The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 16, 2006

MODERNISATION
New look for Mumbai
Imagine 40 million passengers every year taking off from and landing at the Chahatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai, which caters to half that figure. Visualise the airport handling one million tonnes of cargo per year, ... More

Master plan for Delhi
The process of new world class airports coming up in Delhi and Mumbai has started in right earnest with the Government receiving the master plans for the two metro airports earlier this month. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), the ... More

SHIPPING
Vizhinjam can be ideal transhipment hub
Giant container ships More

India must think big on ports
It is just over a half a century since the first container ship, the IDEAL X, sailed from Newark to Houston in the US on April 26, 1956. The ship carried 58 containers and 15,000 tonnes of bulk petroleum. Since that small beginning, a ... More

`Involve Transchart'
Shipping companies have not been taken by surprise by the Government's proposal to extend its permission to IOC to make its own shipping arrangement by one more year. In fact, the companies have been preparing themselves for a further reduction ... More

BPCL, HPCL seek nod to charter ships for oil imports
BPCL and HPCL have approached the Petroleum Ministry to allow them to charter ships for oil imports directly instead of going through Transchart, on the lines of similar dispensation given to IOC. Senior officials told Business Line that ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Indian, AI told to seek staff feedback on merger
`Merger not to result in job losses' More

RAILWAYS
Rlys seeks dedicated spectrum band
Even as cellular operators are clamouring for more spectrum, the Railways has sought a dedicated wireless frequency from the Wireless Planning Commission (WPC) for installation of its GSM-R equipment. While the WPC has allocated eight pairs of ... More

In the hot seat
THE ANDHRA PRADESH Chief Secretary, Mr Jandhyala Harinarayan, is in the driver's seat of a John Moors Morris Ajax Fire Engine during a vintage car rally organised in connection with 40th anniversary of the South Central Railway in Hyderabad on ... More

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