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TOP court JUNKS 'luxury' PETITION OVER bottledwater PACKAGING

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday disapproved of what it termed an "urban-centric approach" to PIL, refusing to entertain a plea seeking stricter standards for polyethylene terephtha... Read More


'bengal job scheme to be named after mahatma': CM

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government would rename its job guarantee programme after Mahatma Gandhi, in an announcement coming on a day th... Read More


Events across city cancelled, delayed due to poor air quality

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- As Delhi slips once again into its familiar winter haze, the city's polluted air is no longer just a health statistic or a daily inconvenience - it is beginning to hollow out its... Read More


Court slams delays in 2015 Ikhlaq lynching case

Greater Noida, Dec. 19 -- A fast-track court in Gautam Budh Nagar on Thursday expressed frustration over prolonged delays on Thursday during a contentious hearing on the Uttar Pradesh government's app... Read More


BJP, AAP trade barbs over Delhi pollution

India, Dec. 19 -- New Delhi Public Works Department and water minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, alleging that a decade of adm... Read More


64K public vehicles to be tracked realtime in Delhi; panic buttons also set up

India, Dec. 19 -- New Delhi A vehicle location tracking system (VLTS) and panic buttons are in the process of being installed in over 64,000 public service vehicles for real-time monitoring and emerg... Read More


Threat to CM Nitish: Patna IG to probe case; FIR lodged

PATNA, Dec. 19 -- Bihar police have ordered a probe into the alleged threat by a Pakistan-based gangster to chief minister Nitish Kumar with dire consequences if he did not apologise to the Muslim wom... Read More


Azam Khan acquitted in 2019 inflammatory speech case

MEERUT, Dec. 19 -- Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan was on Thursday acquitted in an inflammatory speech case registered against him by Aam Aadmi Party state spokesperson Faisal Kh... Read More


Revised MSME norms, credit guarantees and procurement reforms to aid small businesses: MoS Shobha Karandlaje

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Government of India has taken several steps to promote ease of doing business for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and create a conducive ecosystem for their growt... Read More


We have strengthened security grid in past six years: J&K LG

Jammu, Dec. 19 -- Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that the security grid has been strengthened in the union Territory over the past six years. Underlining the need ... Read More