Stay out of Mumbai surveillance project, may seek new allies for future
India's gross domestic product (GDP) can grow at seven per cent or more, provided the process of reforms is expedited, the World Bank has said.
Nitin Gadkari, national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, had Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani to 'high tea' last evening at his Nagpur residence. The meeting was termed a 'courtesy call'.
The Supreme Court order asking the government to implement the inter-linking of rivers project is expected to change the water situation. Former minister Suresh Prabhu, who headed the task force on this project during the NDA rule, explains the necessity of the project.
Infosys is close to signing an agreement with the state-run Maharashtra Airport Develop-ment Corporation (MADC) to set up an IT campus at an investment of Rs 460 crore (Rs 4.6 billion) at the Nagpur SEZ.
Jet Airways, the largest domestic airline, will merge its no-frills brands JetLite and Jet Konnect and operate under the brand name of the latter.
Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation.
The state government move comes after cases of forgeries and fraud in property dealings increased. The circular has been issued by the Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps.
The 3,000-odd cabin crew of Jet Airways cabin has been asked to take a day's leave without pay each month as a cost-saving exercise.
Maharashtra is facing trouble on two fronts: economic development and fiscal management.
The no-frills brand is poised for a big leap by debuting in some international routes as well.
Though the ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party have punctured the Opposition's plan to cash in on anti-incumbency, price rise and corruption, in the municipality poll results in Maharashtra, it is a wake-up call for the former. The Congress, which had emerged as the single largest party in the 2009 assembly elections and bagged 17 seats in the Lok Sabha elections held in the same year, failed to keep its tempo as its NCP partner won more seats.
The Air India management has reached an agreement with pilots from the erstwhile Indian Airlines on the contentious issue of pay parity. Fearing another agitation from the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), the airline's management has agreed to the union's demands for fixed allowances each month.
David Tyler, visa chief at the consulate, said the number of applications for tourist, business and education visas had reached the pre-September 2008 level and they were likely to issue 200,000 visas this year.
The government-owned airline has 63 narrow body planes from Airbus, including the A319 and A321.
The Maharastra government has given the City and Industrial Develoment Corporation (Cidco) an "in principle" approval to hand over 150 hectares of land for the ambitious project.
Kingfisher Airlines is exploring hiving off its engineering department into a separate maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit. This is one of several measures being considered by the airline management to tide over its current financial crisis.
His debt woes may continue and losses double, but the King of Good Times was clearly in a defiant mood at a press meet in a packed venue in a suburban hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday.
MMRDA official said that it was already in talks with the World Bank to get funding for the MTHL project.
Now, the 65-year-old leader completes a year in office. It's another matter, which he has yet to settle several administrative and political problems.
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