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HERC halts roll-out of parallel power licence

Gurugram, Oct. 29 -- The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) on Wednesday put on hold an October 19 order that gave a private company a parallel power distribution licence for Gurugram an... Read More


Lawyers can work from home, we can't: SC judge on post-Diwali air

New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Supreme Court justice Vikram Nath, in a light-hearted exchange with a senior counsel on Wednesday, remarked that "the air in Delhi will be very bad post-Diwali", in response to t... Read More


25 teams to stop illegal crackers

Gurugram, Oct. 29 -- Gurugram police formed 25 teams on Wednesday to inspect shops and warehouses for illegal firecrackers ahead of Diwali. The fire department deployed a four-member inspection team, ... Read More


GGM: Food safety checks stepped up ahead of Diwali

Gurugram, Oct. 29 -- Food safety officials are scrutinising khoya supplied from Rajasthan's Alwar and Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, and paneer manufactured in Haryana's Nuh, ahead of Diwali amid adulter... Read More


NHAI to repair 2.25km stretch; utility shifting still unresolved

Gurugram, Oct. 29 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will soon begin repairs on the 2.25-km stretch between Hero Honda Chowk and Umang Bhardwaj Chowk, even as the responsibility for sh... Read More


SC panel hears villagers' concerns over Aravallis

Gurugram, Oct. 29 -- A Supreme Court-appointed committee examining the definition and demarcation of the Aravalli hills and ranges visited two Haryana villages on Tuesday, where residents raised conce... Read More


Cab driver held for threatening Ggm woman over fare dispute

Gurugram, Oct. 29 -- A 26-year-old cab driver was arrested on Wednesday evening for allegedly demanding additional fare from a woman passenger, threatening to kill her and refusing to let her out of t... Read More


GMDA planted 600,000 saplings at 31 locations in one yr: RTI reply

Gurugram, Oct. 29 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) planted more than 600,000 trees and shrubs at 31 locations across the city in the year preceding this year's monsoon, accord... Read More


BJP will sweep panchayat polls with massive majority, says CM

Jaipur, Oct. 29 -- Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would secure a massive majority in the upcoming panchayat elections on the strength of the state ... Read More


Rape, Pocso convicts not fully barred from open-air camps: HC

JODHPUR, Oct. 29 -- The Rajasthan high court has ruled that prisoners convicted of rape or offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act are not completely barred from bei... Read More