Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) In a major initiative, the railways have decided to transport large quantities of fly ash from thermal power plants to factories that use it as a raw material in specially designed wagons. Such movement will not only be cheaper but also more environmentally friendly than road transport. This initiative will help reduce prices of cement, blocks and bricks used in the housing sector.The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Ministers…
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Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) Ashish Shelar, Mumbai Suburban Guardian Minister in the Maharashtra government, on Saturday directed the Railways, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), BEST, District Collectorates, Metro authorities and other concerned agencies to prepare an integrated plan and work in close coordination while planning for flood situations during the monsoon season. He was speaking at a meeting to review the desilting works and other pre-monsoon preparedness activities in railway are…
Chandigarh, June 12 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Dhillon on Friday said that as the nation celebrated 12 years of transformative leadership under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the people of Punjab should know the facts about the unprecedented financial assistance, infrastructure development, welfare initiatives and farmer-centric schemes delivered by the Centre to the state during this period. Dhillon stated that contrary to the misleading narrative propagated by ce…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted bail to five people, including CPI-M leader Srijan Bhattacharya, who were arrested on Sunday night during a protest against a hawker eviction drive in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur area.The court granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000 each. The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for November 3.The Alipore Police Court judge said that Srijan Bhattacharya would have to cooperate with the investigation as a condition of bail.Incidentall…
Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) Gujarat has positioned 14 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and 22 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams ahead of the monsoon season as the state administration stepped up preparedness measures with a stated goal of ensuring “zero casualty” during heavy rain and flood situations. The preparedness plan was reviewed at a high-level pre-monsoon meeting chaired by Chief Secretary M. K. Das in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, bringing together senior state off…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) After more than a decade of preparation, India is finally set to launch the Producer Price Indices (PPI) — marking a major shift in the country’s inflation measurement framework. The new PPI series will be unveiled on June 15 alongside the revised Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with a new base year of 2022-23. For many people, the introduction of PPI may sound technical, but the concept is fairly simple.The new framework is aimed at measuring inflation more accurately fr…
Guwahati, May 30 (IANS) Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has achieved another milestone in freight transportation with the successful commencement of the first-ever maize loading from Tufanganj station in West Bengal to Rudrapur City station in Uttarakhand, officials said on Saturday. NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said a total of 1,310.4 tonnes of maize were loaded from Tufanganj station under Alipurduar Division of North Bengal on May 27 for transportatio…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) India’s capital goods industry is projected to see a revenue growth of 12-14 per cent this fiscal, buoyed by sustained government spending, steady capacity expansion in power, mining, oil and gas, metal and auto-linked sectors, and increasing opportunities from emerging segments such as data centres and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, a report showed on Friday.The ongoing developments in West Asia are unlikely to materially impact growth as diversified order book…
Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) RPG Group infrastructure EPC major KEC International has reported a sharp decline in its fourth-quarter earnings, with net profit falling 28 per cent year-on-year (YoY).The Mumbai-based infrastructure engineering and construction company posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 193 crore for Q4 FY26, compared to Rs 268 crore in the corresponding quarter last financial year (Q4 FY25), according to its stock exchange filing.Revenue from operations also declined during the quart…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The Railways on Friday sanctioned three new projects for West Bengal, where there has been a change of regime following the recently concluded Assembly polls, ending the 15-year Trinamool Congress rule and marking the beginning of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the state since Independence.According to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, he had received three separate subject letters relating to the projects from Railway Minister Ashwini …