(AU) ट्रिपल तलाक के मामले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट में आज भी सुनवाई जारी रहेगी। आज केंद्र सरकार इस मामले में अपना पक्ष रखेगी। कोर्ट के सामने केंद्र सरकार का पक्ष अटॉर्नी जनरल मुकुल रोहतगी रखेंगे। बता दें सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने शुक्रवार को केंद्र सरकार से इस मामले में अपना पक्ष रखने को कहा था। केंद्र सरकार हमेशा से ट्रिपल तलाक के विरोध में है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने मुस्लिम समुदाय से इस मामले का राजनीतिकरण नहीं होने देने की अपील की थी। गौरतलब है कि इस मामले पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने 6 दिन तक सुनवाई करना तय किया है। इस दौरान…
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(IANS) All petrol pumps in the country, which had announced a weekly ‘holiday’ from May 14 and work on a single shift from May 15, called off their proposed agitation on Saturday, an official statement said here. Federation of All Maharashtra Petrol Dealers Association (FAMPEDA) President Uday Lodh said that in view of a review meeting called by Oil Marketing Companies on Wednesday, May 17, it has been decided to postpone the agitation till further notice. The Consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers along with FAMPEDA was planning to launch the ‘Cost Cutting Module’ in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry,…
(PTI) Indian Railways will install CCTV surveillance system at more than 900 stations under the Nirbhaya Fund at an approved cost of Rs 500 crore to strengthen security at rail premises. Tenders will be floated shortly to install about 19,000 high definition CCTV cameras at 983 stations across the country to ensure round-the-clock security to passengers including women. The Centre had created Nirbhaya Fund with a Rs 1000 crore corpus in its 2013 Union Budget to support initiatives by the government and NGOs working towards protecting the dignity and ensuring safety of women in the country. The project envisages installation of cameras…
(PTI) The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in Assam by Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday, a year after the scheme was set in motion first in Uttar Pradesh. The launch of PMUY was delayed in Assam due to certain technical reasons and though Aadhar Card was mandatory to avail the benefit of this scheme, it was relaxed in the state following a request from the chief minister, Pradhan said. The PMUY was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 May, 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Under this scheme, five crore LPG…
(Tribune) The Union Ministry of Food Processing has given its go ahead to set up five cold storage chains in Uttarakhand.These cold chains have been approved under the Central government’s Cold Storage Chain Scheme under which 75 per cent assistance will be provided by the Centre to private entrepreneurs. They will be set up at a cost of Rs 85.64 crore. Three cold stores have been approved for Udham Singh Nagar and one each for Nainital and Haridwar. “Farmers face great difficulty in the absence of cold stores especially after harvesting. These units will help the farmers in preserving their crop…
(ET) Buy Indian and Make in India – the government will bring out a full-fledged ‘price preference’ policy favouring Indian-owned companies. The policy, likely to be finalised by end of May, is being driven by the PMO and is aimed at boosting Indian enterprises across sectors. Preferential pricing is expected to allow additional time to Indian-owned bidding companies so that they can match the lowest bid in case the latter was made by an entity that’s partly Indian-owned or mostly foreign-owned. Top government officials, who spoke off record, told ET that the new price preference policy will help Indian enterprises…
(NDTV) इस साल जुलाई में होने वाले राष्ट्रपति चुनाव में बीजेपी के लिए अपनी पसंद का राष्ट्रपति बनाने का रास्ता साफ होता जा रहा है. आंध्र प्रदेश के दल वाईएसआर कांग्रेस के नेता जगनमोहन रेड्डी ने पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी से मुलाकात कर समर्थन देने का ऐलान कर दिया है. वैसे ही बीजेपी के नेतृत्व वाला एनडीए पहले से ही काफी मजबूत स्थिति में है. 410 सांसद और 1691 विधायकों की ताकत से एनडीए के पास 5,32,019 वोट हैं. उल्लेखनीय है कि राष्ट्रपति चुनाव के लिए देश भर के सभी 4120 विधायकों और 776 सांसदों को मिला कर चुनाव मंडल बनता…
(HT) At least two civilians were killed and three injured in heavy cross-border shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday morning, officials said. Rajouri deputy commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary confirmed the casualties. The identities were not immediately known. This was the third ceasefire violation along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir in past three days. “Heavy cross-border shelling started in border villages Khori, Dhanaka, Ganaih, Kalsian Bhawani, Sarya, Jhangar and Khamba at 7.30am on Saturday,” Choudhary told Hindustan Times.
(TH) Public sector oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) signed an MoU with Kerala Startup Mission, a state government nodal agency for promoting entrepreneurship, to provide aid and investments in start-ups from various technology domains. It will also provide exclusive access for start-ups to its R&D facilities, expertise and network. Aravind Krishnaswamy, General Manager (Strategy), BPCL, and Saji Gopinath, CEO, Kerala Startup Mission, signed the MoU here. The MoU, which will be valid for two years, aims to spur the state government’s efforts and derive long-term benefits from start-ups, an official spokesman of the Government of Kerala said. Among those…
(AT) दिल्ली सरकार में पूर्व मंत्री कपिल मिश्रा के अनशन का आज चौथा दिन है. कपिल मिश्रा ने ‘आप’ नेताओं की विदेशी यात्राओं का हिसाब मांगा है. AAP नेताओं की विदेश यात्राओं की जानकारी सार्वजनिक किए जाने की मांग को लेकर ही उन्होंने अनशन शुरू किया था. कपिल ने कहा कि आज अनशन का चौथा दिन है, मगर केजरीवाल चुप है, ये मनमोहन सिंह का रिकॉर्ड तोड़ना चाहते हैं. कपिल ने कहा कि केजरीवाल शायद जनता को मुर्ख समझने लगे हैं. एसीबी अरविंद केजरीवाल के सलाहकारों से पूछताछ करने वाली है. आगे देखिए कई खुलासे होंगे. इनके पास जवाब नहीं…