(FE) Himachal Pradesh (HP) Elections Results 2017 Live Updates: The fate of 337 candidates including Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his predecessor Prem Kumar Dhumal will be known today as the counting of votes startes in the state where traditional rivals BJP and Congress have contested all 68 seats. The hill state had recorded 75.28 per cent turnout and pollsters predicted a BJP victory. As per Election Commission, adequate security arrangements have been made for counting which would start simultaneously in all 68 constituencies at 42 counting centres. The BJP campaign in the state had focussed on corruption with the party training its guns…
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(PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government has undertaken the ambitious task of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 so that farming becomes sustainable. Observing that India has a huge population dependent on agriculture for livelihood, he said, “therefore, increase in the purchasing power of this group is extremely important for us because growth of larger economy depends on economic potential and power of this group itself.” Pointing out that the agriculture community world over is vulnerable, Jaitley said countries try various methodologies for supporting the sector. “Some highly developed countries directly, by different forms of subsidies, ensure money goes into…
(PTI) Rahul Gandhi was formally appointed Congress president on Saturday morning in a function at party’s official headquarters 24, Akbar Road in the national capital, Delhi. Gandhi was handed over the certificate of election as the new Congress president by party’s Central Election Authority (CEA) headed by Lok Sabha MP Mullapally Ramachandran in the presence of his mother and predecessor Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and other senior party leaders. With this, 47 year old Rahul Gandhi becomes the sixth leader from the Nehru-Gandhi family to occupy the top post…
(PTI) Blaming the previous UPA government for the current banking sector stress, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said this government has fixed responsibility on big defaulters and banks are being strengthened through various measures. Before BJP came to power, banks were pressurised to give loans aggressively between 2008-2014 despite irregular repayments by big borrowers, he said. Loans were reclassified under corporate debt restructuring and structural debt restructuring for the purpose of ever-greening of those loans that were actually fallen into NPA category, Goyal told reporters. “Through this, the losses of banks and their precarious position was kept under the carpet,” he said. The…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced Rs 90,000 crore for improving roads and national highways in the Northeast in the next two to three years to facilitate better connectivity. The prime minister dedicated to the nation a 271-km two- lane national highway connecting Tura in western Meghalaya and Shillong. Meghalaya was the second stop of the prime minister after Mizoram during his day-long visit to the Northeastern region today. “Over the next 2-3 years, an investment of about Rs 60,000 crore is proposed under the Special Accelerated Road Development Project (SARDP) in the Northeast and an investment of Rs 30,000 crore…
(DJ) जीएसटी (वस्तु एवं सेवा कर) काउंसिल ने शनिवार को अपनी 24वीं बैठक में महत्वपूर्ण ई-वे बिल पर हामी भरते हुए इसे 1 फरवरी 2018 से अनिवार्य कर दिया है। अब सामान को एक राज्य से दूसरे राज्य में ले जाने पर यह नियम लागू होगा। सूत्रों के अनुसार यह जानकारी सामने आई है। कुछ राज्य स्वैच्छिक आधार पर 1 फरवरी से अंतर्राज्यीय (राज्य के भीतर) और अंतरराज्यीय (राज्यों के भीतर) ई-वे बिल दोनों को लागू कर सकते हैं। वहीं ई-वे बिल के लिए सिस्टम 15 जनवरी से उपलब्ध करवा दिया जाएगा। सूत्र के मुताबिक वहीं राज्यों के भीतर ई-वे…
(PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra met Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today and discussed with him various issues concerning the state, an official said. During the 20-minute meeting, Vohra briefed Singh about the prevailing security situation in the volatile Kashmir Valley, which witnessed relative calm in the recent past, a home ministry official said. The situation along the Indo-Pak border and the Line of Control (LoC), which has seen repeated ceasefire violations from across the border, also figured in the meeting.Following a request of the home minister, the Jammu and Kashmir government has started the process of withdrawing…
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, laid the foundation stone of the Nyaya Gram project of the High Court of Allahabad today (December 16, 2017) in Allahabad. Speaking on the occasion, the President said freedom of the judiciary is a cornerstone of our democracy. India’s credibility is enhanced by a fearless and independent judiciary. The President said that citizens have faith in the judiciary. And yet common people tend to avoid knocking on its door. It is important to change this situation. On all of us lies the responsibility of providing justice on time, making the justice system…
(PTI) The Indian government on Friday approved a draft law under which the practice of giving instant triple talaq would be made illegal and void and would attract a jail term of three years for the husband, a government functionary has said The draft ‘Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill’ was considered by the Union cabinet which gave its nod, the functionary said The draft was prepared by an inter-ministerial group headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The other members included External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and his junior…
Indian Railways have taken various initiatives in improving cleanliness of stations, trains, yards and all other premises. Some of the major initiatives taken towards improvement of cleanliness are:- (i) Mechanized cleaning methods have been adopted in major stations. (ii) Regular intensive cleanliness drives are undertaken at various railway stations by Zonal Railways. (iii) Enforcement of Indian Railways (Penalties for activities affecting cleanliness at railway premises) Rules, 2012 has been intensified. (iv) Use of CCTVs has been extended for monitoring of cleanliness activities at major stations. (v) For better cleaning of coaches of trains, mechanized coach cleaning at Depots, On Board Housekeeping Services (OBHS) in important…