Author: Aruna Sharma

(AU)  गुजरात भाजपा ने अपने नवनिर्वाचित विधायकों की गांधीनगर में आज बैठक बुलाई है। इसमें नए मुख्यमंत्री का चयन किया जाएगा। इससे पहले सीएम विजय रुपाणी ने बृहस्पतिवार को विधानसभा भंग होने के चलते अपने पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया। वहीं जयराम ठाकुर हिमाचल प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री बन सकते हैं। पूर्व सीएम प्रेम कुमार धूमल द्वारा केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री जेपी नड्डा की राह में कांटे बिछाने के बाद इस पद की दौर में जयराम का पलड़ा और भारी हो गया है। प्रदेश भाजपा अध्यक्ष जीतू वघानी ने बताया कि पार्टी विधायकों की बैठक बुलाई गई है। केंद्रीय पर्यवेक्षकों अरुण जेटली और सरोज पांडे की मौजूदगी…

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(FE) Normal life in the national capital and surrounding areas remains affected as intense cold waves continue to hit New Delhi. More than 28 trains were delayed, nine others were rescheduled, and 15 were cancelled due to low visibility. It may also be noted that massive lumps of fog have engulfed the New Delhi, causing disruption to commuters. The MeT department has predicted the minimum temperature in Delhi on Friday will be 11 degrees Celsius and maximum will go up to 24 degress Celsius.

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(PTI) Markets regulator Sebi today rejected the plea of Pearls Infrastructure Projects, majority owned by PACL, to defreeze its bank accounts for payment of statutory and other dues.The move comes after Pearls Infrastructure Projects Ltd (PIPL) requested Sebi’s recovery officer to defreeze the bank accounts. The company said it has outstanding salary payments with respect to current and ex-employees. Also, there are outstanding statutory dues like corporate tax, service tax, property tax and employee provident fund, among others. Besides, it has liability of lakhs of rupees towards consumers in compliance of various orders passed by Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission. In an…

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Government of India has approved a new scheme namely, Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra for 2017-18 upto 2019-20 to empower rural women through community participation to create an environment in which they realize their full potential. The scheme is envisaged to work at various levels and at the national level (domain based knowledge support) and state level (State Resource Centre for Women) technical support to the respective government on issues related to women is provided. Community engagement through College Student Volunteers is envisioned in 115 most backward districts as part of the Block Level initiatives. Student volunteers will play…

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Sri Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said that the new Consumer Protection Bill has been approved by the cabinet and is likely to be introduced in the present session of parliament. Shri Paswan said that the enactment of BIS act 2016 and Consumer Protection Bill are historical events in the history of consumer movements. It was stated by Shri Ram Vilas Paswan in his presidential address on the occasion of National Consumer Day 2017 with the theme “Emerging Digital Markets: Issues & Challenges for Consumer Protection” organized by Department of Consumer Affairs at…

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(AU) बाबा रामदेव के नाम एक और उपलब्धि जुड़ गई है। पतंजलि देश का सबसे ज्यादा भरोसेमंद और पसंदीदा ब्रांड बन गया है। देश में ब्रांड का मूल्यांकन करने वाली एजेंसी ट्रस्ट रिसर्च एडवाइजरी ने ‘द ब्रांड ट्रस्ट रिपोर्ट इंडिया स्टडी 2017’ में 11 हजार कंपनियों में से पतंजलि को एफएमसीजी वर्ग में ‘इंडियाज मोस्ट ट्रस्टेड एफएमसीजी ब्रांड घोषित किया है और ‘इंडियाज मोस्ट एट्रैक्टिव ब्रांड 2017 एफएमसीजी वर्ग में देश की 10 हजार कंपनियों में से पतंजलि को चुना है। इस अवसर पर पतंजलि आयुर्वेद के एमडी आचार्य बालकृष्ण ने कहा कि लोगों का विश्वास हमारी पुरुषार्थ शक्ति को बनाए रखता…

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(AU) विपक्ष की आपत्तियों को खारिज करते हुए विधान सभा में गुरुवार को यूपीकोका विधेयक पास हो गया। विधेयक को गरीबों, पिछड़ो, दलितों, अल्पसंख्यकों व पत्रकारों का उत्पीड़न करने वाला बताते हुए नेता प्रतिपक्ष राम गोविंद चौधरी ने अपने दल के साथ सदन की कार्यवाही का बहिष्कार किया। सपा के बाद कांग्रेस व बसपा ने भी विधेयक को जनविरोधी करार देते हुए सदन से बहिर्गमन किया। संसदीय कार्य मंत्री सुरेश खन्ना ने कहा कि विपक्ष विधेयक के प्रावधानों की गलत व्याख्या कर रहा है। संसदीय कार्य मंत्री सुरेश खन्ना ने विधेयक पर विपक्ष की आपत्तियों को खारिज करते हुए सदन में विधेयक पारित करने…

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(PTI) Rahul Gandhi will chair a meeting of the Congress Working Committee tomorrow, his first as Congress president. The CWC will accord a warm welcome to the new president and likely discuss the current political situation, including the ramifications of the Congress’s strong performance in the Gujarat Assembly polls for the party in future. Party sources said the 2G spectrum case judgement acquitting all the accused is also likely to be discussed. The BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had used the alleged scam to the hilt while mounting a fierce campaign against the Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.…

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Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in a written reply to a question on status of procurement of e-vehicles in the country, in Lok Sabha today informed that Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under Ministry of Power, plans to procure 10000 e-vehicles through demand aggregation. Bids were invited via open tender and under Phase-I and contracts have been awarded to Tata Motors Ltd. for 250 e-cars and M/s Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. for 150 e-cars which includes five years Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC). EESL will provide these vehicles on lease to…

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If experts are to be believed, overall, with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections a year and a half away, the numbers do not look encouraging for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress. The BJP’s performance is in line with the wave of support that swept it to power in the Assembly elections earlier this year. Even in the last civic elections of 2012, the BJP had led other parties by a long way in races for posts of both Mayor and Nagapalika Parishad Adhyaksha, Reports Aruna Sharma  in Governance Democracy&Politics (GDP), December Issue  Grand Party of India has registered a thumping…

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