Author: Amit Bhanot

(Hindustan) अयोध्या विवाद का सहमति से हल निकालने को प्रयासरत आध्यात्मिक गुरू और आर्ट आफ लिविंग के संस्थापक श्री श्री रविशंकर ने बुधवार को लखनऊ में मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ से उनके सरकारी आवास पर भेंट की। दोनों के बीच करीब आधे घंटे तक बातचीत हुई। मगर इस बातचीत का ब्यौरा सार्वजनिक नहीं किया गया। मुख्यमंत्री के अलावा श्री श्री रविशंकर की बुधवार को लखनऊ में राष्ट्रीय स्वंय सेवक संघ, विहिप, शिवसेना के कई प्रतिनिधियों से भी बातचीत हुई। जिनमें रसिक पीठाधीश्वर महंत जन्मेजय शरण, आचार्य चक्रपाणि आदि प्रमुख थे। मध्यस्थता करने वाले अपनी तरफ से कोई प्रस्ताव लेकर नहीं जाते-श्री…

(ET) The telecom regulator is considering putting in place guidelines which may allow subscribers to do financial transactions and access other important services faster than the rest on their mobile phones, as the authority finalises its recommendations on net neutrality, an issue that has been hotly debated in India for the past two years. A senior official at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that the authority was zeroing in on the broad contours of net neutrality an issue that has been hotly debated in India for the past two years. A senior official at the Telecom Regulatory Authority…

(Hindustan) सपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष एवं यूपी के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव ने दावा किया है कि गुजरात चुनाव में सत्ता परिवर्तन तय है। यह परिवर्तन भाजपा की ताकत को कम करने के लिए पर्याप्त होगा। गुजरात पीएम मोदी का गृह राज्य है, अगर भाजपा सत्ता से बाहर होती है तो इसके लिए जीएसटी और नोटबंदी होगी। जिसे लोगों ने सिरे से नकार दिया है। यूपी निकाय चुनाव में सरकार और प्रशासन भाजपा को जिताने में लगा है जबकि सपा अपने संगठन, पार्टी नेताओं और पदाधिकारियों के बल पर बेहतर प्रदर्शन करने में लगी है। अपने पैतृक गांव सैफई में…

(ET) The BJP central election committee held its first meeting to discuss candidates for the ensuing assembly elections in Gujarat but did not finalise names of candidates. It is believed that the party wants to wait for the Congress list of candidates to work out winnable caste permutations.  The BJP CEC meeting lasted more than two hours and discussed candidates for most of the 182 seats. Health minister JP Nadda told reporters that the list would be declared in “due course “Most of the Gujarat seats were discussed and deliberated upon in the CEC meeting. The list will be declared at…

(Hindustan) फिजूलखर्ची पर रोक लगाने के लिए सरकार ने केंद्रीयकर्मियों को मिलने वाले कई किस्म की अग्रिम राशि पर रोक लगा दी है। कार्मिकों को उनके पद और वेतन के अनुसार कई मदों में ब्याज मुक्त राशि मिलती थी, जिसे वे आसान किश्तों में कटवा लेते थे। लेकिन अब ऐसे कई एडवांस को बंद कर दिया गया है। कुल आठ किस्म के एडवांस बंद किए गए हैं। इनमें साइकिल खरीदने, गरम कपड़ों, तबादला होने पर एडवांस राशि, त्योहार पर मिलने वाली एडवांस राशि, शेष बची छुट्टियों के बदले में एडवांस धनराशि शामिल है। इसी प्रकार केंद्रीय कर्मियों को प्राकृतिक आपदा…

(NDTV) France has categorically rejected allegations made by the Congress party that the Narendra Modi government has negotiated an overpriced deal with French company Dassault to supply the Indian Air Force with 36 state-of-the-art Rafale fighter jets, while the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Limited has threatened to sue the opposition party if it does not retract its charge that it was unfairly picked to be the French firm’s Indian partner. “This fighter jet has been selected for its outstanding performance and competitive price.  It was selected through a fully transparent and competitive process,” French diplomatic sources said, on Wednesday, describing the Congress allegations as…

Contribution of CPSEs has come at a time when impact of slackening global economy is also quite vibrant on CPSEs. It is a matter of fact that turnover of CPSEs has decreased in FY16 by 7.04% to Rs 18,66,944 crore from Rs 19,68,311 crore in FY15. Interestingly despite decrease in revenue, profitability of profit making CPSEs has also appreciated and net profit increased by 10.22 % to Rs 1,44,523 crore in FY16 from Rs 1,30,363 crore in FY15. On the other hand aggregate loss of loss making CPSEs increased from Rs 27498 crore to Rs 28,756 crore during the same…

(FE) The Gujarat Congress launched its door-to-door election campaign Tuesday, choosing Naranpura of Ahmedabad, the same constituency where BJP president Amit Shah had launched the Gujarat unit’s door-to-door campaign a week ago. Naranpura is a bastion not only of the BJP but also of Shah, who had won from here in 2012 before moving on to Rajya Sabha. It is from Naranpura where Shah had begun his career, as a booth-level party worker under the guidance of Narendra Modi. State Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki and the party’s Gujarat affairs-in-charge Ashok Gehlot, former Rajasthan chief minister jointly launched the Congress campaign. As Gehlot…

(FirstPost) The Income Tax Department is matching the “tax profiles” of all property registrations of above Rs 30 lakh under the provisions of the anti-Benami Act, as action against illicit asset holders is set to intensify, the CBDT chief said on Tuesday Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra said the taxman is also investigating those shell companies and their directors whose operations were recently “debarred” by the government as part of the drive to check black money generation through their abuse. The top boss of the I-T department said that till now, the taxman has attached 621…

(FE) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today attacked opposition parties, saying by opposing “Hindutva” they are objecting to “development” and “bhartiyata” (Indianness). Hindutava is not synonymous with any religion or community but with nationalism, he told reporters before embarking on a visit to Ayodhya to campaign for the upcoming local body elections.”Hindutva and development are complementary to each other… Those who are opposing Hindutva are in fact opposing development and bhartiyata,” Adityanath said. Asked about opposition parties linking his speeches and work to Hindutva and not development, he said, “It is ridiculous that the forces which have encouraged dynastic…