The government had last week decided to set up the 51 airports to enhance air connectivity to small cities in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
Non-IT sectors like industrial products, construction dominated the hiring trends.
HPCL is the largest supplier of jet fuel to Kingfisher.
Gold prices on Wednesday jumped to all-time high of Rs 30,420 per 10 grams in the bullion market here on the back of soaring demand ahead of the wedding season amid firming trends in global markets.
The number of passengers in the suburban sector rose 1.48 per cent to 3,210.93 million between April 2009 and January 2010, from 3,164.05 million in the year-ago period. However, earnings rose around 2.5 per cent to Rs 1,441.72 crore (Rs 14.41 billion) from Rs 1,406.73 crore (Rs 14.06 billion).
The central government may, however, advise state authorities to continue with strict curbs in COVID-19 containment zones in the worst-affected 30 municipal areas that account for 80 per cent of the positive cases in the country. These 30 municipal areas are from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Odisha.
The UFBU is an umbrella body of nine bank employees unions of the country and claims to have members from public, private and foreign banks. "We are on strike from today as Indian Banks' Association did not concede to the bank unions demand for the wage hike," said United Forum of Bank Unions convener C H Venkatachalam.
Closure of tanneries pulls down domestic finished leather exports and local price of raw-skin.
The introduction of these new flights would help IndiGo cross 650 flights mark as the it would offer a total of 671 flights per day connecting 39 destinations.
Construction activities for modernising and expanding the Kolkata and Chennai airports by the Airports Authority of India will begin by the end of next month, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Thursday. Replying a question on the government's recent decision to allow charging of user development fees by the private operator of the new Hyderabad airport, Patel said "We are considering the same for the new airport at Bangalore."
The government is looking to plug loopholes in the Indian customs law provision that allows tax exemptions for gifts up to Rs 5,000 and trade samples up to Rs 10,000 sent to India from abroad.
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday announced lower fares starting from Rs 1,430, inclusive of all taxes and charges, across its network.The offer is valid for tickets purchased on its website from June 10-12 for travel between July 1 and September 15, the carrier said in a statement.
India will switch to the world's cleanest petrol and diesel from April 1 as it leapfrogs straight to Euro-VI emission compliant fuels from Euro-IV grades now -- a feat achieved in just three years and not seen in any of the large economies around the globe. India will join the select league of nations using petrol and diesel containing just 10 parts per million of sulphur as it looks to cut vehicular emissions that are said to be one of the reasons for the choking pollution in major cities.
In a major bonanza to over 37.5 million mobile customers, the Department of Telecommunications announced the introduction of 'number portability' in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
Cleaning operations were on full swing at airports across the country on Friday after the nationwide agitation by airport employees was called off on Thursday.Flight operations were normal at the four metropolitan airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, Airport Authority of India sources said.Heaps of garbage that had collected during the two-day strike and dirty toilets were being cleaned up on a top priority basis to restore passenger amenities.
The broadcast regulator, TRAI, on Friday announced an increase of about 7 per cent in cable rates, both conditional access system notified and non-CAS areas in the country.
Expressing concern over the huge losses, the Standing Committee on Railways has asked the authorities to look into the specific reasons for substantial losses and initiate urgent steps to improve their functioning without imposing additional financial burden on travelling public.
Women from Mumbai top the list of divorcees across the country in 15-49 age group, says a new government survey. "In Mumbai, 0.4 per cent women in 2005-06 have opted for divorce while in Delhi, it is 0.2. Kolkata and Chennai follows with 0.1 and 0.2 per cent respectively," Women and Child development Minister Renuka Chowdhary told Rajya Sabha, citing the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
A latest survey by economics research firm Indicus Analytics has revealed that cities like Gurgaon that are most preferred to earn a living, are not among the best places to live.
In a move that will bring cheer to rail commuters in Mumbai, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Monday said suburban train services in Mumbai would be increased.
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While Gurugram sees biggest drop in house prices, housing sales in Bengaluru dropped by 45 per cent followed by Kolkata, a 44 per cent decrease, and Ahmedabad, a 42 per cent decline.
The Tata Group and Singapore's Changi Airports International have agreed to jointly bid for the modernisation works of airports at Chennai and Kolkata as also vie for similar projects in non-metro airports.
Fares to key routes such as Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad may shoot up 80 per cent
Consumers in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai may have to shell out up to 50 per cent higher monthly cable bills in the second phase of the roll out of the conditional access system
Hit hard by infrastructure chaos in Bangalore, Siemens Ltd has decided to stop its expansion in the city, J Schubert, managing director, Siemens said on Friday.
Dubbing the handling of CAS as a monumental blunder, a forum of 50 consumer organisations has sought the prime minister's intervention in ensuring that a regulatory mechanism is put in place and a transparent and consumer friendly system rolled out.
The offer is applicable to airline's all domestic destinations, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, a company official said.
Trial runs of this train are being conducted.
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