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Time of India
22-06-2025
- Time of India
Cops secure Dalit couple's wedding amid row over ‘upper-caste baraat route'
Agra: A Dalit couple's wedding in Dhakpura village of Etah district was held under heavy police protection on Friday evening after upper caste men objected to the procession taking their "traditional route", triggering stone-pelting and leaving a policeman injured, police said on Sunday. The bride, Arti Kumari, 19, was to marry Vikas Singh, 21, of Hathras on Saurday night when the dispute began. Etah SSP Shyam Narayan Singh led a sizeable force to the village, and the wedding was eventually conducted peacefully under tight security. Dev Charan Singh, the groom's uncle, said, "We reached the entrance of the village to start the wedding procession. There were two routes: one short, and one longer through the village. The bride's family wanted the longer route, as the Thakur community uses that path for their weddings." As the groom's party tried to take the longer route, an argument broke out, followed by stone-pelting between members of the two communities. Police constable Sunil Kumar was injured in the incident. Satpal, the bride's brother, added that tradition guided their choice of route. "There was some disruption initially, but the wedding was eventually conducted without further issues and the bride was sent off peacefully. " Police filed an FIR against 16 named and 40–50 unnamed people under sections 191(2) (rioting), 191(3) (rioting with deadly weapons), 190 (unlawful assembly), and 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the BNS. SSP Singh said the dispute was "over the choice of procession route." He added, "Eventually, after discussions, the procession continued on the designated path with agreement from the Thakur community. The situation is peaceful, and police remain deployed as a precaution. The village collectively supported the event, especially since the bride's father is deceased."
Time of India
22-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
HPCL to invest $231 mn to build 24 compressed biogas plants in India
Indian state fuel retailer Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) aims to invest about 20 billion rupees ($231.04 million) in the next two to three years to set up 24 compressed biogas (CBG) plants, a company official said on Friday. India, among the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters, is exploring the use of organic waste to produce cleaner fuels as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and achieve its 2070 net-zero target. HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Ltd, an HPCL subsidiary that is executing the project, has already set up two plants and would set up 24 more plants with a daily capacity to produce 10-15 tons each of CBG using agriculture residue, cattle dung and sewage water, among others, said Mohit Dhawan, chief executive of the subsidiary company. Since April, India has mandated mixing gas used to run automobiles and cooking gas with 1% of CBG. This would be gradually raised to 5% by 2028-2029, said Vikas Singh, a director in the federal oil ministry. He said about 28 million cubic meters a day (MMSCMD) of gas is daily used to run automobiles and in cooking. "We expect this to rise to 44 MMSCMD by 2028-29" Singh said, adding by that time India would have 480 CBG plants, including 195 by state oil and gas companies. India at present meets nearly half of its gas needs through imports of costly liquefied natural gas (LNG). India wants to raise use of gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030 from the current 6%.
Time of India
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
SC lawyers' body asks ED to respect independence of Bar, exercise restraint
Representative Image Sections 132 and 134 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, protect lawyer-client communications from disclosure. The Enforcement Directorate message to Venugopal read, "Please refer to the trail mail in this regard. The summons for June 24 issued to you hereby stands withdrawn with immediate effect." By afternoon, the SC Bar Association's executive body, led by senior advocate Vikas Singh, condemned the ED summons to Datar and Venugopal. "Issuance of such illegal notices and summons to senior advocates and to the advocate-on-record reflect a disturbing trend, striking at the very foundations of the legal profession and undermining the independence of the bar, which is a core pillar of Indian democracy," it said, calling upon ED to respect independence of bar and exercise restraint. SCAORA requested the CJI to "examine the legality and propriety of such summons issued to legal professionals for opinions rendered in good faith; safeguard the constitutional and professional protections accorded to advocates; and lay down guidelines to prevent further erosion of professional protection to lawyer-client communications and uphold independence of bar". SCAORA said the unwarranted steps taken by ED against senior advocates for discharge of their professional duty set a "dangerous precedent" that could have a chilling effect on the entire legal fraternity and dissuade them from giving honest and independent legal opinions to clients. Bar Association of India, too, criticised ED and said, "Issuance of summons is also an egregious example of overreach by the agency and is an attempt to undermine attorney-client privilege protected under the provisions of BSA."
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Business Standard
20-06-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
HPCL to invest $231 million to build 24 compressed biogas plants in India
Indian state fuel retailer Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) aims to invest about Rs 20 billion ($231.04 million) in the next two to three years to set up 24 compressed biogas (CBG) plants, a company official said on Friday. India, among the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters, is exploring the use of organic waste to produce cleaner fuels as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and achieve its 2070 net-zero target. HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Ltd, an HPCL subsidiary that is executing the project, has already set up two plants and would set up 24 more plants with a daily capacity to produce 10-15 tons each of CBG using agriculture residue, cattle dung and sewage water, among others, said Mohit Dhawan, chief executive of the subsidiary company. Since April, India has mandated mixing gas used to run automobiles and cooking gas with 1 per cent of CBG. This would be gradually raised to 5 per cent by 2028-2029, said Vikas Singh, a director in the federal oil ministry. He said about 28 million cubic meters a day (MMSCMD) of gas is daily used to run automobiles and in cooking. "We expect this to rise to 44 MMSCMD by 2028-29" Singh said, adding by that time India would have 480 CBG plants, including 195 by state oil and gas companies. India at present meets nearly half of its gas needs through imports of costly liquefied natural gas (LNG). India wants to raise use of gas in its energy mix to 15 per cent by 2030 from the current 6 per cent. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Time of India
20-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
HPCL to invest $231 mn to build 24 compressed biogas plants in India
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd plans to invest 20 billion rupees to establish 24 compressed biogas plants in the next two to three years. This initiative supports India's goal to cut carbon emissions and achieve net-zero by 2070 by utilizing organic waste for cleaner fuels. India aims to increase gas usage in its energy mix to 15% by 2030. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Indian state fuel retailer Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) aims to invest about 20 billion rupees ($231.04 million) in the next two to three years to set up 24 compressed biogas (CBG) plants, a company official said on among the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters, is exploring the use of organic waste to produce cleaner fuels as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and achieve its 2070 net-zero Renewable and Green Energy Ltd, an HPCL subsidiary that is executing the project, has already set up two plants and would set up 24 more plants with a daily capacity to produce 10-15 tons each of CBG using agriculture residue, cattle dung and sewage water, among others, said Mohit Dhawan, chief executive of the subsidiary April, India has mandated mixing gas used to run automobiles and cooking gas with 1% of would be gradually raised to 5% by 2028-2029, said Vikas Singh, a director in the federal oil said about 28 million cubic meters a day (MMSCMD) of gas is daily used to run automobiles and in cooking."We expect this to rise to 44 MMSCMD by 2028-29" Singh said, adding by that time India would have 480 CBG plants, including 195 by state oil and gas at present meets nearly half of its gas needs through imports of costly liquefied natural gas (LNG). India wants to raise use of gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030 from the current 6%.
