(PTI) As the parliament logjam persisted for nearly two weeks, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of being “afraid” to face the no-confidence motion moved against it. “In parliament, a no-confidence motion against the Modi government has been moved. For the past 10 days it has been stalled because the government is afraid,” Gandhi said at a public rally here. The second half of the budget session of Parliament has been a complete washout since commencement with protests from Congress, AIADMK, TDP and YSR Congress Party on various issues stalling the proceedings.Congress has given a notice to move a no-confidence motion against the…
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(Tribune) Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Friday inaugurated the renovated 3,000 kilowatts Urgam Hydro Power Project built by Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam (UJVN) on Kalpganga river in Helang Valley (Chamoli).He said that the project on Kalpganga river would prove to be a milestone for development of this mountainous region. He further said that the power generated from this project would enhance electricity supply in 25 villages of the neighboring areas like Bharki, Bheta, Urgam, Chai-Thai, Salana, Joshimath and Badganv and also give employment to local unemployed youth. He said that small hydro power projects in the state have huge potential…
(PTI) Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh today urged battery manufacturers to set up units in India and offered all possible support from the government to create an enabling ecosystem for investments. Singh held a meeting with battery manufacturers here to discuss the creation of an ecosystem for incentivising battery manufacturing in India, an official statement said. In the meeting, Singh exhorted the industry to set up battery manufacturing units in India as the future demand was going to be very high with the government promoting e-vehicles in a big way. Tenders for procuring e- vehicles have already…
(ET) Go to rural and backward areas of the country and spread the word about various welfare schemes of the NDA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told party MPs at a dinner meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Reiterating the need to focus on the 115 most-backward districts marked out by NITI Aayog, Modi said that BJP MPs and party office-bearers should spend time in such areas and listen to the grievances of the people and ensure effective delivery of government programmes. BJP MPs from both Houses of Parliament attended the parliamentary party meeting at the party headquarters. Modi and BJP…
(LiveMint) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to improve its tally in the Rajya Sabha, winning 28 of the 59 seats that went to polls this year. Rajya Sabha election results declared Friday showed that the BJP won nine of the 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, and one each in Karnataka, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. While 33 Rajya Sabha seats witnessed no election, 26 went to polls on Friday. Of the 33 elected unopposed, 16 were from the BJP, three from its allies and five from the Congress, among others. The Rajya Sabha election results showed that incumbent…
(PTI) Tata Steel Friday said it has won a bid to acquire bankrupt Bhushan Steel Ltd for an undisclosed sum of money. Industry sources put the acquisition price at Rs 35,000 crore. The all-cash deal, when completed, will help Tata Steel become India’s biggest steel maker. Bhushan Steel will add 5.6 million tonnes of capacity to Tata Steel’s current 13 MTPA production capacity. In a statement, Tata Steel said it “has been declared as the successful resolution applicant by the Committee of Creditors of Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL) on March 22, 2018, subject to obtaining necessary regulatory approvals, including approval…
(PTI) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will take a series of measures to ensure that the social media platform won’t be misused to influence elections this year in India and elsewhere. “This is a massive focus for us to make sure we’re dialed in for not only the 2018 elections in the US, but the Indian elections, the Brazilian elections, and a number of other elections that are going on this year that are really important,” Zuckerberg, 33, said in an interview to the New York Times. India will hold several key state polls this year ahead of…
(TOI) The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the sale of assets of Anil Ambani’s RCom Consolidated to elder brother Mukesh’s Reliance JioInfocomm (Jio) in view of who should be refunded first out of the money raised from the deal — banks who have lent money to RCom, or Ericsson. Agreeing to hear a plea filed by SBI, one of the creditor banks, a bench of Justices A K Goel, R F Nariman and U U Lalit directed the parties to maintain status quo, which means the deal cannot be finalised without the court’s permission. SBI had challenged a tribunal’s order, which was upheld by…
(TH) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that it will introduce ‘Face ID’ on July 1 to enable Aadhaar holders to authenticate their identity to access services, benefits and subsidies. The Face ID would help people without biometrics or those with poor biometrics to avoid authentication failures and financial exclusion. The court has repeatedly been referring to how biometric authentication failures had deprived citizens of their rightful entitlements like pension and provident fund. It has highlighted that people with physical disabilities and the mentally challenged may face the danger of financial exclusion.
(DJ) सपा-बसपा रिश्तों में बन रही मजबूती के बीच मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने आरक्षण का बड़ा दांव खेला है। योगी ने कहा कि सरकार अति पिछड़ों-अति दलितों को आरक्षण देने पर विचार कर रही है। इसके लिए हम लोग कमेटी गठित करने जा रहे हैं। आरक्षण में खास एकाधिकार खत्म करने का एलान करते हुए मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि आजादी के बाद जिन्हें आरक्षण का लाभ मिलना चाहिए, उन्हें वंचित किया गया। गुरुवार को मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ विधानसभा में बजट चर्चा पर विपक्ष के आरोपों का जवाब दे रहे थे। वह सहज भाव लेकिन, विपक्ष पर प्रहार की शैली में…