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Helicopters, aircraft, drones, and much more for the Indian Armed forces

Despite the global pandemic of Covid-19 and resultant lockdown, production activity on these helicopters has been progressing well at the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bengaluru. These helicopters are going to be used for undertaking shore and shipborne operations, in accordance with the charter of ICG. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) will be receiving 2 out of 16 ALH ...

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Govt invites preliminary bids for 26% stake in BEML

BEML, a mining equipment maker, has diversified into manufacturing of rail coaches and defence production. The company has a market capitalization of around ₹2500 crore and total revenue from operations of ₹3,028.8 crore in FY 20 Government has invited preliminary bids for 26% strategic stake sale in BEML Limited which is engaged in manufacturing and supply of equipment for mining, construction, defence and ...

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Govt to divest 26% stake in BEML; EoI submission open till March 1

The sale could fetch the government Rs 1,055 crore, according to the company’s share closing price on Friday TopicsBEML | Divestment | PSU sales The disinvestment will be through a two-stage open competitive bidding process. | Photo: bemlindia.in The Centre on Sunday invited bids for strategic divestment in BEML, four years after the Cabinet approved divestment in the company. The government will sell 26 per cent out of ...

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IPS officers Roopa and Nimbalkar in war of words over tender process in Bengaluru Safe City project

Karnataka Home Secretary D Roopa on Saturday claimed that Hemant Nimbalkar was trying to favour a private company. IPS officer Hemant Nimbalkar on Sunday said that the tender process in the multi-crore Bengaluru Safe City Project was not biased amid allegations of irregularities in the tender process. Karnataka Home Secretary D Roopa on Saturday had alleged that there were irregularities ...

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Two top police officers target each other over Safe City project

According to official sources, Ernst & Young (E&Y), a multinational professional services network, had bagged the Safe City project through an open tender one-and-a-half years ago. BENGALURU: The Rs 619 crore Bengaluru Safe City project under the Nirbhaya scheme has come under a cloud with two senior IPS officers seemingly indulging in shadow-boxing. Hemant Nimbalkar, Additional Commissioner (Administration), wrote to ...

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Committee members rebut Karnataka officer’s allegations

No accusation till date that tender proposal was drafted with bias: Nimbalkar Claims and allegations made by D. Roopa, Secretary – PCAS, Home Department, who is in the dock over alleged unauthorised intervention in the ₹619 crore Safe City Project tender, were met with strong rebuttals from members of the Chief Secretary-led State Level Apex Committee monitoring the tender. The ...

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BIAL invites RFP from design consultants for two metro stations at airport

BIAL invites RFP from design consultants for two metro stations at airport HIGHLIGHTS Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has invited a Request for Proposal (RFP) from Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) for developing two metro stations at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA or BIAL) as part of the 37-km Bangalore Metro Phase 2B project. Bengaluru: Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has invited ...

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Justice Arun Mishra’s Final ‘Gift’ of Rs 8,000 Crore to Adani

On August 31, a Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra approved the decision by electricity regulators to grant Adani Power “compensatory tariffs” amounting to Rs 8,000 crore for electricity generated at its power plant in Rajasthan. The verdict, just before Justice Mishra’s retirement on September 2, is the seventh judgment since the beginning of 2019 in which benches ...

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HAL OFS subscribed 1.60 times on Day 1; government to use greenshoe option

The offer for sale (OFS) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) was subscribed 1.60 times by non-retail investors on the first day of the issue on Thursday. Further, the government has decided to exercise the greenshoe option and retail investors will get chance to bid on Friday (August 28) with a discount of 5 percent on the cut off price. In ...

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