A Vellayan (Murugappa group) Age: 58 Profile: Chairman of Chennai-based Murugappa Group Rank: 55 Family wealth: $ 1.02 billion Insights: - Wants to stick to values such as integrity and trust - But says decision making will have to be faster Sometime in 1945, AMM Vellayan, the second son of AM Murugappa Chettiar, went back to Burma to take stock of the wealth his family and his community left behind...
11:38 AM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: State-owned oil marketer Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has resumed fuel supplies to Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines. Sources say Kingfisher owes HPCL approximately Rs 100-130 crore and a non-payment of due had resulted in the fuel stoppage. Nearly six Kingfisher flights (KFA) out of Delhi airport were delayed on the supply interruption. The airline had also stopped check-ins for the time being. Sources say KFA and HPCL are...
07:46 AM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: There are perhaps just a couple of projects that have changed the dowdy image of Indias infrastructure in the past 10 years. For the most part, the Indian infrastructure story has almost been saddled with a continuing narrative: Crumbling roads, creaking bridges, dirty airports, polluted water and unreliable power. The $ 13 billion Golden Quadrilateral project " linking Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata through nearly 6,000 km of...
03:12 PM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: Faced with a twin attack from oil PSUs and operators of Delhi and Hyderabad airports asking it to clear their dues, Air India on Saturday drew up plans to combine13 flights spread over a few sectors till the start of the lean season from mid-June. In a bid to face the fresh financial crisis, the ailing national carrier sent a letter to the Civil Aviation Ministry urging the...
06:56 PM, May 28, 2011
New Delhi: National carrier Air India, which is neck-deep in debt, is now in more trouble as GMR has refused to let Air India function until it pays off its dues. GMR, the company that operates the Delhi and Hyderabad airports has handed Air India a fait accompli, unless the national career pays Rs 270 crore it won't be allowed to operate flights from the two airports. According to the...
09:02 AM, May 28, 2011
Kathmandu: Nepal's Maoists stormed the office of Indian joint venture firm GMR, severely beat up its staff and set three buildings ablaze in western Nepal's Dailekh district. A group of 60 Maoist cadres on Sunday attacked the offices of GMR Energy in Dailekh, 700 km west of Kathmandu, and overpowered the security guards before setting the office buildings on fire, according to a senior GMR official. The Indian Embassy here...
03:18 PM, May 23, 2011
New Delhi: Providing some relief to air travellers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed Airport Development Fees (ADF) charged by private airports like Delhi and Mumbai. Your next flight ticket could get cheaper by Rs 100 to Rs 1,300 as the Supreme Court has termed airport development fees as illegal after an NGO, Consumer Online Foundation, filed a petition. "According to the court, the levy was illegal and now the...
07:01 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Turkish PM wanted Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport done in promised time. ...
04:04 PM, Nov 04, 2009
The Civil Aviation Ministry has sought an explanation from GMR. ...
03:41 PM, Aug 22, 2009
Newly built Terminal 1D came crashing down in the storm. ...
10:41 AM, Aug 22, 2009
Harrison said that at no point was passengers' safety compromised. ...
04:03 AM, Aug 22, 2009
Liverpool's co-owners want to sell the club for £450 million. ...
09:21 AM, Apr 27, 2009
It took GMR Rs 500 crore and one-and-a-half years to build the terminal. ...
05:15 PM, Apr 19, 2009
If you are travelling to or from Delhi, you will have to pay a fee. ...
01:10 AM, Feb 11, 2009
Colombo, Oct 2 (PTI) After seeing his side struggle against Pakistan spinners today, Australia skipper George Bailey said it will be a challenge for his top-order batsmen to return to form when they play the West Indies in the semifinals of the ICC World Twenty20 on Friday. Australia qualified for the semifinals from Group 2 despite losing to Pakistan by 32 runs in their final Super Eights match here today....
09:37 PM, Jul 02, 2008
London: Western Australia fast bowler Michael Hogan confirmed on Tuesday he has signed a three-year contract with England county cricket side Glamorgan. I am thrilled to be joining Glamorgan. I have always been keen to play cricket in the UK and am pleased to have joined such an ambitious and passionate county, said 30-year-old Hogan. Hogan, who has a British passport, will join the squad early July after being recommended...
04:20 PM, May 05, 2008
Brisbane: Chris Broad on Sunday became only the second ICC match referee to officiate in 200 ODIs when he took the field for the toss in the first tri-series final between Australia and Sri Lanka here. The 54-year-old former England opener made his debut in 2004 in Dunedin in an ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan. And now after eight years, Broad stands as only the second match referee after...
03:07 PM, Apr 30, 2008
Chennai: The players' auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League will be held in late January or early February and the teams will play their games on a home-and-away basis, with each of the nine franchises playing 16 games. The change means that the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament reverts back to its original format, where all the teams played each other twice. In the upcoming season, each team...
12:41 AM, Mar 29, 2008
New Delhi: Indian pacer S Sreesanth has been sidelined for upto eight weeks due to a toe injury, ruling him out of contention for the four-Test series against Australia starting on December 26. Sreesanth was not picked in the original squad for Australia Tests but a rib injury to pacer Praveen Kumar opened up the possibility of his selection when the national selectors meet on Monday to pick a replacement...
12:11 AM, Mar 27, 2008
Brisbane: Injured Mitchell Johnson and Shane Watson will be monitored closely this week before Australia selectors determine whether the pair will be fit for the first Test against New Zealand starting December 1. Paceman Johnson, who struggled with the ball but played a winning hand with the bat in a series-leveling two-wicket victory over South Africa on Monday, had scans on the big toe of his left foot in Johannesburg....
10:45 PM, Mar 23, 2008
