The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 11, 2006

Mumbai airport: GVK consortium submits Rs 500-cr bid bond
THE GVK-Airport South Africa consortium that has been shortlisted for modernisation and restructuring of Mumbai airport submitted the Rs 500-crore enhanced bid bond to the Airports Authority of India here on Friday. The submission of the ... More

CPI(M) to continue protests against airport privatisation
EVEN as it would continue to support the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided to "force" the UPA Government to bring issues such as foreign direct investment in retail, ... More

AIRLINES

Paramount Air to buy 15 aircraft from Embraer
THE Chennai-based Paramount Airways will sign a Rs 2,250 crore commercial purchase deal with the Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer for 15 jets. Mr M. Thiagarajan, Managing Director, Paramount Airways, said that the deal would be signed at the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Goa calls for global bids for cruise terminal
THE Goa Government will invite international bids to set up a cruise terminal of international standards with major facilities in its inland waterways. A core committee set up under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsing Rane, ... More

SHIPPING

Chennai, Tuticorin ports gearing up
CHENNAI and Tuticorin ports are gearing up to handle large quantities of wheat imports (in bulk). The consignment are likely to start arriving from next month. Both the ports, which have handled raw sugar (in bulk) in the last few months, have ... More

Dredging Corp interim 60 pc
HYDERABAD: Dredging Corporation of India Ltd has informed the stock exchanges that its board of directors at a meeting on Friday has declared an interim dividend of 60 per cent on the paid-up equity share capital. The company said that the ... More

RAILWAYS

Rlys focuses on plans to increase throughput
The Railways now plans to conduct test runs for freight trains for over 6,000 km at a stretch in certain pre-determined sections. More

Railways set to exceed 280 mt coal traffic target
INDIAN Railways will exceed the targeted coal traffic of 280 million tonnes (mt) in the current fiscal, according to Mr A.K. Maitra, Executive Director, Rail Movement, Rail Board. Addressing a seminar on coal organised by Coaljunction here, Mr ... More

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