The Government has decided to sell off its entire public stake in Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. (DCIL). This decision aims to upgrade technology, improve capability, infuse capital to buy necessary dredgers/equipments and instill experienced professional management to optimize operations of the DCIL. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has obtained approval of the Government to disinvest 100% Government of India Equity in DCIL in one go through two-stage auction process, with the advice of the Transaction Advisor. This information was given by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(ET) Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is facing a delay of at least a year in starting production from its biggest project, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The nation’s top explorer, which planned to produce gas from a deep water block in the Krishna-Godavari Basin off the country’s east coast from June 2019, won’t produce first gas until at least the second half of 2020, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Oil production will start a year after gas. ONGC hasn’t completed tendering for major equipment and services for the…
(PTI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Saudi Arabia from February 6-8 during which she will inaugurate a prestigious festival of the Gulf nation, the external affairs ministry said today. Swaraj will inaugurate the Janadriyah festival on February 7, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. Addressing a joint press conference with Saudi Minister of National Guard Prince Khalid bin Abdulaziz bin Muhammad bin Eyaf al-Muqrin Muqrin Al-Saud, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said India’s participation in the festival will be multi-faceted.”We will have an Indian pavilion where we will project a number…
(DJ) भारतीय शेयर बाजार में बजट के बाद शुरू हुई गिरावट थमने का नाम नहीं ले रही है। सेंसेक्स और निफ्टी आज भारी गिरावट के साथ खुले। करीब 9.30 बजे प्रमुख सूचकांक सेंसेक्स 400 अंक से ज्यादा टूट गया वहीं निफ्टी 150 अंक से ज्यादा की गिरावट के साथ कारोबार कर रहा है। बजट के बाद शुरु हुई मुनाफावसूली को आज ग्लोबल मार्केट में आई गिरावट ने बल दिया। वहीं मिडकैप और स्मॉलकैप शेयर्स में भी भारी बिकवाली देखने को मिल रही है। मिडकैप इंडेक्स में 2.55 फीसद और स्मॉलकैप में 2.28 फीसद की कमजोरी देखने को मिल रही है।…
(DJ) जम्मू कश्मीर में सुंदरबनी से लेकर पुंछ तक नियंत्रण रेखा (एलओसी) पर पाकिस्तानी सेना ने रविवार को भारी गोलाबारी की। इसमें एक सैन्य अधिकारी तथा तीन जवान शहीद हो गए। जबकि दो सेना के जवान, सीमा सुरक्षा बल का एक एएसआइ और दो स्थानीय नागरिक घायल हो गए। वहीं भारतीय सेना ने भी पाकिस्तान को मुंहतोड़ जवाब दिया। इसके बावजूद पाकिस्तानी सेना की भारतीय चौकियों और रिहायशी क्षेत्रों में रात तक गोलाबारी जारी रखी। वहीं पाकिस्तानी फायरिंग के चलते एलअोसी के आस-पास के 84 स्कूल 3 दिन के लिए बंद कर दिए गए हैं। कुछ दिन शांति के बाद…
(PTI) Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Kumar Surana will continue to hold his designation if the firm’s new promoter, ONGC is to follow the Coal India Ltd-model for governance of subsidiaries. ONGC last week completed acquisition of government’s 51.11 per cent stake in HPCL for Rs 36,915 crore. HPCL is now a subsidiary of ONGC and it has been speculated that Surana will lose the Chairman’s tag and would be reduced to Managing Director who would report to ONGC Chairman and Managing Director
(DJ) सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने पिता की पैतृक संपत्ति में हिन्दू लड़की के हक पर अहम व्यवस्था दी है। कोर्ट ने कहा है कि हिन्दू उत्तराधिकार कानून 1956 के बनने से पहले पैदा हुई लड़की को भी पिता की संपत्ति में पुत्रों के बराबर हक है। कानून की व्याख्या करते हुए कोर्ट ने कहा है कि 2005 में हिन्दू उत्तराधिकार कानून में किये गए संशोधन में बेटी को पिता की संपत्ति में जन्म से अधिकार दिया गया है जैसा कि पुराने कानून में बेटे को मिला है। ऐसे में बेटी को भी बेटे की तरह संपत्ति में जन्म से अधिकार मिलेगा।…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah will have a hectic political schedule in 2018 leading up to 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already started ground work for the the 2019 general elections in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. Starting with the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Uttar Pradesh has been a key state for BJP. In 2014, 73 seats from Uttar Pradesh played a pivotal role in forming the “Modi Sarkar”. Last year, BJP proved that it is the dominating force in the state by 325 Assembly seats. It has been learnt that…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Bengaluru that marks the culmination of the BJP’s statewide Parivartana Yatra, a call for change held ahead of the coming assembly elections. This is PM Modi’s first big rally this year in the state where assembly elections are expected within months. COMMENTSMore than 3,000 police personnel and an additional 1,200 traffic policemen have been deployed to ensure that the rally and the PM’s speech — which will be held at the Palace Grounds in the heart of the city — goes smoothly.
(FE) On Monday, all eyes in the Rajya Sabha will be on BJP President Amit Shah. The reason being Shah’s debut speech in Rajya Sabha in which he will move the motion of thanks to the President’s address. Although Shah was elected last year from Gujarat, he will be addressing the Upper House for the first time tomorrow. According to The Indian Express, Shah will have this to say on the motion: “That the Members of the Rajya Sabha assembled in this Session are deeply grateful to the President for the Address which he has been pleased to deliver to…