(TH) The Congress on Wednesday night officially released the party’s list of candidates for the coming Assembly election amidst a bitter factional fight that had reached party chief Sonia Gandhi’s doorstep. Prominent names include former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Congress Legislature Party chief Kiran Chaudhary, party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and elder son of former CM Bhajan Lal Chander Mohan. With Friday being the last date of filing nominations for the October 21 election, the party made its list public well past midnight to avoid further confrontation with any disgruntled leader.
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(PTI) With India emerging as a powerful nation on the global stage and experts and analysts probing which way it would tilt, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on October 3 said the largest democracy would be a blend of the west and the developed world. “There’s often the question asked whether India, these are not my words, would be an Eastern power or a Western power, meaning would it be democratic or would it not be democratic? I think by now in 70 years, at least that question is answered,” he said. “But I would also suggest to you that it would…
(HT) The Ministry of Mines has amended the Mineral (Mining by Government Company) Rules 2015, to ensure raw material security and seamless renewal of mining leases allocated to public sector companies, a government statement said. The amendment implies that all mining leases for minerals granted to government companies shall extend the mining lease for a period up to 12 years at a time. The extension is conditional, provided the mining firm makes an application to the state government at least 12 months prior to the expiry of the mining lease, it said. The changes were made after minister of petroleum…
(ET) The Yogi Adityanath government is set to publicize former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s pet project of Etawah Lion Safari as a “world-class project comparable to all best safaris in the world like in Africa and Singapore” and a special website will be launched ahead of the inauguration of the 1000-acre project for the public later this month. Seven Asiatic lions have been brought in from Gujarat’s Junagarh last week to the Etawah Lion Safari, taking their strength of the lions here up to 18. Special buses to ferry tourists inside the Safari have also arrived ahead of the inauguration.…
(ET) Indian Oil Corporation has built 850 metres of road using 16 million tonnes of single-use plastic waste in bitumen concrete, and has invited ‘expression of interest’ from various parties and aggregators to consistently supply commercial quantities of such waste. The state-run oil marketing company built the road outside its research and development facility in Faridabad on an experimental basis for testing its strength and durability, officials said. It is demarcated intointo three zones representing 1%, 2% and 3% concentration of waste plastic such as carry bags and packaging film waste, and will be monitored under same conditions for two…
(BS) There should be degree or diploma courses in skill development as mere certification would not work, said Union Power Minister R K Singh in New Delhi.Addressing a conference of state Skill Development Ministers, he said the country needed to move from the primary sector to the tertiary sector as “we are lagging the developed countries”. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Skill Development Mahendra Nath Pandey said skill development was the prime focus of the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a sub-committee to give impetus to the sector. Those providing skill training should get “Kaushalacharya Samman” on the Teachers Day next year, he said and added, skill…
(FE) Neither the Centre’s admonitions, nor adverse court rulings seem to be dissuading some state governments from dishonoring the power purchase agreements (PPAs) with renewable power units — a trend that is threatening to put the sunrise sector in jeopardy. Close on the heels of the Andhra Pradesh government, which virtually called for a downward revision of the tariffs mentioned in the PPAs for 5.2 giga watt of wind and solar power capacity, the Uttar Pradesh government stopped procuring electricity from 650 mega watt of wind power plants effective Tuesday evening. The UP government’s excuse for the sudden move is…
HPCL’s Visakh-Vijayawada-Secunderabad-Pipeline (VVSPL) Capacity Expansion Project has been commissioned ahead of schedule and put into operation smoothly. The Project has enhanced VVSPL capacity from 5.38 MMTPA to full design capacity of 7.7 MMTPA. As part of the project, 13 new pumps have been installed: 3 each at the 2 new Intermediate Pump Stations (IPS) viz. M B Patnam IPS and J K Gudem IPS, 2 at the new Bogaram IPS, 1 each at the existing Pump Stations of Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada and 2 at Suryapet. In addition to above, OSTT-SS Jetty Sub-Sea Pipeline has also been mechanically completed. It is pertinent to…
(PTI) Saudi Arabia has assured billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries that it will supply all the committed crude oil volumes in October as the world’s largest oil exporter recovers faster than expected from the biggest attack ever on its oil industry. Saudi Arabia’s “Aramco has been a major and reliable supplier of crude oil for Reliance for over 20 years, both in terms of volume of crude supply as well as a mix of various grades of crude oil,” Reliance said in an email response to a questionnaire on supplies from the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia is still recovering from the September 14 drone and missile assault on its…
(AU) हिमाचल में एक या इससे अधिक करोड़ रुपये के प्रोजेक्टों की निगरानी मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय अब खुद करेगा। प्रोजेक्टों में गुणवत्ता और धांधली की आशंका के चलते यह फैसला लिया गया है। अभी तक प्रदेश में निर्माणाधीन प्रोजेक्टों के कार्यों की निगरानी विभाग और बोर्ड के अधिकारी स्वयं करते आ रहे हैं। अब यह अधिकारी एक करोड़ से कम प्रोजेक्टों की निगरानी करेंगे जबकि बड़े प्रोजेक्टों के कार्यों का निरीक्षण मुख्यमंत्री क्वालिटी कंट्रोल विंग करेगा। मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय में प्रोजेक्टों के कार्यों में गड़बड़ी की आशंका को लेकर 90 शिकायतें आई हैं। इसमें 60 शिकायतें लोक निर्माण विभाग, हिमुडा, सिंचाई एवं जन…