(TOI) Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who submitted her resignation to governor N N Vohra on Tuesday afternoon, said she was not shocked by the exit of her alliance partner, BJP, from the government. She said PDP formed the government with BJP only to preserve the special status of the state and build an atmosphere of reconciliation. The PDP president also said that “muscular policy” cannot run Jammu and Kashmir. “The coalition was tailored for the bigger requirements of the state. But it was not liked by the people. Our aim and the idea for crafting the government with BJP…
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(ET) Indian Oil Corporation is exploring term deals with producers in the United States (US) for purchase of about a million tonnes of crude oil, a move that could turn the US into one of its regular suppliers and counterbalance traditional producers in the Gulf. Indian refiners began buying US crude in the spot market last year and IOC’s term deal, when it happens, will be the first regular supply deal with the US. “We are already taking spot cargoes. Now we are exploring term deals for US crude,” said AK Sharma, director (finance) at IOC, India’s largest refiner. Term deals are…
(DJ) निजी क्षेत्र के प्रमुख बैंक आइसीआइसीआइ बैंक ने आज संदीप बख्शी को बैंक का मुख्य संचालन अधिकारी (सीओओ) नियुक्त कर दिया है। साथ ही बैंक ने यह भी कहा है कि उनकी सीईओ चंदा कोचर के खिलाफ जब तक वीडियोकॉन ऋण मामले में आंतरिक जांच जारी है तब तक वो छुट्टी पर ही रहेंगी। बख्शी, जो कि वर्तमान समय में आइसीआइसीआइ प्रुडेंशियल लाइफ इंश्योरेंस के एमडी और सीईओ हैं वो 19 जून से बैंक के मुख्य संचालन अधिकारी पद की जिम्मेदारी संभालेंगे, हालांकि अभी इस पर विभिन्न मंजूरियों का इंतजार है। बैंक प्रशासन और कॉर्पोरेट मानकों के उच्चतम स्तर…
(ET) The government machinery in Uttar Pradesh is gearing up for a massive exercise of building 20 lakh toilets every month till this October 2 to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status for the state a year ahead of a national deadline. This would involve building nearly 74 lakh toilets in rural areas and about six lakh toilets in urban areas – the state is looking at executing the latter through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. If the state is able to execute this task, government officials say it will be a complete turn around journey for Uttar Pradesh – from…
(DJ) गांवों को पक्की सड़कों से जोड़ने वाली पीएमएसवाई की सड़कों का जाल बिछेगा, जिससे देश के बाकी बचे गांवों तक पक्की सड़कें पहुंच जाएंगी। चालू वित्त वर्ष में 20 हजार गांवों को जोड़ने का लक्ष्य निर्धारित किया गया है, जिसके लिए कुल 61 हजार किमी लंबाई की ग्रामीण सड़कें बनाई जाएंगी। इनमें कुल 12 हजार किमी लंबाई की ग्रीन टेक्नोलॉजी वाली सड़कें निर्मित की जाएंगी। राजग सरकार की प्राथमिकताओं में गांवों को पक्की सड़कों से जोड़ना शुमार है। इसके तहत सरकार ने हर साल इस मद में बजट आवंटन को बढ़ाया है। बीते वित्त वर्ष 2017-18 में लगभग 49…
(ET) BJP Chief Amit Shah will hold a meeting on Tuesday of party cabinet ministers, various office bearers of the organisation and incharges of Jammu and Kashmir to discuss the political situation in the state- including the impact of suspension of operations during Ramzan and its revocation- and plan the future strategy vis-à-vis ties with ally PDP and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The meeting with BJP leaders and ministers from Jammu and Kashmir is a part of the serious of such confabulations that Shah is holding with various state units. It assumes added significance as a lot of developments…
(ET) AGS Transact Technologies has partnered with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation to deploy Fastlane, a contact less retail payment solution for customers at the petrol pump, said the company in a press release. The company will be using the RFID technology to deliver cashless payment solutions at petrol bunks. The company has set a target to issue 1 lakh Fastlane fuel tags across Mumbai. Currently the company has 18 petrol bunks across Mumbai, Vashi and Thane where where the product will be opened for the end consumer by July 1, subsequently there will 200 petrol bunks with these solutions.
(ET) A total number of 121.46 crore 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar has been generated till June 16, 2018, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. The Minister revealed these figures while giving a presentation of his ministry’s achievement in the last four years. Prasad said the growth in mobile phone manufacturing had increased substantially in India. There were around 120 mobile phones and accessories manufacturing units in India as of 2017-18. Total handsets manufactured every year was 22.5 crore with a value of Rs 1.32 lakh crore during the same period.
(ET) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited signed agreements for providing grants to four startups nurtured by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) at Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, under BPCL’s Project Ankur scheme. The start-ups to benefit from the scheme are Gen Robotics, Sastra Robotics, Waferchips and Nava Design. Under the scheme, BPCL will support projects aimed at establishing innovative technology and business and business process re-engineering ideas with significant business potential, social relevance and focussed on environment-protection. Besides the financial aid, mentor support and specific technical assistance in terms of guidance or testing on need-basis will be given by BPCL. Funding will be provided…
(PTI) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will meet heads of 13 public sectors banks (PSBs) tomorrow to resolve various issues concerning them. According to sources, the meeting is being organised by State Bank of India (SBI) and will be chaired by Goyal here. In all heads of 13 PSBs will participate in the meeting to discuss the way forward for the Indian Banking system, they said. The meeting will see participation from PNB, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab and Sind Bank, Uco Bank, United Bank of India and Allahabad Bank. Besides, Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra, Andhra Bank, Canara Bank, Indian Bank and…