Singareni coal company holds awareness campaign titled ‘Ujwala Singareni’ across the coal belt

Singareni coal company holds awareness campaign titled ‘Ujwala Singareni’ across the coal belt

To motivate its workforce to work more efficiently to reduce the cost of coal production, the management of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) organised a two-day awareness campaign in all its 40 coal mines and different departments across the State’s coal belt on Thursday and Friday. The campaign christened “Ujwala Singareni – The … Read more

Houses in Kukrail ‘green belt’ marked in red triggers panic

Houses in Kukrail ‘green belt’ marked in red triggers panic

Excavators being used to demolish illegal constructions along the Kukrail river, at Akbarnagar in Lucknow, Saturday, June 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI After officials of the Irrigation Department put ‘red marks’ on many houses located in Pantnagar, Rahim Nagar and Abrar Nagar localities in Lucknow, all within 50 meters of the ‘green belt’ on … Read more

Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Energy and Finance, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. File | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Telangana Government has urged the Central Government to allot all the mining blocks in the coal belt area of the State to public sector miner Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of … Read more

Lok Sabha elections: Deswali belt holds key in Haryana’s multi-corner contest

Lok Sabha elections: Deswali belt holds key in Haryana’s multi-corner contest

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar The Deswali belt in politically-significant Haryana is key for parties in what is going to be a multi-corner contest in the Lok Sabha elections. Traditionally a stronghold of the Congress, the State’s ruling BJP has been making efforts over the years to weaken the … Read more

T.N. CM Stalin to address DMK’s booth agents in western belt on September 24

T.N. CM Stalin to address DMK’s booth agents in western belt on September 24

DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin will address the party’s booth agents in the western belt of the State, on September 24, 2023. The meeting will be held in Padiyur near Kangeyam, according to a statement issued by the DMK’s general secretary, Duraimurugan. Gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections next … Read more

Bombay HC takes cognisance of article in The Hindu on exploitation of Maharashtra’s migrant workers in sugar belt

Bombay HC takes cognisance of article in The Hindu on exploitation of Maharashtra’s migrant workers in sugar belt

About 12 lakh to 15 lakh people migrate within Maharashtra, from dry Marathwada to western Maharashtra’s Sangli, Kolhapur, Pune, Satara, Solapur, and Ahmednagar — also known as the sugar belt. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Bombay High Court took suo motu cognisance of an article by The Hindu on the financial and sexual exploitation … Read more

New weather system in the Bay of Bengal to impact north coastal belt this weekend

New weather system in the Bay of Bengal to impact north coastal belt this weekend

The check dam on Kudaganar river near Dindigul witnessed heavy flow on Wednesday thanks to the recent rain. | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan A low-pressure area that is likely to form over the Southeast Bay of Bengal by Thursday is expected to intensify into a depression around Saturday. This would increase the rainfall over Tamil … Read more

China says it will step up risk controls in Belt and Road Initiative

China says it will step up risk controls in Belt and Road Initiative

China will strengthen risk prevention and control in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), state media quoted President Xi Jinping as saying on Friday. China plans to establish a pre-warning system for preventing risks in overseas projects, Xi was quoted as saying. The BRI still presents opportunities, but the international environment has become increasingly complex, … Read more