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Latest News, highlights Today August 31, 2024: Punjab to face hefty penalties for delay in Flue Gas Desulphurisation installation at thermal power plants

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Latest news on August 31, 2024: The Punjab government might face penalty nearing  <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>400 crore per year for its failure to comply with timely installation of Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems in thermal power plants (TPPs) across the state. (HT File)
Latest news on August 31, 2024: The Punjab government might face penalty nearing <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>400 crore per year for its failure to comply with timely installation of Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems in thermal power plants (TPPs) across the state. (HT File)

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Aug 31, 2024 9:22 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: #Naman in Lucknow: An ode to the legend of kathak Pandit Lachhu Maharaj

  • A two-day event being held in Lucknow where artistes from across the musical Gharanas to perform
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Aug 31, 2024 9:12 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Donald Trump impersonates ‘super genius guy’ Elon Musk, makes netizens laugh as he quips ‘We can have a good hookup…’

  • Donald Trump at an event informed the attendees that Elon Musk had given him a “tremendous endorsement” and described him as a “very different kind of a guy.”
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Aug 31, 2024 9:07 PM IST

India News Live Updates: 1500 iPhones worth ₹11 crore stolen from truck in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar

  • Those transporting the phones have claimed the loot was carried out after the driver of the truck was drugged and gagged on August 15.
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Aug 31, 2024 9:03 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Indigo flight makes emergency landing in Kolkata after mid-air engine failure

  • Officials said that all 174 people on board the Indigo flight- 161 passengers and 13 crew members- were safe and there were no reports of any injuries
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Aug 31, 2024 8:55 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: Allahabad HC seeks reply in plea against ex-MLA Udaybhan Karwariya’s premature release

  • Udaybhan Karwariya was released from Naini Central jail on July 25 this year following his pardon by the UP governor in view of his good conduct
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Aug 31, 2024 8:51 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Not just Haryana, Election Commission changed polling dates for these states in past

  • Haryana polls: The ECI received a request from the National President of All India Bishnoi Mahasabha, Bikaner (Rajasthan), to reschedule the polling date.
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Aug 31, 2024 8:30 PM IST

India News Live Updates: India has special China problem, LAC standoff calls for investment scrutiny: EAM

  • External affairs minister S Jaishankar said the separation between economics and security with certain countries is a very thin line
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Aug 31, 2024 8:04 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Union minister Giriraj Singh allegedly attacked in Bihar's Begusarai: ‘Just because he had a beard...’

  • Firebrand BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh claimed that Tejashwi Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav might support the attacker.
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Aug 31, 2024 7:57 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: Paris Paralympics: Rehab univ’s Mandeep Kaur enters badminton QFs

  • Earlier, she participated in the 2023 Asian Games, securing two bronze medals, and also competed in the World Championship 2022 and 2023 where she won two bronze medals each time
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Aug 31, 2024 7:49 PM IST

India News Live Updates: BJP thanks EC for changing Haryana poll date, Congress and AAP react

  • The poll panel on Saturday changed the voting date for Haryana assembly elections from October 1 to October 5.
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Aug 31, 2024 7:49 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: Kharga Corps’ team completes 100 km high-altitude trekking expedition

  • The team reached Kharga War Memorial “Vijay Smarak” in Ambala Cantonment on the successful completion of “Beyond the Horizon” trekking expedition to Pin Parvati Valley to celebrate the 78th Independence Day
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Aug 31, 2024 7:46 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: 80 farmers receive residential plots in Lucknow

  • The plots were given to the farmers - besides the monetary compensation - as compensation for the land which they had given to the Awas Vikas Parishad
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Aug 31, 2024 7:41 PM IST

India News Live Updates: 47 Indians rescued from ‘cyber scam centres’ in Laos; embassy warns against ‘fake job offers’

  • Indian authorities have advised citizens to be wary of “fake job offers” in Laos and emphasised need for careful verification to avoid falling victim to scams.
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Aug 31, 2024 7:34 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: Prayagraj Junction to have gaming zone for children

  • Currently, the gaming zone facility is available at only a few select railway stations across India, making Prayagraj the first station under the NCR to offer such a feature
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Aug 31, 2024 7:18 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Haryana CM says migrant worker's murder over suspicion of eating beef not 'mob lynching': ‘Who can stop them?’

  • A migrant labourer from West Bengal was beaten to death in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district suspicion that he had eaten beef.
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