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Woman injured while resisting snatching in west Delhi

8:32 pm September 27, 2019

New Delhi: A 50-year-old woman was injured while trying to resist a snatching near Madipur metro station in west Delhi on early Friday morning, the police said. The woman was on her way to a nearby temple around 4.30 am when three bike-borne men tried to snatch her bag, they said. In her complaint to […]

Special pension workshop held for BSF personnel in Jammu

8:13 pm September 25, 2019

Jammu: A special workshop for pension was organised on Wednesday by the Ministry of Personnel for the BSF personnel here. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions sent a team of officers who conducted the special workshop for the Border Security Force (BSF) on Pensioners’ Portal […]

NGT slams MoEF for delay in issuing notification to ban RO purifiers

7:00 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the delay in issuing a notification to ban RO purifiers where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water are below 500 milligrams per litre. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the plea of the ministry […]

Andaman & Nicobar Islands COVID-19 tally rises to 2,399

Andaman, Nicobar Islands may not be inhabitable in future due to rise in sea level: IPCC author

6:58 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: Islands like Andaman and Nicobar might not be inhabitable in a few years due to rise in sea level and increase in climatic events like cyclones, said one of the key authors of a global report on climate change on Wednesday. The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate […]

Onion auctions to resume after Maha CM's assurance

Onion prices continue to rule high at Rs 70-80/kg

6:24 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: Retail prices of onion continued to remain high at Rs 70-80 per kg on Wednesday in the national capital and other parts of the country despite government measures to boost supply of the key kitchen staple. As per data maintained by the consumer affairs ministry, retail onion price was ruling at Rs 60/kg […]