(PTI) The BJP today defended Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh governments over incidents of mob violence, saying they are taking strict action against accused. Union minister Smriti Irani also rejected the Congress’ criticism, claiming that people do not support it due to its abysmal track record. Asked about lynching of seven persons in Jharkhand over an unsubstantiated kidnap rumour and violence in Saharanpur, she told reporters that the two state governments had acted against the accused. The saffron party is in power in the two states. As far as allegations of the Congress are concerned, she said people have stopped supporting it. The “minuscule opposition”…
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The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of March (new Series 2011-12=100) 2017 at 127.2, was 9.7% higher as compared to the level in the month of March 2016. The cumulative growth for the period April- March 2016-17 over the corresponding period of previous year has been (+) 5.3 percent. The total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during March 2017 was Rs. 26350 crore. The contribution of Coal was the highest at Rs. 11658 crore (44%). Next in the order of importance were: Petroleum (crude) Rs. 5616…
(FE) Instead of earmarking VIP zones, the state government has considered rural areas as key places for ensuring power supply, Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Srikant Sharma said today. “Unlike the previous government, which considered some areas as VIP zones for ensuring power supply, our government considers farmers and poor as VIP and gives 18 hours electricity in rural areas, 20 hours at tehsil level and 24 hours at district headquarters,” he said during the Question Hour in the Assembly. He was replying to a question raised by SP member Nitin Agarwal. Trying to drive home the point that power supply…
(AU) आरजेडी प्रमुख लालू प्रसाद यादव रेड के बाद बौखलाय हुए हैं। उन्होंने एक बार फिर शुक्रवार को बीजेपी पर हमला बोलते हुए कहा कि इस पार्टी को मैं चैन से नहीं रहने दूंगा। मोदी सरकार रूपी लंका को भस्म कर दूंगा।
(FE) Yogi Adityanath has completed first 60 days as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. In these two months, his popularity as a no-nonsense, people-friendly and development-oriented CM has increased manifold in the state as well as elsewhere in the country. Yogi’s declared mission is to make UP a crime-free and developed state of the country under his watch and he has announced a number of measures in this regard in the last two months. But then, Uttar Pradesh is too large a state, and 60 days is too less a time to change the face of the state, which has…
(PTI) Gold’s allure went up by many notches today as the US political turmoil saw the bullion soar Rs 215 to Rs 29,200 per 10 grams today, mirroring a firm overseas trend amid frenzied buying by local jewellers. This is the third straight day of gains by the yellow metal, which reclaimed the Rs 29,000 level. Risk aversion was in full display as investors looked for safer assets in view of the deepening crisis in the US, a fallout of President Donald Trump’s firing of the former FBI director. Silver staged a comeback to recapture the Rs 39,000-mark by surging…
The Government in last three years has undertaken a number of reforms in different areas of economy. In this regard FDI policy reforms carried out by Government are nothing less than historic. The scale of reforms can be gauged from the fact that during this period, 21 sectors covering 87 areas of FDI policy have undergone reforms.This has resulted in increased FDI inflows which year after year is setting up new records. If the FDI inflows of US Dollar 55.6 billion for the year ending March, 2016 werean all-time high, the record was not meant to last long. The country…
The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on May 18, 2017 was 35.622BCM, which is 23% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 24 for the week ending on May 11, 2017. The level of May 18, 2017 was 123% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 104% of storage of average of last ten years. The total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 157.799 BCM which is about 62% of the total storage capacity of 253.388 BCM which is estimated to have been created in the…
(PTI) Foodgrains will cost less from July 1 when the nation-wide Goods and Service Tax (GST) is rolled out as the GST Council today decided to exempt the daily-use commodities from the levy. Common use products like hair oil, soaps and toothpaste will be charged with a single national sales tax or GST of 18 per cent instead of present 22-24 per cent tax incidence through a combination of central and state government levies. The GST rates for all but six items were finalised at the first day of the two-day meeting here of the GST Council, headed by Union…
(AU) यमुना में जलस्तर घटने से शहर में पेयजल ही नहीं ताजमहल की सुरक्षा पर भी सकंट खड़ा हो गया है। नावों और स्टीमर से स्मारक के पार्श्व में गश्त नहीं हो पा रही। ऐसे में पुलिस ने पेट्रोलिंग के लिए दो हॉवर क्राफ्ट मोटरबोट (विदेशी नाव) की मांग रखी है। यह नाव कम पानी में भी चल सकती है। मगर, मुश्किल यह है कि यह देश में उपलब्ध ही नहीं है। इसलिए इस प्रस्ताव को पुलिस मुख्यालय भेजने की संस्तुति की गई है।पिछले दिनों मंडलायुक्त की अध्यक्षता में हुई बैठक में इस समस्या को उठाया गया। बाद में ताजमहल…