Friday, July 21, 2006

Pumps, nameplates, stickers with forged ISI marks seized in Coimbatore

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) today seized large number of pumps, nameplates and stickers with forged ISI marks, during a raid conducted at an industry premises in the city.

After receiving information, BIS officials carried out search and seizure operation at a manufacturing unit in Elango Nagar in Avarampalayam near here and seized some ISI marked self priming pumps, nameplates and stickers.

Legal action would be initiated against the manufacturer for misuse of BIS standard mark (ISI) as per the provisions of the BIS Act, 1986 and the offence is punishable by imprisonment upto one year or fine upto Rs.50,000 or both, P Radhakrishna, Scientist and Head, BIS, said here in a release.

Radhakrishna also requested the public to bring any case of misuse of ISI mark to the department for immediate action.

Courtesy:New Kerala

Thursday, July 20, 2006

GoAir to operate Kochi-Coimbatore flight

Budget airline GoAir will add five more sectors with eight new flights next month to expand its fleet by 33 per cent as it revamps its operations in the fast growing domestic aviation market.

The new sectors are Goa-Delhi, Pune-Delhi, Mumbai- Chennai, Mumbai-Hyderabad and Kochi-Coimbatore, the airline promoted by the Wadia group said here today.

The new flights will begin from August 22, it said.

"This is part of our strategy to consolidate on key routes within our current network. These routes will provide convenient service to business and leisure travellers alike," GoAir Managing Director Jeh Wadia said.

With the launch of the new routes, GoAir will operate 32 daily flights across 13 destinations.

The airline has also announced 50,000 tickets at special fares starting from Rs 525. These tickets will be available to passengers who wish to travel between July 19 and December 16, and will be applicable to both existing and new sectors to be launched next month, the airline said.

Last week, GoAir placed an order for 10 Airbus A320s as part of its fleet augmentation programme.

The low-cost carrier currently operates a fleet of Airbus A320s, with 24 flights covering 13 cities including Jammu and Srinagar.




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