The final phase of the construction of the Nashipur rail bridge in Murshidabad will commence in November this year, more than four years after it was stalled for the second time owing to a land dispute. The project was stalled after local landowners had refused to part with seven acres on the west bank of […]
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Arunachal: Donyi Polo Airport inauguration deferred to October
“Inauguration of the newly constructed Donyi Polo Airport at Hollongi near Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh has been postponed till October due to non-receipt of flight schedule from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA),” state Civil Aviation Minister Nakap Nalo said. The airport was scheduled to be inaugurated on August 15 to mark India’s 75th […]
SpiceJet, Kalanithi Maran seek mediation
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would consider a joint request for mediation between low-cost airline SpiceJet and media baron Kalanithi Maran and his KAL Airways. Kal Airways and Ajay Singh-promoted SpiceJet are locked in a bitter dispute over the failure of SpiceJet to issue certain warrants and non-convertible redeemable cumulative preference shares (CRPS) […]
Ola adds to e-scooter range
The electric arm of the ride-hailing app Ola has launched another electric scooter — Ola S1. The company had entered this segment with the Ola S1 Pro in 2021. The Ola S1 is equipped with a 3 KWh lithium-ion battery pack and gets an ARAI certified range of 141 km, a true range of 101 […]
Monsoon rains dampen India’s August fuel demand
Diesel demand in India fell for the second month in a row as the onset of monsoon chipped away consumption in key sectors like agriculture, preliminary industry data showed Tuesday. Petrol and diesel demand had fallen month-on-month in July. While petrol consumption is almost flat in the first half of August, diesel – the most […]
BPCL to invest Rs 1.4 trillion
State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) will invest Rs 1.4 lakh crore (trillion) in petrochemicals, city gas and clean energy in the next five years as it looks to non-fuel businesses for growth. BPCL, the nation’s second-biggest oil refining and fuel marketing company, is “recalibrating its strategies to leverage emerging opportunities while mitigating risks,” its […]
IndiGo flight delayed by 6 hours over ‘bomber’ message
An IndiGo Mangaluru-Mumbai flight was delayed by around six hours after a female flyer found a male fellow passenger exchanging text messages with someone, wherein he was referred to as a “bomber”, sources said on Monday. As the passengers were boarding the plane at Mangaluru airport on Sunday, the female passenger peered into the male […]
Bodybuilder smokes inside SpiceJet plane, Scindia orders probe
Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday ordered an investigation after a video purportedly showing a bodybuilder smoking on a SpiceJet flight surfaced on social media. The video shows Bobby Kataria, who has 6.3 lakh followers on Instagram, purportedly lighting a cigarette on one of the back rows of a SpiceJet plane. Passengers are not allowed […]
ED calls eight IPS officers to quiz on coal theft
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned eight IPS officers from Bengal to appear for interrogation on separate dates this month at its headquarters in Delhi in connection with its probe into the alleged money-trail in the multi-crore coal pilferage case in Bengal. The IPS officers summoned by the central agency include Gyanwant Singh, Koteswara Rao, S […]
Jharkhand rural electrification work frown, says report
Rural electrification work in Jharkhand is far from satisfactory, according to a standalone report on the implementation of rural electrification schemes in the state. The report was submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to the Jharkhand Assembly on the last working day of its monsoon session. The CAG team conducted a […]
India raises concern over Russian shelling of Ukraine’s nuclear plant
India has expressed concern over reports of shelling near the spent fuel storage facility of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine that could have “potentially serious consequences” for the people and called for mutual restraint to ensure that safety and security of nuclear facilities in the war-torn country are not endangered. The head of […]
JSW to buy green energy assets from Mytrah Energy
JSW Neo Energy, a subsidiary of JSW Energy, will acquire 1753 MW of renewable energy generation capacity from Mytrah Energy for Rs 10,530 crore. “Necessary definitive agreements have been signed between the parties. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and other customary approvals standard to a transaction […]