New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court has stressed on the need for “stricter yardstick” on courts’ sentencing policy in cases related to crime against women so as to act as a deterrent, saying punishment awarded to the accused was not in proportion to gravity and magnitude of such offences. “In recent years, the rising […]
Manila, May 10: More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges, government agencies warned today. The storm’s movement has slowed slightly but it has also strengthened to pack gusts of 205 kilometres per hour and is still expected to […]
New Delhi, May 10 : In order to ensure that a stricter check may be kept on vehicular emissions, Delhi government has directed all car and motorbike dealers in the national capital to set up pollution measuring facilities on their premises. All automobile dealers, except those who sell battery- operated e-rickshaws, have been asked to […]
New Delhi, May 10: Amidst reports pointing at the discolouration of Taj Mahal, a parliamentary panel has recommended that a “multi-pronged” strategy be adopted to preserve the “pristine beauty” of the monument and asked the Archeological Survey of India to submit at the earliest an action plan for the same. The committee for Demands for […]
Sydney: Motorists will pay as much as $11 a trip when the completed West Connex motorway opens, after the Liberal government decided to increase tolls on new Sydney motorways faster than the rate of inflation.The rate of increase means if WestConnex is built as planned in 2023, someone driving from Sydney’s outer north-west suburbs to […]