Category: New Delhi

DW BUREAU / NEW DELHI Even as he defended the right of the police to fire back to counter an attack, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday came out against extra constitutional executions as being against the nation’s Constitutional spirit, while also opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which he said would not be […]

DW BUREAU / NEW DELHI Set to miss the December 2019 deadline to meet new emission norms, the Panipat Thermal Power Station (PTPS) in Haryana is yet to award a contract to install modern equipment to cut down on pollution, according to officials.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had on November 13 issued a show-cause […]

DW BUREAU / NEW DELHI A new book details how militancy in Punjab affected judiciary by delaying trials, how it influenced the popular culture and how the youth today are still responding to conditions in the northern state. “The Legacy of Militancy in Punjab: Long Road to ‘Normalcy’” by civil rights activist Inderjit Singh Jaijee […]

DW BUREAU / NEW DELHI The Centre is formulating a scheme to find a permanent solution to the practice stubble burning by farmers and has constituted a committee to come out with a report on the matter in a month or two, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said in Rajya […]

DW BUREAU / NEW DELHI The Centre is formulating a scheme to find a permanent solution to the practice stubble burning by farmers and has constituted a committee to come out with a report on the matter in a month or two, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said in Rajya […]

DW BUREAU / NEW DELHI Haryana recorded around 45 per cent decline in incidents of stubble burning and the problem will be resolved completely in the next two years, state pollution control board member secretary S Narayanan said on Thursday. He said the state achieved these results “purely through enforcement” and no major policy changes […]