New Delhi, 1/7: India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife, but experts say it faces severe headwinds from unprepared manufacturers and consumers unwilling to pay more. The country generates around four million tonnes of plastic waste per year, about…
Bengaluru, 24/1: The Karnataka high court on January 23, permitted operation of bike taxis while allowing the appeals filed by the bike taxi aggregators, individual bike taxi owners and others. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and JusticeVibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Joshi directed the state government to register motorcycles as transport vehicles…
New Delhi, 24/9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off nine Vande Bharat trains on September 24, via video conferencing from Delhi. Routes of the nine Vande Bharat are as follows : Hyderabad ( Kachiguda)- Bengaluru ( Yeswanthpur), Chennai-Tirunelveli, Vijayawada-Chennai, Patna-Howrah, Rourkela-Puri, Kasaragod-Alappuzha-Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur-Udaipur, Ranchi-Tatanagar-Kolkata .
Chennai, 12/4:A case was registered on Friday against Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai and and Coimbatore District BJP Secretary Ramesh for allegedly campaigning in the Avarampalayam area last night beyond permitted campaigning hours, ANI reported. As per the model code of conduct in place due to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, candidates contesting the…
Chandigarh, 21/9: Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said that except the Akali Dal, all political options are open to him. In such a situation, the question is whether they will join the BJP? In an exclusive conversation with News18, Punjab BJP Chief Ashwani Sharma said that he will not answer questions related to…
Myanmar, 6/12: Myanmar’s junta jailed ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules, a government spokesman told AFP, the first of a series of possible sentences that could see the Nobel laureate imprisoned for decades. Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since…
Bhubaneswar, 4/11: In order to provide relief to general public from the rising fuel prices Chief Minister Sri Naveen patnaik today announced reduction of Vat of Rs 3/each on petrol and diesel which will be applicable from midnight of 5th Nov . This is over and above the reduction in excise duty announced by…
New Delhi, 19/6: The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Vinod Chauhan till July 3, in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. Both were produced before the court through video conferencing from Tihar Jail after the expiry of their judicial custody.
Chandigarh, 8/5: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said his government is not in trouble and is working strongly, a day after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the BJP dispensation in the state. MLAs Sombir Sangwan (Dadri), Randhir Singh Gollen (Pundri) and Dharampal Gonder (Nilokheri) on Tuesday withdrew support to the BJP…
Mumbai, 21/9: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to fly its 106 Maharashtra MLAs to Gujarat on a chartered flight, as the party fears poaching by the Shiv Sena. Meanwhile, in the evening another seven Shiv Sena MLAs landed in Surat. They were flown from Delhi to Surat. Party sources say…
