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Emirates special fares for students travelling to US
EMIRATES has introduced reduced fares for students heading to the US for higher studies over the next two months. The special fare will be open to students travelling via Dubai to the US from all five of Emirates Indian gateways, namely Kochi, ...
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SHIPPING
Tuticorin port plans to prepay yen loan
WITH the yen strengthening against the rupee, the Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) plans to prepay a loan taken from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in 1999 for funding the capital dredging project at the port. "The proposal to ...
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Kolkata port to offer sops to use virtual jetty at Saugor island
IN a bid to generate traffic for the virtual jetty, built off Saugor Island at a cost of several crores of rupees, the Kolkata Port Trust has decided to offer concessional rates to vessels utilising the facility. Since the virtual jetty is ...
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RAILWAYS
Balaji Rail bags Singapore order
ALSTOM Transport of Singapore has selected the Hyderabad-based Balaji Railroad Systems Ltd (BARSYL) to execute a project for the Singapore Metro. BARSYL has to design and supply special rail panel transport train sets for use in the ...
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ROADWAYS
India Inc gears up to face truckers' strike
INDIA Inc is preparing contingency plans to counter the impending truckers' strike. While most companies have kept adequate inventory of raw materials to last them for a week to 10 days, they are hoping the strike is called off so that no major ...
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Truckers' strike from tomorrow
TRUCKERS and transport operators under the banner of the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) will go on a nation-wide indefinite strike from August 21 to protest imposition of service tax, the AIMTC President, Mr B.S. Dhumal, said here on ...
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`Golden Quadrilateral will be ready by end-2005'
WORK on the Golden Quadrilateral project will be completed by December 2005, according to the Union Minister of State for Surface Transport and Highways, Mr K.H. Muniappa. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, he said that nearly 75 per ...
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