2 years after NGT slaps Rs 52 cr penalty on Adani thermal plant in Karnataka, officials look away

Bengaluru, 20/1: More than two years after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Adani-owned UPCL thermal power plant in Udupi to pay Rs 52 crore penalty for causing environmental damage and ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to recover the amount as per law, no action has been taken in this regard by…

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Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra ties knot in private ceremony, shares photos on social media

New Delhi, 19/1: India’s javelin superstar Neeraj Chopra tied the knot with Himani Mor from Sonipat two days ago in a marriage that took everybody by surprise. The 27-year-old Chopra announced the marriage on his social media handles. “I began a new chapter of my life with my family. Grateful for every blessing that brought…

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Mayawati’s soft-launch of another nephew stokes party cadres’ imagination

Lucknow, 19/1: A formal introduction of her 26-year-old nephew in a party meeting two days ago has set the rumour mills whirring that Mayawati may soon introduce Ishan Anand into politics to reinvigorate her flagging party. On January 16, a day after her 69th birthday, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief introduced her second nephew, Ishan…

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Dallewal agrees to take medical aid; Centre to hold meeting with protesting farmers on Feb 14

Chandigarh, 19/1: The Centre will hold a meeting with Punjab’s protesting farmers on February 14 in Chandigarh to discuss their demands, thus ending a stalemate over the resumption of a dialogue with the agitators, who have been demanding a legal guarantee on the MSP of crops. Following the announcement of the proposed meeting, farmer leader…

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