Former Delhi chief secretary MM Kutty to head new air quality commission

Former chief secretary of Delhi MM Kutty was on Thursday appointed chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Besides him, Professor Mukesh Khare, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and Ramesh KJ, Ex-Director General, India Meteorological Department (IMD) have been appointed as the full-time technical members of the Commission, it said.

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Bihar: 3 killed, 21 injured after vehicle overturns while returning from Congress rally

At least three people were killed, while 21 others were seriously injured in a road accident in Bihar. According to the details, the accident occurred in Purnia district of the state on Thursday. All were returning after attending a public rally of Congress candidate Abdul Jalil Mastan in Amour when their vehicle overturned, killing 3 on the spot. 

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New air quality commission to begin work from today, SC asks Centre to ensure no smog in Delhi-NCR

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to ensure that there is no smog in Delhi-NCR as it was informed that the commission for air quality management will start functioning from today. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian posted the pleas related to air pollution for hearing after the Diwali vacation.

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Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad to stay in jail as Jharkhand HC defers hearing on bail plea till November 27

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday deferring the hearing on the bail plea of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case till November 27. The case pertains to the illegal withdrawal of funds from the Dumka treasury in the 1990s when he was the CM of undivided Bihar. He is facing 14 years jail term in the case.

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Missing Ghaziabad businessman found in Kolkata

The Ghaziabad police have found businessman Paragh Ghosh who had gone missing last week. He was found at a hotel in Kolkata.

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Rajasthan: Hit by speeding Audi, man bounces to rooftop of nearby house; dies

A man was killed after being hit by a speeding Audi car in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Friday. According to the details, the accident was reported today morning in Jaipur's Sodala area, where the deceased suffered serious wounds and succumbed to his injuries. The youth was on his way to appear for a constable recruitment examination in the city when he was hit by the speeding luxury car being driven by a girl, police said.

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'Won't accept any shift in Line of Actual Control': CDS Bipin Rawat talks tough on Ladakh standoff

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Friday said that situation along Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh remains tense. He said that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is facing unanticipated consequences for its misadventure in Ladakh because of firm responses by Indian forces.

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