(FE) Uttar Pradesh’s energy minister Srikant Sharma, in a letter to Union power minister Piyush Goyal, has sought the latter’s help so that some private and state-owned power plants can come out of critical coal-stock scenario. Through the letter seen by FE, Sharma requested Goyal to increase the quantum of coal supply to private power plants such as 1,980 Lalitpur plant and 1,200 MW Roja plant and state utility-owned generating stations such as 665 MW Harduaganj plant and 1,140 MW Parichha power plant. Sharma also asked Goyal to instruct the Central Electricity Authority to include independent power plants in the…
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(PTI) Many may believe Nitish Kumar’s decision to embrace the BJP was in the works for weeks, if not months, but the Bihar chief minister insists he himself had no inkling he would return to the NDA fold until the saffron party offered support to him the day he resigned after walking out of the Grand Alliance. Kumar, who jettisoned Lalu Prasad’s RJD and Congress on July 26 and put in his papers, also claimed attempts were being made to engineer defections in his party. “I know none of you would believe me that I had no previous thinking of joining…
(AU) गोरखपुर के बीआरडी मेडिकल कॉलेज में हुई बच्चों की मौत पर मुख्य सचिव ने आज अपनी रिपोर्ट मुख्यमंत्री को सौंप दी है। रिपोर्ट में इस बात की पुष्टि हुई है कि बच्चों की मौत ऑक्सीजन की कमी से हुई थी। सीएम योगी ने जांच रिपोर्ट आने के बाद अस्पताल के खिलाफ एफआईआर दर्ज करने के निर्देश दिए हैं। इस मामले में अपर मुख्य सचिव चिकित्सा शिक्षा अनीता भटनागर जैन को हटा दिया गया है। उनको डीजी ट्रेनिंग बना दिया गया है। उनकी जगह रजनीश दुबे को अतिरिक्त प्रभार दिया गया है।
The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh chaired the 42nd Annual General Body Meeting of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) Society here today. The Meeting approved the Annual Report & Audited Accounts of the NMML Society for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16. During the meeting various issues including upgradation and renovation of Museum, Digitization of documents, Acquisition of Books in regional languages and setting up of a Museum for former Prime Ministers, were discussed. In his address to the AGM, Shri Rajnath Singh, who is the Vice-President of the NMML Society, said the planned Museum for the former…
The Prime Minister today interacted with Young CEOs at the “Champions of Change – Transforming India through G2B partnership” initiative organised by NITI Aayog at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra. Today was the Prime Minister’s second address in this series, following his interaction with young entrepreneurs last week. Six groups of young CEOs made presentations before the PM on themes such as Make in India; Doubling Farmers’ Income; World Class Infrastructure; Cities of Tomorrow; Reforming the Financial Sector; and New India by 2022. Appreciating the new ideas and innovations envisaged in the presentations made by the CEOs, the Prime Minister thanked them for…
Press Conference by Shri Amit Shah on SC judgement on Triple Talaq
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has hailed the judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court on Triple Talaq. Calling the judgement historic, the Prime Minister said that it grants equality to Muslim women and is a powerful measure for women empowerment. “Judgment of the Hon’ble SC on Triple Talaq is historic. It grants equality to Muslim women and is a powerful measure for women empowerment”, the Prime Minister said.
(AU) तीन तलाक पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा रोक लगाने के बाद भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने अपनी प्रतिक्रिया देते हुए कहा कि आज मुस्लिम महिलाओं को इस फैसले से समानता का अधिकार दे दिया है। शाह ने कहा कि इस फैसले को हार-जीत के तौर पर न देखा जाए। अमित शाह ने मुस्लिम महिलाओं को भी बधाई दी है जो इस मामले को लेकर के काफी सालों से लड़ रही थीं। शाह ने कहा कि इन महिलाओं के लिए एक नए युग की शुरुआत हुई है। फैसला आने के बाद पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी की तारीफ करते हुए शाह ने कहा कि वो पीएम और…
The seventeenth Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi today under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance, Shri Arun Jaitley. The meeting was attended by Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor, RBI; Shri Ashok Lavasa, Finance Secretary, Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ms. Anjuly Chib Duggal, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Shri Tapan Ray, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Shri Ajay Tyagi, Chairman, SEBI; Shri T.S. Vijayan, Chairman, IRDAI; Shri Hemant…
(PTI) In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court by a majority of 3:2 today ruled that the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims is “void”, “illegal” and “unconstitutional”.The apex court held that the triple talaq is against the basic tenets of Quran. While Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice S Abdul Nazeer were in favour of putting on hold for six months the practice of triple talaq, asking the government to come out with a law in this regard, Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman and U U Lalit held it as violative of the Constitution. The majority…