The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 23, 2008

SIA looking at Vizag, Tiruchi routes
Chennai, Feb. 22 Singapore Airlines is preparing to launch a flight connecting to Visakhapatnam. The service, however, is likely to be provided by Singapore Airlines’ wholly owned subsidiary, Silk Air.“We are also seriously ... More

Deccan Aviation raising Rs 1,600 cr
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INFRASTRUCTURE
GMR finalising aerotropolis plan at Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Feb. 22 The GMR group is finalising a plan for developing an aerotropolis around the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.“We have received the report from CPG. But we need to make certain changes in the ... More

SHIPPING
Development work on at Nagapattinam port
Nagapattinam, Feb. 22 The Rs 44.50-crore development work being carried out with financial assistance from Asian Development Bank in the tsunami-hit Nagapattinam port is progressing at a fast pace. The projects will be completed in a few ... More

Cargo: Vizag port surpasses record
With 39 days still to go in the financial year, the Visakhapatnam port surpassed the previous best of 563.85 lakh tonnes (lt) of cargo achieved during 2006-07, according to a press release issued by the port authorities on Friday.The ... More

RAILWAY BUDGET
Will the Railway Minister dare to think differently?
In election year Lalu Prasad may not go in for hard options More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Kolkata airport staff's strike
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EVENTS
‘Pvt sector should play vital role in design development’
Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President, and Mr M. Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, have asked the private sector to wake up to huge opportunity and move on to the next level of design development.During inauguration ... More

RAILWAYS
Overloading of rail wagons continues despite enhanced limits
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Rlys plans 4,000 km route for 25-t axle load
New Delhi, Feb. 22 Indian Railways is planning to strengthen tracks to be able to run 25-tonne axle load rakes on about 4,000 km of rail tracks next year, up from the present level of 1,000 km. On iron ore routes, 25-tonne axle loads ... More

‘Common’ sight
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Eastern Rly posts 9.8% drop in freight traffic
Between April and January (2007-08), Eastern Railway (ER) posted 9.8 per cent drop in the throughput of the originating freight traffic at 35.18 million tonnes (mt) compared with 39 mt in the corresponding period of 2006-07.The extent ... More

ROADWAYS
Foreign cos take to highways
New Delhi, Feb 22 Indian road construction projects seem to have caught the fancy of large foreign players in a big way. Out of five successful bidders for projects to widen four lane highways to six lanes which were announced today, foreign ... More

Going off the roads
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PEOPLE
Agarwal given addl charge of KPT
Mr Praveen Agarwal, Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust, has been given the additional charge of Chairman of Kandla Port Trust with effect from February 21, according to a press release issued by the Kandla Port Trust. An officer of the Indian Revenue ... More

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