Hyderabad firm gets Malaysian contract

September 24th, 2009 LA transit officials tentatively OK rail car dealLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board has tentatively agreed to award a contract to an Italian firm to make 100 light-rail cars. The members voted 8-3 on Thursday to enter into a $300 million deal with AnsaldoBreda (ahn-SAL'-doh-BREH'-dah) if the company meets several conditions in 30 days.

September 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter took off for Hyderabad from Kurnool Thursday with the body of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others killed in a chopper crash a day earlier.

September 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The bodies of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others killed in a helicopter crash were Thursday being brought to Hyderabad after an autopsy in Kurnool town.

September 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - An Indian Air Force helicopter carrying the body of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a chopper crash, arrived here Thursday evening from Kurnool district.

September 1st, 2009 HYDERABAD - A Bangalore-Delhi IndiGo flight Tuesday had to make an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here due to a technical snag. All 99 passengers and crew on board were safe, an official said.

August 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch a daily flight on the Hyderabad-Dubai sector from Aug 16, a senior official said here Thursday. The new flight using Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be Jet Airways' first international service from Hyderabad and its second daily service to Dubai from South India.

July 27th, 2009 CHENNAI - The city-based engineering, procurement and construction company BGR Energy Systems has been awarded a $80.5-million contract by Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP). According to BGR Energy, the contract is for the development of two gasfields in Iraq and includes supply of equipment.

July 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - Malaysia-based TJ Harmoni Worldwide is interested in investing in infrastructure and hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Tuesday. "Development of multi-level parking slots with Japanese technology is one of the projects that could be considered for allotting to the company on build-operate-own-transfer (BOOT) basis," he told reporters after meeting company officials, including its international project director S.M.

July 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Tupperware India, a leading direct selling company, plans to diversify into beauty and nutrition and ramp up its business presence and the manufacturing of existing range of products for kitchen and home. Tupperware managing director Asha Gupta Wednesday said the firm would enter the beauty and nutrition sectors, which had "tremendous potential", in two to three years.

July 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Tata Motors on Tuesday rolled out the first commercial consignment of Nano, regarded as the World's cheapest car to be showcased at Hyderabad on Tuesday. "The first consignment has come to Hyderabad.

July 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - A week after scrapping the deal with Maytas Infra-led consortium for the Hyderabad Metro Rail, the Andhra Pradesh government Monday decided to invite fresh global bids for the Rs.12,200 crore (Rs.122 billion/$2.4 billion) project. The process of inviting the fresh bids will begin this week and will be completed by Nov 15, Municipal Administration Minister Aanam Ramanarayana Reddy told reporters after a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S.

July 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday said it has cancelled the Hyderabad Metro rail project contract awarded to Maytas Infra, run by the family of former Satyam chairman of B. Ramalinga Raju.

March 27th, 2009 HYDERABAD - India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal bowed out of the Indian Open on Friday after losing a tough quarter-final encounter of the Women's singles badminton to Malaysia's Julia Pei Xian. World number nine, Saina lost to fifth-seed, Xian 21-12, 13-21, 18-21.

March 27th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Saina Nehwal's hopes of a title finish at home were dashed by Malaysian Julia Wong Pei Xian in a thrilling quarterfinal encounter of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton here Friday. Second seed and World No.9 Saina went down 21-12, 13-21, 18-21 in over an hour.

March 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Mohammed Safiullah, an enthusiastic collector of the rare Nizam photographs in Andhra Pradesh's Hyderabad, is the proud owner of the photographs of the seven Nizams who ruled the state for two centuries till Indian independence in 1947. If 42-year-old historian Safiullah is to be believed, Mir Mohammad Ali Khan was the first Indian ruler to be photographed.