(PTI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today appealed to the people not to vitiate law and order, amid reports of violence in parts of western Uttar Pradesh during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by dalit outfits against the Supreme Court court on the SC/ST Act. “The law and order should not be disturbed by these protests. The government is serious towards the development and progress of dalits. I appeal to them not to disturb the law and order,” Adityanath told reporters. “Both the Centre and the state government are dedicated to the welfare of the backward castes, the scheduled castes and the scheduled…
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(ET) Consumers need not pay more for higher grade fuel being sold across all petrol pumps in Delhi from Sunday nor should they immediately expect a dramatic drop in air pollution due to fuel switch. Oil companies have begun selling Bharat Stage (BS)-VI emission standard compliant petrol and diesel at all 391 filling stations in Delhi, meeting the government-set deadline. Advancing deadlines for selling cleaner fuel is among several measures the government has taken in the last few years to curb the killer air pollution in the Capital. State companies don’t plan to recover the incremental cost incurred in producing higher grade fuel…
(DJ) श्री गुरु गोबिंद सिंह के 350वें प्रकाशोत्सव के उपलक्ष्य में जारी होने वाले विशेष स्मारक सिक्के को मुंबई टकसाल जारी करेगी। सिक्कों की डिजाइन तैयार हो चुकी है और ये सिक्के बनने लगे हैं। जल्द ही एक विशेष कार्यक्रम में इन्हें जारी किया जा सकता है। ये सिक्के दो तरह के होंगे। इसमें एक सिक्का अनसकरुलेटेड (यूएनसी) और दूसरा प्रूफ कैटेगरी का होगा। सिक्कों की अनुमानित कीमत करीब चार हजार रुपये होगी। यूएनसी कैटगरी का सिक्का सस्ता और प्रूफ कैटगरी का सिक्का महंगा होगा। 350 रुपये मूल्य वर्ग का यह दुनिया का पहला सिक्का होगा। यह सिक्का कभी प्रचलन में…
(DJ) कश्मीर में रविवार को आतंकियों के खिलाफ सुरक्षाबलों ने अब तक की सबसे बड़ी कार्रवाई की। दक्षिण कश्मीर के शोपियां और अनंतनाग में तीन मुठभेड़ों में तेरह आतंकियों को मार गिराया गया। मारे गए आतंकियों में शहीद लेफ्टिनेंट उमर फैयाज के दो कातिल रईस व इशफाक शामिल हैं। इस दौरान तीन सैन्यकर्मी शहीद और छह अन्य सुरक्षाकर्मी जख्मी हुए। चार नागरिकों की क्रॉसफायरिंग की चपेट में आकर मौत हो गई। चार मकान क्षतिग्रस्त हुए। वहीं मुठभेड़ के दौरान हिंसक भीड़ को काबू करने के लिए पुलिस को फायरिंग भी करनी पड़ी। हिंसक झड़पों में 50 से ज्यादा लोग जख्मी…
(LiveMint) Challenging the ruling Congress party in its stronghold, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to organize around 15 public meetings to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the campaign for the Karnataka elections in May. Senior BJP leaders believe that Modi’s popularity worked in favour of the party in the 2014 assembly polls when BJP won 17 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state and hope for a similar response in the 12 May Karnataka elections. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the biggest mascot of the party, people want to listen to him and we…
(AU) सुप्रीम कोर्ट की तरफ से एससी/एसटी एक्ट के तहत दलितों व आदिवासियों के उत्पीड़न पर सीधे गिरफ्तारी और केस दर्ज होने पर रोक लगाने के निर्णय से नाराज कई बड़े दलित संगठनों ने सोमवार को भारत बंद के आयोजन की घोषणा की है, जिससे आम जनता को परेशानी हो रही है। ओडिशा के सम्बलपुर में प्रदर्शनकारियों द्वारा ट्रेन रोकने की खबर भी आ रही है। वहीं पंजाब में बंद के ऐलान के चलते सोमवार को 10वीं और 12वीं की बोर्ड परीक्षाएं रद्द कर दी गई हैं। केंद्रीय माध्यमिक शिक्षा बोर्ड ने पंजाब शिक्षा निदेशालय की मांग पर रविवार देर…
(Tribune) During the upcoming Char Dham yatra, the Uttarakhand government will ensure the ban on the use of plastic and thermacol on the route is strictly enforced.Garhwal Commissioner and Uttarakhand Tourism Secretary Dilip Jawalkar said that the onus will be on the district administration to ensure the ban on plastic in the state is fully enforced. “There has been a ban on plastic in the state but it has come to light that the pilgrims continue to use such articles. Maybe, they are not aware of the ban. We will ensure that the notices are put in place at places that…
(TOI) Indian Oil Corp plans to invest 1.43 trillion rupees ($22 billion) in next five years as the country’s top refiner seeks to raise its annual capacity to about 3.2 million barrels per day by 2030, its head of refineries said on Saturday. Refiners in India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer and importer, have sketched out plans to raise their capacity by 77 percent to about 8.8 million bpd by 2030 to meet the country’s rising fuel demand. India is emerging as one of the global drivers for refined fuels consumption as its economic expansion and rising industrial activity yields infrastructure improvements…
(LiveMint) After staying away the last time around, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) under its national convener, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, has started preparing for the Haryana elections with a message of building a “New Haryana”. Taking the first few steps for elections due in around 18 months, the AAP leadership has set itself a target to increase its presence across the 16,000 polling booths in the state. As in Punjab and Goa assembly polls last year, the AAP is likely to contest all 90 seats in Haryana. After refusing to contest the Haryana election in October 2014, a rethink…
(ET) Government-owned miner Coal India Ltdis planning to generate about 20,000 megawatt (MW) in the next 10 years as part of its diversification plan, a senior company official has said. India has set a target to generate 100 GW of solar power by 2022. “For Coal India to be sustainable we must diversify. We have already defined our roadmap. We are going in a big way for solar and have set a target of generating 20,000 MW or 20 Gigawatt in next 10 years,” Coal India Chairman and Managing Director Gopal Singh said. However, the official did not elaborate on investment plans of the company. According…