(NDTV) Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda arrived in Kolkata in the early hours of Tuesday, a party leader said. The two senior BJP leaders will assess the organizational preparedness in West Bengal ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls next year, he said. Mr Shah and Mr Nadda reached Kolkata airport around 12.45 am, and are scheduled to preside over a series of organizational meetings during the day. BJP MLA Manoj Tigga said the party’s preparations for the Parliamentary polls have begun. “Our central leaders, the prime minister, Union home minister and party president will…
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(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on December 30 to inaugurate the redeveloped railway station and the new airport ahead of the January 22 Ram temple consecration ceremony. The PM, who is scheduled to flag off a Vande Bharat Express train, will also address a public meeting and likely oversee the progress of the Ram Temple construction. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited the temple town to oversee the preparations for the PM’s visit. Adityanath, who reviewed the progress work of the Ram Temple and the development works in Ayodhya, directed officials to…
(FE) Oil prices steadied on Thursday, with Brent trading near $80 a barrel as higher inventories and record output in the United States overshadowed jitters over global trade disruptions in the Red Sea. Brent crude futures rose 13 cents, or 0.1%, to $79.80 a barrel by 0914 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was 4 cents higher at $74.26. “Oil concerns itself with the state of U.S. production this morning and enters the day less buoyant than that of late,” PVM Oil analyst John Evans said. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday that U.S. crude inventories rose by…
(PTI) Kerala reported 265 fresh COVID-19 infections and one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to data on the Union Health Ministry website on Friday. Of the 328 coronavirus infections reported nationwide till 8 am today, 265 were from Kerala, taking the active cases in the state to 2,606, as per the website. With one death reported in the state, the total number of people who have died due to coronavirus in Kerala since its outbreak three years ago reached 72,060.
(AT) केंद्र सरकार ने 19 किलोग्राम वाले कमर्शियल एलपीजी सिलेंडर (Commercial LPG Price) की कीमत में कटौती करके उपभोक्ताओं को क्रिसमस और नए साल का प्री गिफ्ट दिया है.ऑयल मार्केटिंग कंपनियों ने कमर्शियल LPG सिलेंडर की कीमत में ₹39.50 की कटौती की है. दिल्ली में अब 19 किलोग्राम वाला गैस सिलेंडर ₹1757.50 में मिलेगा. हालांकि, डोमेस्टिक LPG सिलेंडरों की कीमतों में कोई बदलाव नहीं हुआ है. कीमतों में कटौती आज यानी 22 दिसंबर से लागू होगी. LPG की कीमत में इस कटौती से होटल और रेस्टोरंट जैसे कमर्शियल रसोई गैस उपयोगकर्ताओं को कुछ राहत मिली है. इससे पहले दिल्ली में कमर्शियल सिलेंडर की कीमत 1796.50 रुपये,…
(PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said he is saddened by the news of the shooting incident at a university in Prague. A gunman shot dead 14 people and injured over 20 at Charles University in the Czech capital on Thursday, according to reports from Prague. “Saddened by the news of the shooting incident at Prague’s Charles University. Deepest condolences to the families of the victims,” the external affairs minister said in a post on X. PTI MPB.
(HT) The Varanasi district Court will present the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) scientific report on the Gyanvapi mosque survey today. In the Gyanvapi Shringar Gauri case, today the Hindu side will present its objection in the court on the application of Anjuman Arrangements Masjid Committee’s plea asking the judge to present the ASI report in a sealed cover which according to the Hindu side is a clear ‘violation’ of the Supreme Court judgement. The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee on Monday asked the Court not to give the ASI report to any party to which the Hindu side is objecting. Hindu side…
(HT) Capital markets regulator Sebi on Monday simplified the requirements for the grant of certification to accredited investors. A person or entity identified as an accredited investor based on net worth or income. Such investors can invest in securities that may not be available to retail investors. Under the framework, accreditation agencies, which are also KYC Registration Agencies (KRAs), can access Know Your Customer (KYC) documents of applicants available with them in the capacity of KRA and can also access the same from the database of other KRAs for accreditation, Sebi said in a circular. The accreditation agencies will grant accreditation…
(MC) BPCL said its board approved the proposal for setting up a polypropylene (PP) unit for the production of polypropylene at the Kochi refinery. The gross cost of the project is pegged at Rs 5,044 crore, the state-owned oil marketing company said in an exchange filing on December 19. Polypropylene is used in downstream industries such as packaging films, sheets, boxes, containers, bags, homeware, home care, personal care and articles of day-to-day usage. The facility will have a production capacity of 400 kilo-tonnes per annum (KTPA), the company said. BPCL cited robust growth due to expanding market demand of the petrochemical segment in India…
(MC) The Larsen and Toubro (L&T) stock is exhibiting a breakout on the monthly chart, forming higher tops and higher bottoms. Analysts expect the stock to move to Rs 3,800 in the next month and to Rs 4,000 over the next few months. At of 12.53 pm, L&T was trading at Rs 3,509 on the National Stock Exchange, up or 0.5 percent from the previous close.