(AU) जम्मू-कश्मीर में अनुच्छेद 35-ए पर मचे घमासान के बीच सुप्रीम कोर्ट आज इस मामले की सुनवाई करेगा। इस अनुच्छेद को हटाने का विरोध कर रहे अलगाववादियों के आह्वान पर रविवार को कश्मीर घाटी पूरी तरह बंद रही। अलगाववादियों ने सोमवार को भी बंद का आह्वान किया है। रविवार को जम्मू संभाग के किश्तवाड़ में भी बंद का असर दिखाई दिया जबकि कई स्थानों पर इस अनुच्छेद को हटाने की मांग को लेकर भी प्रदर्शन हुए। राज्य सरकार ने इस मामले में की सुनवाई स्थगित करने के लिए शुक्रवार को सुप्रीम कोर्ट में अर्जी दाखिल की थी। बंद को देखते हुए…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(PTI) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has asked refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) to rectify its stock exchange filings to reflect the true promoter after government exit, people with direct knowledge of the development said. ONGC had in January this year bought the government’s entire 51.11 per cent stake in HPCL for Rs 36,915 crore. Post that, HPCL is now a subsidiary of ONGC. However, HPCL’s filing to the stock exchange, the latest being on July 12, still lists ‘President of India’ as the promoter even with ‘zero’ per cent shareholding. ONGC, on the other hand, is listed under…
(PTI) Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today underlined the Centre’s commitment to the leather industry and cited the Rs 2600 crore package approved for the sector earlier.The Union Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Minister also assured state governments of help in setting up new leather clusters or providing additional facilities. “We are committed to develop this industry. And you should thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We approved a massive package of Rs 2600 crore,” he said in an interactive session organised by the Council of Leather Exports (CLE) here. This was a ‘transparent’ package, he said and urged the industry to make the…
(AU) केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री राजनाथ सिंह और मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ रविवार को पीडब्ल्यूडी की 909 करोड़ रुपये की 326 परियोजनाओं का लोकार्पण व शिलान्यास करेंगे। इस दौरान अमर उजाला मेधावी सम्मान समारोह में की गई घोषणा पर अमल करते हुए मेधावी छात्रों के गांव तक पक्की सड़कों का भी शिलान्यास व लोकार्पण किया जाएगा। मेधावी छात्रों के गांवों को संपर्क मार्गों से जोड़ने की कुल 112 परियोजनाएं शामिल हैं। उप मुख्यमंत्री केशव प्रसाद मौर्य ने बताया कि 5 अगस्त को अटल बिहारी बाजपेयी साइंटिफिक कन्वेंशन सेंटर में लखनऊ मंडल के विभिन्न मार्गों और सेतु निगम की परियोजनाओं का लोकार्पण व शिलान्यास किया…
(FE) The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to constitute a committee to further discuss and propose steps for easing the tax burden on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under the year-old comprehensive indirect tax regime. Although there was no consensus on the kind of relief to be given to these units, the Delhi government has proposed that the Centre and state refund a certain portion of tax paid by MSME businesses registered for GST. Additionally, the council approved the launch of a pilot project for incentivising digital transactions; the sops would be limited to Rupay…
(DNA) State-owned ONGC on Thursday reported its highest quarterly net profit in over four-and-a-half-years on sharp rise in prices for oil and gas it produced. Its net profit of Rs 6,143.88 crore in the first quarter of the 2018-19 fiscal was 58.1% higher than Rs 3,884.73 crore in the year-ago period, Oil and Natural Gas Corp said in a statement here.The net profit is highest since December 2013 when earnings had hit Rs 7,126 crore. ONGC realised USD 71.48 for every barrel of crude oil it produced in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal, up 47.6% over USD 48.42 a…
(BS) Loksabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today handed over 5 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the Parliament House. The Government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) on 1st May, 2016 and it is implemented by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas through its Oil Marketing Companies i.e., IOC, BPCL and HPCL through their network of distributors across the country. Through PMUY, initially, 5 crore BPL households were targeted for providing deposit free LPG connections to BPL households by 31st March,2019. In a record time of 28 months for its launch, PMUY achieved the initial target of providing 5 crores LPG…
(LiveMint) India is planning to set up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Myanmar as it looks to expand energy diplomacy in its neighbourhood, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on. The terminal to import super-cooled natural gas will be in addition to the similar facilities planned by Indian firms in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as part of larger plan of energy connectivity in the South Asian neighbourhood, he said. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Assessing India’s Connectivity with Its Neighbourhood’, Pradhan said Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in Assam is exploring supply of diesel to Myanmar and is looking at…
(PTI) Sebi has slapped a total fine of Rs 17.25 lakh on two firms for failing to obtain authentication with its online complaint redressal system along with redressing investor grievances within the stipulated time. In two separate orders dated July 31, the regulator said Eastern Mining and Allied Industries, and Orissa Industries have neither obtained SCORES (SEBI Complaints Redressal System) authentication within the time period — September 2012 — nor have they done it subsequently. Moreover, both the firms failed to redress investor grievances within the stipulated time of 30 days as required under SCORES, the regulator noted. ingly, a fine of Rs 12 lakh was imposed on…
(ET) Niti Aayog will soon pilot a cabinet note that seeks to make it mandatory for passenger vehicles to run on petrol blended with 15% methanol. If approved by the cabinet, this move will result in an at least 10% reduction in monthly petrol bills and help the government to substantially cut down its oil import bill. A high-level meeting was held in last week of July to discuss the details of the proposal and a senior government official told ET that cabinet secretary PK Sinha is personally monitoring the progress on this front. Niti Aayog has drawn up an ambitious…