AAP leaders protest in Delhi assembly The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a protest at the Delhi assembly premises on Tuesday, highlighting the rising air pollution and deteriorating AQI levels in the national capital. Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi assembly and AAP leader Atishi alleged that the BJP is “running away” from addressing…
Punjab minister Barinder Kumar Goyal (File photo) Punjab minister and senior AAP leader Barinder Kumar Goyal on Tuesday criticised the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for allegedly imposing an “illegal” financial burden of Rs 500 crore on the Bhakra Beas Management Board.Addressing a press conference here, Goyal, who holds the water resources portfolio, also said…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday backed the use of electric vehicles as Delhi continues to battle air pollution. The apex court said that car ownership has turned into a status symbol and urging greater responsibility from rricher sections of society.Hearing a plea related to air pollution, CJI Surya Kant remarked that personal transport…
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh excise department arrested renowned climate activist Harjeet Singh for keeping “excess” liquor at home on Tuesday, a day after the ED searched him in a foreign exchange violation case related to alleged misuse of Rs 6 crore funds received from abroad and narrative-building on behalf of foreign influencer groups, the…
Screenshot from video posted by Abhishek Banerjee NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday met Sunali Khatun, who was brought back to India on the Supreme Court’s orders after being deported to Bangladesh on suspicion of being a citizen there, a day after she gave birth to her second child.Banerjee…
NEW DELHI: Providing an impetus to technology-driven river rejuvenation and pollution abatement measures, the Uttar Pradesh govt, in coordination with central agencies, has completed high-resolution aerial surveys of areas along the Ganga main stem in the state, generating precise geospatial datasets that are being integrated into a live GIS-based drain dashboard for round-the-clock monitoring.The dashboard…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Stepping up her attack against the Election Commission over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the poll panel was “illegally using mobile applications developed by the BJP’s IT cell” to conduct a roll-revision exercise in…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has amended its Human Resource Development (HRD) Scheme for health research to expand India’s medical research base beyond a handful of leading institutes, enabling many more medical colleges to undertake quality health research. The overhaul focuses on inclusion—supporting medical students, young doctors, faculty members and women scientists—so that research capacity grows…
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said he would meet the parents of Ankita Bhandari amid renewed protests seeking justice for the 19-year-old receptionist, whose death in September 2022 had triggered widespread outrage.“As the chief servant of the state, I will speak with her parents….
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