(NDTV) Just as feared, large clashes, arson and violence erupted in the town of Panchkula in Haryana after spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of raping two women followers in 2002. He has been arrested and will be sentenced on Monday. The police fired in the air, and used tear gas and water cannons to try and disperse mobs of Ram Rahim supporters, but was easily outnumbered near the court which declared him guilty. More than a lakh of Ram Rahim’s followers had congregated in Panchkula for the verdict, creating a precarious situation. The media was attacked .Ram…
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(ET) The government approved 10 foreign direct investment proposals likely worth about Rs 5,000 crore for food product and single brand retail trading, including those of Amazon, Grofers and Urban Ladder. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) also rejected four applications, while another six were either closed or withdrawn. DIPP uploaded the details on the foreign investment facilitation portal on Thursday. Amazon got the go ahead to set up a subsidiary company in India with 100 per cent FDI “to engage in the business of retail trading of food products manufactured or produced locally”. Its proposal is to invest…
(ET) The BJP national council, the largest body of the party, is expected to meet next month to mark the 100th birth anniversary of its ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya on September 25. Party sources said the meeting was likely to be held between September 23-25 in the national capital. Besides the top national and state-level leaders of the party, the council includes hundreds of members from across the country.The saffron party had launched a year-long programme last year, during its national council meeting in Kozhikode, Kerala, to mark Upadhyaya’s birth centenary. The last year’s BJP national council meet was also held between September…
(AU) दो महिलाओं से रेप के आरोप में कड़ी कार्रवाई का सामना कर रहे राम रहीम को लेकर माहौल गरमाया हुआ है। राम रहीम के समर्थकों की ओर से लगातार विरोध प्रदर्शन हो रहा है और पुलिस हालात को काबू करने की कोशिश कर रही है। 800 गाड़ियों के काफिले से पंचकूला कोर्ट की पेशी के लिए राम रहीम निकल चुके हैं। उनके समर्थक सड़कों पर लेटे हुए हैं। गाड़ियों की रफ्तार 120 किमी बताई जा रही है। राम रहीम के फैसले के मद्देनजर पंजाब-हरियाणा में 201 ट्रेनों को रद्द किया गया है। पंजाब एंड हरियाणा हाईकोर्ट की ओर से सख्त निर्देश आने…
(AU) पुणे में भारतीय कृषि इंडस्ट्रीज फाउंडेशन के स्वर्ण जयंती समारोह में पीएम मोदी ने कहा कि भारत सरकार 2022 तक किसानों की आमदनी को दोगुना करने की दिशा में काम कर रही है।पीएम मोदी ने यह भी कहा कि देश के अन्नदाताओं को समस्याओं से मुक्त होना चाहिए।
(IE) Releasing the Three Year Action Agenda (2017-18 to 2019-20) prepared by the Niti Aayog, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said India is now becoming restless for a higher rate of growth and if the recommendations are implemented then it has the ‘potential to trigger much more economic activity’. “India and Indians are increasingly becoming restless…they expect higher rate of growth, more decisions to be taken and higher economic activity itself to take place,” Jaitley said, adding that even states have the pressure to take decisions which promote growth. In the economic agenda document, the Niti Aayog said: “Indeed, there are…
(PTI) As many as 74 trains have cancelled ahead as a CBI court in Panchkula will pronounce verdict against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insaan in connection with a decade old rape case today, according to ANI report. It has been learnt that bus services from Delhi to Punjab and Haryana were stopped in view of the law and order situation. Army has been deployed and indefinite curfew was imposed as thousands of Dera Sacha Sauda followers have gathered in Panchkula. Apart from these, mobile services have been suspended. However, residents of Gurgaon and Faridabad will able…
(PTI) Retirement fund body EPFO will go paperless by August next year as part of Digital Indiainitiative, which would improve delivery of services for its five crore subscribers. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), which runs social security schemes like EPF, pension and insurance for formal sector workers, has already launched a host of online services like EPF withdrawals. This will be a big boom for the formal sector workers as well as their employers. The online facility would help the EPFO do away with the public interface for reducing chances of corruption and public harassment. “The EPFO has set a…
(LiveMint) In a path breaking decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution of India. “Privacy is intrinsic to the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution and will be included under part III of the Constitution.”, said chief justice J.S. Khehar while pronouncing the unanimous verdict. The right to privacy will now find place under part III of the Constitution along with other fundamental rights: right to equality before law, right to various freedoms such as speech and expression/to move freely, right against exploitation, right to freedom…
(PTI) The new Rs 200 currency note will be introduced in the market on Friday, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday. The new denomination has the motif of Sanchi Stupa on the reverse, with bright yellow being the base colour of the note, RBI said in a statement. “The Reserve Bank of India will issue on August 25, 2017 Rs 200 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Urjit R. Patel, Governor, RBI from select RBI offices, and some banks,” it said.The finance ministry on Wednesday notified the issue of Rs 200 notes, making them legal tender…