A GMR Infrastructure-led consortium has bagged an order for construction of 417 km-long eastern dedicated freight corridor railway project which is estimated to cost Rs 5,080 crore.

"A consortium led by GMR Infrastructure Ltd has been issued Letter of Award for construction of 417-km long Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor railway project at a cost of Rs 5,080 crore on EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) basis," the company said in a filing to BSE.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said its construction arm has bagged orders worth Rs 5,492 crore across various segments in March.

In the building and factories segment, the projects L&T Construction has won include a major order for construction of a mix use development complex in Mumbai, it said.

Air India (AI) is considering acquiring five Boeing 787-9 aircraft for flights to the US and Canada.

At present, it uses both narrow-body Airbus A320 and wide-body Boeing planes (747-400s, 777s and 787-8) on international routes. The 787-9 variant has a higher range and 40 more seats over the 787-8.

Irked over All India Chief Justices Conference being held on Good Friday, sitting Supreme Court judge Kurien Joseph has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also declined a dinner invitation, scheduled to be held on Saturday.

"No important programmes are held on holidays of religious significance ceremonies. Being the guardian of Indian secularism, I request your Honour to kindly have in mind these concerns also while scheduling events and benevolently show equal importance and respect to the sacred days of all religions which are also declared as National holidays," wrote Justice Kurian Joseph in his letter to PM, according to media reports.

As many as 33 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan navy for allegedly poaching in the country's waters near Neduntheevu, officials said today.

The Sri Lankan navy personnel arrested 33 fishermen belonging to Nagapattinam district when they were fishing near Neduntheevu in Sri Lankan waters last night, Fisheries Department sources said.

Ace Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal bowed out of the 500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier after losing her semifinal clash to Olympic champion Li Xuerui, here today.

World number one Saina had a one-game advantage but eventually lost 21-13 17-21 20-22 to the world number three in a gruelling semifinal that lasted one hour and eight minutes at Putra Stadium.

The 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for traffic for the fourth consecutive day today due to landslides triggered by heavy rains, leaving over 600 Kashmir-bound passengers are stranded.

Authorities have not allowed any fresh movement of traffic from Jammu to Srinagar or from the other side, SSP Traffic, National Highway, Sanjay Kotwal said.

Telangana police gunned down two armed assailants, who killed two of their colleagues at Suryapet in Nalgonda two days ago, but lost two more policemen in a fierce exchange of fire on Nalgonda district outskirts early on Saturday.

Two Inspectors sustained injuries in the gun battle that started around 7 a.m. at Janakipuram near Mothkuru mandal of Nalgonda district after a dramatic chase. The injured Inspectors were rushed to Hyderabad. Sub-Inspector Siddaiah and constable Nagaraju succumbed to bullet wounds suffered in the shootout.

Days after he and Yogendra Yadav were expelled from the party's top decision-making fora, rebel AAP leader Prashant Bhushan on Friday fired a fresh salvo at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accusing him of turning AAP a "high command-oriented" party and betraying trust of lakhs of supporters.

In an open letter to Kejriwal, Bhushan said "God and history will not forgive what you are doing to the party," Bhushan and Yadav were expelled from AAP's National Executive on March 28 for "anti-party activities".

Four employees of a Fabindia outlet were arrested on Friday evening in connection with the hidden camera incident while top bosses of the ethnic lifestyle brand will be questioned by police today.

Trying on clothes at an outlet of a reputed garment brand at Candolim village near here, a vigilant Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday spotted a hidden camera positioned to record inside the small room, raising an alarm after which Goa Police registered a case against the staff for voyeurism.

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