NO SOFTLANDING IN SIGHT FOR $20-BN RAFALE DEAL.
Which means this deal will not be done this fiscal ended March 2015.��� Also, sources have indicated that there could be budgetary issues too as the Modi government is more focused on social programmes. Hence paying the��.
SpiceJet extends flight cancellations till 31 January
On 5 December, the aviation ministry asked SpiceJet, which was raising some of its working capital through advance ticket sales, to stop sales of tickets more than a month in advance. That restriction came after the airline cancelled around 1,800.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 26.06.10
The UPA Governments decision to free petrol from all pricing controls ��� which has led to a steep increase in its price ��� and raise the price of diesel as well as LPG and kerosene could not have come at a worse time. While as a principle. It is obvious that Fridays price hike will adversely impact both wholesale and retail prices: The Government says inflation will climb by nearly one per cent; a more realistic figure would be in the region of two per cent. In other words��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.09.09
Indeed, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the military colluded with his nefarious activities and the CIA was aware of this fact, although the American Government chose not to pull the plug till such time Libya struck a deal with the US and came clean on its nuclear.. Well, in a way Mamata Banerjee has, as she followed up on her promise made in her Railway Budget speech earlier this year and unveiled the new Duronto trains earlier this month. Literally��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 17.03.10
No builder will be deterred from cutting corners or shortchanging the Government and the people of this country if the liability is negligible... HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. OPEN SESAME IN ACADEMIA. Foreign investment in higher education affects the 160,000 Indians who go abroad every year to study less than the 14 million who study at home. It affects even more those nine.. She embarks instead on a year-long pilgrimage to Italy, India and Indonesia!
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 15.07.10
To generate enough traffic to have an effective return on the massive investment, it needs to become a hub with various feeder routes funnelling passengers to it, who can then take direct flights to global destinations. Doing this is truly... As part of its Re-Imagining India series (www.hindustantimes.com/reimaginingindia), this paper has reported how a handful of inspired, energetic bureaucrats and politicians have shown that governmental India can work as a team.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 20.12.10
More important than the $ 20 billion business deals that are to be inked during the visit, it is likely that Mr Wen will revive Beijings plan to build a China- Persian Gulf railway corridor... Though the government still can, and often does, clamp down on these channels of free speech when they cut too close to the bone, in recent times there have been far too many instances that suggest the authorities would rather use this option sparingly and instead go with the tide,��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.06.11
But the fact that the decision to delay the Monsoon session comes at a time when the Government is confronted with anger verging on outrage across the nation over the scams and scandals that continue to tumble out of its closet as well as its... The 100 per cent cut-off for admissions in some colleges not only reflects an unhealthy surge in expectations but also comments on the nature of the examination system which celebrates rote learning and produces robots��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 09.03.10
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMEN. In the brows-furrowing debate about whether the Government of India should hold talks with the Communist Party of India (Maoist), one fundamental question is being relegated to the side:... The Survey laments the decline in private investment in agriculture, but the Budget does not get into the issue of the incentive mechanisms for revival of agriculture... We must as a nation embark on such an effort.
Rail budget 2015: Govt to embark on investment splurge; cut in passenger fares.
An Indian railway signalman talks on a radio at a railway station in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad. Railways minister Suresh Prabhu is scheduled to present the railway budget in Parliament. (AFP Photo) .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: Editorial 01.08.09
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. BITE THE PRICE BULLET. The continuing story in the inexorable rise of food prices is that the population is growing faster than grain output. At an estimated 1.5 per cent, the annual rate of increase in.. With a cut-off date thats more recent the government makes it easier for builders and slum redevelopers to persuade people to vacate space for the necessary redevelopment in exchange for the promise of a better tenement once��.
Bangalore Metro finds raising low-cost capital challenging
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL), which has embarked on the second phase of the network with a projected cost of around R26,400 crore, is exploring ways to retire the high-cost debt it had taken for the first phase by floating bonds before the.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 21.12.09
Senior railway officials say that by the time the next rail budget is due a little over two months from now, Mamata may not even want to introduce it for fear of presenting a dud. By then, the.. Despite the serious competition from road transport, more revenue was generated through innovative measures, even while keeping the basic passenger fare untouched. Freight tariff.. More often than not one may have to think twice before embarking on dressing differently.
India to embark on rail investment splurge thanks to cheap oil
February 25, 2015 9:08 am / Leave a Comment / vijay. India to embark on rail. There are high hopes that his nine-month-old BJP government will plough money into investment in infrastructure needed to haul the economy out of a rut when it presents its first annual budget on Saturday.. ���There is no plan to cut passenger fares,��� a senior government official told Reuters. At the same time, revenues from freight are expected to increase as the economy improves. Freight heavily��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.12.10
For the Trinamool Congress to belatedly wake up to the oppressive burden of rising prices on the aam admi and to declare that it will launch a campaign is a neat and easy gambit; it can attack the State Government for failing to control.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. OUR TAKE. NOT ENOUGH CRITICAL MASS. India fittingly concluded a hectic year of diplomacy with a State visit by its oldest strategic partner. However, what was missingat the conclusion of Russian President��.
Column: Building Asias new arc of prosperity
New frontiers of cooperation are being explored by the Centre with crucial reforms like the raising of FDI limits in defence manufacturing and railway infrastructure. The government has identified manufacturing, connectivity and infrastructure as the.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 09.09.09
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. DONT FEEL AT HOME. The government has taken its austerity drive so much to heart that it has decided not only to keep a sharp eye on the public wallet but also on private ones. So, the Minister.. While industry has shown signs of growing, corporate profits in Q1 are more due to cost cutting and weak commodity prices rather than topline growth... It has already suffered a loss of Rs 2 crores out of its total budget of Rs 4 crores.
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. cut in passenger fares. - Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times *Rail budget 2015: Govt to embark on investment splurge; cut in passenger fares.* *Hindustan Times* An Indian railway signalman talks on. 1 hour ago.
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC): Biggest project of.
The government has already initiated concrete steps to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modis promise of building 100 smart cities ��� eco-friendly cities which use innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for efficient delivery of public.. Downplaying concerns of delay, Amitabh Kant, managing director of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMIC), says the project will be delivered on time... HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 24.08.09
FROM IDOLS TO IDEOLOGY-DILEEP PADGAONKAR. 4. NO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OF USE IF GANGA DRIES UP. 5. EXTRAVAGANZA EXTRAORDINAIRE. 6. DARK LAUGHTER-JUG SURAIYA. HINDUSTAN TIMES. 1.. After all, some of entrepreneurs are as guilty as Government Inspectors as they seek to take short cuts and avoid strict compliance with rules and laws... Many airlines set their fares predatorily low to lure passengers away from rail travel.