(AU) मौसम विभाग ने प्रदेश के कुछ क्षेत्रों में अगले 24 घंटे भारी बारिश के आसार जताए हैं। उधर, सोमवार को प्रदेशभर में बादल छाए रहेंगे। हल्की से मध्यम बारिश भी हो सकती है। रविवार को सुबह से अनेक स्थानों पर तेज धूप खिली। कुछ देर बाद बादल छा गए। कुछ जगहों पर हल्की बूंदाबांदी भी हुई। हालांकि कहीं भी भारी बारिश नहीं हुई। मौसम विभाग के निदेशक बिक्रम सिंह ने बताया कि प्रदेश के कुछ क्षेत्रों में अगले 24 घंटे भारी बारिश हो सकती है। हालांकि उन्होंने कोई चेतावनी जारी नहीं की है। उन्होंने बताया कि सोमवार को प्रदेशभर में बादल…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(FE) Fraud-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) recovered a record Rs11,378 crore from defaulters in the first five months of this fiscal, which is more than the state-run lender’s total recovery in the two years through 2017-18, according to the bank’s data. Desperate to return to profitability and avoid featuring on the Reserve Bank of India’s watchlist after record losses last fiscal, mainly due to the Rs14,357-crore fraud involving jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, PNB has stepped up efforts to get back money from defaulters. It had made a recovery of Rs5,618 crore in the entire 2017-18 and Rs 5,643…
(AU) सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल की 182 मीटर ऊंची प्रतिमा बनकर तैयार है। लौहपुरुष की 143वीं जयंती पर 31 अक्टूबर को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी दुनिया की इस सबसे ऊंची प्रतिमा का अनावरण करेंगे। गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री विजय रुपाणी ने रविवार को इस आशय की जानकारी दी। बतौर गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने वर्ष 2013 में इस परियोजना की आधारशिला रखी थी। स्टैच्यू ऑफ यूनिटी का निर्माण इंजीनियरिंग कंपनी लार्सन एंड टुब्रो ने किया है। कंपनी को इसके निर्माण में 4 साल से अधिक वक्त लगा है। इस पूरे प्रोजेक्ट में प्रतिमा निर्माण पर 1347 करोड़, प्रदर्शनी हॉल और सभागार केंद्र…
(LiveMint) Public transport, educational institutions and government offices across several non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states are likely to be affected by the “Bharat Bandh” called by the Congress against rising diesel and petrol prices. Several states, especially in South India, where the BJP has little or no presence in terms of elected representatives, have come out in support of the Bharat Bandh call, which seeks to target the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Bharat Bandh today is the first pan-India campaign through which the Congress is trying to lead a consolidated opposition…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday stressed on the use of Hindi language for official purposes and suggested to government officials that they avoid complex terms to make the communication simple. The prime minister made the suggestion at the 31st meeting of the Central Hindi Committee chaired by him. He stressed that Hindi should be spread through day-to-day conversations and complex technical terms should be avoided or used negligibly for official purposes, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said. Emphasising the need to reduce the gap between the usage of Hindi in government and the society, Modi said educational institutions can…
(FE) Three public sector banks (PSBs) —Punjab National Bank (PNB), Andhra Bank and United Bank of India (UBI) — have put non-performing assets (NPAs) worth Rs 4,441 crore up for sale as the 15-day deadline to resolve such accounts comes closer. As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) February 12 circular, NPA accounts in which banks have an exposure of Rs 2,000 crore or more must be referred to the insolvency courts unless they were resolved by August 27. The circular gives banks another 15 days to move to the court. PNB has put on sale 21 accounts with an…
(DJ) बाढ़ विभीषिका देख स्थायी समाधान निकालने को चिंतित दिखे मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा कि जरूरत पड़ी तो वह घाघरा का वेग मुख्यधारा की ओर मोड़ देंगे। हम जल्द इस समस्या का निराकरण जरूर करेंगे। बाढ़ प्रभावित जिलों का जायजा लेने पहुंचे मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि गोंडा-बाराबंकी सीमा के निकट चरसड़ी तटबंध पर यह प्रयोग सफल रहा है। भारत बंद के सवाल योगी ने कहा कि भाजपा धर्म और जाति के नाम पर समाज को बांटने की राजनीति नहीं करती। जाति विशेष को संरक्षण देने वाले कानून के दुरुपयोग की कतई इजाजत नहीं दी जाएगी। गोंडा में मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि…
(FE) Soon it will be possible to use one smartcard to travel on every public transport service across the nation as the final trials for one-nation-one-card would be held in the next few months, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. He said a lot of work has already been done on the one-nation-one-card policy after consultation with all stakeholders. “All the back-end technology work has been done on this and probably in the next three-four months, we should be able to hold the final trials and testing cutting across rails, metros, and buses,” Kant said while addressing the…
(LiveMint) The ministry of road transport and highways has formulated a list of non-fiscal incentives to ensure that electric vehicles (EVs) account for 15% of total vehicle sales in the next five years, Union minister for road transport, highways and shipping, Nitin Gadkari, said at the 58th annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam). This would entail a quantum leap in the sales of electric vehicles, which now forms less than 1% of total vehicle sales in the country. The government also plans to establish compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing stations in 300 districts to further push…
(PTI) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has made oil and gas discoveries in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal that may potentially open up two new sedimentary basins in the country, the firm’s director for exploration has said. ONGC had previously opened six out of India’s seven producing basins for commercial production. It is in the process of adding the eighth by putting Kutch offshore on the oil and gas map of India. “The seventh basin was opened way back in 1985. We are looking at adding three more basins in next five years time,” ONGC Director (Exploration) Ajay Kumar…