Government / Ministry News
The oil marketing firms had earlier threatened to halt fuel supplies to Air India from Friday for non-payment of dues ... Read more
CM to inaugurate the work on Eastern Corridor, a multi-crore eco-tourism initiative; neighbouring coastal village of Chellanam to be included into the Sustainable Agriculture Village project at Kumbalanghi ... Read more
Questions had been raised about the viability of such a plan with tight security and various restrictions to visit the Capitol Complex even in the morning ... Read more
Several resorts & hotels in & around the tiger reserves will be affected; state governments to acquire land by paying a compensation and relocate people from the core area for declaring it inviolate ... Read more
An eco-tourism hub would also be created surrounding the Pakhiralaya (bird sanctuary) between Sonakhali and Sajnekhali ... Read more
The maximum number of VoAs were issued at Delhi airport ( 7340), followed by Mumbai (2816), Chennai (1948) and Kolkata (657) ... Read more
Currently, foreign airlines are not allowed to directly invest in Indian carriers for security reasons. However, 49 percent of FDI is allowed by non-airline players ... Read more
Calls for a national policy for the railways that would set forth a revenue model with stress on safety and customer benefit ... Read more
Also asks for a revision of guidelines under which all airlines have to earmark a share of their seats for services to the North-East and Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more
Move follows letter from German lessor saying dues were not being paid on time ... Read more