The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 08, 2005

Jet Airways files IPO draft prospectus with SEBI
JET Airways has finally decided to go public. Kicking off the process, the airline on Friday filed its draft prospectus with the capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India , for its IPO. Jet Airways (India) Ltd intends ... More

Naresh Goyal fully owns Jet Airways
MR Naresh Goyal fully owns domestic airline Jet Airways, according to the initial public offer document filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The prospectus says that Jet Airways is owned by Tail Winds, an investment ... More

IA board okays lease of 6 ATR aircraft
THE board of Indian Airlines (IA), which met here on Thursday, has approved a proposal for leasing six ATR 42-320 aircraft and for extending the operations of the airline to 18 new destinations, including Agatti, Gwalior, Ludhiana, Kanpur, ... More

Singapore Airlines' special fares to Sydney, Bangkok
SINGAPORE Airlines on Friday said it would offer round trip fares of Rs 16,139 to Bangkok and Rs 31,000 to Sydney. The fares are part of a special New Year package and will be valid up to March 31. The fares will be applicable only on the SQ ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Geodesic to build seven skywalks in Bangalore
A BANGALORE-based company specialising in design and construction services will construct seven skywalks (footbridges for pedestrians) in the city at an estimated cost of Rs 4.2 crore. The skywalks are part of Geodesic's plans to provide an ... More

TAXATION

Truckloads of confusion
S. Sridharan on the nitty-gritty of service tax levy on goods transport agencies More

SOFTWARE

New biz solution for logistics service providers
TKWs System Information Services has launched XL Document Management System (DMS) to provide business systems solutions for logistics service providers for handling customs related matters. The XL DMS operates at two levels: its in-built dual ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Strike at Benapole warehouse hits exports to Bangladesh
EXPORTS to Bangladesh by land through the Petrapole (India)-Benapole (Bangladesh) border point have remained suspended for about a week now, reportedly due to the strike by agents operating at the Benapole Customs warehouse in Bangladesh, ... More

RAILWAYS

`Efforts on to improve occupancy in MMTS trains'
DESPITE poor response from the public to the Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS), the South Central Railway (SCR) and the Andhra Pradesh Government are hoping that the transport system would take off. Mr T. Stanley Babu, General Manager of SCR, ... More

SCR employees contributions to relief
HYDERABAD: The employees of South Central Railway (SCR) have contributed a day's salary, amounting to Rs 1.56 crore, to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund (PMRF) towards relief work in tsunami-hit areas in the southern coast. Apart from ... More

ROADWAYS

SIAM moots road safety board
THE Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers has appealed for a concerted effort to improve road safety and proposed the formation of a National Road Safety Board to guide road traffic safety efforts in the ... More

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