(AU) आम आदमी पार्टी में जारी गरमा-गरमी थमने का नाम नहीं ले रही है। पार्टी से निकाले जा चुके कपिल मिश्रा आज यानि बुधवार से अनिश्चितकालीन अनशन पर बैठेंगे। टीवी रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक उन्हें जान से मारने की धमकी दी गई है। ये धमकी फोन के जरिए दी गई है। बता दें कि उन्होंने हाल ही में आप नेताओं के विदेशी दौरों से जुड़ी जानकारियों पर बड़ा खुलासा करने की बात कही थी। अनशन पर बैठे कपिल ने कहा कि वे केजरीवाल का इस्तीफा नहीं मांग रहे हैं, लेकिन इन आरोपों पर सफाई देने पर जोर दे रहे हैं। आखिर ऐसी…
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(FE) If slippages were shown by some electricity distribution entities in achieving the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) operational targets, power and coal minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, it could be partly because “we now get more accurate data”. The minister indicated that discoms in some states might have to face the music for wrong representation of data. The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, for instance, had started questioning the state’s power distribution utilities on the unreasonably high consumption rates reported for poor households, he told FE in an interview. Asked whether power and coal scenario in the…
(FE) The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a larger Constitution bench another fresh plea challenging the Aadhaar Act and the mandatory use of the unique identification number in at least 17 government schemes, including mid-day meal and disability pension. “We think it is appropriate for the larger bench to pass orders …,” a bench led by justice AK Sikri said. However, it may be noted that the apex court is yet to constitute a larger constitution bench to decide if Aadhaar is violative of a citizen’s fundamental right to privacy. The bench had last week reserved its judgments on…
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on Monday reviewed progress of key infrastructure sectors including petroleum and natural gas, power, renewable energy and housing. The review meeting, which came soon after the review of connectivity-related infrastructure sectors in the last week of April, lasted for about three hours, and was attended by top officials from PMO, NITI Aayog and all infrastructure Ministries of the Government of India. In course of the presentation made by CEO NITI Aayog, it was noted that remarkable progress has been made in several sectors, including generation of renewable energy, affordable and rural housing, LED bulbs…
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(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the Muslims not to allow the triple talaq issue to be politicised and urged a leading organisation of the community to take the lead in initiating reform in this regard. He made the comments while interacting with leaders of the leading Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind who called on him here. Welcoming the members of the delegation, the Prime Minister said that democracy s greatest strength is harmony and amity, the PMO said in a statement. Emphasizing that the government does not have any right to discriminate among citizens, Modi said India’s speciality has been…
(Hindustan) देश का सबसे बड़ा प्रदेश, देश में पहले नंबर पर रहेगा। यह दावा मंगलवार को प्रदेश के डिप्टी सीएम केशवप्रसाद मौर्य ने किया। कैप्टन आयुष यादव सेतु का उद्घाटन करने के बाद वह मीडिया से बात कर रहे थे। केशव प्रसाद मौर्य ने कहा कि देश और प्रदेश सपा-बसपा और कांग्रेस मुक्त हो रहे हैं, जनता को कुशासन और भ्रष्टाचार से मुक्ति मिल रही है। अब केवल विकास की बात होगी। उन्होंने कहा कि पीडब्ल्यूडीके ठेकों को गुंडो-माफियाओं से मुक्त कर दिया गया है, अब सौ फीसदी ई टेंडरिंग होगी। सड़कों के लिए पोर्टल डिप्टी सीएम ने बताया कि प्रदेश…
(LiveMint) Finding it difficult to complete the task in time, the union government has extended the deadline for linking the Aadhaar numbers of school children with the mid-day meal scheme by two months.The move means that more than a 100 million school children would compulsorily need Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identification number of India, to avail their mid-day meal from 1 September instead of the earlier deadline of 1 July. Earlier, schools and states were directed to complete the task by 30 June so that the new plan, which the government thinks will reduce pilferage, can start from 1 July. “In…
(FE) Travelling in Delhi Metro is likely to get a little more expensive for commuters as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) board has approved a hike in the ticket prices. The hike in fares is likely to come into effect from Wednesday, May 10, according to a Times of India report. The present minimum fare of DMRC which is Rs 8 will go up to Rs 10 and the maximum fare that is currently Rs 30 is set to go up as high as Rs 50. According to an Indian Express report, in September 2016, a panel looking…
(PTI) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is on schedule for implementation from July 1 and will not lead to any significant increase in prices of goods although cost of some services may see a marginal hike, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. Hailed as the biggest tax reform since India’s independence, GST will replace an array of central and state levies with a national sales tax, thereby creating a single market and making it easier to do business in the country. Addressing CII-Kotak investors’ round table here, Jaitley said that the GST Council, headed by him and comprising representatives of…