The Niti Aayog has prepared a draft policy for the Indian Railways to set up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at railway stations across the country, in a bid to promote the use of such vehicles. The draft policy, which has been shared with the ministry of railways, also recommends supply of renewable energy to […]
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130% hike in natural gas price seen in H1FY23, to stoke inflation
On the back of rising global crude oil and natural gas rates, analysts expect the price of domestic gas to increase by a sharp 128% for the April-September period of the next financial year. This could inflate CNG prices and make piped natural gas costlier for households, hotels and restaurants. Power and fertiliser companies, which […]
Toy train service resumes
The toy train service of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) between New Jalpaiguri (NJP) and Darjeeling that had been suspended for three months following a landslide between Tindharia and Mahanadi, resumed on Friday. “A landslide, following incessant rain across the hills, had damaged a stretch of NH55 near Tindharia and we had to stop the […]
Bengal police seize 32 coal-laden trucks
Bengal police seized 32 trucks of smuggled coal in Asansol area being transported from different parts of Dhanbad including Mugma, Nirsa, Govindpur and others.. Cops also nabbed the drivers and cleaners of trucks and finding out the details of operators of coal smuggling racket operating from Dhanbad. Talking to the media, Abhishek Modi, Deputy Commissioner […]
Vedanta Resources Ltd to set up $10 bn fund to hunt for govt assets
Vedanta Resources Ltd’s plan to set up a $10 billion fund to acquire state-owned firms has attracted interest from sovereign wealth funds and the corpus will be floated once the government invites price for firms such as BPCL or Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), its chairman said. Metals and mining magnate Anil Agarwal’s group has […]
DVC increases load shedding to 18 hours, normal life affected in seven districts
The normal life in seven districts of Jharkhand including, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih, Chatra, Koderma, Hazaribagh and Ramgarh has been affected due to increase in load shedding to around 18 hours by power producer, Damodar Valley Corporation. The latest undeclared blackout that has been caused since Saturday meanwhile has also affected the industrial production and trade […]
Darjeeling party’s U-turn on electricity bill payment
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which had issued a diktat to the hill people to refrain from paying electricity bills during the 2007 Gorkhaland agitation, has made a 180-degree turn and informed the government that they are willing to clear the dues if the state offers a waiver on late payment surcharge (LPSC). Morcha general secretary […]
Omi-clown on Delta flight
A passenger who refused to wear a mask on a flight from Dublin to New York pulled down his pants and exposed his buttocks, threw a can at a passenger and put his cap on the captain’s head and told him, “Don’t touch me,” prosecutors said in a case unsealed on Friday. After the Delta […]
Plea to Rajnath on Bagdora runway closure
A decision by the Indian Air Force to keep the runway at the Bagdogra airport closed for a fortnight in April this year has prompted tourism industry stakeholders to write to defence minister Rajnath Singh, urging him to keep the runway open till the afternoons or carry out the necessary works during the monsoon when […]
Hunt for land to set up Calcutta’s second airport in Bhangar
The Mamata Banerjee government has identified Bhangar 2 block in South 24-Parganas as the location to set up the second airport of Calcutta after the Centre rejected the state’s proposal to declare Andal airport as the city’s second aerodrome. Sources at Nabanna said the Union government had rejected Bengal’s proposal to declare the Andal Airport […]
Maoists blow up bridge in Giridih
A day after damaging two mobile towers, the maoist continued their violence during the second day as they blew up a portion of a bridge situated on Barakar river in Simariya Panchayat of Mufassil Police station of Giridih district during the wee hours of today at around 2.30 am. The incident caused due to an […]
Boeing warns pilots of possible worst-case 5G interference scenarios
MUMBAI: Aircraft manufacturer Boeing recently issued airline-specific bulletins alerting pilots to a long list of possible problems the cockpit could be besieged with at lower altitudes if 5G signals from a transmission station near a US airport ever happen to hazardously interfere with those of an aircraft instrument that measures accurately the plane’s height over […]