(HT) Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that all the projects envisaged under smart city plans of Jaipur and Udaipur will take off by next month and 50% of projects in Ajmer and Kota would enter implementation stage. He was addressing the media in Jaipur after holding a review of the implementation and progress of new urban missions in Rajasthan. Chief minister Vasundhara Raje was also present on the occasion. Rajasthan is among the 11 states in the country implementing all the six urban missions including the heritage city development and augmentation yojana with the inclusion of Ajmer…
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(PTI) Tata Power today said that its renewable business registered a healthy profit, while surpassing the 2,000 MW operating capacity mark with about 500 MW under construction. In keeping with its commitment to generate 30 per cent to 40 per cent power by 2025 through renewable sources of energy, the company added 1,350 MW of renewable capacity during the year, Tata Power said in a statement. “We are happy to announce that Tata Power has registered a strong growth in renewables, which is one of our key focus areas through our recent acquisition of solar assets. The renewable energy business…
(AU) सीमा पार से लगातार घुसपैठ और आतंकवाद को बढ़ावा दे रहे पाकिस्तान और उसकी सेना को इंडियन आर्मी ने कड़ा मजा चखाया है। भारतीय सेना ने सीमा पार कार्रवाई करते हुए पाकिस्तान की एक महत्वपूर्ण चौकी को तबाह कर दिया।बताया जा रहा है कि इस पोस्ट का सहारा लेकर ही पाक आतंकी भारतीय सीमा में घुसपैठ करने की कोशिश कर रहे थे। सेना की ओर से उस कार्रवाई का वीडियो भी जारी कर दिया गया है। आप भी देखिए ये वीडियो।
(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government has made a record wheat purchase of 23.20 thousand metric tonnes in just 53 days, the BJP state unit said today. During the previous Samajwadi Party regime, total wheat purchase was just 7.9 thousand metric tonnes, BJP’s state spokesman Shalabh Mani Tripathi claimed. “The state government has made a record by purchasing 23.20 thousand metric tonnes wheat in just 53 days. The wheat purchase, which started from April 1, is still on and will continue till Jun 15,” he told reporters here. Tripathi said the wheat purchase process has “demoralised middlemen”, while benefitting farmers by…
(TOI) The Army “very recently” destroyed Pakistani military posts in Rajouri with punitive artillery assaults, to give “a befitting reply to the Pakistan military which aids infiltration into the Indian side” in Jammu and Kashmir. India made its assault along the Nowshera sector in Rajouri. “With the mercury rising and snow-melting in the valley, the chances of infiltration increase from the Pakistani side. The Army is all geared up to counter such threats,” Major General Ashok Narula told reporters in New Delhi. “It was part of the plan to proactively dominate the LoC and counter-terrorism operations to curb infiltration,” he added. On…
Attention of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been drawn to a number of fake websites which have come up recently in connection with the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). It is to bring to the kind notice of general public that official website of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is www.pmujjwalayojana.com. This official website also contains freely downloadable forms to be filled by the prospective beneficiaries for new LPG connection. It is also noticed that the entity with the name www.ujwalayojana.org has issued an advertisement in media regarding appointment of LPG distributorship under RGGLV Yojana. It is clarified that this entity is not authorized by the Ministry to appoint LPG…
(PTI) Having reached out to the masses with his Mann ki Baat radio programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now get people’s feedback on his government’s programmes and policies through Jann ki Baat. Jann ki Baat will form part of the 20-day celebrations the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned to mark the Modi government’s three years in office beginning 26 May, the day he was sworn-in as prime minister in 2014. BJP chief ministers and ministers in states will visit those ruled by their political rivals, with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath travelling to Bihar and his Madhya Pradesh…
(TOI) State-run GAIL will open a new energy route for India early next year by beginning regular imports of shale gas from the US, adding to New Delhi’s bargaining power with its predominantly West Asian suppliers. The gas utility will begin importing gas in ships under a long-term contract from Dominion Cove Point LNG (liquefied natural gas) project from March 2018 and has floated tender for chartering ships for transportation. The company has also made a time-swap deal for a million tonne of US gas for 2018-19 in an attempt to recast its supply portfolio in line with domestic demand. Chairman B…
(Kashmir Reader) M Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Department of Information and Public Relations, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali Monday said that around 3 lakh LPG connections have been issued in J&K under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in Jammu & Kashmir. The Minister said this at a function organised by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at SKICC here on Monday to distribute new connections under PMUY.According to an official statement issued here, the scheme launched here last September by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was aimed at providing free gas connections to six lakh women in…
(TNIE) Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday requested Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for opening seven more Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras (POPSKs) in Odisha. Justifying the need to open more POPSKs and Passport Sewa Kendras (PSKs), Pradhan said there has been increasing demand from various segments of people for issue of passport and the existing facilities are inadequate to meet the demand. In a letter to Swaraj, Pradhan requested to issue necessary instructions for starting POPSKs/PSKs at Angul, Berhampur, Balasore, Kendrapada, Balangir, Jajpur and Bhawanipatna.