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Category: National
West has double standards on climate change, says Goyal
New Delhi, April 6 : Charging the Western nations with adopting double standards in their approach to climate change, Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged them to “show some magnanimity” and keep renewable energy out of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) framework. “My concern is that there is a lot of gap in […]
MCL targets 167 mt production in 2016-17
Bhubaneswar, April 6 : After emerging the number one coal producer in the country by producing a record 137.9 million tonnes (mt) of coal in 2015-16, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) said it has set a target of 167 mt in 2016-17. “MCL has produced 137.90 mt coal in 2015-16 against 121.38 mt produced last financial […]
Four killed as police van falls off bridge in UP
Lucknow, April 6 : Three policemen and a prisoner were killed on Tuesday when a police van carrying undertrials to the district court in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur fell from a bridge, police said. Officials told IANS that the vehicle fell off the Vijra bridge. The dead policemen have been identified as constables Avdhesh Yadav and […]
40 injured as Gujarat bus falls off bridge
Ahmedabad, April 5 : At least 40 people were injured, three of them seriously, when a Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation bus fell off a bridge in Tapi district of Gujarat on Tuesday, officials said. Though the speeding bus fell in water from a height of over 20 feet, miraculously nobody was killed. According to […]
Protests as gunfight rages in Kashmir, eight injured
Srinagar, April 5 : Eight protesters were injured on Tuesday in clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district where a gunfight was on between holed-up guerrillas and the security forces, said police. “A mob of stone-pelting protesters attacked security forces in Gadoora village of Pulwama district where a gunfight was going […]