How Railway saved Rs 319 crores?

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has replaced bulky, multi-lingual question booklets with online tests for its recruitment process, resulting in a green initiative that has helped saved four lakh trees and 319 crore paper sheets. The three-phase online examination covering preliminary, written and aptitude and typing skill test is a first of its kind for the state-run transporter.

Rane 'throws fish' at govt officer

Mumbai: A meeting called to discuss problems faced by fishermen saw sparks flying with Congress MLA Nitesh Rane losing his cool and allegedly throwing fish at a senior government officer. In a video clip aired by local news channels, Rane is purportedly seen talking to the fisheries commissioner of Sindhudurg in his office packed with people yesterday.

GST extended to Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today passed the state GST Bill 2017 amidst opposition boycott, making it the last state of the country to join the new tax regime.

Medical college to be built at Sarol, says CM

Chamba: The MBBS classes in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medical College (PJNGMC) will begin from this session and the land for the medical college has been identified at Sarol.

Cong, BJP in war of words over attack on councillor

Shimla: The BJP and the Congress are engaged in a war of words on the social networking sites following attack on Sanjay Parmar, BJP councilor from Kachighati at Shogi in the outskirts of the state capital by some miscreants on July 3.

GST infused life into Pharma units, chances for revival bright

Solan: The pharmaceutical industry has shown some signs of revival with the introduction of the GST from July 1 in Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) which has about 350 pharmaceutical and cosmetic units.

HC stays assistant prof’s selection process at CUH

Chandigarh: The process for selecting assistant professor by the Central University of Haryana has come under judicial scanner, with the Punjab and Haryana High Court putting the state on notice and ordering stay.

India's tough anti-hijacking law comes into force

New Delhi: The country's new anti-hijacking law, which prescribes capital punishment in the event of death of "any person", has come into force following a government notification. The 2016 Anti-Hijacking Act replaces a 1982-vintage law, according to which hijackers could be tried only in the event of death of hostages, such as flight crew, passengers and security personnel.

INLD gives ultimatum to centre

Rohtak: Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly Abhay Singh Chautala has given an ultimatum to the Central government to get the Supreme Court order on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal implemented by July 9.

Indian decathlete named for Asian meet fails dope test

Bhubaneswar: India's campaign in the Asian Athletics Championships here has been hit by a doping scandal with leading decathlete Jagtar Singh testing positive for a banned substance. Jagtar's urine sample 'A', collected during the Federation Cup National Championships in Patiala last month by the NADA, has returned positive for meldonium and he has been put under provisional suspension.