Day: January 19, 2021

Parliamentary panel extends assurance to TN textile industry

8:35 pm January 19, 2021

Coimbatore : The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour on Tuesday assured the textile industry of considering its appeals and making suitable recommendations so that Tamil Nadu, especially Tirupur and Coimbatore, prospers in man-made fibre (MMF) textile-manufacturing. The panel interacted with the National Committee on Textiles & Clothing (NCTC). The NCTC comprises Confederation of Indian Textile […]

Railways bribery: CBI recovers additional Rs 2.04 crore cash hidden in Delhi hotel

8:23 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: The CBI has seized an additional Rs 2.04 crore hidden in a private hotel in South Delhi by the executives of ABCI Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, accused in a bribery case involving senior officials of Northeast Frontier Railways, officials said Tuesday. In its biggest trap case, the agency had arrested Chief Administrative Officer Mahender Singh Chauhan of NFR on Sunday and […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Mumbai breathes easy as air quality improves to moderate range

8:20 pm January 19, 2021

Mumbai: The air quality in Mumbai has improved in the last couple of days due to reversal of windflow and rise in temperature, an official from the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said on Tuesday. According to SAFAR, with an overall air quality index(AQI) of 156, the city on Monday breathed […]

8 crows found dead in Punjab's Hoshiarpur

Bird flu: Red Fort shut for public till Jan 26 after sample of dead crow tests positive

8:16 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: A sample of a dead crow from Red Fort has tested positive for bird flu and orders have been issued to restrict the entry of public into the monument, officials said on Tuesday. Around 15 crows were found dead in the premises of Red Fort on January 10. A sample from a dead bird was […]

HP: After fresh snowfall, Shimla, Kufri & Dalhousie reel under sub-zero temperatures

Freezing cold in Himachal, Keylong records minus 8.9 degrees C

8:09 pm January 19, 2021

Shimla: Keylong and Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh reeled under sub-zero temperatures on Tuesday, the Meteorological Department here said. Keylong, the administrative centre of tribal Lahaul and Spiti district, continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 8.8 degrees Celsius, Shimla MeT centre director Manmohan Singh said. Kalpa recorded a low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, he added. The minimum temperature in Manali, Kufri and Dalhousie was recorded at 0.4, 2.1 […]