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New Delhi, Nov 13: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to explore the feasibility of a hydrogen-based Japanese technology as a permanent solution to the air pollution in the NCR region and other parts of north India. The court directed the Centre to expedite the deliberations on the issue and come before the court with its findings on December 3. The development comes as Delhi's air

New Delhi, Nov 13: Delhi's air quality on Wednesday was in a severe category but pollution levels are expected to enter the "severe-plus" or "emergency" category later in the day. The AQI in adjoining areas of Noida and Greater Noida was recorded at 472 and 462 respectively while Faridabad and Gurugram had an AQI of 441 and 448 respectively. An AQI between 201 and 300 is 'poor', 301-400 'very poor

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13: Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Tuesday asked the BJP, which has welcomed the recent Supreme Court order on Ayodhya, to also respect the apex court verdict on Sabarimala permitting women of all ages to pray at the Lord Ayyappa shrine. Surendran, who was replying to a question posed by the lone BJP legislator O Rajagopal, also asked the saffron party

New Delhi, Nov 12: Amid ongoing political crisis, Congress' Karnataka unit on Tuesday accused Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of "acting like a BJP puppet" and called him the "root cause of unprecedented drama regarding government formation in Maharashtra." Taking to Twitter, the Karnataka Congress said, "While time till 8:30 pm tonight was given to the NCP for govt formation, the recommendation of

Mumbai, Nov 12: Amid the suspense over the government formation in Maharashtra, senior Congress leader KC Venugopal on Tuesday said that party interim president Sonia Gandhi spoke to NCP chief Sharad Pawar about the current political situation. He further said that Gandhi deputed him and party leaders - Mallikarjun Kharge and Ahmed Patel to hold further discussions with the NCP chief. "Hon'ble

New Delhi, Nov 11: The government will start roadshows for privatisation of ailing state-run Air India this week in Singapore with Disinvestment Secretary T.K. Pandey along with senior aviation ministry and Air India officials to brief the prospective buyers for complete stake sale in the airline. Sources said Pandey will be in Singapore this week along with senior aviation ministry and Air India

New Delhi, Nov 11: The slump in the domestic automobile sector continued unabated in October with the overall sectoral off-take plunging 12.76 per cent. The data proves that an expected uptick in sales on the back of the festival season did not materialise. On Monday, data furnished by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), showed that the Indian automobile sector's total sales

New Delhi, Nov 11: As many as 70,000 employees of BSNL have already opted for the VRS scheme which was launched last week, Chairman and MD of the state-owned telecom corporation P K Purwar said on Monday. In all, nearly one lakh BSNL employees are eligible for the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) out of its total strength of about 1.50 lakh. BSNL has pegged its internal target for VRS at 77,000

Mumbai, Nov 11: The Congress, which stood at the fourth position by winning 44 seats in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections, now holds the key to formation of a 'non- BJP' government in the state. The Shiv Sena, which is determined to form a government without its long-term ally BJP, on Monday said it is waiting for an official communication of support from both the Congress and NCP. The BJP

Gwalior, Nov 11: Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday said that an odd situation has presented itself in Maharashtra but the formation of a government in the state is of utmost importance. When asked about the political situation in Maharashtra and whether Congress will extend support to a Shiv Sena-led government in the state, Scindia said: "Discussions are underway on the matter