(Tribune) Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will arrive here tomorrow for the four-day session beginning January 9. He will be accorded a warm welcome by the party workers and leaders, including local BJP MLA and Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Kishan Kapoor.Deputy Commissioner of Kangra, Sandeep Kumar assumed charge today in view of the forthcoming session. While talking to The Tribune, Sandeep Kumar said all arrangements for the session were in place. “Since this is the first session of the new government we are expecting more people to visit Dharamsala”, he said.Pro-term Speaker Ramesh Dhawala created a controversy by…
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(AU) Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat announced here today that the Congress would intensify its campaign in the state, post Makar Sankranti festival, to press government to redress people’s grievances.“All sections of the people are reeling under various problems, but the government in the state appears to be oblivious. The Congress has been raising the issues, but the government has adopted a negative approach,” Rawat said.Rawat had hosted a public lunch with regard the coming Makar Sankranti festival. On the occasion he said the Congress had been compelled to step up its agitation and fan out among the masses…
(AU) बंगलूरू की सिटी मार्केट के बार में आग लगने की वजह से पांच लोगों की मौत हो गई है। बताया जा रहा है कि हादसा कैलाश बार में हुआ है जो कुंबारा संघा बिल्डिंग के ग्राउंड फ्लोर पर स्थित है। मरने वालों में पांचों लोग रेस्टोरेंट-बार के कर्मी थे। पुलिस कमिश्रर एम एन अनुच्छे का कहना है कि रात करीब 2.30 बजे जलने की बदबू से आग लग जाने की जानकारी मिल पाई थी। उन्होंने की बार के अंदर मरने वाले लोग उसमे सो रहे थे, हालांकि, आग लगने की वजह अभी साफ नहीं हो पाई है, लेकिन मामले की…
(LiveMint) State-owned oil marketing companies want banks to reduce card transaction fees for petrol and diesel purchases by half, four people aware of the development said. Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) will make the proposal at a meeting with banks on Monday, the people mentioned above said on condition of anonymity. “We are in discussions with banks and a meeting is scheduled for 8 January. We don’t plan to pay more than what we are paying already. As per the latest rules, rates are higher. We want banks to halve…
(TH) Setting the tone for the government’s outreach to the Indian diaspora, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday urged people of Indian origin to take advantage of India’s projects for connectivity to Southeast Asian countries. Speaking in Hindi at the ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Singapore, she said her Ministry prioritised the welfare of Indian citizens living abroad, and urged them to return home to take advantage of the economic opportunities. “Today, 16 Indian cities are connected to Singapore, a trilateral highway project from India to Thailand is making progress, and we plan to extend this further to connect India…
(NDTV) BJP chief Amit Shah, on Saturday, began a three-day whirlwind tour of three northeastern states – Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland – which will witness assembly polls this year. The party already rules three northeastern states – Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh – and aims to eventually bring all eight states into its kitty. The party is hoping to wrest power from the Congress in Meghalaya and the Left in Tripura. It is already a part of the alliance that rules Nagaland. After a brief stop at Guwahati to visit the famous Kamakhya temple, the 53-year-old party chief’s first stop…
(PTI) Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the resilience of the country’s banking system is under test and banks must restore their credibility and work for the society as taxpayers are making sacrifices to keep them afloat. Jaitley said it is taxpayers’ money which is being infused into the ailing banking system and now the responsibility is on the sector to improve health to help in pushing towards a robust economy. The minister, while addressing UCO Bank’s Platinum Jubilee event in New Delhi, said “the resilience of the banking system is under test”, with the sector facing severe challenges.…
(FE) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here on Sunday to inaugurate the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Swaraj will be holding bilateral meetings with the leaders in Singapore and interact with People of Indian Origin (PIO) delegations from ASEAN countries, who are participating in the PBD, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a pre-departure statement said.
(DNA) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked officials in charge of 115 backward districts to focus on low hanging fruits and come up with pioneering innovations for development by April 14, the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar. He was addressing a conference on ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre here. He also interacted with officials in charge of transformation of the districts.”On April 14, we celebrate the jayanti of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Let us devote these coming three months to pioneering innovation in the less developed districts and transform the lives of the poor,” the…
(DJ) एक तरफ मंच पर सरकार के मुखिया योगी आदित्यनाथ तो दूसरी तरफ उनके सामने सुरक्षा-व्यवस्था से जुड़ी अंतिम कड़ी के चौकीदार। प्रदेश में पहली बार मुख्यमंत्री ग्राम चौकीदारों के सम्मेलन में शामिल हुए। मान-सम्मान देने के साथ ही उनका उत्साहवर्धन करते हुए मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि भले ही संप्रदाय अलग हों लेकिन हम सभी का धर्म एक ही है और वह है राष्ट्रधर्म। पुलिस लाइन में आयोजित ग्राम चौकीदारों के सम्मेलन समारोह में बतौर मुख्य अतिथि मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने घोषणा कि ग्राम चौकीदार नहीं बल्कि अब यह ग्राम प्रहरी कहे जाएंगे। कहा कि कोई भी कानून मानवीय संबंधों से…