Fire breaks out in scrap godown in Mumbai; no casualtyThe blaze erupted around 7 am and spread to 20-25 tin sheds in the godown located on Khairani Road, the official said. Eight fire engines, ...
25 Oct, 2022, 11.06 AM IST
Chlorine gas leak in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur; SDM, DSP among 34 hospitalisedThe mishap took place early in the morning in the busy Azad Nagar Transit Camp area of Rudrapur. People began to faint and scamper about in...
30 Aug, 2022, 07.14 PM IST
CBI arrests seven for theft of valuable material from PSUDuring investigation, the CBI intercepted the vehicle while transferring 950 kilogram of precious material and caught the two scrap merchan...
03 Jun, 2022, 05.15 PM IST
11 charred to death in a major fire at scrap godown in HyderabadThe deceased, all migrant workers from Bihar, were found on the first floor of the building at Bhoiguda in the city, police and fire offici...
23 Mar, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
Pakistan issues tender for 50,000 tonnes sugar import, but not from 'banned' countries like IndiaLast week, there was sudden hope of trade reopening between the two nations in sugar and cotton after Pakistan's Economic Coordination Comm...
05 Apr, 2021, 11.27 PM IST
Local sources of pollution in UP, Haryana and Delhi primary reason for poor air quality: EPCASupreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) said stack and dust pollution as well as open burnin...
15 Oct, 2019, 12.51 PM IST
Indian Army stages flag march in Samba after clashes leave 14 injuredCurfew was imposed last night after the violence broke out following which the police used batons and teargas to control the situation.
13 Jul, 2018, 04.40 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari blames global economy, excess output for agrarian crisisAsked about the situation in Maharashtra, he said: "Farmers are facing some difficulties, not getting proper minimum support price, and mil...
02 Jun, 2018, 05.34 PM IST
Congress leaders stashed Rs 12 lakh crore, PM turned it into scrap: Amit ShahSetting the tone for the Winter Session of Parliament, scheduled to begin tomorrow, Amit Shah claimed that the Congress was unhappy with th...
15 Nov, 2016, 07.34 PM IST
Rising imports pull wheat prices 8-10% lowerSome analysts want the government to scrap the 10% import duty that India levies on the grain, as they expect the local output to miss the ...
11 Oct, 2016, 09.42 AM IST
NGT notice to MoEF over industrial units in East DelhiIndustrial units contaminating the city's environment by releasing toxic pollutants today came under the scanner of the National Green Trib...
07 Dec, 2015, 10.27 PM IST
Bhiwandi to be developed as logistics and godown hub: Devendra FadnavisFadnavis said the existing godowns would be regularised. The godowns which cannot be regularised after relaxing norms will have to be demol...
10 Mar, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
- Central Excise books tax evasion cases of over Rs 25 crore
Central Excise has booked cases against three entities for tax evasion of over Rs 25 crore for misusing cenvat credit facilities.
22 Feb, 2013, 08.02 PM IST
- Government panel okays wheat export of 70,000 tonnes from FCI stock
An empowered committee has cleared export of 70,000 tonnes of wheat from the government stock, for which bids were invited by state-run tra...
06 Aug, 2012, 11.22 PM IST
- Government frees sugar exports, scraps onion minimum export price
Government today decided to free sugar exports by removing quantitative restrictions in order to expedite shipments of sweetener.
02 May, 2012, 10.54 PM IST
- Lurking radioactive waste exposes defenceless Delhi
The exposure to the radioactive Cobalt-60 in scrap at Mayapuri in west Delhi that has left a scrap dealer, four of his labourers and anothe...
10 Apr, 2010, 01.29 AM IST
- Yarn mills to strike work; seek ban on cotton export
In a rare show of unity, trade unions and managements of over 3,000 textile yarn units will strike work on July 9 pressing for suspension o...
07 Jul, 2008, 07.48 PM IST