The Chairman of National Highways Authority of India Shri Deepak Kumar launched a world class, new multilingual website of the organization today. He said that within two months it will be possible for the general public to rate National Highways through this website. He also launched a Project Monitoring Information System (PMIS) Moblie App that will facilitate close, in-house monitoring of NHAI projects on a mobile phone. Shri Deepak Kumar said that the NHAI also plans to soon launch a public interface of the PMIS desktop and App versions, so that the general public will be able to view the…
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(PTI) The CBI today asked RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son Tejashwi Yadav to appear before it for questioning on October 5 and 6 in an alleged corruption case after both leaders expressed their inability to appear on given dates, the agency sources said. The sources said Yadav and Tejashwi were earlier called on October 4 and 5. The CBI wants to question the former railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav for a contract given for the maintenance of two IRCTC hotels in 2006. Tejashwi is also made an accused in the CBI FIR pertaining to alleged corruption in the…
(AU) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने शामली, हापुड़, मेरठ, गौतमबुद्ध नगर, बिजनौर और गाजियाबाद जिलों को खुले में शौच मुक्त घोषित करते हुए कहा कि महात्मा गांधी की 150वीं जयंती पर 2019 में प्रदेश को खुले में शौच मुक्त होगा। उन्होंने कहा कि 2022 में देश की स्वाधीनता के 75 वर्ष पूरे होने पर प्रदेश को गंदगी, गरीबी, भ्रष्टाचार, आतंकवाद, अलगाववाद से मुक्त करने के संकल्प को सिद्धी तक पहुंचाएंगे। सोमवार को महात्मा गांधी की 148वीं जयंती के उपलक्ष्य में विधानसभा के तिलक हॉल में आयोजित कार्यक्रम को संबोधित करते हुए मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा कि 31 दिसंबर तक प्रदेश…
(AU) भारतीय जनता पार्टी के अध्यक्ष अमित शाह केरल पहुंच चुके हैं। उन्होंने एक रैली को संबोधित करते हुए राज्य के मुख्यमंत्री पिनराई विजयन पर निशाना साधा। शाह ने कहा केरल में अबतक भाजपा और आरएसएस के 120 से ज्यादा कार्यकर्ता मारे जा चुके हैं जिसके लिए सीधे तौर पर सीएम विजयन जिम्मेदार हैं। इससे पहले शाह ने कहा कि लेफ्ट पार्टियों ने पश्चिम बंगाल और त्रिपुरा में काफी वक्त तक शासन किया और अब वहां के हालात देखे जा सकते हैं। शाह ने कहा कि अब शांतिप्रिय केरल भी हिंसक हो गया है। शाह की यात्रा के बीच खबर आई कि बीजेपी के तीन…
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, visited Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh today. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), at Bilaspur. This 750 bed hospital will be built at a cost of approximately Rs. 1350 crore. In addition to healthcare, it will also provide medical education at the under-graduate and post-graduate level, besides nursing. The Prime Minister also unveiled a plaque to mark the launch of Digital Nerve Centres for primary healthcare. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), at Una. Shri Narendra Modi…
(PTI) State-owned ONGC has received green clearance for the Rs 456-crore exploratory drilling project in Sivasagar district of Assam, a government document showed. The company’s proposal is to drill 10 wells in the petroleum lease areas — Rudrasagar, Geleki, Lakwa, Namti, Mekypore, Santak Nazira — of Sivasagar district.About 1.5-2.25 hectares of land are required for each well and the estimated project cost is Rs 456.20 crore. In a letter issued to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the Union environment ministry has informed that the government has given final environment clearance to the proposed exploratory project in Assam. The clearance is…
(DC) It may take three weeks before operations can resume at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited plant at Cherlapally, where a blast took place on September 14. The investigative authority— Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) has issued approvals to HPCL to clean its premises. Deputy chief controller of PESO Dr R. Venugopal said that samples from the plant were sent to the Government of India’s lab at Bangalore. “It may take two more months before we get the report. Based on the report we will take further action. We have not restored the licence of the HPCL plant. During investigation,…
The first US crude oil cargo of 1.6 million barrels bought by Indian Oil Corporation from the US was received at Paradip Port today. A sample of the crude was symbolically presented to Shri Sunjay Sudhir, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, by Shri Anish Aggarwal, Director (Pipelines), IndianOil. Shri Munu Mahawar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India; Ms. Katherine B Hadda, US Consul General in Hyderabad, Senior Officials from Ministry of External Affairs and IndianOil were also present at the ceremony. Calling it as a new chapter in the history…
(FE) Indian and Pakistan troops traded heavy fire on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Police sources said heavy shelling and firing started between the two armies in Kerni area. “After the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing at Indian positions, Indian military retaliated strongly and effectively. “Shelling and firing exchanges are going on,” the sources added. Meanwhile, ANI reported three civilians are injured in Keri and Digwar areas of Poonch.
(PTI) BJP chief Amit Shah today accused three generations of the Congress party of having “insulted” Gujarat, as he virtually sounded the bugle for the Assembly polls in the state from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s native place. In a gesture loaded with symbolism, Mr Shah paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at his ancestral home in Karamsad with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his deputy Nitin Patel in tow, before invoking icons of Gujarat, including Patel, Morarji Desai and Narendra Modi, to mount an offensive against the Congress. He also launched the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’ (March for Gujarat’s Honour). “Rahul Gandhi comes here…