New Delhi, The Delhi government on Thursday unveiled its ambitious traffic rationing plan to combat rising pollution, but greens were unhappy over the exemption given to 25 categories of motorists including women drivers, bikers, emergency vehicles and a host of VIPs. The odd-even formula will be tried out for 15 days from January 1 between […]
Guwahati, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, India’s leading luxury hotel chain owned by the Tata Group, on Wednesday affirmed its commitment to the development of the hotel and tourism sector in the northeast region. “We remain very committed to the development of the hotel and tourism industry in Assam and beyond in the northeast for […]
New Delhi, Delhi government on Wednesday announced grant of Rs.1 crore as compensation to the family of the policeman who was killed in a firing incident at a court in Delhi. Head Constable Ram Kumar was killed at Karkardooma court in east Delhi when four gunmen fired at a rival gangster, Irfan. Delhi government will […]
Shimla, Shimla on Wednesday witnessed snowflakes, the season’s first, pushing down the mercury by several notches. “Shimla and its nearby areas received intermittent snowflakes that started in the afternoon,” an official of the meteorological office told IANS here. He said high-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba and Kullu experienced snow since Tuesday. The Met […]
Bengaluru, With increasing cases of cancer across the country, the medical fraternity and policy planners face the challenge of mitigating and preventing the dreaded disease, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Wednesday. “Official data reveals one in 15 men and one in 12 women in urban areas face cancer risk in their life time. With […]
New Delhi, The Rajya Sabha’s proceedings were briefly disrupted twice in the pre-lunch session on Wednesday over the issues of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and alleged irregularities in the DDCA. Soon after the upper house met for the day, Janata Dal-United member K.C. Tyagi raised the issue of stones being transported and carved for […]
Jammu, Three siblings were killed on Wednesday in an explosion in Udhampur district of Jammu region. “Initial reports say the children were collecting scrap when they fiddled with some explosive device that went off near Birma bridge in Udhampur town,” a senior police officer said here. He said the three children were aged 15, 10 […]
New Delhi, Two wheelers will be exempt from the odd-even formula the Delhi government wants to implement in the first half of January to curb air pollution, an official said on Wednesday. “Two wheeler riders will be exempted from the scheme because their number is huge and the public transport is not that great,” the […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is very optimistic about his two-day visit to Russia starting Wednesday during which he will attend the 16th India-Russia annual summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin “Today I will commence my visit to Russia, my first bilateral visit after we formed the Government. I am very […]
Islamabad, Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday proposed January 16 for talks between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India. “Pakistan is now waiting for India’s response to the proposed dates,” Dwan online quoted Aziz as saying. The foreign secretary-level talks between the two countries will be held […]