The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 15, 2003

More Emirates flights from Kochi to Dubai
IN a few days, air travellers between Kochi and Dubai will benefit from five Emirates flights a week, up from the current three. Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, has announced that the added flights will start on April 19 on ... More

IA may be allowed to hedge on ATF
INDAIN Airlines may soon be following in the footstep of the Maharaja. The Government is likely to allow the airline to go in for hedging of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) that it uplifts from abroad. Official sources told Business Line ... More

Air India flights rescheduled
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Air India has rescheduled flights it is operating out of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Riyadh citing technical reasons. Accordingly, on Tuesday, the AI 923 will leave Thiruvananthapuram at 07:30 hrs ... More

SHIPPING

Panel on major port land policy submits recommendations
A HIGH-LEVEL committee set up by the Ministry of Shipping to draft guidelines on the land policy to be followed by the major port trusts has submitted its first set of recommendations to the Government. The recommendations of the seven-member ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Truckers plan to continue stir
TRUCKERS in Karnataka plan to continue the strike in solidarity with their counterparts in other States in line with demands sought for certain national issues, even as their regional issues seemed to have resolved on Monday after discussions ... More

ROADWAYS

Truckers begin strike
TRANSPORTERS under the banner of the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) began an indefinite strike on Monday to press their 10-point charter of demands. Mr J.M. Saxena, Secretary-General, AIMTC, claimed that the strike was a total ... More

Impact of truckers' strike — Fruits, vegetables prices go up in Maharashtra
Among the truckers demands are checks on diesel prices, roll-back of cess imposed on diesel, scrapping of toll tax and the roll-back of excise duty imposed on bare chasis. More

'Strike will add to truckers woes'
The all-India indefinite strike by truckers from today was "unwarranted'', though all the reasons (for the strike) cited by the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) were genuine, feel a section of the truck industry here. "We are forced ... More

Truckers strike
A lorry cleaner takes rest in Bangalore on Monday as the heavy vehicles stayed off the roads in response to the strike call given by the All-India Motor Transport Congress, New Delhi, and the Karnataka State Truck Owners Association. ... More

Partial support in Bengal for transport strike
IT will be a few more days before the impact of the goods transporters' strike can be felt in West Bengal, according to the spokesman for a leading transport company which is a member of the Calcutta Goods Transport Association, an affiliate of ... More

Trucks off the roads in Coimbatore
TRUCKS were mostly off the roads in Coimbatore on Monday following the call for a nationwide indefinite strike given by the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) to press its charter of demands. Mr P. Sengodan, President, State Lorry ... More