New Delhi, 24 Dec (UNI) As air quality in the national capital showed improvement, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday revoked Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi and the National Capital Region, though stringent pollution-control measures will continue under lower GRAP stages. In an official order, the…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (UNI) The union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the addition of three new corridors to the Delhi Metro network as part of the Phase VA expansion, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced at a press briefing on Wednesday. The approved corridors include Ramakrishna Ashram Marg to Indraprashtha, Aerocity to IGI Airport-1,…
By Parwinder Sandhu New Delhi, Dec 24 (UNI) After etching his name in India’s space history, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has made a powerful return to the skies, resuming frontline flying just days after completing the landmark Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station(ISS). In his first sortie since the spaceflight, Shukla took to the…
New Delhi, 24 Dec (UNI): Amid the Christmas celebrations, the Delhi Police on Wednesday issued an advisory for December 24 and 25, an officer said. According to the advisory, the Delhi Traffic Police has alerted the public about traffic diversions and restrictions in parts of South Delhi, especially in the Saket area. The advisory states…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Chandigarh Zonal Office, said on Wednesday that it has attached 37 immovable properties worth Rs 17.16 crore belonging to Padam Bansal, Mahesh Bansal, and their family members, in connection with a case of large-scale VAT fraud involving the Excise & Taxation Department, Sirsa. The ED initiated…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has filed a prosecution complaint before a special PMLA court in Odisha in the case concerning the Gandhamardan Loading Agency and Transporting Co-operative Society Ltd., Keonjhar, Odisha. The complaint has been filed against 11 accused persons, including the main accused Soumya Sankar Chakra,…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (UNI) The union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the addition of three new corridors to the Delhi Metro network as part of the Phase VA expansion, union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw announced at a press briefing today. The approved corridors include Ramakrishna Ashram Marg to Indraprashtha, Aerocity to IGI…
By Shishir Roy Chowdhury Raipur, Dec 24(UNI) Normal life was disrupted across large parts of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday following a statewide bandh called by several social organisations to protest violence in Kanker district’s Amabeda area and alleged administrative bias in handling cases linked to religious conversion. The shutdown had a significant impact in major urban…
Lucknow, Dec 24 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the landmark Rashtra Prerna Sthal (National Inspiration Site) to the nation on December 25, marking the 101st birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Dedicated to the trinity of nationalism—Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee—the complex honours their ideas,…
Shimla, Dec 24 (UNI) The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between India and New Zealand has triggered serious concern among apple growers in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir, who fear that cheaper imports would destabilise domestic prices and threaten livelihoods dependent on the fruit economy. Under the agreement, import duty on New Zealand…
