Shri Nitin Gadkari launches Highway Advisory System Pilot Project on Delhi-Jaipur Highway The Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari launched the Highway Advisory System (HAS) as a pilot project on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway, NH-8, in New Delhi today. HAS is a free-to-air information distribution system that uses radio to make… Read More »
Electronic Weighing Machines on Toll Plazas The Government is planning to install electronic weighing machines at all toll plazas on National Highways to prevent and detect overloading of commercial goods transport vehicles. NHAI has mandated Indian Highway Management Company Limited (IHMCL), a company promoted by NHAI, to install Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) Bridges on public funded fee… Read More »
New Chief Justice of Gauhati & Rajasthan High Court In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Ajit Singh, Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court with effect from… Read More »
Rajya Sabha clears Real Estate Bill seeking to make consumer the king Bill to foster a happy alliance between consumers and developers, says Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu Notoriety in real estate sector needs to be ended to encourage investment flows, says the Minister If telecom sector with a few operators has a regulator, real estate… Read More »
Union Home Minister’s Statement In Ishrat Jahan Case The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh made a Statement under Rule 197 of the Rules of Procedure in Lok Sabha today regarding alleged alteration on affidavit in Ishrat Jahan case. The following is the text of the Home Minister’s Statement: “ In a police action with… Read More »
Machine tools and equipments being imported A number of Indian users of Capital Goods are importing Heavy Industrial Equipment like Electrical Equipment, Machine Tools, Textile Machinery, Printing Machinery, Plastic Processing Machinery, Metallurgical Machinery, Earthmoving & Construction Machinery, etc. from China. The details of import for the last year (2014-15) from China are as under: … Read More »
Thunderstorm Accompanied with Squall/Hailstorm is likely at some Places of the Country over Next Three or Four Days India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its bulletin has given information that thunderstorm accompanied with squall/hailstorm is likely at some places of the country over next three or four days. It says an intense western disturbance currently lying… Read More »
SMS Alert about Weather Conditions being Provided to Farmers The Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) of Earth System Science Organization (ESSO)-India Meteorological Department (IMD) is rendered on twice weekly basis in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), institutions of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), IITs etc. Giving this information in a written reply in… Read More »
General election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, 2016 – Media Coverage during the period referred to in Section 126 of RP Act, 1951. The schedule for calling general election to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal has been announced on 4th March,… Read More »
Manufacturing of components of Atomic plants A “Programme of Action” for localisation of manufacturing in India for Russian designed nuclear power plants, was signed between Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Russia’s Atomic Energy Corporation ‘ROSATOM’ on 24.12.2015. Under the above Programme of Action, both sides agreed to take time-bound specific steps towards finalising the… Read More »