(PTI) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha last month, on Sunday took oath for his new term. Jaitley took oath in Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu’s chamber in Parliament. Beside Jaitley, BJP’s Ananth Kumar, Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad and several other senior leaders were present. Jaitley, who was on April 2 appointed the Leader of the House, could not take his oath then due to his ill-health. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Suffering from kidney related problems, he was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical…
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(Hindustan) भारतीय जनता पार्टी (बीजेपी) के केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति ने बिहार और उत्तर प्रदेश में होने वाले विधान परिषद चुनाव को लेकर उम्मीदवारों के नाम की घोषणा कर दी है। बिहार में उप-मुख्यमंत्री सुशील कुमार मोदी, स्वास्थ्य मंत्री मंगल पाण्डेय और पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री डॉ. संजय पासवान को कैंडिडेट बनाया गया है। वहीं उत्तर प्रदेश की बात की जाए तो इसमें डॉ महेंद्र सिंह, मोहसिन राजा, डॉ. सरोजनी अग्रवाल, बुक्कल नबाब, यशवंत सिंह, जयवीर सिंह, विद्यासागर सोनकर, विजय बहादुर पाठक, अशोक कटारिया, अशोक धवन का नाम शामिल है। बता दें कि संजय पासवान का चयन इसलिए भी किया गया है क्योंकि उन्हें बिहार…
(TH) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd has signed a tolling agreement with Dhamra LNG Terminal Pvt Ltd (DLTPL) for booking 3 million tonne per annum (mtpa) of regassification capacity at the latter’s 5 mtpa LNG terminal. The terminal is coming up at Dhamra Port in Odisha. “The LNG terminal at Dhamra would meet the gas requirements of three refineries of IndianOil in Barauni, Haldia and Paradip. “The project will also enable supply of gas to the seven towns of Varanasi, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack,” an IOC statement said.
(LiveMint) The Union government has shelved a plan to expand the social security net for nearly six million organized sector employees in a bid to ease the burden on the government exchequer. The labour ministry has decided not to act on a proposal approved by the central board of Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) to increase the salary threshold from up to Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000 per month to bring more workers under mandatory EPF coverage and give them PF and pension benefits. The government decided to shelve the plan because it will lead to additional expense. However, not increasing…
(AU) कठुआ मामले को लेकर कठुआ जिला एवं सत्र न्यायालय में क्राइम ब्रांच द्वारा आरोपी बनाए गए 7 लोगाें की पेशी आज होगी। सुबह दस बजे सभी आरोपियों को कोर्ट में लाया जाएगा। दूसरी तरफ नाबालिग आरोपी की पेशी 24 अप्रैल को तय हुई है। जिला जेल कठुआ से मामले में आरोपी बनाए गए सांझी राम, दीपक खजूरिया, सुरिंद्र वर्मा, विशाल जंगोत्रा, तिलक राज, आनंद दत्ता और परवेश कुमार को पेश किया जाएगा। इससे पहले दो स्पेशल पब्लिक प्रॉसिक्यूटरों को मामले में नियुक्त किया गया है। इन्हें प्रधान एवं सत्र न्यायाधीश के समक्ष पेश किया जाएगा। उल्लेखनीय है कि रसाना…
(PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi will pay a three-day visit to Amethi and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh from today, his representative said here. Amethi is represented by Gandhi in Parliament, while his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the MP from Raebareli. According to Rahul Gandhi’s representative Chandra Kant Dubey, the Congress president, during his three-day visit from April 16 to April 18, will meet farmers, inaugurate a passport seva kendra, a road project and a private school. Rahul Gandhi will also laid the foundations of some development projects.
(LiveMint) In what will give India’s energy diplomacy a boost, power-starved Bangladesh wants to buy at least 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from large solar parks being set up in Gujarat and Rajasthan, said a senior official in the Sheikh Hasina-led government. tering cross-border energy trade is an important part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s South Asia-focused neighbourhood-first policy, with India also pursuing long-term deals with Bangladesh companies for supplying domestic cooking gas and other petroleum products. “Here is an opportunity. Here I see electricity being generated from sunshine and there is darkness out there. So, it’s a question of taking…
Honorable Vice President of India Sri M Venkaiah Naidu took a review of the projects being implemented by ONGC, GAIL & HPCL in a meeting organized at VUDA Children’s Theatre, Visakhapatnam on 13.04.2018. Honourable Minister of Mines & Geology Shri R V Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao, Visakhapatnam MP Shri Haribabu, Joint Secretary MOP&NG Smt Sushma Rath, Secretary of Industries of Andhra Pradesh Shri Salomon Arokyaraj, GVMC Commissioner Shri Harinarayanan, District Collector (FAC) of Vishakapatnam Smt G Srijana and Secretary to Honourable Vice President of India Dr. Yuvaraj were present in the meeting along with senior officials of Oil PSUs ONGC, GAIL…
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in in the state of Telangana on the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, at Suryapet by the Chief Guest Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India in the august presence of Shri Bandaru Dattatru, Honble MP (Lok Sabha); Dr. K. Laxman, Honble MLA, Musheerabad, Shri N. Ramchander Rao, Honble MLC, Telangana, Shri S Venkateshwar Rao Ex. MLA. PMUY LPG connections were distributed to the BPL Women beneficiaries by the dignitaries on the stage. PMUY has been a revolutionary initiative that has transformed…
(PTI) The proposed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai will be made fully operational by 2023, Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani said today. Some sections of the high speed, 500-km route will, however, become operational in 2022 itself, he said. “Bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai will be made fully operational by 2023, while it will be made operational on some sections in 2022. We are moving ahead as per our plan on the project,” Lohani told reporters here. The Railways will be using the latest technology for the project, he said. Lohani, who was accompanied by East Central Railway…