Mumbai: As many as 44 lakh farmers in Maharashtra will benefit from a waiver of over Rs 15,000 crore provided by the government under the Agriculture Pump Power Connection Policy, an official from MSEDCL said on Monday. The policy facilitates immediate electricity connections for agriculture pumps across the state. The government also provides relief in […]
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Mumbai: Metro sees two lakh ridership for the first time since Covid-19
MUMBAI: Ridership on Mumbai Metro, which operates on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor, has reached the 2-lakh mark for the first time since the pandemic began, but it is still well short of the pre-Covid numbers — 4.5 lakh per day. After the Covid-19 outbreak, the metro line remained non-operational for 211 days. When services resumed on […]
Metro ridership touches 2 lakh but still 50 per cent less than pre-Covid times
MUMBAI: Mumbai Metro’s ridership, which operates between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar, has reached the 2 lakh mark for the first time since the pandemic set in but it is still well short of the pre-covid numbers. During the pandemic R-Infra’s Mumbai Metro One remained non-operational for 211 days (March 22, 2020 to October 18, 2020). A Mumbai Metro […]
Mumbai: Railway pass forger let off on bond of good behaviour
MUMBAI: Observing that release after imprisonment decreases the capacity of an offender to adjust to normal society and association with professional delinquents often has undesired effects on their lives, a magistrate allowed a convicted 25-year-old city-based interior designer’s plea to be let off on a bond of good behaviour after she pleaded guilty to forging […]
Telangana govt to decide on power tariff revision soon
HYDERABAD: The state government is likely to take a decision on enhancement of power tariff and forward the proposals to Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) in a couple of days. Energy minister G Jagadish Reddy and finance minister T Harish Rao held a meeting with Transco, Genco and Discom officials on Monday and discussed […]
‘Stop auction of SCCL coal blocks’
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy on Saturday urged Prime minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw the decision to put to auction the four coal blocks of Singareni Collieries Company Limited in Telangana. “Any decision to auction the four coal blocks in SCCL will disrupt the coal supply in the region […]
Coal case accused Mishra cites ill-health, skips court hearing
Burdwan: Vikas Mishra, one of the accused in the illegal coal mining case, could not be produced before the special CBI court on Monday due to his health condition. Mishra, who is undergoing liver treatment, is currently at hospital inside the Burdwan Correctional Home. He will be produced before the court on December 22. Mishra, […]
Fog-day flights hit by visibility device snag, airlines fear more disruptions
Kolkata: The city airport experienced fog-related flight disruptions on Wednesday morning, when there should not have been any. Airport sources said a critical instrument that measured the visibility in the middle of the runway had developed a snag. That, in turn, led to downgrading of the category of instrument landing system at the airport from […]
AAI planning to build new ATC complex at Chennai airport
CHENNAI: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is planning to build a new air traffic control complex so that the space of the existing one can be used to construct more parking bays for planes at the Chennai Airport. The move is a part of a series of work proposed to augment aircraft handling capacity […]
Chennai: CBI files case against senior NHAI official
CHENNAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a case against a senior National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) official in Tamil Nadu for engaging in a criminal conspiracy with two private contractors — KNR Constructions and Gayathri-SPL. M Muthudayar, who worked as the project director at NHAI’s project implementation unit in Karaikudi, allowed […]
Minerals industry body writes to PMO for resumption of normal coal supplies
Kolkata: With no respite in sight for the continued shortage of coal faced by the non-regulated sector, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (Fimi awards) has written to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) requesting resumption of normal coal supplies by Coal India and availability of railway rakes by the Railway Board. In its letter dated […]
BPCL tie-up with nuclear institute in net zero push
NEW DELHI: India’s third largest refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp said on Monday it has tied up with the country’s nuclear research institute for an electrolyser technology for green hydrogen as it seeks to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. India, the world’s third biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is aiming to reach net zero emissions by […]