Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Namo Bharat train from Meerut crossed the Yamuna for the first time and reached the multi-modal transit hub at Sarai Kale Khan in southeast Delhi during trial runs conducted over the weekend, a precursor to the station’s inauguration in June, said an official on … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (IANS) The Kerala gold smuggling case that rocked the Pinarayi Vijayan government in 2020 took a new turn on Thursday when the Supreme Court orally observed that since the prima facie allegations are “serious”, the plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to transfer the trial out … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) To combat cross-border drug smuggling and narco-terrorism, the Punjab government on Wednesday conducted a trial of advanced anti-drone technology in Naushera Dhalla village, located close to the India-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district. This demonstration in the Sarai Amanat Khan area, a hotspot for drone activity … Read more
SRINAGAR: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Legislative Party leader and MLA Pulwama, Waheed ur Rehman Parra, on Saturday raised key questions regarding the judicial infrastructure development and reformative measures undertaken by the government to improve the Criminal Justice System in Jammu and Kashmir. Seeking clarity on the state of judicial infrastructure, Parra asked the government to … Read more
NEW DELHI, Mar 7: The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to April 4 the hearing on a plea filed by the CBI to transfer trial against jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik and other co-accused in two cases from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan deferred the … Read more
Pithampur, March 5 (IANS) The second trial incineration of Union Carbide’s hazardous waste at the Pithampur industrial site in Madhya Pradesh will start on Wednesday. The first round of incineration, which started on March 3, lasted about 75 hours and during this time, 135 kg of waste was dumped in the plant’s incinerator every hour. … Read more
Bhopal, March 4 (IANS) After completing the first phase of the “trial run” for Union Carbide’s toxic waste disposal, the Madhya Pradesh government is preparing to commence the second phase on Tuesday. In January this year, the toxic waste (337 tonnes) was transported from Bhopal to Indore in sealed containers, and the first trial run … Read more
Bhopal, Feb 28 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court chose not to intervene in the trial process for incinerating toxic waste moved from Bhopal’s abandoned Union Carbide facility to a private plant in Pithampur (near Indore), the Madhya Pradesh government is initiating the process on Friday. After 56 days of preparation, five containers holding … Read more
Bhopal, Feb 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court directive for a trial run to dispose of approximately 340 tonnes of toxic waste from Union Carbide. “Now the state government can proceed for trial run of the toxic waste in batches,” a government official told IANS. The … Read more