The plan is called “Vihaan.AI”, which in Sanskrit signifies the dawn of a new era, with identified objectives for Air India over the next five years. […]
Category: The Pioneer
The Pioneer
Dilapidated roads to be repaired after rains: CM
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday declared that the dilapidated roads of Raigarh district will be repaired or reconstructed as soon as the monsoon ends. At a cost of Rs 467 crore, the 260 km of roads of Raigarh district will be repaired, he said. People of Dharamjaigarh had raised the issue of poor […]
Govt to approach capital market this month to raise funds for road projects: Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the government will approach the capital market this month to raise funds for road projects. Addressing an event here, he said toll revenue of the NHAI will soar to Rs 1.40 lakh crore per annum in next three years from Rs 40,000 crore per annum currently. “This month, […]
Karnataka aims to convert 35,000 buses into electric by 2030
Karnataka Transport Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesday said the state government aims to convert all 35,000 buses into electric vehicles by 2030. The Minister was responding to a question raised by Congress MLA Tanveer Sait in the legislative assembly, during the question hour. “There are about 35,000 buses, there is demand to make all buses […]
Discoms say arrangements made for hassle-free process
Hours after the Delhi Government launched a phone number 7011311111 to opt for the power subsidy through a missed call or WhatsApp message, the discom officials on Wednesday said that adequate arrangements have been made for a hassle-free process for consumers. According to Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) spokesperson, they will be extending options […]
LoP Bidhuri: Delhi Govt has no money to give power subsidy
The Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Wednesday slammed Delhi Government over the move of waiving of the power subsidy by default instead the people who want to continue to avail the subsidy had to apply for it, in the national Capital. Bidhuri said that the Kejriwal Government has made the […]
Now Delhiites to get power subsidy only if they opt for it
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Wednesday that Delhiites can avail the benefits of the free electricity scheme from October only if they opt for it by giving a missed call on the phone number 7011311111. After giving the missed call, the consumers will receive a message with a link and by clicking on it, […]
Delhi residents to get power subsidy only if they opt for it, applications open: CM Kejriwal
Delhiites can avail the free electricity scheme from October only if they opt for it, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Wednesday. At a press conference here, he said people can now give a missed call or send a WhatsApp message on 7011311111 from Wednesday to avail the free electricity scheme. With this move, the […]
Consumers in Delhi can give missed call to opt for power subsidy from today: CM
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said online and offline methods will be made available to consumers to opt for power subsidy from Wednesday. At a press conference here, he said power consumers in Delhi can give a missed call on 7011311111 to opt for the subsidy from today. Kejriwal said many people wanted to give up […]
141 passengers evacuated from AI Express plane at Muscat airport following smoke warning
As many as 141 passengers were evacuated from an Air India Express plane at Muscat airport on Wednesday following a smoke warning, according to an airline source. The incident happened while the Kochi-bound Boeing 737-800 aircraft was taxiing and after the warning, the passengers were evacuated as a precautionary measure, the source said. There were […]
French court to rule on Yemeni plane crash that killed 152
A French court was expected to issue a verdict on Wednesday in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean in 2009, killing 152 people. The Yemenia flight departed from Paris, picked up more passengers in the southern French city of Marseille and made a stopover […]
Coal India shares rise nearly 2%
Shares of Coal India rose nearly 2 per cent in the morning trade on Tuesday as the government is set to auction 10 coal blocks under commercial coal mining this week. Shares of Coal India opened at Rs 233, then gained 1.64 per cent to Rs 235.30 apiece on BSE. On NSE, the scrip opened […]