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Wadias eyeing aviation biz
MR Nusli Wadia, Chairman, Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd, today said the group is "seriously" studying the feasibility of entering aviation. Mr Wadia said the group has submitted its application for a scheduled operator licence to ...
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India, UK agree to raise number of flights
THE long-awaited air services talks between India and the UK may finally be held soon. At a meeting in London between the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, and the British Secretary of State for Transport, Mr Alistair Darling, ...
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Left parties oppose move to privatise airports, write to PM
THE Left parties have again opposed the Government's move to privatise the airports in Delhi and Mumbai. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, Left party leaders, who include the CPI (M) Member of Parliament and Chairman of the ...
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SHIPPING
Surge in VLCC rates keeps sails high for shipping industry
AN unexpected surge in the freight market for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), driven by a growth in demand for crude, has been making the going good for shipping companies during the last few weeks. With the recently revised estimates for ...
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RAILWAYS
Rlys to get latest tech for enhanced safety
IN a bid to reduce railway accidents, the Union Minister of Railways, Mr Lalu Prasad, on Friday, said that the Government was investing in providing latest technology and communication systems. Inaugurating a two-day seminar on `Signalling ...
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Kakinada-Kotipalli rail line to be revived
REVIVING a route that was closed during the World War, the South Central Railway (SCR) is all set to open the Kakinada-Kotipalli line in a couple of months. Briefing newsmen at Kotipalli, 44.9 km away from Kakinada, Mr J.N. Jagannath, ...
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Kerala Railway employees observe 'Demand Day'
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Southern Railway Employees Sangh observed Wednesday as `Demand Day' to press for a slew of demands. A spokesman said here that the sangh had demanded the appointment of the Sixth Pay Commission and an ...
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ROADWAYS
Bannari Infotech to launch Road Speed Limiter
A DEVICE to tackle the problem of overspeeding by heavy vehicles -Road Speed Limiter, developed indigenously by a Coimbatore-based company belonging to the Bannari Amman Sugars group, is to be launched shortly. The company, Bannari Infotech ...
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