By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Meghalaya government to deposit Rs 100 crore as directed by the NGT for failing to curb illegal coal mining,…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Delhi Police and the Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) on Wednesday signed an MoU for setting up rooftop solar energy systems on police establishments in the capital….
Guwahati, July 3 (IANS) To ensure the overall quality of Assam tea, the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has started a ‘No sickles’ campaign among the tea gardens of Assam. Although Assam tea is known…
Gandhinagar, July 3 (IANS) The Gujarat government is planning to upgrade the state’s installed capacity in the renewable energy sector to an ambitious 30,000 megawatt (MW) by 2022 and announced a special subsidy scheme to…
Chennai, July 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK government will not give permission for hydro-carbon exploration in the state, especially in the Cauvery delta region, Law Minister C. Ve. Shanmugam said on Wednesday. Shanmugam told…
Colombo, July 3 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s state-owned Marine Environment Protection Authority on Wednesday warned that the country only had 10 per cent of live coral reefs in its oceans as 90 per cent had died…
Ranchi, July 3 (IANS) A woman and her year-old daughter were killed after rampaging elephants destroyed their mud house early on Wednesday in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district, police said. A herd of elephants entered Uppada village…
Panaji, July 3 (IANS) Taking a leaf out of a now-defunct police vigilante app, the municipal council of Margao town in South Goa on Wednesday launched a scheme to pay Rs 1,000 to the citizens…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Light rains are expected across Delhi-NCR in the next 48 hours, with weather conditions becoming favourable for the progress of the southwest monsoon into the region, the India Meteorological Department…
Tokyo, July 3 (IANS) Japanese authorities on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of around 600,000 people in the southwestern city of Kagoshima due to the heavy rains that have been lashing the region in recent days…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the central government on a plea challenging validity of certain provisions amended in the Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Act which deprives…
Agra July 2 (IANS) Honey bees at the iconic Taj Mahal and other historical monuments in the city continue to alarm tourists. Though many complaints have been lodged by the visitors in the past, the…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to form an experts committee within two weeks to find out if spraying of disinfectants and pesticides in aircraft was harmful for…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Passengers of the Bengaluru-Danapur Sanghmitra Express had appealed to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for help after a stream of water started flowing in from the air conditioning vents of their…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said advisories have been issued to states to take action to curb and control the spread of unapproved Genetically Modified crops –…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Almost like a monsoon miracle, one of the two lifelines of Mumbai, the Western Railway (WR), managed to stay afloat and chug along despite the city notching over 1,000 mm rainfall…
Ghaziabad, July 2 (IANS) In view of the severe heat, the summer holidays of schools in Ghaziabad have been extended till July 4, an official said on Tuesday. The schools have been asked to reopen…
Tokyo, July 2 (IANS) A landslide caused by torrential rain that has been battering the southwest of the Japanese archipelago has caused damaged to a Unesco World Heritage Site, authorities said on Tuesday. The Terayama…
Jakarta, July 2 (IANS) A group of Jakarta residents are planning to file a lawsuit against the Indonesian government over toxic levels of air pollution in the capital and its satellite cities, which together form…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) At least 39 persons were killed across Maharashtra as relentless rain created mayhem and left Mumbai paralysed with the country’s commercial capital being pounded by record rainfall on Tuesday, officials said….