(HT) Union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday accepted Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s request for opening another passport office in Nawanshahr to facilitate NRIs and their families in Doaba, while assuring to look into the issue of blacklisted Sikh youth settled abroad. The issues came up for discussion when Amarinder called on Swaraj here. She promised all possible efforts by the Centre to ensure the safety and security of Punjabis and Sikhs abroad. The Nawanshahr passport office will be in addition to the recently sanctioned passport office in Patiala, which is to be inaugurated soon.Amarinder expressed concern over…
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(HT) आगामी 23 अप्रैल को दिल्ली नगर निगम के लिये होने वाले मतदान से लेकर 26 अप्रैल को मतगणना होने तक, संपूर्ण चुनाव प्रक्रिया में सुरक्षा की जिम्मेदारी दिल्ली पुलिस और अर्दर्धसैनिक बल के 56 हजार जवानों के हाथों में होगी। दिल्ली पुलिस के प्रवक्ता दीपेन्द्र पाठक ने आज सुरक्षा इंतजामों की जानकारी देते हुये बताया कि राज्य चुनाव आयोग ने निगम चुनाव में 774 स्थानों पर 4748 मतदान केन्द्रों को संवेदनशील और अतिसंवेदनशील घोषित किया है। इसके मददेनजर सुरक्षा एजेंसियों के साथ तालमेल कायम करते हुये दिल्ली पुलिस ने आतंकरोधी गतिविधियों को नाकाम करने सहित सभी जरूरी सुरक्षा इंतजाम…
(BS) Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has started commercial production of coal bed methane (CBM) from its Sohagpur fields in Madhya Pradesh. CBM is currently being supplied for commissioning the Shahdol Phulpur Pipeline (SHPPL). “The production, which started on March 24 this year, will gradually ramp-up in the next 15-18 months making RIL among the largest unconventional natural gas producers in India,” the company said in a statement today. RIL was awarded the licence to explore two adjacent CBM blocks SP (West) and SP(East) with an area of 995 square kilo meter in the first round of CBM block bidding by the…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the upcoming meet of NITI Aayog’s Governing Council on Sunday, which is poised to draw up a 15-year development road map called Vision 2030. The council, with all chief ministers on board, will also deliberate on the 3-year action plan and 7-year strategy to lay down short- and medium-term policy to accelerate economic development and address the issues hampering infrastructure growth relating to road, railways and power. The day-long meeting of the council, the apex decision making body, is to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on April 23, a senior official said.…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that he did not lack the political will needed to carry out reforms as he asked the civil servants to break silos and work together as a team to perform and transform. Addressing the bureaucrats on the civil services day, Modi said that time has come for out of the box thinking and from being a regulator, the government needs to become an enabler. “Political will can reform but bureaucracy performs and public participation transforms. We have to bring them in one wavelength,” he said. “To reform, political will is needed. I do not…
(AU) आगामी 25 जुलाई को देश के पास एक नया राष्ट्रपति होगा। राष्ट्रपति चुनाव के लिए चर्चाओं का दौर शुरू हो गया है। उत्तर प्रदेश और उत्तराखंड जैसे बड़े राज्य में भारतीय जनता पार्टी को मिले जनाधार के बाद विपक्ष ने राष्ट्रपति पद के प्रत्याशी के लिए मोर्चा बनाना शुरू कर दिया है।इसी मामले को लेकर हाल ही बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी से मुलाकात की है। बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री और सीपीआई-एम के महासचिव सीताराम येचुरी इस मामले पर सोनिया से पहले ही चर्चा कर चुके हैं। हालांकि इस बात का खुलासा नहीं हुआ है कि…
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held a bilateral meeting with the US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in Washington DC on 20 April, 2017. Finance Minister was accompanied by the India’s Ambassador Navtej Sarna and Secretary Economic Affairs Shaktikanta Das. Both leaders emphasized the strength of Indo-US economic relations and the bipartisan support it has acquired over the years. Finance Minister briefed the US Commerce Secretary on the strength of the Indian economy and the significant structural reforms Government of India has undertaken over the last three years. The US Commerce Secretary Ross congratulated the Indian Finance Minister on making the GST…
Meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Members of Parliament for the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas was held in Srinagar on 21st April, 2017. Following Hon’ble Members of Parliament participated in the meeting – Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Shri Chandrakant Bhaurao Khaire, Sh. Harinder Singh Khalsa, Shri Janak Ram, Shri Murali Mohan Maganti, Shri Narasimham Thota, Shri Ninong Ering, Shri Satya Pal Singh, Shri Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Dr Ravindra Babu Pandula, Col. (Retd.) Sona Ram Choudhary, Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu, Shri Tariq Anwar, Shri Vikaram Usendi, Shri Ranjib Biswal and Shri Ravi Prakash Verma. A presentation on…
The Taxation and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana,2016 (PMGKY) had commenced on 17th December, 2016 and was open for declarations up to 31st March, 2017. Representations from stakeholders have been received stating that in some cases tax, surcharge and penalty have been paid on or before 31st March, 2017 but the corresponding deposit under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme, 2016 (Deposit Scheme) could not be made by the said date. Accordingly, DEA vide notification S.O.1218(E) dated 19th April, 2017 has extended the date of making deposit under the Deposit Scheme upto 30th April, 2017 in…
(Tribune) Well ahead of the May 1 deadline when a ban on the use of red beacons atop vehicles will be effective, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat removed the red beacon from his official car this morning. As soon as the news spread about the Chief Minister’s decision, other Cabinet ministers too followed suit. “I am against the VIP culture and fully support our Prime Minister’s and Chief Minister’s decision,” said Prakash Pant, Uttarakhand Parliamentary Affairs Minister. He had removed the red beacon yesterday. Now all nine Cabinet ministers, including the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Speaker, have also opted to remove the red…