(AU) केंद्र सरकार संसदीय चुनाव के साथ ही जम्मू-कश्मीर विधानसभा चुनाव कराने पर सहमत है। गृहमंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने राज्यसभा में कहा कि यदि चुनाव आयोग आम चुनाव के साथ राज्य विधानसभा चुनाव कराने का प्रस्ताव लाता है तो केंद्र को कोई आपत्ति नहीं होगी। बृहस्पतिवार को सदन में जम्मू-कश्मीर पर लंबी चर्चा के बाद राज्य में राष्ट्रपति शासन संबंधी संकल्प पारित हो गया। चर्चा के दौरान विपक्ष और सरकार ने हिंसाग्रस्त घाटी के मौजूदा नाजुक हालात के लिए एक दूसरे को जिम्मेदार ठहराया। राजनाथ सिंह ने कहा कि पिछले चार साल में राज्य में रोजगार और आर्थिक गतिविधि में…
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(ET) The Supreme Court will take up the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case along with public interest litigation (PIL) questioning delay in the adjudication of the matter.On December 24, a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had decided on “fixing the date of hearing before the appropriate bench.” On the same day, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the central government wants the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit to be heard on day to day basis in the court. In an interview to ANI on earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that any decision on…
(LiveMint) The merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB) was seen as a rescue mission for Dena Bank. Now, the share swap ratios confirm that the mission will leave everyone a loser. Even Dena Bank’s shareholders have ended up as losers, in contrast to the earlier expectation that they will gain from a favourable share swap ratio. Recent prices suggest that traders were anticipating a swap ratio of not less than 150 shares of BoB in return for 1,000 Dena Bank shares. The announced ratio of 110:1,000 comes as a huge let down. Assuming BoB shares stay where they…
(ET) Consumers will get uninterrupted power supply from April 1 and building blocks for this are all in place, according to power minister RK Singh. From this ‘zero date’, state distribution companies (discoms) cannot resort to wilful blackouts to avoid buying power. If they do, they will invite stiff penalty from state regulators, who will also tally area demand with PPAs (power purchase agreements) to see whether the utilities have lined up adequate supplies.Only blackouts due to technical issues or natural calamities will be exempted from penalties. “Electricity is as important as breathing. Everything now runs on power. You shut off…
(DJ) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने आज कांग्रेस पर करारा हमला बोला और कहा कि कांग्रेस आतंकवादियों की पैरोकार है। उसे देश हित की कतई चिंता नहीं है। उसे अपने हित के आगे देश की सुरक्षा की भी चिंता नही हैं। अब शोहराबुद्दीन मामले में सीबीआई कोर्ट का फैसला आने के बाद बेनकाब कॉग्रेस देश की जनता से माफी मांगे। दरअसल, शोहराबुद्दीन मुठभेड़ कांड में सीबीआइ की विशेष अदालत द्वारा अमित शाह को मिली क्लीन चिट के बाद भाजपा कांग्रेस के प्रति इस तरह हमलावर हुई है। लखनऊ में पत्रकारों से बातचीत में योगी ने कहा कि भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह को…
(Tribune) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat laid the foundation stone of a 136-bed government hospital here, an official statement said. After laying the stone of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Government Coronation Hospital, Rawat asked the implementing agency to ensure that the facilities are operational by June 23, 2020.The hospital will cover an area of 8,141 metre and will have 136 beds — 76 in general ward, 24 in burn ward, 11 in ICU, nine in recovery ward and 16 in the emergency ward, the release said.
(LiveMint) In a move aimed at providing legal backing to a Cabinet decision allowing voluntary linkage of Aadhaar with mobile phone numbers and bank accounts, the government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend three laws. The bill to amend the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 is crucial. The government is trying to create the ground for allowing Aadhaar usage by private entities despite a Supreme Court ruling in September that Aadhaar can only be used…
(AU) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी गुरुवार को पंजाब में लोकसभा चुनाव का बिगुल फूंकेंगे। मोदी गुरदासपुर में एक रैली को संबोधित करेंगे। जिसमें शिअद-भाजपा गठबंधन पंथक कार्ड खेलेगा। गुरदासपुर लोकसभा हलका हालांकि भाजपा के खाते में है। लेकिन पाकिस्तान के प्रसिद्ध गुरद्वारा श्री करतारपुर साहिब के लिए खोला जाने वाला कॉरिडोर इसी जिले के डेरा बाबा नानक में स्थित है। कुछ समय पहले ही भारत और पाक सरकारों के बीच करतारपुर कॉरिडोर खोलने को लेकर समझौता हुआ है। पाकिस्तान ने श्री गुरु नानक देव जी से संबंधित इस पवित्र स्थान पर रोजाना 500 सिख संगतों को दर्शन कराने का एलान किया…
(LiveMint) State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) have stopped absorbing the government-mandated cut of ₹1 per litre on sales of petrol and diesel following an over 36% fall in global crude oil prices in the last three months, said two senior OMC officials, requesting anonymity. This means that Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL will not be passing on all the benefits of the drop in crude oil prices to consumers at the petrol pump. On 4 October, the centre had directed the OMCs to absorb a petrol and diesel price cut…
Under PAHAL scheme, the authorized subsidy to LPG consumers is transferred directly into the bank account of the consumers. The subsidy is transferred either through Aadhaar Transfer Compliant (ATC) or Bank Transfer Compliant (BTC) mode on the basis of seeding of Aadhaar number in bank account. As on 28.12.2018, out of 25.17 crore LPG consumers, 23.24 crore consumers have joined the PAHAL Scheme and are getting subsidy in their registered bank accounts. State/UT-wise details of Cash Transfer Complaint Consumers as on 28.12.2018 are given below. Some complaints have been received regarding non-transfer of subsidy which was mainly due to deseeding of…