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Trident Hotels Heralded As The 'Best First Class Hotel Brand'

 Trident Hotels Heralded As The 'Best First Class Hotel Brand' For the fourth successive year, Trident Hotels garnered the 'Best First Class Hotel Brand' at the Galileo Express TravelWorld Awards 2008.

Incorporated by Galileo India Pvt. Ltd. and Express TravelWorld, the travel business magazine from The Express Group, the Galileo Express TravelWorld Awards are acknowledged amongst the most revered in the Indian travel and tourism industry.
 

Three More Satyam Directors Quit

Three More Satyam Directors QuitIndia’s fourth largest software export company, Satyam Computer Services suffered yet another blow with resignation of three more independent directors on its Board in the midst of rumor that the company’s founder chairman Ramalinga Raju may quit over Maytas deal disaster.

The company’s independent directors, M Rammohan Rao, who is Dean of Indian School of Business, Vinod Dham, a US-based technocrat widely regarded as “Father of Pentium” and Krishna G Palepu, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, resigned from the nine-member Board.

Air Fares To Be Slashed By The Airlines

Air Fares To Be Slashed By The AirlinesIt will come as a relief to those, who have to travel regularly by air and were frustrated by paying high fares time and time again, since it was announced by Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya that his airlines would cut fares by 1st January. Though he did not quantify the cut, sources confirm that it would be between 10% and 15%. So overall, the fares could further drop between Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. There had been reduction of fuel surcharge by Rs 400 during the last month.

Hackers Attack The SBI’s Website

Hackers Attack The SBI’s WebsiteOn Saturday, the website of State Bank of India (SBI), was shut down due to an attempted attack by the hackers.

It was confirmed by a senior bank official, “There has been an attempt to disrupt the system.” However he did not give out any further details. The bank’s sites www.statebankofindia.com and www.sbi.co.in were down on Saturday, but its internet banking site www.onlinesbi.com was operational.

It was confirmed by the officials in the late evening, “The bank was targeting to get its website operational by 9.00pm.”

Bids For The Tilaiya Ultra Mega Power Project Today

Bids For The Tilaiya Ultra Mega Power Project TodayAfter witnessing several rounds of delays, the government has finally agreed to the bids for the Tilaiya ultra mega power project, which would be held today at Jharkhand. It should be noted here that earlier the dates for the bids for the fourth ultra mega power project has been pushed back at least five times through 2008.

KEC International Bags Order Worth Rs 636 Crore From Egypt

 KEC International Bags Order Worth Rs 636 Crore From Egypt Power transmission equipment manufacturer KEC International has received an order worth Rs 636 crore from Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company.

It is the largest contract the company has ever got. The order will be funded through the European Investment Bank and the Egyptian National Bank.

In a statement, the company said that the scope of the order includes design, supply and construction of circuit lines in Egypt. The total length of the Egyptian transmission lines will be 196 kilometers and the order is to be finished in 24 months.

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