(PTI) India strongly rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s response to its allegations of Islamabad’s involvement in the Pulwama attack, saying disclaiming its link with terrorist attacks is an oft-repeated excuse by the neighbouring country. In a hard-hitting statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said India was not surprised that Khan refused to acknowledge the attack on India’s security forces in Pulwama as an act of terrorism. It said the Prime Minister of Pakistan has neither chosen to condemn the heinous act nor condoled with the bereaved families. “Disclaiming any link between the terrorist attack and Pakistan is an oft-repeated excuse by…
Author: Amit Bhanot
PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone & Inaugurates Various Development Projects In Varanasi
Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan laid foundation stone of HPCL’s new LPG Bottling Plant at Rayagada, Odisha on 19th February 2019. He also laid foundation stone of New School building of Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir and Aviation fuelling Station of BPCL at Jeypore. He dedicated Railway Foot Over Bridges at Rayagada, Ladda and Jimidipeta to the Nation and inaugurated Post Office Passport Sewa Kendra at Nabarangpur. LPG Bottling plant of HPCL with scheduled completion by September 2020 will be second LPG plant of HPCL in the state…
(ET) The Bharatiya Janata party and their saffron ally in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena, has announced a 25-23 seat-sharing plan for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls of 2019. Maharashtra has a total of 48 Lok Sabha seats. As far as the state elections are concerned, BJP and Shiv Sena have agreed to fight on an equal number of seats. Today’s announcement comes after BJP chief, Amit Shah, reached out to their saffron ally in Maharashtra. BJP’s posturing was a result of Shiv Sena’s continued continued attacks on the BJP and Prime Minister Modi. Addressing the press, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, said…
(PTI) The Reserve Bank will pay an interim dividend of Rs 28,000 crore to the government, a move that will help the Centre keep fiscal deficit in check. The announcement on Monday came after the bank’s Central Board meeting, which was addressed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. This is the second successive year when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be transferring an interim surplus. This is in addition to Rs 50,000 crore surplus transfer announced by RBI in August 2018 for 2017-18 (RBI follows July-June financial year). Of this, Rs 10,000 crore was given as interim dividend to the government…
(PTI) In the first-ever deal by an Indian company, Indian Oil Corp said it has signed an annual deal worth USD 1.5 billion to import 3 million tonnes of crude oil in the fiscal year beginning April 1. This is the first time any Indian refiner has signed an annual contract since the country in 2017 began importing crude oil from the US. “IOC has finalised a term contract for import of up to 3 million tonnes of crude oil of US origin grades as a part of its strategy to diversify term crude sources,” the company said in a statement. The…
In its 20th Executive Committee meeting held on 15th February, 2019, sewerage infrastructure and other projects worth Rs.1387.71 Cr focusing on towns along river Yamuna have been approved. The projects involve construction and renovation of sewage treatment plants, online monitoring systems of sewage treatment plants and other infrastructure projects. Etawah Sewage infrastructure project worth Rs 140.6 Crores were given the go-ahead by the EC. This includes interception and diversion of Tixi Nala, upgradation of existing STPs including chlorination systems, a new STP of 2.1 Cr litres per day sewage treatment capacity and online monitoring system of 3 STPs. The project also includes…
(DJ) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 19 फरवरी को अपने संसदीय क्षेत्र का दौरा करेंगे। इस दौरान वह वाराणसी को कई योजनाओं की सौगात देंगे। वह कुल 2200 करोड़ रुपया की सौगात देंगे। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 19 फरवरी को वाराणसी में पांच घंटे व्यस्त रहेंगे। पुलवामा में हुए आतंकी हमले को देखते हुए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की सुरक्षा – व्यवस्था के तगड़े इंतजाम हो रहे हैं। प्रोटेक्शन ग्रुप यहां पर सुरक्षा का खाका खींच रहा है। पीएम मोदी कल दस बजे वाराणसी पहुंचेंगे। बाबतपुर एयरपोर्ट से वह सेना के हेलीकाप्टर से डीरेका आएंगे। डीरेका में पीएम मोदी लोको कार्यशाला का निरीक्षण कर परिवर्तित…
(DJ) राजसथान में भाजपा की लोकसभा चुनाव की तैयारियों की समीक्षा करने के लिए पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष अमित शाह सोमवार को एक दिवसीय दौरे पर जयपुर पहुंचे। पार्टी की विधानसभा चुनावों में हार के बाद शाह का यह पहला प्रदेश दौरा होगा। एक दिवसीय दौरे पर जयपुर आए भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने विपक्ष पर जमकर प्रहार किए। अमित शाह ने कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी को संबोधित करते हुए कहा, विपक्ष ने नरेंद्र मोदी को हराने के लिए एक गठबंधन बनाया है। मैं राहुल बाबा से पूछता हूं कि वे जनता को बताएं कि उनका नेता कौन है। इस…
(PTI) Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has agreed to hire half of the 2.5 million tonnes underground strategic crude oil storage that India has built at Padur in Karnataka, making it second such deal by the UAE firm in the state. Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL) CEO and Managing Director HPS Ahuja said ADNOC will store oil in two of the four compartments of 0.625 million tonnes (MT) each. “They signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in November last year and now they have agreed to take two compartment of 0.625 million tonnes each. A final agreement will be…