(FE) The disinvestment of troubled state-run carrier Air India is unlikely in the fiscal year 2017-18, a divergence from the initial plan of completing the process by early 2018. CNBC-TV18 reported citing government source that the disinvestment process may not complete in the current fiscal. Although, the capital infusion from the government will continue until the privatisation. The government has decided on strategic disinvestment of loss-making Air India, which is guzzling up taxpayers’ money ridden with inefficiencies and mismanagement. The national carrier, under intense competition from more efficient and often-cheaper private airlines, is reeling under a debt of over Rs 52,000 crore.…
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(PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party was today served a notice of Rs 30 crore by the Income Tax department over the donations received by it, a move Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal dubbed as the “height of political vendetta”.”In the history of India, all donations to a political party have been declared illegal. All these were accounted for and shown in books of accounts. This is a height of political vendetta,” Kejriwal tweeted. Income Tax Department sources said the notice was issued by the assessing officer under section 156 (notice of demand). They said it was issued in the “normal course”, where…
(DJ) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने सोमवार को भुज से चुनावी रैली का शुभारंभ किया। भुज के बाद प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी राजकोट के जासदाण पहुंचे जहां उन्होंने सार्वजनिक सभा को संबोधित किया। यहां भी उन्होंने कांग्रेस पर हमला बोला। उन्होंने कहा, गरीब परिवार का शख्स पीएम बना। गरीबी मूल का होने के कारण कांग्रेस मुझे पसंद नहीं करती। मैं कांग्रेस से आग्रह करता हूं की मेरी गरीबी व गरीबों का मजाक न उड़ाए। कांग्रेस ने चायवाले का मजाक उड़ाया, वह गरीबों का मजाक बना रही है। मैंने चाय बेची देश नहीं। ये माटी मेरी मां है कांग्रेस ने हमेशा गुजरात का अपमान किया…
(PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said that due to criminal elements, the investors were migrating from Uttar Pradesh, but after the formation of the BJP government the investors are returning to the state. “There used to be riots in the previous SP regime but after the BJP came to power, riots have stopped and the state has become ‘riot-free’,” he said, wooing voters for the civic bodies elections. “The criminals were ruling the roost in the previous regime due to which investors were migrating from UP. Now, after formation of the BJP government, they are returning, as criminals are being…
(PTI) In a stinging attack on the Congress in poll-bound Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the upcoming Assembly election is a fight between trust on development and dynastic politics.He was addressing a BJP rally in Kutch district’s Bhuj town ahead of the first phase of the elections on December 9. He also alluded to allegations thrown at him during the campaign by Congress leaders, including party vice president Rahul Gandhi.”This Gujarat son has no stains in his public life. You come to the state and level baseless allegations on the son of the soil… the people of the…
(PTI) The Centre is determined to not let the Delhi smog-like situation recur, Environment Secretary C K Mishra said here today and asserted that no single authority can be held responsible. If harsh measures are called for, “so be it”, Mishra said at an event hosted by WWF India where he launched a report on ‘Clean Energy Innovation Ecosystem in the SME sector in India’. “We recently witnessed the Delhi smog, but no single authority can be held responsible for it. If the government has failed, then those who are emitting should also take responsibility,” he said. To address environmental…
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit is being held for the first time in South Asia in Hyderabad, India, from November 28-30. Co-hosted by the Governments of the United States and India, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will inaugurate the summit and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump will lead the U.S. contingent to GES. This is the eighth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the preeminent gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters from around the world. With the theme of “Women First, Prosperity for All,” this will be the first GES in which women are the majority, over 52.5 per…
(AU) भारतीय जनता पार्टी (बीजेपी) ने गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए उम्मीदवारों की अपनी छठी और आखिरी लिस्ट जारी कर दी है। लिस्ट में 34 उम्मीदवारों को जगह दी गई है, लेकिन राज्य की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और पार्टी की बड़ी नेता आनंदीबेन पटेल इस बार चुनाव नहीं लड़ेंगी। टीवी रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक नारणपुर सीट जिस पर पार्टी अध्यक्ष अमित शाह चुनाव लड़ा करते थे वहां से कौशिक भाई पटेल को टिकट दी गई है। वहीं आनंदीबेन के करीबी माने जाने वाले भूपेंद्र पटेल को घाटलोदिया से टिकट दी गई है। बता दें कि नारणपुर और घाटलोदिया दोनों क्षेत्र अमहदाबाद में आते हैं। बता दें कि…
(AU) कानपुर देहात में एक चुनावी जनसभा को संबोधित करने आए प्रदेश के डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य ने कहा कि अखिलेश यादव डिप्रेशन का शिकार हैं। उन्हें इलाज कराने के लिए किसी अच्छे डाक्टर की जरूरत है। डिप्टी सीएम बाेले राम मंदिर निर्माण के लिए सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के फैसले का इंतजार है। अकबरपुर इंटर कालेज में निकाय चुनाव के तहत भाजपा प्रत्याशियों को संबोधित करने के बाद उपमुख्यमंत्री ने कई बाते कहीं। राम मंदिर निर्माण पर बोले कि राम हमारे आराध्य हैं। भव्य मंदिर निर्माण के लिए सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के फैसले का इंतजार है। मथुरा में कृष्ण मंदिर बनाए जाने के सवाल पर बोले की अखिलेश…
(LiveMint) India is in “a golden period”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he urged institutions to work together in order to shape the “New India”. “This is a golden period for India and institutions must work together and strengthen each other,” said Modi, in his address at the valedictory session of an event organized by Law Commission of India and NITI Aayog to celebrate National Law Day. He said the legislative, judiciary and executive branches are part of one family with the Constitution as its guardian. Limits on the scope and power of the three wings of the…