Author: Amit Bhanot

(AU) सात वर्षों से लंबित राम जन्मभूमि-बाबरी मस्जिद विवाद मामले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 13 अपील दायर की गई हैं। इनमें वे याचिकाएं भी हैं जिनमें इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट की लखनऊ पीठ के वर्ष 2010 के आदेश को चुनौती दी गई है। हाईकोर्ट की पीठ ने विवादित स्थल के 2.77 एकड़ क्षेत्र को सुन्नी वक्फ बोर्ड, निर्मोही अखाड़ा और रामलला के बीच बराबर-बराबर हिस्से में विभाजित करने का आदेश दिया था। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने पिछली सुनवाई के दौरान इस मामले को बेहद गंभीर बताते हुए कहा था कि पहले हम यह तय करेंगे कि विवादित भूमि पर किसका अधिकार है। सुप्रीम…

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(AU) गुजरात चुनाव के लिए कांग्रेस ने अपना घोषणापत्र जारी कर दिया है। घोषणापत्र में कांग्रेस ने किसानों को लुभाने की भरपूर कोशिश की है और उनसे कर्जमाफी का वादा भी किया है। घोषणापत्र में यह भी कहा गया है कि किसानों को 16 घंटे बिजली भी मिलेगी। घोषणापत्र में और भी कई लुभावने वादे किये हैं। इसके मुताबिक पेट्रोल-डीजल में 10 रुपये कटौती की जायेगी और समान काम और समान वेतन मिलेगा। वहीं पाटीदार वोट रिझाने के लिए कांग्रेस ने उन्हें आरक्षण के लाभ का वादा किया है। पाटीदारों और सवर्णों को 49% आरक्षण में बदलाव के बगैर आरक्षण…

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The government has finally appointed Dinesh K Sarraf, former CMD of ONGC, as the new chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). Sarraf, 60, who retired as the chairman of India’s most profitable company ONGC on September 30, was appointed to head the PNGRB. He replaces S Krishnan, who demitted office in August 2015.

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(FE) The Fifteenth Finance Commission held its first meeting on Monday at North Block in New Delhi. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of N K Singh and was attended by all the other Members of the Commission as well as the part time members. The Fifteenth Finance Commission was constituted on 27th of November 2017The Commission held preliminary discussions on the Terms of Reference for the Fifteenth Finance Commission as per the Order made by the President of India and notified by the Ministry of Finance on 27th November, 2017.The Commission was cognisant that it has been assigned…

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(ET) In a move to curb un-metered electricity connections, the Uttar Pradesh electricity regulator has raised tariffs for such households by 63% for the current year.  The order issued on Thursday encourages consumers to shift to metered connections, its chairperson S K Agarwal told ET over phone from Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh has over 65 lakh un-metered connections. This is the first electricity tariff revision after the Yogi Adityanath government took over in the state early early this year.  The average hike for domestic consumers is 12% across categories. The electricity tariff for urban domestic electricity consumers has been raised by 9% for the…

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(PTI) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday tried to woo farmers during his campaign for Gujarat elections by promising them farm loan waivers if his party forms the government in the state. Calling Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani a “rubber stamp”, he alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah was remote-controlling the government in the western state. “(Prime Minister Narendra) Modiji waived loans worth Rs1.25 trillion of his 5-10 industrialist friends, but Modiji and (finance minister Arun) Jaitleyji say that it is not their policy to waive loans of farmers when they ask for it,” Gandhi claimed. He was campaigning in Lathi…

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(LiveMint) India’s GDP growth surged by 6.3% in the September quarter, in an indication that the Indian economy has shaken off the lingering effects of demonetisation last year and GST rollout on 1 July. The Indian economy has expanded for the first time in five quarters. It had slowed to a three-year-low of 5.7% in the June quarter. The GDP data for the September quarter came on a day when it was reported that India’s fiscal deficit at the end of October hit 96.1% of the budget estimate for 2017-18.The GDP numbers, however, were slightly below expectations. A Bloombergsurvey of economists predicted…

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(ET) As part of the ongoing process to deal with the issue of massive stressed assets in the sector, Power Minister RK Singh met bankers here on Wednesday.  Interacting with reporters here on the sidelines of a roundtable on hydro power organised by industry chamber Assocham, Singh also said that state-run genrator NTPC has floated a tender to acquire commissioned stressed coal-fired thermal power plants. “Today (Wednesday) I had a meeting with bankers to review the status of stressed power projects,” Singh said. Following a similar meeting with lenders earlier this month, he had said that the focus was on starting the…

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