(FE) Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said people should make efforts towards the success of “Sankalp se Siddhi” (commitment to fulfillment) programme to bring about total transformation within next five years. On this occasion, Pradhan also listed the achievements of the Modi government in past 40 months. Speaking at a seminar organised here by Intellectual Cell of Himachal BJP, the minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked upon an ambitious programme to provide basic facilities like water, toilets, healthcare, education, shelter, power, clean environment, roads and employment. He said this government is working towards eradicating corruption by making 125 crore population as…
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(TN) A final Union Cabinet reshuffle is likely this week before the 2019 general assembly elections and sources have told TIMES NOW that members from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) may be selected. There is also a possibility that five ministers of states (MoS) – Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Jitendra Singh – might be promoted. Already, two key ministries- defence and environment- are without a full-time minister. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan are holding the additional charge of these two portfolios respectively.
(PTI) Nagpur Mumbai Duronto Express today derailed near Titwala in Maharashtra, ANI reported. It has been learnt that five coaches and engine have derailed and rescue operation is on, according to reports. The incident occurred at 6.40 am. A rescue team rushed from Kalyan. The Central Railway said that Nagpur Mumbai Duronto Express has derailed between Vasind and Asangaon. There are no injuries to passengers, it said. The Central Railway was arranging buses to ferry passengers to destination. Doctors and senior officers are already at site, Central Railway said, as perr ANI. This comes a week after Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal…
(NDTV) India’s government said it will sell a 5 percent stake in top power producer NTPC Ltd through a stock market auction, with a greenshoe option to sell another 5 percent in a deal that could raise up to $2.2 billion. The share sale, which will take place this week, is one of a number of partial stake sales planned to help New Delhi meet its fiscal deficit target of 3.2 percent of gross domestic product. The government, which owns nearly 70 percent of NTPC, said it has set a floor price of 168 rupees apiece for the auction on Tuesday and Wednesday. In…
(PTI) The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it aims to double the income of farmers by 2022 to tackle suicides among them. The Ministry of Agriculture also proposed to make special efforts to ensure adequate flow of credit in under-serviced areas, eastern states and Jammu and Kashmir. “It is submitted that the government is addressing the low income of the farmers. Agrarian distress as manifest from large number of farmers living below poverty line and unfortunate incidents of suicides can be addressed by enabling farmers to increase their income. “With this understanding, the government is targeting to double the income…
Affordable housing in urban areas is gaining momentum in Uttar Pradesh with the State getting 41,173 more houses sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has sanctioned 2,17,900 more houses for six States including Uttar Pradesh taking the total houses sanctioned so far to 26,13,568 with a total investment of 1,39,621 cr. Central assistance of 40,597 cr has been approved for construction of these houses. In the latest sanctions, Andhra Pradesh has got 1,20,894 more affordable houses followed by Uttar Pradesh-41,173, Assam-16,700, Gujarat-15,222, Jharkhand-14,017 and Maharashtra-9,894. Andhra Pradesh is far ahead of…
(NDTV) Ram Rahim will serve two 10-year terms consecutively in the two rape cases, Judge Jagdeep Singh ruled and has also fined him Rs. 15 lakh in each case. “Mujhe maaf kar do (Please forgive me),” said Ram Rahim as he wept in court, pleading that he is innocent. His lawyers sought a lighter sentence in view of what they called his humanitarian work, have said they will appeal in a higher court. The two women who accused Ram Rahim of raping them 15 years ago have sought more punishment for Ram Rahim and their lawyer asked investigators to probe dozens more alleged cases of abuse. The…
(NDTV) Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the rape of two women followers in 2002. The 50-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect reportedly broke down as he was sentenced at a jail in Haryana’s Rohtak by Judge Jagdeep Singh, who flew down by helicopter to conduct a prison-side court hearing. Thousands of soldiers are guarding the prison and the army is on stand by. No civilians are being allowed within 10 km of the prison. Over a lakh of Ram Rahim’s followers had gathered in Panchkula, where he…
साध्वी रेप केस में डेरा सच्चा सौदा प्रमुख गुरमीत राम रहीम की सजा पर फैसला आ गया है। जज जगदीप सिंह ने साध्वियों से रेप केस मामले में डेरा प्रमुख राम रहीम को गुनहगार मानते हुए दस साल की सजा सुनाई है। रोहतक जेल में लगी अस्थायी कोर्ट में जज जगदीप सिंह ने राम रहीम की सजा पर अपना फैसला सुनाया।
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Udaipur tomorrow, a government spokesperson said today.The prime minister would be addressing a gathering at Khel Gaon in Rajasthan’s lake city and lay the foundation of various development projects, he added.Modi would inaugurate or lay the foundation stone for national highway (NH) projects worth around Rs 15,000 crore in Rajasthan, the spokesperson said. The prime minister would also dedicate 11 completed NH projects, covering a total length of about 873 km, to the nation, he added.The completed projects include a six-lane cable-stayed bridge across the Chambal river at Kota. Modi would…