(PTI) Two persons were killed on Thursday in police firing in Assam to quell protests against the citizenship bill with thousands descending on streets defying curfew as Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed his government was committed to safeguarding their rights. Several towns and cities were placed under indefinite curfew, including Guwahati, the epicentre of protests, besides Dibrugarh, Tezpur and Dhekiajuli. Night curfew was imposed in Jorhat, Golaghat, Tinsukia and Charaideo districts, officials said. Two persons were shot dead by security forces in Guwahati, which has turned into a garrison town with Army, paramilitary and state police personnel present in every nook and corner.
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(LiveMint) Heavy rains, coupled with thunderstorm, lashed several parts of the national capital Thursday evening, which is expected to improve the city’s air quality and bring the temperature further down. Under the influence of a western disturbance, the national capital recorded rains with strong winds for nearly two hours, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the regional weather forecasting head of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). According to the Safdarjung observatory, reading of which is considered official for the city, 1.9 mm of rainfall was recorded till 8.30 pm.Meanwhile, the Met department said Delhi recorded a low of 12.8 degrees Celsius and a high of…
(PTI) According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship. President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into an Act. According to an official notification, the Act comes into effect with its publication in the official gazette on Thursday. According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan,…
(ET) : Shrikant Madhav Vaidya is slated to be the new chairman of state-run Indian Oil Corporation, after marathon interviews held by the Public Enterprise Selection Board on Thursday.Vaidya is currently director finance at IOC. He would be taking over from the current Chairman Sanjiv Singh, who will retire from the position in June 2020. Others interviewed for the post were Director Finance Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Director Human Resources Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Director Research Development SSV Ramakumar, Executive Director Rahul Bhardwaj, according to the minutes of the PSEB meeting.
(TH) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) and Oil India Limited (OIL) are in the race to buy Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL’s) 61.65% stake in Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), according to sources in the know of the development.The strategic sale of the government’s 53.39% stake in BPCL would be done without NRL, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said last month. Hence, the government has to first demerge NRL from BPCL. NRL owns and operates a 3-million-tonne per annum (MTPA) refinery in Numaligarh in Golaghat district of Assam and has plans for a threefold growth in its refining capacity to 9…
(ET) Onion imports from Afghanistan across the Attari border have helped arrest the upward spiral in prices seen over the past few weeks. Retail prices of the tuber have fallen and stabilised at Rs 100-110 per kilogram in the northern states as fresh harvest from Alwar in Rajasthan and consignments from across the border have boosted supply in the region. As many as 50 trucks laden with onion crossed over to India across Attari check post and 55 trucks had brought the tuber on Monday this week. “Onion is topping the imports currently and the consignments are coming from Afghanistan,”…
(DJ) पूर्वोत्तर के राज्यों असम और त्रिपुरा में नागरिकता संशोधन विधेयक का विरोध तेज हो गया है। दोनों ही राज्यों में जमकर आगजनी और हिंसा जारी है। इसी के साथ असम के डिब्रूगढ़ जिले में अगले आदेश तक कर्फ्यू लगा दिया गया है। गुवाहाटी में भी राज्य सरकार ने गुरुवार रात 7 बजे तक के लिए कर्फ्यू लगा दिया गया है। असम में छात्र संगठनों ने प्रदर्शन के दौरान काफी तोड़फोड़ की। वहीं, विरोध प्रदर्शन के कारण कोलकाता (पश्चिम बंगाल) से डिब्रूगढ़ सेक्टर (असम) के लिए जानें वाली सभी उड़ानों को रद कर दिया गया है। विस्तारा, इंडिगो और स्पाइसजेट ने असम…
(ET) The Centre plans to take a major initiative in the power sector with an ordinance to ensure sanctity of contracts, restrict cross-subsidisation of consumers and force utilities to pay their bills on time, a move that can go a long way in making electricity generation and distribution attractive for investors. The planned ordinance would also deal with crucial issues of independence of electricity regulators and quick finalisation of tariffs based on costs – measures that were originally planned as amendments to the Electricity Act of 2003. States have been opposing these amendments for the past 3-4 years.
(DJ) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा है कि पूरे देश में प्राइमरी से लेकर उच्च शिक्षा तक समान पाठ्यक्रम लागू किया जाना चाहिए। इसके लिए सभी राज्यों को आगे आना होगा। वह बुधवार को गोमतीनगर स्थित इंदिरा गांधी प्रतिष्ठान में आयोजित दो दिवसीय स्कूल समिट के उद्घाटन समारोह को बतौर मुख्य अतिथि संबोधित कर रहे थे। मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि अभी अखिल भारतीय स्तर की प्रतियोगी परीक्षाओं में राज्यों के शिक्षा बोर्ड के विद्यार्थियों को नुकसान होता है क्योंकि प्रश्नपत्र सेंट्रल बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंड्री एजुकेशन (सीबीएसई) में पढ़ाए जा रहे राष्ट्रीय शैक्षिक अनुसंधान और प्रशिक्षण परिषद (एनसीईआरटी) के पाठ्यक्रम के…
(BS) Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan stated that India’s steel demand is expected to grow exponentially as the country embarks on becoming a USD 5 Trillion economy by 2024. An investment of USD 1.4 trillion will take place in infrastructure development in the next five years. He made these comments while in a meeting with Hiroshi Kajiyama, Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade and Investments. Discussions centred around enhancing composite engagement in both energy and steel sector to further help elevate the multidimensional bilateral ties between India and Japan. Pradhan said that Japan and India…