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Timings of 19 trains in ECoR's jurisdiction to be changed
With the new Railway time table coming into effect from November 1 this year, the timings of 19 trains originating in the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway (ECoR) would be changed. The trains whose timings would be changed include the Puri-Tirupati express, Puri-Howrah Jagannath express, Puri-Howrah weekly express, Puri-Howrah Garib Rath express, Bhubaneswar-Puducherry express, Bhubaneswar-Chennai express, Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Intercity express, and the Visakhapatnam-Korba express among others.

State's cotton crop likely to rise 15%
Despite recent floods in northern districts and subsequent damage to the standing crops, Karnataka, the sixth largest producer of cotton in the country, is likely to increase its cotton output this year by around 15 per cent to a little over one million bales (1 bale = 170 kgs). The state, which produced 900,000 bales of cotton from 390,000 hectares in 2008-09, had earlier set a target of 25 per cent growth in cotton output and 21 per cent increase in area under cultivation at 490,000 hectares.

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Kingfisher Airlines owes Rs 950 cr to PSU oil firms
Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines owes over Rs 950 crore to state-run oil companies in unpaid jet fuel bills, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said today.
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Rs 110,000 cr highway projects to be executed in 3 yrs

Highway projects worth about Rs 110,000 crore will be executed in the country over the next three years, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways R P N Singh informed the Rajya Sabha today. - Govt to invite bids for 10 mega highway projects soon - Govt admits to delays in 145 highway projects - NHAI identifies 10 mega projects worth Rs 45,000 cr - Govt okays Rs 10k cr highway projects in three states - New highway bidding scheme to save time - Govt to invite bids for three mega road projects "The Government has formulated work plans for National Highway sector for 2009-10 for projects aggregating to 15,911 km," he said replying to supplementaries during Question Hour. Out of this, 11,947 kms are under various phases of National Highway Development Project (NHDP) that are being implemented through National Highways Authority of India at an approximate cost of more than Rs 100,000 crore. The remaining 3,964 km under NHDP Phase-VI-A and other projects are to be implemented through NHAI and the state governments at an approximate cost of Rs 9,892 crore, he said. "These projects are to be implemented mainly on public-private partnership (PPP) basis in next three years," he added.


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