(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three rallies in Karnataka today even as BJP has upped the ante ahead of the Congress-ruled state on May 12. PM Modi will address public meetings at Bengaluru (North), Ballari and Kalaburgi. On Tuesday, PM Modi had lashed out at Congress and its President Rahul Gandhi. Along with PM Modi, Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath is set to hold rallies this week starting from Thursday. BJP has also lined up a galaxy of leaders, including Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, to address public meetings in the next few days, according to reports. PM Modi resumed his campaign in the state after…
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(LiveMint) The Supreme Court collegium on Wednesday deferred a decision on the issue of reconsidering its recommendation to elevate Uttarakhand chief justice K.M. Joseph as the judge of the apex court which was sent back by the government last week. The five member collegium comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices J. Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph met after the workings hours, but no decision was taken. The resolution of the meeting uploaded on the apex court website said the collegium had met “to consider the following agenda: ‘To reconsider the case of Mr Justice K.M. Joseph,…
(DJ) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने कर्नाटक चुनाव प्रचार के पहले ही दिन पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री और जनता दल (सेक्युलर) के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष एचडी देवेगौड़ा की तारीफ कर स्पष्ट कर दिया कि कर्नाटक विधानसभा चुनाव में भाजपा अपने निशाने पर सिर्फ और सिर्फ कांग्रेस को रख रही है। कहा जाता है कि सियासत में कोई किसी का स्थायी मित्र या शत्रु नहीं होता। 2008 में कर्नाटक में भाजपा की सरकार देवेगौड़ा पुत्र एचडी कुमारस्वामी के ‘विश्वासघात’ से उपजी सहानुभूति के कारण बनी थी। उसके बाद भी प्रत्यक्ष तौर पर भाजपा और जनता दल (एस) में कोई रिश्ता नहीं रहा है। यहां तक…
EPFO has taken advance action by closing the server and host service through Common Service Centres pending vulnerability checks as part of the data security and protection. EPFO has been taking all necessary precautions and measures to ensure that no data leakage takes place. With regard to the news item being circulated in the social media platform that there has been vulnerabilities in the EPFO data, based on which a letter has been written to the Chief Executive Officer, Common Service Centre (CSC) to plug such vulnerabilities. In this regard, it is informed that warnings regarding vulnerabilities in data or…
(DJ) दिल्ली-एनसीआर में बुधवार शाम अचानक मौसम बदला और धूल भरी आंधी चलने लगी। आंधी के कारण जगह-जगह ट्रैफिक प्रभावित हुआ है और सड़कों पर वाहन चालकों को खासी दिक्कत पेश आई। हरियाला के नारनौल में हल्की बारिश के साथ ओले गिरने की भी सूचना है। कई जगहों पर पेड़ की भारी टहनियों की भी गिरनी की खबर है। नजफगढ़ रोड पर गांव बामनोली के पास आंधी के कारण पेड़ गिर गया, जिससे लोगों को परेशानी हुई। हालांकि, जिस समय पेड़ गिरा उस दौरान वहां से कोई गुजर नहीं रहा था वरना बड़ा हादसा हो सकता था। इससे पहले मौसम विभाग ने भी…
The Union Cabinet chaired by chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for extending the investment limit from Rs 7.5 lakhs to Rs 15 lakhs as well as extension of time limits for subscription from 4thMay 2018 to 31stMarch, 2020 under the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandan Yojana (PMVVY) as part of Government’s commitment for financial inclusion and social security. Further, as a boost to the Social Security initiatives for senior citizens, the investment limit of Rs 7.5 lakh per family in the existing scheme is enhanced to Rs 15 lakh per senior citizen in the modified…
(LiveMint) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to visit Nepal next week, a little more than a month after Nepal’s prime minister K.P.Sharma Oli visited New Delhi, in a bid to consolidate ties strained by a disagreement over Nepal’s 2015 constitution. The visit is seen as key as New Delhi sets about doing a course correction in ties with the aim of keeping Nepal within its political and diplomatic fold in South Asia where giant neighbour China has been making deep inroads through its infrastructure projects and cheap loans. One of the highlights of Modi’s visit to Nepal will be the…
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has drilled 503 wells in 2017-18, which is the highest number of wells drilled in last 27 years. Among the 503 wells, 119 exploratory and 384 development wells were drilled. In order to assess the prospectivity of existing acreages in a time-bound manner and add to the company’s reserve base, more focus was laid on exploratory drilling. During FY’18, ONGC’s planned capex outlay on drilling activities was Rs 16,038 crore with a target to drill 496 wells including 110 exploratory and 386 development wells. However, the company has drilled 503 wells at a cost…
Amit Shah Addressed Public Meeting At KGF Constituency, Karnataka
(Tribune) The Uttarakhand government on Monday gave a go-ahead to nine private companies to start helicopter shuttle services for Kedarnath from three locations of Guptkashi, Fata and Sirsi. Uttarakahnd Civil Aviaition Development Authority (UCADA) has set up rates which are lower than last year. In 2017, the air fare for service between Guptkashi and Kedarnath was fixed at Rs 7,500 per person. Now air fare is Rs 7,300. In 2017 the fare from Fata was fixed at Rs 7,000 which now is Rs 6,700. From Sirsi, the fare earlier was Rs 6,500. Now it has been fixed at Rs 6,300 per…