(PTI) Subsidised cooking gas (LPG) price Wednesday was hiked by Rs 2.94 per cylinder due to tax impact on the change in base price. A 14.2-kg subsidised LPG cylinder will cost Rs 505.34 from midnight tonight as against Rs 502.40 now, Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s biggest fuel retailer, said in a statement here. This is the sixth straight monthly increase in rates since June. In all rates have gone up by Rs 14.13 per cylinder since then. All LPG consumers have to buy the fuel at market price. The government, however, subsidises 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each per households in a…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(AU) दीपावली पर्व समूह के समय लोगों को कैश क्राइसिस का सामना करना पड़ सकता है। इस बार पांच दिन तक लगातार बंद रहेंगे। त्योहारी खरीदफरोख्त के चलते एटीएम भी दगा दे सकते हैं। ऐसे में पहले से तैयार रहना होगा। दीपावली, परेवा और भाई दूज बैंक बंद रहेंगे। इसके बाद आगे के दो दिन शनिवार और रविवार छुट्टी होगी ही। अब ऐसे में नकदी की कमी कभी भी खल सकती है। हालांकि बैंकों का दावा तो कैश क्राइसिस नहीं होने का ही है। यही नहीं छठ पर्व, गुरु तेग बहादुर शहीदी दिवस और ईद-ए-ए-मिलाद जैसे त्योहारों की छुट्टी भला कौन…
(AU) बडगाम में गुरुवार सुबह सुरक्षाबलों और आतंकवादियों के बीच मुठभेड़ शुरू हो गई है। जानकारी के अनुसार बडगाम के जागू अरिजल इलाके में सुरक्षाबलों को आतंकवादियों के छिपे होने की खबर मिली थी। जिसके बाद सुरक्षाबलों ने इलाके में घेराबंदी कर सर्च आपरेशन चलाया। आतंकियों ने खुद को घिरता देख फायरिंग शुरू कर दी। जिसके बाद से दोनों तरफ से मुठभेड़ जारी है। समाचार एजेंसी एएनआई के मुताबिक सुरक्षाबलों ने 2 से 3 आतंकवादियों को घेर लिया |
(The Pioneer) The contract of the Air Odisha to operate flights from Jharsuguda under the UDAN scheme is likely to be cancelled for discontinuing flights from the airport. Talking to mediapersons on Wednesday, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Air Odisha is a substandard company which had bagged tender in the first round of bidding under the regional air connectivity scheme. Presently the contract with the airlines is under review and if needed it would be cancelled and new tenders would be issued under the UDAN scheme, he added. Pradhan further said the Government is in contact with Indian Airlines, SpiceJet and IndiGo…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated an imposing 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel here and said the world’s tallest monument will serve as a reminder about his courage to thwart conspiracy to disintegrate India. He used the occasion to slam those criticising the decision to build the monument, questioning whether any crime had been committed by constructing such memorials for national heroes like Patel. The giant monument, named as the ‘Statue of Unity’ and built on an islet Sadhu Bet near Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat’s Narmada district, is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty in…
(ET) The government has rejected for now global commodity trader Trafigura’s request for a licence to operate petrol pumps in the country, according to people aware of the development. Geneva-headquartered Trafigura, which along with Russian fund UCP and Russian oil firm Rosneft had purchased Essar Oil’s refinery and petrol pumps last year for $13 billion, had sought a separate licence to retail transportation fuels in the country but the government said the trader didn’t qualify for one just yet. Trafigura is the latest in a series of global players expressing interest in entering the rapidly expanding Indian fuel retail market. UK’s…
(Odisha Diary) Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari jointly reviewed National Highway Projects for Odisha . Jointly reviewed National Highway Projects for Odisha along with Nitin Gadkari. Discussed about present conditions of roads & damages along several patches of National Highways occurred due to recent heavy rains & floods in many parts of the state. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan requested Minister Nitin Gadkari to direct NHAI officials for immediate repairs, restoration and relaying of roads and highways in Odisha to ease the plights of the people.
(Tribune) Kovind confers degrees on Tanda medical college students | Hails Ayushman Bharat scheme that will cover at least 50 crore people. President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday urged medical professionals to conduct their profession with compassion. Patients are not just medical cases, but human beings. Medicine is nobel profession and doctors need to get solace while treating patients and taking care of the poor, the President said. The President was here to preside over the 1st convocation of the Dr Rajindra Prasad medical college at Tanda in Kangra district. The President lauded the decisions of the present NDA government for launching…
(PTI) The Supreme Court Monday prohibited the plying of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the national capital region (NCR) and directed the transport department to announce that such vehicles would be impounded if found plying. Terming as “very critical” the prevailing situation of pollution in Delhi-NCR region, the apex court directed that a list of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles be published on the web site of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and transport department. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta said that advertisement on this should also be published…
(AU) पेट्रोल-डीजल के दामों में लगातार गिरावट जारी है। मंगलवार को लगातार 13वें दिन भी तेल की कीमतों में कटौती हुई है। दिल्ली में पेट्रोल की कीमतों में 20 पैसे और डीजल की कीमतों में 7 पैसे की कटौती की गई है। अब राजधानी में पेट्रोल और डीजल की कीमत क्रमश: 79.55 रुपये और 73.78 रुपये प्रति लीटर हो गई है। वहीं, मुंबई में भी पेट्रोल-डीजल की कीमतों में क्रमश: 20 पैसे और 8 पैसे की गिरावट आई है। अब यहां पेट्रोल के दाम 85.04 रुपये और डीजल के दाम 77.32 रुपये प्रति लीटर हो गए हैं। इससे पहले सोमवार को…