(LiveMint) The Parliament approved a legislation to help the government bring back fugitives involved in white-collar crimes to stand trial in India. The fugitive economic offenders bill, 2018 will become law after the President’s assent and will empower the government to seize both local and overseas assets of alleged offenders, such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who chose not to return to India to face the law even after arrest warrants were issued. This will help the government confiscate properties of fugitives even before they are convicted, said finance minister Piyush Goyal in his reply to the debate…
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(DJ) सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने भाजपा नेता सुब्रह्मण्यम स्वामी को अयोध्या पर अपनी याचिका का उल्लेख करने से रोक दिया। शीर्ष कोर्ट ने बुधवार को कहा कि वह पहले ‘क्या मस्जिद इस्लाम का अभिन्न अंग है’ सवाल पर फैसला सुनाएगा। भाजपा नेता से इसके बाद ही अयोध्या के विवादित स्थल पर पूजा करने का अधिकार दिलाने की मांग करने वाली अपनी याचिका का उल्लेख करने को कहा है। मुख्य न्यायाधीश दीपक मिश्रा की अध्यक्षता वाली पीठ ने राम जन्मभूमि-बाबरी मस्जिद विवाद के मुस्लिम समूह की याचिका पर अपना फैसला 20 जुलाई को सुरक्षित रख लिया था। याचिका में मुस्लिम समूह ने…
(PTI) India’s economy will breach the $5 trillion mark by 2025, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Talking about the country’s economy, the Union minister said it is projected that by 2025, it will breach the $5 trillion mark. “And by the time we complete the post-2030 development agenda, India will rank as the third largest economy, with a GDP of over $10 trillion,” he further added. The minister was addressing ‘National Traders Conclave’ organised by Confederation Of All India Traders (CAIT) in New Delhi. Speaking about urbanisation, he said that come 2030, around 40 per cent of India’s population…
(PTI) India has taken note of US reimposing economic sanctions on Iran, the nation’s second-biggest supplier of crude oil, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. “Indian refineries import crude oil from diverse sources including Iran, depending on technical and commercial considerations,” he said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. Pradhan, however, did not give a direct reply to the question whether the US has asked some countries including India to wind-up their business with Iran by November 4. “India has taken note of the re-imposition of US Sanctions on Iran in wake of the US pullout from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has reported a quantum jump in profitability and order booking in the first quarter of fiscal 2018-19. The company has registered a significant jump of 109% in its profit before tax at Rs.226 Crore, compared to Rs.108 Crore achieved in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Profit after tax has increased to Rs.156 Crore compared to Rs.81 Crore in Q1 FY 17-18, up by 93%. Significantly, maintaining the trend of topline growth, BHEL has recorded a turnover of Rs.5,790 Crore, against Rs.5,355 Crore recorded in the corresponding period last year, an increase of over 8%. Concerted efforts resulted…
A team of ONGC engineers with support from Indian Navy has successfully plugged a gas leakage on an unmanned offshore platform in Mumbai High South around 180 KM from the sea shore in the Arabian Sea. A gas leakage was observed in one of the unmanned wellhead platforms S1-6, in the south field of Mumbai High. As a safety measure, the platform team immediately initiated all remote actions to shut down the well platform and to bleed off the pressure in the pipe lines. Fire-fighting vessels were instantly deployed near the platform to provide water blanketing by continuously spraying water.…
(LiveMint) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has wide-ranging powers to regulate and supervise public sector banks, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. The government’s statement counters RBI’s stance that the central bank lacks powers to regulate PSU banks, including dismissing banks boards and the management. The statement could be an indication that the government is unlikely to take any steps to address the problem of dual regulation flagged by RBI. PSU banks, at present, are regulated by both the central bank and the government, the majority stakeholder in these banks. Responding to a query in the Rajya Sabha on…
(AT) राफेल विमान सौदे में घोटाले की गूंज के बीच अब नया खुलासा हुआ है. आजतक को पता चला है कि मोदी सरकार के दौरान हुई राफेल डील यूपीए सरकार की तुलना में हर विमान 59 करोड़ रुपये सस्ती है. यानी हर राफेल विमान पर मोदी सरकार ने मनमोहन सरकार की तुलना में 59 करोड रुपये बचाए. आजतक को मिली एक्सक्लूसिव जानकारी के मुताबिक, मोदी सरकार ने इस विशेष विमान की डील में देश का पैसा बचाया है और कांग्रेस सरकार की तुलना में हर विमान का सौदा 59 करोड़ रुपये सस्ता किया गया है. इन दस्तावेजों के मुताबिक, यूपीए…
(FE) As many as 50.4 lakh BPL households were provided free electricity connections in FY18 under various government schemes, power minister RK Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh were the largest beneficiaries on this account, receiving 12.9 lakh, 10.5 lakh and 8.5 lakh such connections, respectively. This is the second largest instance of free BPL power connection dispensed in the last ten years, trailing behind the 58.8 lakh released in FY11. Cumulatively, 3.1 crore BPL households have been provided free power connections till June 2018. To make sure that the power distribution companies…
(DJ) सम्मानजनक सीटें मिलने के बाद ही गठबंधन होना संभव बताते हुए बहुजन समाज पार्टी अध्यक्ष मायावती ने कांग्रेस को अपने नेताओं को गलत बयानबाजी करने से रोकने की सीख दी। मंगलवार को जारी बयान में मायावती ने मध्य प्रदेश, राजस्थान व छत्तीसगढ़ विधानसभा चुनाव में गठबंधन को लेकर मीडिया में जारी चर्चाओं पर अपना पक्ष रखते हुए कहा कि कांग्रेस से गठबंधन तब ही संभव होगा जब सम्मानजनक सीटें मिलेगी वरना बसपा मजबूती से सभी सीटों पर अकेले चुनाव लडऩे को तैयार है। इतना ही नहीं मायावती ने कांग्रेस नेतृत्व को चेताया कि बसपा के खिलाफ अनर्गल बयानबाजी करने वाले…