(PTI) The Indian Oil Corporation’s Sri Lanka operation on Tuesday received flak for the fuel shortage in the island nation with motorists lining up in long queues at petrol stations.Petroleum authorities had turned away a Lanka IOC, Indian Oil’s subsidiary in Sri Lanka, shipment of gasoline last month saying it was contaminated. To make matters worse, a shipment meant for the state petroleum entity was also delayed. “Lanka IOC shipment with petrol was rejected on October 17. We cannot accept it. We have asked the ship to go back,” Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga told reporters. Ranatunga said that LIOC should have…
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(PTI) Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said demonetisation undertaken by the Centre last year was backed by the country’s 125 crore people. According to him, the move promoted cashless economy and widened tax base, besides controlling black money. Following success of the bold step, the first anniversary of demonetisation would be celebrated on November 8 as ‘anti-blackmoney day’ across the country, he said.As part of the country-wide celebrations, the day would also be observed in Odisha under the leadership of party’s state unit President Basant Panda, Pradhan said. Stating that 99 percent of the banned notes of Rs 500 and…
(NDTV) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received by top DMK leaders MK Stalin and MK Kanimozhi as he arrived at the Chennai home of their father and party boss M Karunanidhi for what was described as a courtesy call. Mr Karunanidhi, 93, is recovering from a long illness and recently made his first public appearance in months at an exhibition. PM Modi is in Chennai to attend several functions, including a local newspaper’s celebration of 75 years. His visit to Mr Karunanidhi’s Gopalapuram home was announced at the last minute. The DMK is an ally of the Congress in Tamil…
(AT) नोटबंदी की वर्षगांठ पर आजतक कॉन्क्लेव ‘नोटबंदी से कितना फायदा कितना नुकसान’ के दूसरे अहम सत्र इंडस्ट्री का नफा नुकसान में केन्द्रीय वाणिज्य मंत्री सुरेश प्रभु ने शिरकत की. इस सत्र का संचालन अंजना ओम कश्यप ने किया. इस सत्र में सुरेश प्रभु ने कहा कि नोटबंदी लागू होने के बाद से देश में कालाधन रखने वाले परेशान हैं. जिन लोगों के कारोबार में कालाधन था वह भी परेशान हैं लेकिन केन्द्र सरकार के लिए यह कदम उठाना इसलिए जरूरी था क्योंकि देश की करेंसी का शुद्धिकरण बेहद जरूरी है. सुरेश प्रभु के मुताबिक नोटबंदी का मकसद कालेधन पर…
(AT) आने वाली 8 नवंबर को नोटबंदी को एक साल पूरा हो रहा है. प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 8 नवंबर 2016 को ही नोटबंदी का ऐलान किया था. उसके बाद से ही यह एक बड़ा राजनीतिक मुद्दा रहा है. यह एक सफल फैसला था या फिर एक फेलियर इस मुद्दे पर बात करने के लिए आज दिन भर ‘आजतक’ पर कई केंद्रीय मंत्री रहेंगे और इन सवालों का जवाब देंगे. कार्यक्रम में विपक्ष और अन्य फील्ड के कई लोग शामिल होंगे. नोटबंदी देश में ईमानदारी की शुरुआत: रविशंकर प्रसाद (एंकर- श्वेता सिंह) केंद्रीय मंत्री रविशंकर प्रसाद ने आजतक के कार्यक्रम…
(PTI) The Delhi High Court today refused to interfere with the appointment of BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra as an independent director on the board of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar refused to entertain the PIL which also sought cancellation of the appointment of Shashi Shanker as ONGC Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). The NGO, Energy Watchdog, had earlier questioned the eligibility of Patra to be appointed as an independent director and alleged that proper procedure was not followed for appointing him. Senior advocate Jayant Bhushan, appearing for the…
(PTI) Railway stations should be categorised not just on the basis of revenues but on strategic importance and footfalls as well, a committee has recommended to the railway board. The three-member committee headed by Passenger Marketing executive director B. Prashanth Kumar has recommended in its report that instead of an overall categorisation, the stations be graded as urban, suburban and halt stations.They should be further categorised under the subheads of revenue, footfall and strategic importance. It has also recommended that a special category of stations be formed, bringing the top 20 stations in terms of revenue and footfall under one head…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that it is now easier to do business in India than ever before after the country leaped 30 places to break into top 100 nations worldwide.The jump to 100th rank on this year’s World Bank Ease of Doing Business index, from last year’s 130, is the biggest by any country this year, he said while addressing the World Food India conference here.India, he said, is one of fastest growing economies in the world and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1 has eliminated multiplicity of taxes. The prime…
(ET) ONGC Videsh has turned its focus to buying stakes in overseas oil and gas assets to meet output targets after a delay by Iran in awarding development rights for a gas field, its managing director said on Thursday. Indian firms led by ONGC Videsh, the foreign investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, have been negotiating with Iran for development rights of Farzad B gas field since its discovery in 2008. “We have been extremely flexible in our dealing with Iran and hoped that Farzad will add to our output target but the deal is not yet finalised. In…
(Hindustan) हिमाचल प्रदेश चुनाव को लेकर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज कांगड़ा पहुंचे हैं। यहां एक जनसभा को संबोधित करते हुए पीएम मोदी ने कहा कि जिन्होंने हिमाचल को लूटा है उन्हें विदाई देने का वक्त 9 नवंबर को है। कांगड़ा जिले में फतेहपुर विधानसभा क्षेत्र के रेहान में पीएम मोदी ने कहा कि कांग्रेस पर निशाना साधते हुए कहा कि हिमाचल में जमानती सरकार है। पीएम मोदी ने कहा कि इस चुनाव में कांग्रेस की हिम्मत की दाद देनी पड़ेगी, उनके पास कुछ नहीं बचा है। चारों तरफ से जनता कांग्रेस की सफाई कर रही है, फिर भी कांग्रेस अपने…