(NDTV) Too keen to wrest power from the Congress, BJP bigwigs, including former Chief Minister PK Dhumal, Kangra MP Shanta Kumar and Union Health Minister JP Nadda, will assess the party’s poll prospects at a meeting with MLAs, MPs, party candidates and office-bearers at Hamirpur on November 19.Even as Congress and BJP leaders are trying to assess their poll prospects, the saffron party has decided to hold a review meeting on November 19. The meeting, based on inputs from leaders from all over the state, will study the polling pattern from rural and urban areas so as to get some…
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(Tribune) The National Green Tribunal today slammed the Uttarakhand government for initiating construction of a new legislative Assembly building of the State without mandatory clearances.A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, which stopped short of imposing environment compensation on the state, asked how could the dispensation start the project without getting environment clearance.During the proceedings, the tribunal was informed by the state government that it has applied for grant of mandatory clearances and sought adjournment of the case.
(PTI) With greater digitisation and formalisation of financial activities and businesses, India is set to become an “extremely attractive” country to do business, finance minister Arun Jaitley said here on Wednesday. Speaking at the Singapore Fintech Festival, the finance minister said the ongoing process of digitisation was a result of Aaadhar scheme coupled with financial inclusion, post demonetisation followed by the massive exercise on the improvement in the digital eco-payment system as well as the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, 2017. With greater digitisation and greater formalisation, India is set to become an extremely…
(AU) केंद्र और दिल्ली सरकार में शक्तियों को लेकर अक्सर लड़ाई होती रहती है। केजरीवाल सरकार ने एलजी पर कई बार लोकतंत्र का मजाक बनाने का आरोप लगाया है। आम आदमी पार्टी के दावों के बीच सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने बुधवार को कहा कि संविधान ने केंद्र शासित दिल्ली को सीमित विधायी शक्तियां दे रखी हैं। मुख्य न्यायाधीश दीपक मिश्रा की अध्यक्षता वाली पांच सदस्यीय संविधान पीठ राष्ट्रीय राजधानी के शासन में प्रभुत्व के विवाद पर सुनवाई कर रही है। संविधान पीठ ने अनुच्छेद 239एए का हवाले देते हुए कहा कि दिल्ली विधानसभा को राज्य सूची और समवर्ती सूची के तहत निश्चित विषयों पर कानून…
(TH) ONGC Videsh Ltd, wholly-owned subsidiary of ONGC, has reported a ₹134-crore net profit for the first-half of the financial year 2017-2018. This is 72.71 per cent lower than the net profit reported in the same period in the previous year. The profit was hit mainly due to forex movements and provisioning against exploratory carry finance, the company said. The income from operations fell to ₹3,412 crore during the first-half of the current financial year. This is 1.27 per cent lower than the ₹3,456-crore income from operations reported by the company in the corresponding period of the last financial year.
(AU) एलपीजी गैस की ऑनलाइन बुकिंग पर अब पांच रुपये की छूट मिलेगी। कैशलेस पेमेंट को बढ़ावा देने के लिए केंद्र सरकार ने यह फैसला किया है। इस संबंध में सभी ऑयल कंपनियों को निर्देश जारी कर दिए गए हैं। यह लाभ अनुदानित एवं गैर अनुदानित श्रेणी के सभी उपभोक्ताओं को मिलेगा। गोरखपुर में इंडियन ऑयल, भारत पेट्रोलियम और हिंदुस्तान पेट्रोलियम के पांच लाख से ज्यादा उपभोक्ता हैं। ऑनलाइन बुकिंग के लिए कोई भी उपभोक्ता नेट बैंकिंग और क्रेडिट कार्ड सरीखे विकल्पों के जरिए पेमेंट कर सकते हैं। छूट की रकम उपभोक्ता के बिल के साथ दिखाई देगी। इस संबंध में आईओसी के…
(FE) India’s national sales tax might be the last big-ticket reform from Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he prepares for about a dozen of state polls and seeks re-election in 2019, government officials say. Modi is expected to conclude already-underway measures such as the privatization of state carrier Air India then turn to issues that resonate with voters and insulate them from the impact of India’s slowing growth, said people familiar with the government’s program who didn’t want to be named, citing rules. This will include a boost to employment guarantees, irrigation and crop insurance programs, they said. Pledging to take the…
(AU) दिल्ली-एनसीआर में जानलेवा एयर पॉल्यूशन के मद्देनजर यहां दो साल पहले ही दुनिया का सबसे सख्त वाहन उत्सर्जन मानक लागू कर दिया जाएगा। केंद्र सरकार ने बुधवार को कहा है कि दिल्ली में भारत स्टेज बीएस-6 मानक को लागू करने की तारीख को 1 अप्रैल, 2020 से घटाकर 1 अप्रैल, 2018 कर दिया गया है। मौजूदा समय में देश में बीएस-6 मानक वाले वाहनों का इस्तेमाल हो रहा है। केंद्रीय पेट्रोलियम मंत्रालय ने कहा है कि दिल्ली और उसके आसपास के इलाकों में प्रदूषण की गंभीर स्थिति को देखते हुए आयल मार्केटिंग कंपनियों के साथ सलाह-मशविरे के बाद वाहनों के लिए बीएस-6…
(TH) Unit-1 of NTPC Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station has been shutdown due to short-supply of coal from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. An NTPC official said production of 500 MW from the unit had been stopped from Sunday due to shortage of coal. Other units are functioning normally. Due to alarming situation, a team comprising senior officials rushed to Odisha to hold talks with MCL to ensure normal supply.
(LiveMint) State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) may shelve its shale gas exploration plans, two executives from the company said, citing the firm’s “limited success” in the exploration programme. “We have drilled around 22-23 wells as part of our shale gas exploration programme. We have had some limited success and the results are not very encouraging,” said Shashi Shanker, chairman and managing director, told Mint during a media interaction on 11 November in Mumbai. Shale gas, an unconventional source of energy found in non-porous rocks, has drawn increasing international attention after becoming an important source of natural gas in the US and…