(AU) नीतीश कुमार के बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री पद से इस्तीफा देने के बाद पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी ने ट्वीट कर नीतीश को बधाई दी है। इसे नीतीश की तरफ पीएम मोदी का दोस्ती के लिए हाथ बढ़ाना माना जा रहा है। पीएम ने ट्वीट कर कहा-भ्रष्टाचार के ख़िलाफ़ लड़ाई में जुड़ने के लिए नीतीश कुमार जी को बहुत-बहुत बधाई। देश के, विशेष रूप से बिहार के उज्जवल भविष्य के लिए राजनीतिक मतभेदों से ऊपर उठकर भ्रष्टाचार के ख़िलाफ़ एक होकर लड़ना,आज देश और समय की माँग है।
Author: Aruna Sharma
(PTI) Congress members in the Lok Sabha today raised anti-government slogans on various issues, accusing it of adopting a “dictatorial” attitude but the proceedings continued amid disturbances. As soon as the House took up the Question Hour, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue of cow vigilantism. But Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said he would not be allowed to raise any issue during the Question Hour. Soon, Congress members trooped into the Well and raised slogans such as “Pradhan Mantri jawab do (PM should reply)”, “tanashahi nahin chalegi (end dictatorship)”, “jaat ke nam par rajniti band karo…
(FE) In a major development, Nitish Kumar on Wednesday tendered his resignation from the Bihar CM’s post. The big development comes after Tejashwi said that Nitish never asked him to resign from the post of Bihar’s Deputy CM post. Speaking on the big political development, Nitish said, “I tried to keep the Grand Alliance intact but can’t work in this atmosphere.” Also, Nitish said that I asked Lalu to cite information on the alleged corruption matter. “I even spoke to Rahul Gandhi,” Nitish added. Nitish has made it clear that he will not compromise on the issue of corruption. Earlier, in…
On 21st October 2016, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) had made the offer to transfer 51% equity shares held by it to the Govt. of Kerala (GoK) i.e. the other partner in the Joint Venture Company (JVC) named “BHEL Electrical Machines Ltd.” (BHEL-EML) – which is a separate Schedule “C” CPSE having manufacturing facilities/plant in Kasaragod (Kerala). This step was taken in the backdrop of recommendation of a NITI Aayog Committee that the Government of India’s stake in BHEL-EML be handed over to the State Government, and in case the State Government refuses, a strategic sale of the Government of…
(PTI) The Supreme Court directed former real estate and media tycoon Subrata Roy on Tuesday to pay Rs 1,500 crore by September 7 and ordered that a process be started to sell his company Sahara’s Aamby Valley project. Aamby Valley, a Rs 39,000-cr township on the outskirts of hill town Lonavla, is one of Sahara’s flagship projects and the process to auction it increases the pressure on Roy, who has failed to comply with a court order to return Rs 24,000 crore to investors. The top court rejected Sahara’s plea for more time to repay the money to SEBI. A…
(PTI) Ram Nath Kovind, a lawyer-turned-politician, on Tuesday took over as India’s 14th president in a grand ceremony, and emphasised that diversity is the key to India’s success. “Our diversity is the core that makes us so unique.In this land we find a mix of states and regions, religions, languages, cultures, lifestyles and much more. We are so different and yet so similar and united,” he said in his acceptance speech after taking oath of office in the Central Hall of Parliament. The 71-year-old, who took over the highest Constitutional post in the country from Pranab Mukherjee, is the first BJP leader…
(FE) Food ministry is working on a pilot to emulate the direct cooking gas subsidy transfer scheme model for public distribution system (PDS) of subsidised foodgrains. The beneficiaries will get the subsidy amount in advance in their bank accounts and they will have to buy the foodgrains from any ration shop, which has got the electronic point of sale (e-PoS) devices. The food ministry recently sent three trainee IAS officers (assistants) to assess the ground situation in Ranchi where a pilot is likely to be rolled out. This initiative will ensure zero leakage of the subsidy and foodgrain as well. A government source said the…
(ET) About $23 billion is planned to be invested in the oil and gas fields of the KG Basin, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Parliament on Monday. “The operators of blocks /fields in KG basin under Production Sharing Contract (PSC) regime and nomination fields have submitted DoC (Declaration of Commerciality)/FDP (Field Development Plans) for the commercial oil and gas discoveries along with projected investment estimates,” Pradhan said, adding that the estimated investment from these plans were $22.9 billion. The new oil and gas production from these fields in the KG Basin is expected to reach up to 22.27 billion cubic meters of…
(FE) Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia pledged to curb exports from next month and OPEC called on several members to boost compliance with production cuts to help rein in global oversupply and tackle flagging prices. Gains were also supported by a warning from Halliburton’s executive chairman that the growth in North American rig count was “showing signs of plateauing,” clouding a boom in US shale oil production. London Brent crude for September delivery was up 30 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $48.90 a barrel by 0206 GMT after settling up 1.1 percent on Monday. US West…
(FE) A section of beleaguered gas-based power producers has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the special favours being given to Ratnagiri Gas and Power (RGPPL) — previously Dabhol Power. In the letter, reviewed by FE, these firms sought a “level-playing field for all gas-based power plants and not single out (the incentives) for operationalisation of Dabhol”. The section of the industry alleges that RGPPL’s continuing 550 MW power supply to the Indian Railways, even after the expiry of the “scheme for operationalisation of stranded gas-based power plants”, without any tender or bidding mechanism is not in line with edicts of the…