Supreme Court

Vodafone Idea shares nosedive over 39 pc

11:54 am January 17, 2020

New Delhi: Shares of Vodafone Idea on Friday plunged over 39 per cent after the Supreme Court dismissed review petitions of top telecom firms seeking review of its earlier order asking them to pay Rs 1.47 lakh crore in past statutory dues by January 23. The company’s scrip tanked 39.30 per cent to Rs 3.66 […]

SC clears decks for new airport at Goa’s Mopa, lifts suspension on environmental clearance

8:19 pm January 16, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the decks for construction of an international airport at Mopa in Goa by lifting the suspension on environmental clearance (EC) granted for the project, which would be spread over 2,131 acres. The top court in March last year had suspended the EC granted for the greenfield airport […]

Delhi records lowest October temperature in 26 years

Install smog towers at Connaught Place, Anand Vihar in three months: SC

9:50 pm January 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given three months to the Centre and Delhi government for the pilot project of setting up a ‘smog tower’ at Connaught Place and Anand Vihar here, while issuing a slew of directions to combat the menace of air and water pollution. Smog towers are structures designed as large-scale air […]

Goa teen composes Konkani song on Mahadayi issue

3:57 pm January 14, 2020

Panaji: With the Mahadayi river issue stirring politics of Goa, a 16-year-old budding rapper has composed a song in Konkani in a bid to attract youths of the coastal state to the cause. Goa-based Kabir Naik has shot a song in the Mahadayi river basin in Sattari taluka of North Goa which is trending on […]

Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

Allahabad HC asks UP govt to regulate sale of acid

11:50 pm January 13, 2020

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the UP government to regulate the sale and distribution of acid. The court further directed the state government to file its counter affidavit on January 31, detailing steps being taken in this regard. A bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Chandra Dhari […]