Red Beacon On Car

Pune police on Sunday confiscated a luxury car used by controversial probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedkar by allegedly installing a red beacon light on it illegally, an official said.

The Pune police said it will conduct a thorough inquiry and take necessary action over the unauthorised use of a red-blue beacon and 'Maharashtra Government' sticker on the private car of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar during her posting in Pune.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed all her ministers to stop using pilot cars with red beacon anywhere in the state, except highways, and advised them to be very careful while signing any official document.

A Bengal minister today used a lal batti or red beacon on his car, defying a ban on the VIP status symbol ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A day after chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque Noor ul Barkati proclaimed he has 'permission of the British government' to use the red beacon or lal batti, a man was seen removing the beacon from his vehicle. The cleric's bizzare claims had led to at least three complaints being registered against him in police stations in and around Kolk...

The blanket ban on red and blue beacon cars promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into effect late last night. And the Centre has tried to make sure that nobody - not even the police - can misuse the flashing lights on vehicles that have, for decades, become a glaring symbol of power, and VIP culture in India.

After Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's initial reluctance to do away with the red beacon or lal batti from his official car, in compliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's order, one of his ministers in the Congress government has refused to fall in line with the ban that came into force yesterday.

Days after his government's 'ban without exception' on red beacon cars, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the it was also necessary to remove the entrenched VIP culture from people's minds. Stressing on his message that "Every Indian is special" he said, "New India is not about VIPs, But EPI" -- EPI being 'Every Person is Important'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's order to remove the red beacon or lal batti from cars led to a scramble among Union Ministers and Chief Ministers to comply but the message has taken a week to reach Congress-ruled Karnataka. If Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had his way, his car would not have shed its lal batti even a second before May 1.

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh is seen slapping a toll plaza employee in CCTV footage posted on social media. The footage exposes high-handedness by an MLA at a time ministers across the country are removing red beacons or "lal batti" from their cars on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's orders.

For over 18 months, Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had pursued a proposal to prune the long list of VIPs allowed to use red beacons atop their cars. The decision on his proposal came on Wednesday; Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to put a firm end to the glaring symbol of India's VIP culture from 1 May. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, ...

From next month, politicians and government officials will be giving up the red beacons on their vehicles. Even the President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India will not be able to use their lal battisfrom May 1.

From next month, lal batti or red beacons will be banned for everybody including the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India. "There will be no exceptions," said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today, announcing after a cabinet meeting that only emergency vehicles like fire engines, ambulances and police vans can have beacons.

Punjab got rid of them. But Uttar Pradesh will have to live with the laal battis, the red beacons atop cars that are considered the ultimate status symbol. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided against making the state's ministers give up the red beacons on their cars but asked them to give up the hooters and sirens.

The Punjab cabinet, in its first meeting on Saturday, decided that the Chief Minister, legislators and top officials will not use a red beacon on their official vehicles.

Pune police on Sunday confiscated a luxury car used by controversial probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedkar by allegedly installing a red beacon light on it illegally, an official said.

The Pune police said it will conduct a thorough inquiry and take necessary action over the unauthorised use of a red-blue beacon and 'Maharashtra Government' sticker on the private car of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar during her posting in Pune.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed all her ministers to stop using pilot cars with red beacon anywhere in the state, except highways, and advised them to be very careful while signing any official document.

A Bengal minister today used a lal batti or red beacon on his car, defying a ban on the VIP status symbol ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A day after chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque Noor ul Barkati proclaimed he has 'permission of the British government' to use the red beacon or lal batti, a man was seen removing the beacon from his vehicle. The cleric's bizzare claims had led to at least three complaints being registered against him in police stations in and around Kolk...

The blanket ban on red and blue beacon cars promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into effect late last night. And the Centre has tried to make sure that nobody - not even the police - can misuse the flashing lights on vehicles that have, for decades, become a glaring symbol of power, and VIP culture in India.

After Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's initial reluctance to do away with the red beacon or lal batti from his official car, in compliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's order, one of his ministers in the Congress government has refused to fall in line with the ban that came into force yesterday.

Days after his government's 'ban without exception' on red beacon cars, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the it was also necessary to remove the entrenched VIP culture from people's minds. Stressing on his message that "Every Indian is special" he said, "New India is not about VIPs, But EPI" -- EPI being 'Every Person is Important'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's order to remove the red beacon or lal batti from cars led to a scramble among Union Ministers and Chief Ministers to comply but the message has taken a week to reach Congress-ruled Karnataka. If Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had his way, his car would not have shed its lal batti even a second before May 1.

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh is seen slapping a toll plaza employee in CCTV footage posted on social media. The footage exposes high-handedness by an MLA at a time ministers across the country are removing red beacons or "lal batti" from their cars on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's orders.

For over 18 months, Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had pursued a proposal to prune the long list of VIPs allowed to use red beacons atop their cars. The decision on his proposal came on Wednesday; Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to put a firm end to the glaring symbol of India's VIP culture from 1 May. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, ...

From next month, politicians and government officials will be giving up the red beacons on their vehicles. Even the President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India will not be able to use their lal battisfrom May 1.

From next month, lal batti or red beacons will be banned for everybody including the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India. "There will be no exceptions," said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today, announcing after a cabinet meeting that only emergency vehicles like fire engines, ambulances and police vans can have beacons.

Punjab got rid of them. But Uttar Pradesh will have to live with the laal battis, the red beacons atop cars that are considered the ultimate status symbol. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided against making the state's ministers give up the red beacons on their cars but asked them to give up the hooters and sirens.

The Punjab cabinet, in its first meeting on Saturday, decided that the Chief Minister, legislators and top officials will not use a red beacon on their official vehicles.