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August 10, 2017 1:38 PM

EAM Sushma Swaraj reaches Nepal to attend 15th BIMSTEC meeting

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has arrived in Kathmandu to participate in 15th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting. She was received at the airport by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri and other senior officials. <br/><br/>During the two day meeting foreign ministers of memb...

August 10, 2017 1:35 PM

No renewal of insurance for vehicles without PUC, says SC

The Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions in a bid to curb pollution, including that insurance companies will not renew insurance of a vehicle unless the owner provides pollution under control, PUC certificate. <br/><br/>A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur also asked the Mi...

August 10, 2017 1:35 PM

Govt fixes target of installing 60 giga watt wind power capacity by 2022

Government has fixed an ambitious target of installing 60 giga watt (GW) wind power capacity in the country by 2022. <br/><br/>Replying to supplementaries in Lok Sabha today, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the current wind power installed capacity in the country is over 32.5 GW. <br...

August 10, 2017 1:30 PM

Hasan Ali money laundering case: ED conducts searches in Mumbai

The Enforcement Directorate, ED today conducted searches at some locations in Mumbai in connection with money laundering probe against Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and others. <br/><br/>PTI reports that the agency launched the searches early morning on at least four premises...

August 10, 2017 1:29 PM

ED searches in Srinagar in terror funding hawala case

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Enforcement Directorate, ED today conducted searches at several locations in capital Srinagar in connection with an alleged terror funding and hawala case involving over 20 crore rupees. <br/><br/>PTI reports that the agency is conducting searches against one Sh...

August 10, 2017 1:23 PM

1399 non-small scale textile mills in operation till June 2017: Govt

Government has clarified that there are 1399 non-small scale textile mills in operation till June 2017. <br/><br/>Replying to supplementaries in Lok Sabha today, Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani said there were 682 non-small-scale closed textile mills in the country till the end of June...

August 10, 2017 1:23 PM

NGT bans use of non-biodegradable plastic bags in Delhi

The National Green Tribunal, NGT today imposed an interim ban on use of non-biodegradable plastic bags which are less than 50 microns in the entire national capital. <br/><br/>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also announced an environment compensation of 5,000 ru...

August 10, 2017 1:22 PM

Policy on bio fuel to be formed soon

Government today said a policy on bio fuel will be framed soon. <br/><br/>Addressing a function on the occasion of World Bio Fuel Day in New Delhi, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dhramendra Pradhan said that Centre is making all efforts to promote bio fuel across the country. <br/...

August 10, 2017 12:43 PM

Delhi Police tells Delhiites to be alert ahead of Independence Day

Ahead of Independence Day, Delhi Police today asked Delhiites to remain alert and inform the police if they spot any suspicious activity or person in their vicinity. <br/><br/>In a video message posted on the Delhi Police's Twitter handle, Delhi Police chief spokesperson Dependra Pa...

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