Cutting mountains of snow, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), a wing of the Defence Ministry that maintains the strategic highways, in a historic feat has managed to link this Himachal Pradesh tourist resort with Leh in Ladakh two months ahead of schedule despite facing natural disasters like avalanches and landslides amid the coronavirus pandemic. The […]
Month: March 2021
Due to its 2012 blunder, India’s Cairn challenge at The Hague is likely to fail
Towards the end of 2020, an investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) arbitration tribunal, in a case involving the British oil and energy giant, Cairn, and the Republic of India, found India guilty of having violated the India-United Kingdom (UK) bilateral investment treaty (BIT). The dispute arose when the Indian government, armed with the retroactive 2012 amendment […]
Cong backs people hit by Pathankot-Mandi NH 4-laning
The Congress today came out in support of about 3,800 Nurpur families affected by the four-laning project of the Pathankot-Mandi highway. These people have been protesting, demanding fair compensation of their lands being acquired by the NHAI. Kangra district Congress president and former local MLA Ajay Mahajan, after convening a meeting with party office-bearers and […]
Panchkula DC pushes for accident-free roads
The district administration here today directed the road construction agencies to identify seven stretches of 5km each and develop them as ‘model roads’ which are free of accidents. Presiding over the monthly meeting of the District Road Safety Committee, Deputy Commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja said roads with maximum intersections and light points should be developed […]
Coal mining case: CBI questions suspected mastermind Anup Majhi
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Tuesday questioned Anup Majhi, the alleged mastermind of illegal coal mining in Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines in West Bengal’s Asansol, in connection with the coal pilferage scam, officials said. The Supreme Court had restrained the agency from arresting Majhi till April 6. “The petitioner shall not be arrested until April […]
Consider imposing fines on passengers not wearing masks properly: DGCA to airports
NEW DELHI: Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday told airports to consider imposing spot fines, with the help of police authorities, on passengers who are found not wearing masks properly and not maintaining social distancing as per the COVID-19 rules. On March 13, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had asked airports and airlines to […]
DGCA schedules 18.8K departures for every week this summer
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday released the 2021 summer schedule of flights for domestic airlines. According to the schedule, 18,843 departures will take place from 108 Indian airports every week. The summer schedule begins on the last Sunday of March for all the airlines and ends on the last Sunday […]
Nuke equipment from Hungary shipped for Kudankulam
CHENNAI: With Covid-19 impacting the supply of equipment to Kudankulam nuclear power plant from European firms belonging to the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom), a solution was worked out jointly so that the equipment could be shipped to India without containers, according to a release from Rosatom. The ship Industrial Ruby, carrying the 24th […]
Prayagraj-Bhubaneswar flight under UDAN
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre on Tuesday operationalised 22 new routes including Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to Bhubaneswar under the UDAN scheme. The Prayagraj-Bhubaneswar route was one the 18 new ones that were flagged off by senior officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) under UDAN scheme on March 28. The […]
BJP demands rollback of power tariff hike at the earliest
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP on Tuesday staged demonstration in front of the office of the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) protesting power tariff hike.The protest led by BJP Bhubaneswar district unit president Babu Singh attacked the State government for allowing the tariff hike when the people are struggling to cope with the economic hardship they faced […]
No escape from bumpy ride on Eluru Road stretch
VIJAYAWADA: Potholes developed on the 10.1 km Eluru Road stretch between Ramavarrapadu and Old Bus Stand have become a cause for concern for the commuters who take this route to reach their destinations. Shopkeepers and residents on this stretch are appealing to the officials concerned to come up with a permanent solution to relay the […]
3 Rafale fighter jets to land in India today; UAE to provide mid-air refuelling
India will get three more Rafale fighter jets on Wednesday, which will join the Golden Arrows Squadron in Ambala. These fighter jets will fly directly from France and will be provided mid-air refuelling by the UAE. These planes are expected to land in Gujarat at 7pm. The fresh induction will take the squadron’s strength to […]