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NEW DELHI: To give them a separate identity, hydrogen-fuelled vehicles will soon get a new type of registration plates, with the road transport ministry proposing a mix of two colours as base for these number plates.As per a draft notification, for commercial vehicles, the top half of the registration plate will be green and bottom half will be blue. The alphanumeric characters will be in yellow. For private vehicles, while the colour combination will be the same, the alphanumeric characters will be in white.The notification said that for rent-a-cab category, the top half will be black and bottom half will be blue, with the alphanumeric characters being in yellow.
New Delhi : Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday announced the rollout of the Air Pollution Mitigation Action Plan 2026, positioning it as a shift towards measurable, outcome-driven clean air governance. However, even as the government outlined an ambitious multi-sector strategy, experts cautioned that without strong enforcement, tangible targets, and long-term consistency, the plan risks repeating the shortcomings of previous efforts. Gupta held a review meeting and stressed that clean air and environmental protection are now central to the government's policy framework, backed by dedicated ...Read More >
New Delhi: Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the Centre and states could earn up to ₹40,000 crore in goods and services tax (GST) if all the 9.7 million unfit and polluting vehicles in the country are scrapped. A total of 300,000 such vehicles have been scrapped till August, including 141,000 government vehicles, said Gadkari, addressing the annual session of the Automobile Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA). "According to our estimate, there are 9.7 million (unfit and polluting) vehicles, which we need to scrap...7 million jobs will be create ...Read More >
Jaipur: Former CM Ashok Gehlot acknowledged Thursday that BJP's campaign focusing on the 2022 Kanhaiya Lal murder case contributed to his govt's electoral defeat in 2023.The case involved the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, who was beheaded inside his shop on June 28, 2022, by two assailants who filmed and shared the act on social media. The accused, Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari and Ghaus, were arrested within four hours after the crime.The murder occurred against a backdrop of escalating communal tensions following riots in Karauli, Jodhpur and Bhilwara. Despite claims by the P ...Read More >
Ranchi, Jul 18 (PTI) One person was killed and another was feared trapped after a portion of the roof of a government school building collapsed in Jharkhand's Ranchi, amid incessant rain, police said on Friday. Operation is underway to rescue the person, expected to be trapped under the debris at the school in Piska More area in the state capital, an officer said. "A person was killed when a portion of the roof of a government school building collapsed. We have sent our team for a rescue operation as we received information that another person is trapped inside," Sudkhdeo Nagar Police Statio ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The satellite-based toll collection system will be operational across the country by 2026-end, which will eliminate the waiting time at toll plazas for commuters and bring more revenue for the government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the road transport and highways minister said the new technology will be satellite and AI-based and commuters will not have to wait at toll plazas. This, he said, will help save fuel worth Rs 1,500 crore and add Rs 6,000 crore to the government ...Read More >
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed a new registration number plate category for hydrogen fuel operated vehicles. Commercial vehicles will feature a green top and blue bottom with yellow figures. Private vehicles will have a similar color scheme but with white figures, while rental cabs will display a black top, blue bottom, and yellow figures.The transport ministry has proposed a new category of registration number plate for hydrogen fuel operated vehicles. According to a d ...Read More >