(FE) India’s oil marketing companies, on Wednesday, hiked petrol price by Rs 1.23/litre and diesel by Rs 0.89/litre tracking global crude oil prices in the trailing fortnight, reported ANI. This comes in the wake of petrol prices being cut by as much as Rs 2.16/ litre and diesel by Rs 2.10/ litre pan-India as crude rates fell. This was done on May 15 last. This cut itself had come after four-week trends of rising rates. The three state-run oil marketing firms – Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp review retail fuel prices periodically and usually revise…
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(AU) प्रधानमंत्री मोदी नरेंद्र मोदी ने चार यूरोपीय देशों की यात्रा के तहत रूस पहुंच गए हैं। 1 जून को मोदी रूसी राष्ट्रपति ब्लादीमिर पुतिन के साथ 18वें भारत-रूस सालाना सम्मेलन में हिस्सा लेंगे।इसके बाद वह 2 जून को सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग इंटरनेशनल इकोनॉमिक फोरम को संबोधित करेंगे। मोदी इसे रूस के राष्ट्रपति ब्लादीमिर पुतिन के साथ संयुक्त रूप से संबंध करेंगे। फोरम में भारत इस बार मेहमान देश है। इसे दोनों देशों के 70 साल पुराने रिश्तों के जश्न के तौर पर देखा जा रहा है। मोदी की रूस यात्रा बेहद अहम मानी जा रही है क्योंकि पुतिन के साथ…
(AU) जम्मू-कश्मीर में सोपोर के नाथी पोरा इलाके में गुरुवार सुबह को सुरक्षाबल के जवानों ने मुठभेड़ में दो आतंकियों को ढेर कर दिया। बताया जा रहा है कि दोनों आतंकी नाथी पोरा के एक घर में छुपे हुए थे।एक पुलिस अधिकारी ने बताया कि सुबह करीब 3:30 बजे नाथी पोरा इलाके में आतंकवादियों की मौजूदगी के बारे में जानकारी मिलने के बाद सुरक्षाबल ने घेराबंदी कर सर्च ऑपरेशन चलाया। उन्होंने कहा, सर्च ऑपरेशन के दौरान आतंकवादियों ने सुरक्षाबल के जवानों पर गोलीबारी की। पुलिस अधिकारी का कहना है कि अब तक कोई जवान हताहत नहीं हुआ है।
(PTI) The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for the state of Nagaland was launched by minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Imkong L Imchen on Wednesday at IMC Hall Dimapur. The PMUY scheme will benefit 1.8 lakh beneficiaries in two years indentified through the 2011 socio-economic census data. 20 beneficiaries representing the 1.8 lakh were handed the connection at the launching programme on Wednesday. The launch of PMUY was delayed for a period of one year in the northeast region due to ‘technical reason’ and Nagaland is only the second state after Assam where PMUY scheme has been launched, said…
(PTI) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today hit out at the BJD government in Odisha accusing it of having failed on all fronts and asked the people to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi for overall development of the state. “I have come here to give account of the NDA government’s activities in the last three years. Representatives are servants of the public. Therefore, we need to give account of the government,” Pradhan said while launching party’s ‘sab ka saath, sab ka bikas’ series of programme at Gunupur. Pradhan said that the Modi government has raised the amount for building pucca…
We are Pleased to inform you that Himalayan Wildlife Foundation in association with Himalayas You and Me Foundation (HUM) is organizing Corbett Wildlife Fest 2017 on 2nd June 2017 at The River View Retreat, Jim Corbett. This one-day event will be focused towards spreading awareness Human Wildlife Interactions and sustainable Livelihood in Himalayan Region. The fest aims to bring together wildlife conservationalist and officials from Forest Department, distinguished anthropologist and Different NGO’s on one platform. The Fest will involve a symposium involving stakeholders across government, civil society, corporates and community, and socio-cultural events on its sideline.
(PTI) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the people are perceiving a “momentum towards betterment” during the three years of Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre. “The country has been witnessing a positive mindset under Modi. The world is praising India for its achievements,” Parrikar said, sepaking to reporters here. People are feeling a “momentum towards betterment”, he added. “Indians are getting the respect which they deserved,” the former union defence minister said.
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called on “more and more German companies” to invest in India even as the speedy conclusion of an India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) was the focus on the German side. Highlighting the huge potential that remains untapped in the economic partnership during his inaugural address at the Indo-German Business Summit here, Modi said India will welcome German companies with open arms. “There are 600 Indo-German joint ventures operating in India, employing 200,000 people. But there is huge potential as Indo-German economic cooperation is below its full potential and to enhance this, we in India…
(FE) The Narendra Modi government’s ambitious project to provide pucca houses to all by 2022 may have to be scaled down, as the progress so far has been rather tepid. After a delayed start in November last year, the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)-Gramin, the main component of the project, saw construction of just 885 houses in rural areas in FY17, a far cry from the initial target of building 44 lakh houses. The ministry of rural development has now extended the deadline for constructing the 44 lakh houses to the end of 2017, but even this plan looks very…
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