(FP) Travelling long distance on a train and scared to eat from the pantry? This has been the usual state of affairs on the Indian Railways, as rotten food routinely gets served on board, catering staff is invariably rude and often these workers also seek tips after inflating prices of eatables, illegally. Besides, in a clever ploy, they also sell less quantities of an item than prescribed, allegedly siphoning off the difference. Well, if newly minted Railways Minister Piyush Goyal’s latest diktat is any indication, at least eating on the train may not be so heavy on the pocket from…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(DJ) बिहार में बदले राजनीतिक हालात ने राजद सुप्रीमो लालू प्रसाद को कांग्रेस की सियासी जरूरत बना दिया है। नीतीश कुमार के महागठबंधन से नाता तोड़कर भाजपा से हाथ मिलाने के बाद तो कांग्रेस और भी राजद के करीब आ गई है, हालांकि कांग्रेस के कुछ विधायक इसका विरोध कर रहे हैं। आलाकमान को भी राजद के साथ के महत्व का एहसास है, तभी तो लालू प्रसाद के साथ मंच शेयर करने तक से परहेज करने वाले कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने साफ कह दिया है कि वह राजद सुप्रीमो का साथ नहीं छोड़ सकते। राहुल गांधी ने हमेशा लालू…
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed a Students’ Convention on the occasion of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Centenary Celebrations, and 125th Year of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Address, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The Prime Minister said that 125 years ago, on the same day that has recently come to be known as 9/11, with just a few words, a youngster from India won over the world and showed the world the power of oneness. The 9/11 of 1893 was about love, harmony and brotherhood, he added. The Prime Minister said that Swami Vivekananda raised his voice against the…
Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum amp; Natural Gas, Government of India is a national government agency engaged in promoting energy efficiency in various sections of economy. Conservation of Petroleum Products and Environment Protection is an important national cause and PCRA takes this noble cause forward by conducting competitions for school children every year to inculcate the message of fuel conservation in the young minds and enhancing their knowledge on energy conservation. National school winners of the competition-2016 were felicitated by Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (I/C) MOP&NG in a grand function organized at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi and the…
(NDTV) JDU leader Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister today at 10 am. State unit chief Sushil Modi will be sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister, according to reports. Kumar had resigned last evening after RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s son Tejashwi Yadav did not resign after CBI filed FIR against the Deputy Chief Minister in connection with corruption cases. Kumar has met Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi last last night and staked a claim to from his government. He was asked to prove his majority in the Assembly within two days of searing in,…
जेडीयू नेता नीतीश कुमार अपने नए सहयोगी सुशील कुमार मोदी के साथ बिहार के राजभवन में मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ ली | सुशिल मोदी ने उपमुख्य मंत्री पद की शपथ ली| नितीश कुमार बिहार के छठवीं बार मुख्यमंत्री बने| राज्यपाल ने बहुमत परीक्षण 28 जुलाई को कराने का निर्णय लिया है|
(PTI) The government sought Parliament’s approval for supplementary grants worth Rs 11,166.18 crore for the current financial year. Finance Minister Arun Jaitleypresented the supplementary demands for grants for 2017-18 as well as the demands for excess grants in the Lok Sabha for 2014-15. The first batch of supplementary demands for grants for 2017-18 include 61 grants and 3 appropriations, according to the supplementary demands for grants. “Approval of the Parliament is sought to authorise gross additional expenditure of Rs 11,166.18 crore. “Of this, the proposals involving net cash outgo aggregate to Rs 10,647.45 crore and gross additional expenditure, matched by savings…
(PTI) 7th Pay Commission: In some great news for the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) employees, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved the implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations for them. According to PTI, this step will benefit thousands of employees of the public transporter. “Approved the proposal for implementing 7th Pay Commission in DTC. Urge DTC employees to make bus transport in Delhi the best,” Anil Baijal tweeted. After the recommendation is implemented, it will provide a financial benefit to about 17,000 DTC staff, said a DTC official told the agency. “It will result in salary hikes in the range…
(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government will resolve all the problems faced by mango growers in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said. Governor Ram Naik was today presented ‘Nawab brand’ mango on behalf of the Chief Minister by Minister of State (independent charge) Agricultural Exports, Agricultural Marketing and Agricultural Foreign Trade Swati Singh. According to a statement issued by Raj Bhavan, in a letter sent to the Governor, Yogi Adityanath said, “There is a heavy demand of UP mangoes both in the country and abroad. The UP government is committed to double the income of farmers in the next five…
(The Wire) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the BJP parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, urged BJP MPs to plan programmes that would keep “nationalist and patriotic fervour” alive. He also reminded the MPs about the success of the ‘Tiranga Yatra’, held between August 15 and August 22 last year, and asked them to hold similar programmes between August 9, the anniversary of the Quit India movement, and August 15, Indian Express reported. After the meeting, parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar told reporters that Modi also asked lawmakers to take up the three causes of welfare of the poor, social harmony and good governance to…