(NDTV) In face of a recharged and united opposition, the BJP and its allies were seen to suffer a setback in the latest round of by-elections held on 10 assembly seats and four Lok Sabha seats across 10 states on Monday. The BJP lost Kairana – the most watched seat in Uttar Pradesh, where the opposition Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate had the backing of the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Mayawati. The BJP retained only one Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra and an assembly seat in Uttarakhand, losing two parliamentary seats and one assembly seat. Its allies Nitish Kumar and Shiromani…
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(Tribune) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, to disconnect water connections of hotels that had not cleared their dues.During the course of hearing, it was pointed out by the lawyers present in the court that some of the hoteliers have not even cleared their dues towards water supply.Taking a serious note of this, a Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ajay Mohan Goel observed: “We fail to understand as to why no steps for the recovery of such dues were taken earlier.”It was further informed to the court that within…
(Hindustan) बैंक हड़ताल का आज दूसरा दिन है। कल पहले दिन सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र के बैंकों के करीब 10 लाख कर्मचारियों की हड़ताल का व्यापक असर दिखा और बैंकिंग सेवाएं प्रभावित रहीं। भारतीय बैंक संघ द्वारा वेतन में दो प्रतिशत वृद्धि की पेशकश के विरोध में कर्मचारी दो दिन की हड़ताल पर हैं। एसोचैम ने कहा कि हड़ताल से 20 हजार करोड़ रुपये का लेनदेन प्रभावित हुआ है। हड़ताल के दौरान विभिन्न राज्यों से बैंकिंग कामकाज में दिक्कत की खबरें आई हैं। केरल, पश्चिम बंगाल, बिहार और झारखंड में अन्य राज्यों की तुलना में हड़ताल का असर अधिक दिखा। हालांकि आईसीआईसीआई बैंक,…
(LiveMint) The Union government has set a target of increasing the number of electric cars to 4% of the overall new vehicle sales in the next five years starting from 2018-19. The target, which takes into consideration the impediments on the road to successful adoption of electric mobility, has been set for the next stage of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, according to the documents sent by the department of heavy industries (DHI) to the executive finance committee (EFC), which have been reviewed by Mint. In the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) unveiled in…
(LiveMint) State-run oil marketing company (OMC) Indian Oil Corp. Ltd on Thursday cut diesel and petrol prices by 5 paise and 7 paise per litre, respectively, after automobile fuel prices reached a record high on Tuesday. Thursday’s petrol price cut followed Indian Oil’s move of reducing petrol and diesel prices by 1 paisa per litre on Wednesday, a move that was mocked by the opposition. The Kerala government on Wednesday announced a Rs1/litre diesel and petrol price cut from Friday, scoring a political point against the centre amid record prices. Diesel and petrol prices in Delhi on Thursday were Rs69.25 per litre and…
(DJ) लोकसभा की चार और विधानसभा की 10 सीटों पर वोटों की गिनती जारी है। सुबह 8 बजे से मतगणना शुरू हुई। 2019 लोकसभा चुनाव से पहले इन उपचुनावों को भाजपा और महागठंबधन के लिए अग्निपरीक्षा के तौर पर देखा जा रहा है। माना जा रहा है कि इन उपचुनावों के परिणाम भविष्य के नतीजे तय करेंगे। बता दें कि जिन चार लोकसभा सीटों पर मतगणना हो रही है, उनमें उत्तर प्रदेश की कैराना, महाराष्ट्र की भंडारा-गोंदिया व पालघर और नागालैंड की एक सीट शामिल है। जहां कैराना लोकसभा सीटपर हुए उपचुनाव को काफी अहम माना जा रहा है। इसका एक…
(LiveMint) The Narendra Modi government will match the 67-year record of previous governments by providing liquified petroleum gas (LPG) connections to 130 million families in five years of its tenure, petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Hindustan Ratna PSU Awards 2018, Pradhan said that out of 270 million households in India, only 130 million had LPG connections four years ago. “In four years time, our government has provided 10 crore (100 million) additional LPG connections. Our aim is to provide 13 crore (130 million) LPG connections in five years of our government,” he…
Highlights: Gross Revenue of `85,004 crore in FY’18, up 9.1% YoY Final dividend of 27% taking total dividend payout in FY’18 to 132% 12 discoveries in FY’18, 3 so far in FY’19 6.3% increase in Gas production from ONGC operated fields In its 307th Board Meeting held on 30th May, 2018, ONGC presented the annual results for FY’18. Financial Performance Particulars Q4FY’18 Q4FY’17 % Var FY’18 FY’17 % Var Gross Revenue (₹ Crore) 23,970 21,714 10.4 85,004 77,907 9.1 Profit Before Tax (PBT) (₹ Crore) 8,240 5,537 48.8 28,892 25,216 14.6 Profit After Tax (PAT) (₹ Crore) 5,915 4,340 36.3 19,945 17,900 11.4 Crude Oil Price-Nominated Net Realization…
(ET) The power ministry on Tuesday launched a web application that seeks to bring transparency in dues of power generators from power distribution companies. The app—christened Prapti (payment ratification and analysis in power procurement for bringing transparency in involving of generators—will bring transparency in the payments due to power producers from power distribution companies, power minister R K Singh said. The minister said health of power generator companies was a concern. “This app will go a long way in addressing it. Prompt payments will make generators healthier,” he said, adding this will also enable the banks to recover dues in time.
(LiveMint) The southwest monsoon that brings 70% of India’s rainfall hit the Kerala coast on Tuesday, three days ahead of schedule and in line with predictions by the weather office. “The monsoon has arrived early as expected. The next stage forecast about region-wise (and month-wise) distribution will be announced in next few days or first week of June,” said M. Mohapatra, head of National Weather Forecasting Centre, India Meteorological Department (IMD). The June to September southwest monsoon which waters over half of India’s crop area lacking assured irrigation kick-starts planting for the kharif crop season. If IMD’s forecast of monsoon rains…