(FE) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha today. The bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. According to the Lok Sabha’s List of Business, the Home Minister will table the bill in the afternoon to amend the six-decade-old Citizenship Act. The bill has triggered protests in northeastern states with a large section of people, organisations and opposition parties opposing the bill. They are arguing that it will nullify the provisions of the Assam Accord of 1985, which fixed March 24, 1971, as the cut-off date for…
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(FE) A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over the massive Rs 8,435 crore outstanding dues of Coal India from power sector and said punitive action should be taken against the defaulting power generating units. The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel in a report tabled in Parliament on Friday also noted that huge amount of dues are outstanding from the state and other utilities for years. “The outstanding dues of Coal India from the power sector as on March 31, 2019 (are) Rs 8,435.19 crore,” the report said. The panel said it is concerned to note that huge amount of…
(FE) The counting of votes for the by-elections on 15 assembly seats in Karnataka that went to polls on December 5 is underway at 11 centres in the state. The election results will have a bearing on the future of the four-month-old BJP government led by BS Yediyurappa. The elections had taken place at Yellapur, Ranebennur, Vijayanagar, Yashwanthapur, Mahalakshmi Layout, Chikkaballapura, KR Puram, Shivajinagar, KR Pet, Hunsur, Athani, Kagwad, Gokak, Hirekerur and Hoskote. Heavy security has been deployed at 11 counting centres and other places around the state. The government has imposed prohibitory orders and clamped down on activities to check the…
(LiveMint) Four review petitions supported by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) were filed on Friday against the Supreme Court’s 9 November Ram-Janmabhoombh-Babri-Masjid land title dispute verdict. The review petitions were filed by Maulana Mufti Hasbullah, Mohd Umar, Maulana Mahfoozur Rehman and Mishbahuddin. The petitioners have challenged the title of the land being given to Hindu parties, arguing that Hindus never had exclusive possession of the entire site. They added that the apex court’s judgement has, in fact, given directions to clear the existing structure that remains after the Babri Masjid was demolished at the site in December 1992.“The…
(DJ) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी (Narendra Modi) पुणे में आठ दिसंबर तक चलने वाले पुलिस बल के महानिदेशकों और इंस्पेक्टर जनरलों के राष्ट्रीय सम्मेलन (Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police) में भाग लेने के पहुंचे हैं। प्रधानमंत्री शुक्रवार को ही रात में पुणे हवाई अड्डे पर पहुंचे थे। वहां महाराष्ट्र के मुख्यमंत्री और शिवसेना प्रमुख उद्धव ठाकरे (Uddhav Thackeray) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी (Narendra Modi) का स्वागत करने पहुंचे थे। मुख्यमंत्री बनने के बाद उद्धव पहली बार प्रधानमंत्री से मुखातिब हुए थे।
(ET) For the first time the state government will introduce pollution free CNG buses in the city from March next year and for the purpose the state transport department is developing a refilling station at Kasba bus depot. Along with this the transport department will also introduce 70 new electric buses in city by March 2020 which will take the total number of electric buses to 150. “The state transport department will introduce 10 CNG buses in the city from March next year. As there is no refilling infrastructure in the city we are developing a refilling station at Kasba depot. We have signed…
(AU) झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण के तहत 20 सीटों पर शनिवार को मतदान शुरू हो गया। चुनाव आयोग ने स्वतंत्र, निष्पक्ष और शांतिपूर्ण चुनाव के लिए पर्याप्त सुरक्षा बलों और मतदानकर्मियों की तैनाती की है। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने ट्वीट कर मतदाताओं से अनुरोध किया कि वह ज्यादा से ज्यादा संख्या में आकर मतदान करें और लोकतंत्र को मजबूत बनाने में मदद करें। उन्होंने ट्वीट किया कि झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज दूसरे दौर का मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा आग्रह है कि वे अधिक से अधिक संख्या में मतदान कर लोकतंत्र के इस उत्सव को सफल बनाएं। चुनाव आयोग…
(BS) State-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has listed its $300 million issue on the Global Securities Market of India International Exchange IFSC (India INX). The issue was made under ONGC’s Euro medium-term note (EMTN) programme. In a statement, India INX said the issue comes with a coupon rate of 3.375 per cent and is due in 2029. The exchange further said that ONGC has established its $2 billion medium-term note (MTN) programme on the exchange’s Global securities Market and the $300 million is its maiden issue under the programme. An EMTN programme is an uncommitted facility and any drawdown thereof under this…
(TH) The first meeting, under the current government, of the Consultative Committee of the Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Ministry of the Petroleum and Natural Gas was held earlier this week. This meeting was chaired by Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and attended by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and External Affairs V Muraleedharan, 19 MPs from the Lok Sabha and eight MPs from the Rajya Sabha. An official statement said that Pradhan briefed the committee about the Centre’s push towards a gas-based economy and biofuels.
(ET) Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that the Centre has made no direct investment in Paradip Refinery through budgetary allocation. Replying to a question raised by BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra regarding the total investment made by the Centre in Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s Paradip Refinery in the last five years, Pradhan said there was no such investment made. Asked about the total investment made by the Centre for the development of the Petroleum Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) in Paradip, Pradhan stated that Odisha PCPIR was approved in December 2010 and the Memorandum of Association was signed between the Government of India and…