Author: Aruna Sharma

(DJ) उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार की किरकिरी कराने वाले मथुरा के डबल मर्डर तथा लूट कांड में पुलिस को पांच दिन बाद बड़ी सफलता मिली है। इस मामले में मथुरा पुलिस ने आज तड़के राजस्थान पुलिस की मदद से पांच लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया है। रंगा के साथ आदित्य, नीरज, चीनी, आयुष और छोटू पकड़े गए हैं। नीरज के पेट और पीठ में गोली लगी है, जबकि रंगा के पैर में गोली लगी है। मुठभेड़ में घायल नीरज को आगरा रेफर कर दिया गया है। मथुरा के  कोयला वाली गली  में मयंक चैंस पर हुई लूट का पर्दाफाश हो गया है। आधा दर्जन बदमाशों ने…

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(PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today accused the BJP of adopting double standards, saying it questions the food habits of people of particular states only. While taking part in the motion of thanks on Governor Ram Naik’s address in the Legislative Council, he said the BJP does not question the people of Goa and northeastern states about their food habits because it wanted to divide the society on the issue. “Does the prime minister ask foreign dignitaries about their eating habits?” Yadav posed to the BJP members present in the House. He said the BJP governments at the Centre and in…

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(DB) इलेक्ट्रॉनिक वोटिंग मशीनों में गड़बड़ी के आरोपों के बाद इलेक्शन कमीशन आज EVM और VVPAT का लाइव डेमो देगा। साथ ही, ईवीएम में टेम्परिंग के ओपन चैलेंज को लेकर एक प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस भी करेगा। इससे पहले 2009 में भी EC ने EVM पर सवाल उठाने वालों के सामने डिमॉन्स्ट्रेशन किया था। बता दें कि पांच राज्यों में हुए विधानसभा चुनाव के बाद कांग्रेस, सपा, बसपा और आप समेत 16 राजनीतिक पार्टियों ने मशीनों पर सवाल उठाए थे। आरोप था कि वोटिंग मशीनें हैक करके बीजेपी ने चुनाव जीते हैं। दिल्ली असेंबली में ईवीएम जैसी मशीन का डेमो हुआ… -…

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(PTI) In a stern message to Pakistan, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said Indian forces will give “adequate response” to any form of ceasefire violation on the border. After a visit to the Line of Control (LoC), he said Indian Army is fully prepared to foil any form of infiltration bid. For those perpetuating violence from within, he said such people will be dealt with. He also said that investigation is on into the incident of the army allegedly tying a man to the front of a jeep as a human shield, but went on to add that the Army was…

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(FE) India’s state-owned oil companies aim to sustain spending near a three-year high, encouraged by falling oil-services costs and expanding demand. The country’s largest oil refiner Indian Oil Corp. will boost domestic spending by a quarter in the year to March 31 and smaller processor Hindustan Petroleum Corp. plans to invest about 17 percent more this year. Oil and Natural Gas Corp., the biggest explorer and top spender, plans to invest as much as last year. The 11 state-owned companies spent more than one trillion rupees ($16 billion) in the year ended March 31, the highest since 2014. “Spending by…

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on Thursday evening, reviewed the progress of the Namaami Gange programme. During the course of a presentation on the subject, senior officials from various Government departments apprised the Prime Minister of action taken so far, and progress made on this programme. Officials said that the Sewage Treatment Capacity in towns along the river is being enhanced substantially. Considerable focus is being placed on large cities along the Ganga main stem, including Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Howrah and Kolkata. Intensive monitoring and inspection of Grossly Polluting Industries has been taken up. Officials said…

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(Tribune) As a fallout of the Rs 240-crore NH-74 (four laning project) land acquisition scam that originated in Udham Singh Nagar, the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways has stopped compensation payments to owners against land acquisition through the joint accounts system opened in the name of  Competent Authority Land Acquisition (CALA) for different national highway projects. To check misappropriation of funds, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has introduced a single account centralised fund management system for proper management of compensation funds for the land acquired for national highway projects undertaken by the NHAI.“All the payments will be…

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(PTI) The Ministry of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) has a target to employ around five crore people through the khadi industry over the next five years, Union minister Giriraj Singh has said. “We have made a plan to introduce solar-run spinning wheels in KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) so that it can provide employment to over five crore people throughout the nation in the next five years,” Singh told PTI here yesterday. The Union Minister of State for MSME was speaking here on the sidelines of an event, ‘Khadi by Raymond’. “Presently khadi is less than one…

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(TRibune) Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) president Diwakar Bhatt today asserted that another agitation was needed in the state to realise the dreams of state agitation martyrs.Addressing a press conference at the party office in Dehradun today, UKD president Diwakar Bhatt said though the state had been created 16 years ago, the state that was dreamt by state agitationists was still to be realized. “We need to carry out another agitation like one we saw for a separate state,” said Diwakar Bhatt, who is also a state agitationist.He further accused the BJP and the Congress of fooling the people of Uttarakhand…

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(AU) केंद्र सरकार विजय माल्या जैसे भगौड़ा घोषित होने के बाद देश से गायब हो जाने वाले अपराधियों पर लगाम लगाने और उनकी संपत्ति को जब्त करने के लिए एक नया कानून संसद में लाने जा रही है। नए प्रस्ताव में देश से फरार होने वाले अपराधियों के लिए कड़े प्रावधान करने की तैयारी कर ली गई है।गुरुवार को सरकार ने इसकी घोषणा करते हुए कहा कि ऐसे लोग जो आर्थिक अपराधी घोषित किए जा चुके हैं और खुद को बचाने के लिए विदेश भाग गए हैं उन पर लगाम लगाने के लिए संसद में नया कानून लाया जाएगा। ‘भगौड़ा…

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