The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 29, 2002

IA Bharat Darshan scheme for tickets worth Rs 1 lakh
RESPONDING to demands from the domestic traveller, Indian Airlines (IA) is to introduce `Bharat Darshan' which offers free travel within India for one-week period for tickets purchased worth Rs 1,00,000. The scheme, which comes into effect from ... More

`Escapes' with Jet Airways
IN an effort to woo passengers, Jet Airways has launched `Jet Escapes' offering economy class return fare and accommodation at leading hotels and resorts in various locations including Goa, backwaters of Kerala, Rajasthan, Ladakh and ... More

Qatar allowed flights to Hyderabad, Kochi
QATAR Airways, the national carrier of the state of Qatar, has been permitted by the Indian Government to start operations to Hyderabad and Kochi. This decision was taken at the bilateral air services talks between India and Qatar which ... More

N. V. Sridhar takes over as CMD of Pawan Hans

INFRASTRUCTURE

`Multi-modal movement must be strengthened'
INDIA still lags behind in terms of infrastructure for a broad-based multi-modal transportation system compared to the developed countries of the West. According to the Union Shipping Secretary, Mr M.P. Pinto, efficient and systematic linkage ... More

Tall links
A 230-metre cable bridge, called `Garden city sky way bridge', stands tall against the Bangalore skyline. Owned by Southern Railway and constructed by IRCON in collaboration with BBR India, the Rs 43-crore bridge will be commissioned soon. ... More

SHIPPING

Bid to regulate seamen's placement
THE Union Government will amend Section 95 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 to alter the role of the Seamen's Employment Office (SEO) from a purely recruitment agency to one which monitors and regulates placement agencies and manning agents ... More

Kochi port TUs firm on boycott of KRL tankers
THE Kochi Thuramugha Samrakshana Samithy, a joint forum of trade unions of the Cochin Port Trust, is going ahead with its proposed strike to boycott the tankers of Kochi Refineries Ltd from July 1 until the Kerala Government denotified Manakkodam ... More

RAILWAYS

South-Central Rly plans new services
THE General Manager of South-Central Railway (SCR), Mr S.M. Singla, on Friday reviewed its performance during the last financial year and outlined the programmes to be taken up this year. Mr Singla, who also released the new Railway timetable, ... More

S Rly passenger revenue up
SOUTHERN Railway's revenue from passenger services has gained in strength as compared to freight services because of the change in traffic pattern, according to Mr V. Anand, General Manager, Southern Railway. For instance, the income from ... More

ROADWAYS

Consortium bags Mongolian contract
AN Indian consortium of engineering consultants and financiers has been awarded the construction of a portion of the East-West Highway in Mongolia, known as the Millennium Road. The consortium, led by Intercontinental Consultants and ... More

Karnataka lorry owners plan protest

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