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New Delhi: Union Minister NitinGadkari has batted for river connectivity on the lines of power grids for better water conservation, according to an official statement. 

Gadkari, who is Incharge of Ministry of Water Resources, said that availability of water is not the problem in the country, but people need to learn to manage and conserve it. He said the government’s plan to double the income of farmers by 2022 cannot be achieved sans proper water management.

The minister stressed that enhancing drip and pipe irrigation will reduce wastage of water and will be cost effective for farmers.

New Delhi: India has successfully test-fired Akash its supersonic surface-to-air missile with indigenous radio frequency seeker from a test range in Odisha. 

The state-of-the-art indigenous missile targeting an UAV 'Banshee', was fired from the launch complex-III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.

"The radars, telemetry and electro-optical systems along the coast have tracked and monitored all the health parameters of the missile," an official statement said.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to file a consolidated status report on the bail plea of a middleman arrested in the Election Commission bribery case, allegedly involving AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and others.

Justice Mukta Gupta asked the Delhi Police Crime Branch to be ready to answer the questions relating to what they have done in the investigation of the case.

The court asked the police to file a consolidated status report in a week and listed the bail application of accused and alleged middleman SukeshChandrashekar's for further hearing on December 18.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said it would hear on January 31 a batch of pleas, including that of two Rohingya refugees who have approached it against the Centre's decision to deport Rohinigya Muslims to Myanmar.

A bench of Chief Justice DipakMisra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it would also hear on the next date the interim applications seeking to be impleaded as parties in the ongoing case.

"We are not rejecting any of the impleadment application before us in this matter. We will hear it on the next date," the bench said.