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)
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Aug 31, 2024 5:20 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Jaishankar on PM Modi’s 10-hour train ride to Ukraine: ‘Could have done with Vande Bharat’
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ukraine involved a 10-hour train ride from Poland.
Aug 31, 2024 5:02 PM IST
India News Live Updates: LoP Rahul Gandhi to visit US from September 8-10
- Gandhi is scheduled to engage with students and academics at the University of Texas. He will later participate in a large community gathering, where he will meet with technocrats and local leaders at a dinner event
Aug 31, 2024 4:54 PM IST
India News Live Updates: J&K polls: 2 more leaders quit as BJP battles dissent over ticket distribution
- The assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on September 18, 25 and October 1. The counting of votes will take place on October 4.
Aug 31, 2024 4:42 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Coaching centre deaths: Delhi court sends 6 accused to four days CBI custody
- Three civil services aspirants, Shreya Yadav, Tanya Soni, and Nevin Dalvin, were killed after flooding in the base of the Rau’s IAS Study Circle on July 27 evening
Aug 31, 2024 4:32 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Nancy Pelosi blasted for weird hand gestures, expressions when asked about ousting Biden from race: ‘This is despicable’
- Nancy Pelosi came under fire for giving one of her signature smirks when asked by Bill Maher about her successful plans to oust Joe Biden from the 2024 race.
Aug 31, 2024 4:23 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Meghalaya govt hands over body of Bangladeshi politician at Dawki-Tamabil border
- Bangladeshi politician Ishaque Ali Khan Panna’s decomposed body was found in a betel nut plantation in Meghalaya’s East Jaiñtia Hills District on August 26
Aug 31, 2024 4:17 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Woman alleges BJP workers misbehaved on Vande Bharat train flagged off by PM Modi
- The alleged incident occurred on the Meerut City-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express which was virtually flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
Aug 31, 2024 4:16 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Himachal forest department’s divisional manager arrested for bribery
- The accused, Ashwani Kumar Verma, is the divisional manager of the Himachal Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation in Nahan
Aug 31, 2024 4:16 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Five arrested in Haryana for lynching man on suspicion of eating beef
- The incident happened in Charkhi Dadri district on August 27 and the victim was a migrant worker from West Bengal.
Aug 31, 2024 4:13 PM IST
India News Live Updates: TMC's Shatrughan Sinha defends Mamata's ‘If Bengal burns’ remark: ‘Mature thing’
- “If you burn Bengal, Assam, North-East, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Delhi too shall burn!” MN
Aug 31, 2024 3:33 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Smithtown Library remains badly damaged by massive floods, several historical Long Island docs at risk of being perished
- The Smithtown Library, which is the home to many historical documents, has been severely affected by the catastrophic floods that swept across Long Island.
Aug 31, 2024 3:14 PM IST
India News Live Updates: IndiGo flight engine fails mid-air, leads to emergency on Kolkata airport runway
- A full emergency was declared at a runway of Kolkata airport on Friday night after an engine of an IndiGo flight failed mid-air.
Aug 31, 2024 3:11 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Kerala #MeToo: Mohanlal denies link to any 'power group' in Malayalam film industry
- Female actors in Kerala have been coming forward with harrowing stories of abuse by well-known figures in the Malayalam film industry.
Aug 31, 2024 2:55 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Committee approves ₹413 cr budget for Jagannath Puri; to have its own FM radio
- The temple will have its own FM radio channel, the committee said, adding they are also planning to streamline Darshan with provisions for dedicated rows for women, children, and elderly devotees
Aug 31, 2024 2:45 PM IST
India News Live Updates: BJP slams Mamata Banerjee as Shreya Ghoshal postpones Kolkata concert over rape-murder
- Singer Shreya Ghoshal postpones Kolkata tour in solidarity with RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, citing deep emotional impact.
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