Chennai, March 3 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is set to establish collection centres in 12 coastal districts to manage abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG). This initiative aims to address the growing environmental threat posed by discarded fishing nets, which entrap marine life, leading to injury, suffocation, and death of … Read more
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Thursday gave nod to the excise policy 2025-26 that aims to collect revenue of Rs 11,020 crore, an increase by Rs 874.05 crore over the current fiscal. A spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s office said against the target of Rs 10,145 … Read more
Gurugram Feb 10 (IANS) Gurugram Traffic Police have imposed challans amounting to Rs 1.2 crores against 20,415 traffic offenders from January 1 to January 31 for wrong-side driving, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) traffic, Virender Vij, said to take effective action against those driving on the wrong side, Gurugram Police conducted special campaigns … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) Former Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said on Thursday that the state government has to collect the toll to raise the revenue for the state. “Times have changed. We will have to collect the toll on roads and bridges built using KIIFB funds,” said Isaac. The former minister added that the … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday, once again failed for the third time to collect the voice samples of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, a prime accused in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal as he (Bhadra) failed to turn up at a special court in Kolkata on medical grounds. … Read more
