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After power staff strike, Haryana govt to issue formal directions blocking parallel power licences

Chandigarh, Oct. 25 -- After stepping in to block Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission's (HERC) contentious order granting a parallel electricity distribution licence to a private firm, the Nayab... Read More


ED moves Supreme Court against quashing of NewsClick FIR, money-laundering probe

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi high court's decision to quash the FIR registered against digital news platform NewsClick ... Read More


Air disaster upon Mumbai; Maharashtra govt mulls rRs.r300-crore mitigation plan

India, Oct. 25 -- Worried about rising air pollution in various cities in Maharashtra, the state environment department plans to launch the Maharashtra Clean Air Programme (M-CAP). This would be a loc... Read More


Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces Rs 15 lakh package for families displaced from Nilgarh

Raisen, Oct. 25 -- Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced a rehabilitation package of Rs 15 lakh per family, including Rs 5 lakh for house constructi... Read More


Operation Trident: ED arrests six, freezes 1,424 bank accounts, attaches property worth Rs 17.82 Crore

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Under multiple-agency 'Operation Trident', the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen 1,424 bank accounts connected to narco-trade and narco-hawala operators in Mizoram and Mani... Read More


Chandigarh: Harness tech for national security, says Kataria to PEC passouts

Chandigarh, Oct. 25 -- Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh, conferred 824 degrees at its 56th convocation on Saturday, with Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria urging gra... Read More


Rohtak: BJP, Cong workers face off over SIR exercise

Karnal, Oct. 25 -- Workers of the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress had a verbal clash outside the residence of Congress MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra in Rohtak on Saturday. A protest led by former mi... Read More


Air disaster upon Mumbai; State govt mulls rRs.r300-crore mitigation plan

India, Oct. 25 -- Worried about rising air pollution in various cities in Maharashtra, the state environment department plans to launch the Maharashtra Clean Air Programme (M-CAP). This would be a loc... Read More


Haze thickens over city as AQI worsens, Andheri hits 206 in poor category

India, Oct. 25 -- A thick layer of haze hung over Mumbai on Saturday as the city's air quality deteriorated, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) rising to 120 from 101 (moderate) a day earlier, a... Read More


"Terrorism can never be justified or rationalised": EAM Jaishankar calls for stronger global resolve

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said terrorism was a "deadly threat to peace" and called for stronger global resolve to counter terrorism in all its forms and ma... Read More