Two-stroke autos ply in Kolkata despite court ban A COURT directive to stop polluting two stroke autorickshaws from plying on Kolkata roads has been rendered ineffective by the state government. The Calcutta High Court order dated July 18, 2008, to ban two-stroke autos by December 2008 was based on a notification issued by the state environment department. The state government however

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State home secretary Ardhendu Sen met advocate-general Balai Ray on Monday to discuss the status report on the two-stroke autorickshaw ban that the government will place in the high court on January 27.

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration has decided to phase out all petrol and diesel-run autorickshaws by August. They will be run by LPG now. Secretary (Transport) Ram Niwas, who is also the UT Home Secretary, made the announcement while inaugurating the 20th National Road Safety Week in Chandigarh on Thursday.

: Even as commuters had a harrowing time today as most of the auto-rickshaws stayed off roads in the city and its outskirts protesting against the state government's decison to phase out petrol or diesel run two-stroke autos by 31 December, two rival auto unions were involved in a scuffle at Manicktola crossing this afternoon.

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SP Demand In LS Meets With All-Round Approval

New Delhi: The brief adjournment of Lok Sabha on Friday afternoon, forced by Samajwadi Party MPs, was not in itself unexceptional but their demand

Dec. 5: The government on Friday announced a reduction in the price of petrol by Rs 5 a litre and in diesel by Rs 2 a litre, to be effective from midnight Friday-Saturday, as the international price of crude hit a four-year low. There will be no reduction in kerosene or LPG prices.

The government today cut prices of petrol by 10 per cent and diesel by 6 per cent, effective midnight, a day before the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are expected to announce a coordinate economic stimulus package combining infrastructure investment, excise breaks and key lending rate cuts.

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