(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…
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(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…
(ET) Japan and India entered into a $75-billion currency swap arrangement that will bolster the country’s firepower as it battles a steep drop in the rupee’s value. An agreement to this effect was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Japan. “India and Japan agreed to enter into a bilateral swap arrangement of $75 billion. This swap arrangement would be 50% higher than our last swap agreement,” finance minister Arun Jaitley tweeted. Japan had offered a $50 billion currency swap in 2013 and, before that, one for $3 billion in 2008. “This facility will enable the agreed amount of foreign…
HPCL is observing Vigilance Awareness Week from 29th October to 3rd November, 2018. This year’s theme is ‘Eradicate Corruption – Build a New India’. It is commenced by administration of pledge by C&MD and Dir-HR at HPCL Headquarters, Mumbai. This was followed by signing of pledge board by the employees at headquarter. Vigilance Awareness Week is observed every year during the week coinciding with the birthday of the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. HPCL has always considered integrity and transparency as a core value in all spheres of our business operations. HPCL has also been relentlessly involved in…
(ET) The Supreme Court will begin hearing Monday the Ayodhya title suit which has been pending in the top court since 2010. A bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will hear the petition, along with Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph. The case was earlier being heard by former CJI Dipak Misra and Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Ashok Bhushan. Former CJI Misra has since demitted office and CJI Gogoi taken over. The earlier bench had refused to refer the issue to a five-judge bench. But the new bench could, if it found it necessary, refer the matter to…