The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 13, 2002

Mumbai-Puttaparthy IA flights to resume
INDIAN Airlines is to resume its seasonal flights between Mumbai and Puttaparthy in Andhra Pradesh, effective July 14. According to a press release here, the flights will operate twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays, with Airbus A 320 ... More

IA, Alliance Air to reschedule flights from June 15
INDIAN Airlines and Alliance Air will be rescheduling some of their flights from June 15. According to a press release, the daily evening Airbus A 320 flight to Kolkata will now leave Chennai at 1955 hours and reach Kolkata at 2200 hours. The ... More

Fly Club Class, have life jacket
WHAT if your flight lands in water? If you are a Club Class passenger, a life jacket will keep you afloat. If you are an economy traveller..."hang on to that seat cushion," announced the airhostess cheerily. The safety instruction, on a ... More

SHIPPING

Mercator posts Rs 7.54-cr net
MERCATOR Lines Ltd, engaged in coastal cargo movement, has reported a net profit of Rs 7.54 crore for the year ended March 2002. This is more than double the Rs 3.28-crore recorded in the previous year (2000-01). The company has declared a ... More

Kolkata port, DCI sign fresh contract
THE Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has signed a fresh maintenance dredging contract with the state-owned Dredging Corporation of India (DCI). The contract will be valid for five years, subject to a review after two years, it is learnt. As per the ... More

Kerala: Islanders demand alternate land

RAILWAYS

Full I-T exemption for privilege, free passes of railway staff
This means that the railway employees including the officers will not have to pay I-T on the perquisite value of their privilege passes and PTOs. The decision of the Finance Ministry was conveyed by the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, to the Rai lway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar. More

If Concor draws more business, E. Rly will build more depots
THE Eastern Railway has plans to invest further on new container depots in Howrah and Dankuni, besides extension of Cossipore depot, if more business is offered to Concor (Container Corporation), a sister organisation of the Indian Railways. ... More

ROADWAYS

Work on Bangalore-Mysore corridor to start soon -- LIC to invest Rs 100 cr as debt in project
LIC will invest Rs 100-150 crore as debt in the proposed Rs 2,000-crore Bangalore-Mysore Corridor Project (BMCP), its acting Chairman, Mr A. Ramamurthy, said. "We will not pick up any equity,'' he added. HUDCO and PNB are also among the ... More

Karnataka Govt mulls highway patrol

Karnataka: Bids for highway project soon

Ships in Ports

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SAIL raises Rs 500 cr for funding VRS

I-T: Of non-filers and under-reporters

LIC set to venture into Sri Lanka

Industrial growth in April rises marginally to 2.9 pc

Survey soon on corruption in five S. Asian countries

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Guide to derivatives

Looking back
Jun. 2-Jun. 8
Chennai Container Terminal: Is it boxed in by low tariffs?

Chennai Container Terminal issue -- Ministry stays clear of P&O-TAMP face-off

West coast ports are `unsafe destinations' -- Insurers impose war-risk premium on foreign ships