(PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today launched a common card for rides on public buses and the metro, terming it a big step in the city’s transport sector. Delhi is the first city in the country to have a common mobility card, which can at present be used on 200 DTC and 50 cluster buses plying on different routes, apart from metro trains. “Its a big step in the transport sector that will facilitate the seamless travel of people in Delhi,” Kejriwal told reporters after a short ride on a DTC bus on the occasion. The card, which will function…
Author: Amit Bhanot
Indian Railways has decided to deploy “Drone” cameras (UAV/NETRA) for various railway activities especially project monitoring and maintenance of tracks and other railway infrastructure. It has been given directions to Zonal Railways to procure such cameras. This is in-line with Railways’ desire to use technology to enhance safety and efficiency in train operations. “Drone” cameras shall be deployed to undertake monitoring activities of relief and rescue operation, project monitoring, progress of important works, conditions of track and inspection related activities. It shall also be used to assess preparedness of Non-Interlocking (NI) works, crowd management during fairs and melas, to identify scrap and…
(FE) In one of its kind protest, potatoes were hurled from a truck at various prominent places in Lucknow on Saturday, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s residence. The news was confirmed by the Lucknow District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma who said that there was a ruck which had sacks of potato and it started throwing potatoes in various parts of the city early this morning. The reason behind this act was as surprising as it gets. It was reportedly a protest by farmers against the low purchase price of the produce, even as the state government dismissed the incident as…
(FE) A massive fire broke out at Mumbai’s Cinevista in the Kkanjurmarg area on Saturday evening, days after the city had witnessed a fire in Kamala Mills compound. The fire at Cinevista is reportedly of level 2 and according to a video shared by a user on Twitter, huge flames can be seen coming out of the building. There is no report about any casualty so far. It was reported that 7 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Cinevista studio is constructed across a 5-acre property that is a one-stop shop for all shooting needs. The official website of…
(PTI) A special CBI court today sentenced RJD chief Lalu Prasad to three-and-a-half years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on him in a fodder scam case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from the Deoghar Treasury 21 years ago. The punishment was handed down to 69-year-old Prasad by CBI court judge Shiv Pal Singh. This is the second time that he has been jailed in the fodder scam. The judge also imposed a fine totalling Rs 10 lakhs on him.He was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail in a fodder scam case for offences…
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will attend the Annual Conference of DGPs and IGPs on 7th and 8th January at the BSF Academy at Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh. DGPs Conference is an annual event in which top police officers from all over the country share and discuss security related issues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the conference earlier in Guwahati, Assam in 2014, Dhordo, Rann of Kutch, Gujarat in 2015 and National Police Academy, Hyderabad in 2016. During the last meeting, issues such as cross-border terrorism and radicalization were discussed in detail. The Prime Minister emphasized the importance of leadership,…
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship inaugurated a unique symposium and photo exhibition titled ‘The Mangalajodi Inheritance”, organised by ONGC in association with the The Bhubaneswar Bird Walks, today at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The objective of the symposium and photo exhibition is to bring together opinions of experts from diverse fields to strategise a way forward towards Chilika – The largest brackish water lake – to obtain heritage status from UNESCO. Shri Pradhan highlighted that the Chilika ecosystem is an integral part of the Odia psyche, history and culture…
(PTI) BSF troops today foiled an infiltration bid and killed an intruder along the International Border in Jammu district. Troops observed movement of two-three persons along the IB near Nikowal Border Out Post (BoP) in Arnia sector around 0545 hours, IG BSF, Jammu frontier, Ram Awtar told PTI. They challenged them and opened fire resulting in the death of one intruder, he said adding, the deceased was in his thirties.The other intruders managed to escape, he said.The force also destroyed two Pakistani posts in retaliation to the killing of its jawan in unprovoked firing. Two Pakistani mortar positions were “located, targeted…
A Model Draft Bill for Flood Plain Zoning Legislation was circulated by the Union Government in 1975 to all States to help States enact legislation. The model bill provided for prohibition and restriction of the activities in the notified area of the flood plain. The River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016 provides that the bank of River Ganga and its flood plain shall be construction free zone. It also prohibits construction of any structure for residential or commercial or industrial or any other purposes in the River Ganga, Bank of River Ganga or its tributaries or active…
(DJ) कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी अगले हफ्ते बहरीन की यात्रा पर जाएंगे। राहुल वहां एक कार्यक्रम में भारतीय समुदाय को संबोधित करेंगे। इसके अलावा वह बहरीन के प्रधानमंत्री खलीफा बिन सलमान अल खलीफा और शाही परिवार के सदस्यों से भी मुलाकात कर सकते हैं। पार्टी सूत्रों के अनुसार, इस यात्रा पर राहुल बहरीन के शाही परिवार के राजकीय अतिथि होंगे। राहुल सात जनवरी को बहरीन रवाना होंगे। इसके अगले दिन वह भारतीय समुदाय के लोगों को संबोधित करेंगे। उन्हें इस कार्यक्रम के लिए वहां के भारतीय समुदाय ने आमंत्रित किया है। राहुल नौ जनवरी को भारत लौट आएंगे। उनका दुबई…