The Bharti Kisan Union (BKU), Ekta Sidhupur, has announced to oppose the installation of smart electricity meters in villages. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the union held on the premises of Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib here today. Addressing mediapersons, BKU Ekta Sidhupur district president Gurmeet Singh said, “The union will […]
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PSPCL meter reader nabbed for taking bribe
Vigilance sleuths today arrested a meter reader of the PSPCL for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 500. The sleuths claimed that an online complaint was received that the PSPCL employee had demanded Rs 2,000 from a flour mill owner of Tibbi Sahib Road here. The complainant had also submitted a video of giving the […]
PSPCL’s power purchase cost set to head north this season
Following stringent guidelines set by the Union Ministry of Power, the average power purchase cost of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is all set to rise this season. The new norms, which will come into effect next month, ensure that those “with enough finances at hand can buy additional power” while those under subsidy […]
Goa aims for 100 pc renewable energy usage by 2050: CM Pramod Sawant
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the state government has set a goal to ensure 100 per cent renewable energy usage across all sectors by 2050. Addressing the second edition of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Conference on Clean Renewable Energy 2023 here, Sawant said the state government’s plan is expected to create […]
CSK Agriculture University acquires 3 drones for use in farming
CSK HP Agriculture University, Palampur, has acquired three drones for demonstration and use in farming, according to Vice-Chancellor Prof HK Chaudhary. After getting funds from the Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research at Ludhiana, the university had taken a lead in drone purchase, the VC said today. Under the […]
Drones to check cannabis cultivation in Kullu district
Drones will be used by the police to keep a check on illegal cultivation of cannabis in Kullu district. SP Sakshi Verma said, “We intend to wipe out cannabis cultivation from Kullu district. For this, the police will make use of drones in remote areas to check such plantation on forest or private land.” “I […]
Pvt airline to start city to Toronto, New York flights from April 6
Italian airline Neos Air is going to commence flights connecting Amritsar with Toronto in Canada and New York in the US via its hub at Milan Malpensa Airport from April 6. Neos Air commenced scheduled services between Milan Malpensa and Amritsar in mid-December 2022. The airline first started operations to Amritsar during the pandemic. The […]
Social impact survey for Gaggal airport expansion
The state government has asked an NGO to conduct a social impact survey of the project for the expansion of the Gaggal airport. NGO members, who have been assigned the task of conducting the survey, yesterday faced resistance from people of Gaggal, whose land will be acquired for airport expansion. A social impact survey is […]
IndiGo pits Boeing against Airbus in record jet order talks
Indian budget carrier IndiGo is in talks with both Boeing and its current supplier Airbus to order more than 500 passenger jets, potentially smashing an industry record set by domestic rival Air India a few weeks ago, industry sources said. India’s largest airline has until now been an exclusive buyer of narrow-body jets from Airbus […]
Two Americans arrested on charges of selling tech to Russia
The Justice Department on Thursday arrested two Kansas men on allegations that the pair illegally exported aviation-related technology to Russia and provided repair services for the equipment. Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky and Douglas Robertson are charged with conspiracy, exporting controlled goods without a license, falsifying and failing to file electronic export information, and smuggling goods in […]
Srinagar highway shut for traffic
Traffic on the strategic 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was suspended on Friday to allow the NHAI to undertake necessary repair and maintenance work, officials said. This was the second time in eight days that traffic on the highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was suspended for 12 hours. […]
Manali national highway section to be operational from May 1
The section of the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane highway falling in Bilaspur district will be made operational from May 1. This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Abid Hussain Sadik after visiting the stretch of the highway falling in the district on Thursday. When operational, the highway will reduce the distance between Bilaspur and Chandigarh by 35 km […]