NEW DELHI: Water minister Atishi on Friday wrote to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, asking him to expeditiously address issues of sewer overflow, contaminated water supply, and pipeline leaks in the national capital. Nearly 80 complaints from people reporting sewer overflow and leaks in water pipelines were received on a single day. Despite repeated instructions to the CEO and senior officials, …
The southwest monsoon continued to progress in some more regions in the country despite storm cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea and a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal. The conditions are favourable for its further advancement and in the next 48 hours monsoon is expected to cover some more parts of the central Arabian Sea, Karnataka, Goa, some …
Hyderabad: Pre-emptive “strikes” by the income-tax department which is in hot pursuit of industrialists, businessmen and potential tax evaders to pay their taxes before March 31, have made the department richer by close to Rs 390 crore within just 48 hours. Pursued by tax officials, two major firms paid advance taxes of Rs 250 crore and over Rs 138 crore …
