Tag: Red Beacon

Bhubaneswar: Hours after Union Cabinet decided to ban use of red beacons atop the vehicles of dignitaries and government officials, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday issued a directive seeking removal of red beacon lights from vehicles of VIPs in State with immediate effect. The Cabinet decision comes into effect from May 1. However, barring […]

New Delhi: No red beacons on official vehicles will be allowed from May 1, the government announced on Wednesday. A decision to this effect was taken at a Union Cabinet meet presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “From May 1 no one in the country would be able to have red beacons atop official vehicles. […]

By Sandeep Sahu Much has already been written on the Modi government’s decision to ban beacon lamps of all hues from the vehicles of all our so called VIPs, including the President and the Prime Minister, with effect from May 1. Some governments, including our own, have shown amazing alacrity in dismantling the much sought […]