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(Tribune) The students of SGRR private medical college on Tuesday called off their week-long sit-in launched against the arbitrary fee hike carried by the college authorities a few days ago.The students ended their sit-in after an agreement was struck with the college management. An agreement has been reached that the college authorities would maintain a status-quo on tuition fees for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 until such time the appellate committee and the high court give their decision on the matter.Significantly, during the recently concluded budget session at Gairsain, the Uttarakhand government had introduced an amendment to the Private/Aided Professional Institutions and…

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(DJ) एक से अधिक सीट से चुनाव लड़ने पर रोक का चुनाव आयोग ने अाज सुप्रीम कोर्ट में हलफनामा दाखिल कर समर्थन किया है। अायोग ने अपने हलफनामें में कहा कि दो जगह से चुनाव लड़ना फिर एक सीट छोड़ देना मतदाताओं के साथ अन्याय है। इससे आर्थिक बोझ पड़ता है। इतना ही नहीं अायोग ने सुझाव दिया कि सीट छोड़ने वाले से दोबारा चुनाव का खर्च वसूला जाना चाहिए। आयोग ने कहा इसके लिए कानून में बदलाव होना चाहिए। भाजपा नेता और वकील अश्वनी उपाध्याय ने जनहित याचिका दाखिल कर एक से अधिक सीट पर चुनाव लड़ने पर रोक…

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(PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal as part of his efforts to mobilise support for the no-confidence motion moved by his party TDP against the Centre, party leaders said. The two leaders also discussed the special category status (SCS) promised to the southern state. “The Delhi chief minister said he would offer support to the TDP through members from his party in both houses of Parliament,” Telugu Desam Party’s Rajya Sabha MP C M Ramesh told reporters. Delhi’s ruling party AAP has four MPs in the Lok Sabha and three in the…

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(Kalinga TV) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with 40 newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs including Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and Jagat Prakash Nadda took oath on Tuesday. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath of secrecy to them. After taking oath, the newly elected Rajya Sabha Parliamentarians walked up to Venkaiah Naidu who warmly welcomed them with a hand shake. Thereafter, they signed the members’ register and greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, other senior ministers and opposition leaders present in the House. “Honored to take oath as a #RajyaSabha member today. I thank Hon. PM @narendramodi Ji & @BJP4India President Shri…

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The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh here today reviewed the administrative issues of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) at a high level meeting.While taking stock of the recruitment and promotion procedures of the CAPFs, Shri Rajnath Singh called for initiation of special mechanisms for reducing delays and fast-tracking recruitment process. The Home Minister also gave directions for improving the availability of housing and medical facilities to the CAPFs with a view to enhance the living conditions of the forces, especially those serving in the remote and far-flung areas. Shri Rajnath Singh called for making available at least a sum of…

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As informed by banks, as on 28.2.2018, 31.20 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) with aggregate deposit balances Rs. 75,572.09 crore. Of these, 25.18 crore (81%) Jan-Dhan accounts are operative. Banks are committed to enhance the number of operative Jan-Dhan accounts.Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have reported that no such incidence has been observed presently. Moreover, Jan-Dhan accounts do not have any requirement of maintaining minimum balance. Public Sector Banks have reported that by February 2018 only about 59 lakh (1.9%) Jan–Dhan accounts have been closed since launch of the scheme. Jan–Dhan accounts are closed as…

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(Hindustan) उत्तर प्रदेश राज्यसभा चुनाव की घड़ी नजदीक आते देख सभी राजनीतिक दल जरूरत से ज्यादा सक्रिय दिख रहे हैं। हाल ही में यूपी के उपचुनाव में दो सीटों पर हार का स्वाद चखने वाली भाजपा विरोधियों पर भारी दिख रही है। भाजपा का पहला पैंतरा ही विरोधी दलों पर भारी पड़ा है। हम बात कर रहे हैं नरेश अग्रवाल की। नरेश अग्रवाल और उनके बेटे नितिन अग्रवाल ने हाल ही में भाजपा का दामन थाम लिया है। नरेश अग्रवाल का भाजपा में शामिल होना सपा से ज्यादा बसपा के लिए घातक साबित हो सकता है। बसपा को इस चुनाव में जीत…

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(LiveMint) Essar Oil has picked Trafigura and BP to lend it $1 billion to be repaid with cargoes of refined products as the Indian refiner’s new owners seek to diversify the firm’s financing base, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Russian oil major Rosneft, fund UCP and Swiss commodities trader Trafigura bought Essar Oil’s large refinery, 3,500 fuel stations and infrastructure for $12.9 billion last year. Essar Oil has long relied entirely on funding from Indian banks while the new shareholders want to reduce exchange costs by adding alternative financing sources and directly use dollars to buy its oil…

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The Government has accorded permission for initiating penal action against 199 companies for non-compliance of provisions of section 135 read with section 134 (3) (o) of the Act. This was stated by Shri P.P. Chaudhary, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Law & Justice in the Rajya Sabha today. The Government has no proposal to review the state of implementation of the provisions of the existing Act related to Corporate Social Responsibility. Whenever violation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions is found, action under section 134 (8) of the Companies Act, 2013 (the ‘Act’) is initiated.

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