Category: National

NGT forms committee to decide if 2 pvt Agra colleges fall within Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary

New Delhi :  The National Green Tribunal has constituted a committee to decide whether two private engineering colleges have been constructed inside the Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Agra. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel set up the committee on October 30 comprising the Principal […]

NGT forms committee to decide if 2 pvt Agra colleges fall within Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary

New Delhi :  The National Green Tribunal has constituted a committee to decide whether two private engineering colleges have been constructed inside the Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Agra. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel set up the committee on October 30 comprising the Principal […]

SC collegium remits several names sent for appointment as judges of Orissa HC

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court collegium has remitted as many as six out of the eight names sent to it for appointment as judges of the Orissa High Court, where judicial work has been hit by lawyers’ strike since August end. The apex court collegium, headed by Chief […]

Asian Corp Consultancy settles case with Sebi

New Delhi :  Asian Corporate Consultancy along with one Dilip Anantrai Desai has settled a probe by markets regulator Sebi into alleged violation of portfolio managers norms on payment of Rs 7.4 lakh towards settlement charges. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) agreed to settle proposed adjudication […]

India seeks greater market access in China

New Delhi : India has sought greater market access for areas like agriculture products, pharmaceuticals, IT services and tourism in China, with a view to bridge the widening trade deficit with the neighbouring country, the commerce ministry said Tuesday. The issues were discussed during the meeting between Commerce Secretary […]

Higher demand, lower clean energy generation push power prices up in Sep

New Delhi, Nov 6 : After three months of decline, short-term power prices increased in September, mainly driven by higher demand and lower generation from renewables, said India Ratings and Research in its report Tuesday. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) in its October edition of credit news digest on […]

Taliban target border troops, killing 20 in Afghanistan

Kabul : Afghan officials say at least 20 Afghan border troops have been killed in a Taliban attack on their base in western Farah province. Abdul Samad Salehi, a provincial council member, says more than 45 border forces were at the base in Posht Koh district; only three of […]

IS left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq: UN

Baghdad, Nov 6 : The Islamic State group left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq containing up to 12,000 victims that could hold vital evidence of war crimes, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations in Iraq (UNAMI) and its human rights office said they had documented […]

EC team to arrive in Mizoram to assess situation

Aizawl, Nov 6 : A three-member team of the Election Commission of India will arrive in poll-bound Mizoram on Tuesday to assess the situation in view of the demand for the ouster of state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S B Shashank, official sources said. The high-level team will hold […]

First chairperson of Meghalaya Lokayukta sworn in

Shillong :  Retired Gauhati High Court judge Pranoy Kumar Musahary was on Tuesday sworn in as the first chairperson of Lokayukta in Meghalaya. The Lokayukta is empowered to probe allegations of corruption against public functionaries such as the chief minister, deputy chief minister, ministers, speaker and deputy speaker of […]

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