The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 22, 2005

Aircraft acquisition: AI board to meet in Mumbai on April 26
THE multi-billion-dollar 50 aircraft fleet acquisition plan of Air India, which has been in the making for some time now, could soon become a reality. The airline board is scheduled to meet in Mumbai on April 26 and is expected to take a view ... More

IA cancels flights of Hyderabad-Singapore-Hyderabad sectors
HYDERABAD: Indian Airlines has cancelled the flights IC-561/562 operating on the Hyderabad-Singapore-Hyderabad sectors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from April 23 to May 7. An IA release said passengers holding reservations on ... More

SHIPPING

Shell-Total combine commissions LNG terminal, port at Hazira
Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Total Gaz Electricite Holdings France, two of the private liquefied natural gas (LNG) providers in the world, on Thursday formally announced the inauguration of the Hazira LNG Terminal and Port at Hazira in Gujarat ... More

Haldia may lose tea traffic to Kolkata Dock System
A MOVE is afoot to ship Amingaon (Guwahati) inland container depot's (ICD) tea traffic through Kolkata Dock System (KDS) in preference to Haldia from the forthcoming tea shipment season due to begin in May/June. If the move succeeds, Haldia ... More

TAXATION

Tax on goods transport agency services — DGST to withdraw controversial letter on scope of abatement
THE ongoing confusion over the scope of 75 per cent abatement for computing service tax on goods transport agency services may soon get resolved. The Mumbai-based Director-General of Service Tax (DGST) has decided to withdraw his controversial ... More

RAILWAYS

Pakistan may send rly officials here for training
A day after the Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, left India, a three-member delegation of senior Railway officials from Pakistan visited the Lucknow-based Research, Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) of the Indian Railways. The ... More

Rlys earns Rs 13,105 cr from coal transport
DRIVEN by revenues of Rs 13,104.79 crore from the transport of coal to steel plants, thermal powerhouses, washeries and other users, Indian Railways registered freight earnings of Rs 30,844.13 crore in fiscal 2004-05. Freight earnings from ... More

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