The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 21, 2002

IA bonanza in Dubai-AP sector
PASSENGERS who travel by Indian Airlines from Sharjah or Dubai to Hyderabad can now extend their travel to Tirupathi or Visakhapatnam free of cost. The airline has also decided to offer extension of travel free of cost to Madurai for those ... More

Ariana staff training at AI facility
OVER 50 Afghan Ariana Airlines' employees are undergoing training at Air India's training facilities at the Old Airport, Mumbai. The first batch of trainees includes cockpit crew, flight despatchers, cabin crew, maintenance engineers and ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

TN pipeline financial closure likely soon
THE 520-km Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai petroleum product pipeline project is likely to achieve financial closure in the next six to 10 weeks with Indian Oil Corporation and Petronet India Ltd settling their differences. Work on the project, ... More

SHIPPING

A moving experience
Visitors to Singapore's port are likely to be swept off their feet, as much as the cargo, by the degree of automation in operations. More

KPT extends date for Hooghly tender bids
THE last date for submission of tender papers for the Rs 290.36-crore river regulatory work, covering capital dredging, shore disposal and construction of dykes and trimming in the estuary of the Hooghly river has been extended till August 28. ... More

RAILWAYS

Foodgrains power Rlys freight earnings by 11%
The railways earned Rs 8,654.75 crore from freight during April-July this year, representing a 10.89 per cent increase over Rs 7,804.57 crore earned during the corresponding period of the previous year. More

ROADWAYS

`50 pc of public transport services unsatisfactory'
LACK of pucca roads and inadequate accessibility to public transport have been found to affect over half the population in the country. Punctuality of public buses has not been of a high order in the better performing States, and are very poor ... More

Ships in Ports

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