The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 03, 2009

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ACCIDENTS: Massive hunt on for AP CM as copter goes missing
Bell-430 helicopter was last seen over Kurnool flying towards Nallamala forests. Hyderabad, Sept. 2 The mysterious disappearance of the helicopter carrying the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress strongman, Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, in ...

TAXATION: Finance Ministry frees goods moved by Railways from service tax
New Delhi, Sept. 2 The Indian Railways has escaped from the service tax net thrown around it by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in Budget ...

INSIGHT: Why is my favourite brand going downhill?
Jet Airways, which stood for smart and courteous service, now seems to have hit an air-pocket.. I have always been a great admirer of Jet Airways. I have had nothing but praise for this company that to me and several others epitomises ...

ACCIDENTS: Uneasy silence, anxious wait at Begumpet airport
Hyderabad, Sept. 2 The routine five vehicles of the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s convoy with around five security personnel, an uneasy silence and anxious control ...

RAILWAYS: Tata Steel to spend Rs 330 cr on transport facilities at iron ore mines
Installing railway rapid loading system at Joda and Noamundi. Kolkata, Sept. 2 Tata Steel is spending an estimated Rs 330 crore to boost transport and logistics-related facilities at its iron ore mines at Joda (Orissa) and ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Stake dilution in Central Inland Water Transport Corp mooted
The Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) has recommended revival of the ailing Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC) by way of dilution of stake in favour of a private partner, preferably a ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: NMPT container traffic up 12% in April-Aug
Mangalore, Sept. 2 New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) handled 15.23 million tonnes of cargo during the first five months of the current financial year against 15.09 mt in the corresponding period of the previous ...

ACCIDENTS: Speculation abounds as search continues
Hyderabad, Sept. 2 Few thought that the early morning report that the chopper carrying the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has lost contact with the ground control could unfold into a ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Tuticorin port achieves record throughput
Tuticorin port recently achieved new records in daily cargo throughput, according to a press release issued by the ...

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