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NEW DELHI: Indonesia-headquartered PT Bara Daya Energi, which was earlier disqualified by Coal India Limited (CIL) to participate in its first tender for importing coal, has now been allowed by the public sector major to bid for another tender. Meanwhile, last year in October, the Gujarat government’s power generation arm had terminated its contract with […]

BENGALURU: 2000 was arguably the toughest year for Indian cricket. The team and the public were reeling under the shock of the match-fixing saga which enveloped many prominent names such as Mohd. Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia. All three of them were convicted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and banned by the […]

NEW DELHI/JAKARTA: Angkasa Pura Aviasi (APA), the Joint Venture Company of GMR Airports Limited (Subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited) and Indonesia’s state-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II (AP2) on Friday announced to assume the operational charge of Indonesia’s Kualanamu International Airport in Medan. Kualanamu International Airport was built in 2013 to replace the Polonia Airport […]

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today laid foundation stones for a slew of projects that would benefit the people in the state. The timing of the move is also important as the state will go for polls in November this year. CM Thakur laid the foundation stone of Sabzi Mandi worth Rs […]

TOKYO/NEW DELHI: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe succumbed to his injuries on Friday after he was shot early in the morning. The ex-Prime Minister was in Japan’s Nara city for a campaign speech. He was shot in the neck and the chest. The suspect had been a member of the maritime self-defence force for […]