Bengaluru: A group representing farmers, whose land has been notified for the 74-kilometre Peripheral Ring Road project, has urged the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to withdraw the tenders for the project. It said the authority did not clarify the compensation structure for land losers in the tenders and has vowed to hold a protest on […]
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Woman goes into labour on local train in Navi Mumbai; cops rush her to hospital
Thane: A 25-year-old woman went into labour while travelling on a local train in Navi Mumbai township of Maharashtra following which the railway police rushed her to a nearby hospital where she delivered a baby girl, an official said on Wednesday. Zakia Mehboob Syed, a resident of Uran area, was on board the Uran-Nerul local […]
Sanctioned at 25 cr, cost over 2K cr: Railways mismanaged land acquisition for Hajipur-Sagauli project
New Delhi: The Hajipur-Sagauli New Line project, sanctioned in 2003-04 at an estimated cost of Rs 24.66 crore, registered a huge cost escalation of Rs 2,066.78 crore in January 2019 due to indecisiveness of the Railway Administration, according to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report. Tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the report titled […]
Gas tanker overturns after colliding with vehicles in Kerala
Kannur: A tanker carrying Liquefied Petroleum Gas, which was reportedly on its way from Mangaluru in Karnataka, overturned after colliding with three vehicles in Kannur district in the wee hours of Wednesday. As many as nine persons including the driver of the tanker suffered minor injuries and were rushed to nearby hospitals. The driver of […]
India to become largest global oil demand growth driver till 2030: IEA
New Delhi: India will become the largest source of global oil demand growth between now and 2030, surpassing China, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. Urbanisation, industrialisation, the emergence of a wealthier middle-class keen on mobility and tourism, plus efforts to achieve greater access to clean cooking, will underpin the expansion of oil demand […]
India to overtake China as oil demand growth centre in 2027: IEA
Betul (Goa): India will overtake China as the biggest driver of global oil demand in 2027 as transportation and industry consumption in the world’s fastest-growing major economy will drive growth despite a big push for clean energy and electrification, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. The Paris-based agency in a special Indian Oil Market […]
Watch: Maharashtra fishermen protest against proposed solar project at Ahmednagar’s Jayakwadi Dam
Fishermen from Ahmednagar and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar held protests against the proposed solar project at Jayakwadi Dam in Ahmednagar, news agency ANI reported. The fishermen have also submitted an appeal to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to annul the proposed floating solar power project initiated by the state government. Previously, they had presented a similar request […]
Jharkhand govt decides to increase free power limit to 125 units a month
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Wednesday decided to increase the limit of free electricity to 125 units from the existing 100 units per month for domestic consumers. In a review meeting with senior officials including the chief secretary, Chief Minister Champai Soren directed the energy department to prepare a proposal in this regard. “Consumers will […]
US military helicopter with five Marines goes missing; search underway
Search and rescue teams were combing the snowy forests and hills east of San Diego on Wednesday after a US military helicopter with five Marines on board was reported missing, authorities said. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department was informed after 1 am local time that the helicopter, which had been scheduled to land at […]
Allahabad HC issues notice to railways over gang rape of woman in moving train
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday issued a notice to the railway ministry in a suo motu petition filed regarding the gang rape of a woman on board a moving train in 2016, after which she was thrown off. A division bench of Justice A R Masoodi and Justice B R […]
Bombay HC says arrest of Chanda Kochhar, her husband in ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case illegal
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday held as ‘illegal’ the arrest of ICICI Bank’s former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chanda Kochhar and her businessman-husband Deepak Kochhar by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged loan fraud case. A division bench of Justices Anuja Prabhudessai and N R Borkar confirmed […]
Airlines placed 247 passengers in ‘no-fly’ list in last four years
New Delhi: As many as 247 passengers were placed on the ‘no-fly’ list in the last four years, with the highest number of 108 individuals barred from flying by airlines for unruly behaviour in 2023, according to official data.Aviation regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has put in place Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) […]