(PTI) A spate of national-level conferences in Srinagar may be keeping the already hard-pressed police force on its toes, but the administration hopes the meets will give a boost to Kashmir’s crumbling tourism industry. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be addressing a conference of ministers and officials on GST (Goods and Service Tax) in Srinagar later this week. The city’s shopkeepers and hoteliers hope that the conference will help traders do business in the season of protests that has severely hit tourism. For the Jammu and Kashmir Police, busy fighting militancy and controlling student protests, the conferences are an additional…
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(AU) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी सोमवार को मध्यप्रदेश के दौरे पर हैं। अपने दौरे पर पीएम नर्मदा सेवा यात्रा के समापन समारोह पर आज पूजा करेंगे। इस दौरान मध्यप्रदेश सरकार ने 5,000 भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं को नदी को दूषित होने से बचाने के लिए तैनात किया है। यह कार्यकर्ता सरकारी अधिकारियों के साथ मिलकर कूड़े को अलग करेंगे और साथ ही सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि इसका निपटारा सही तरीके से हो।इस कार्यक्रम में करीब 5 लाख लोग हिस्सा लेंगे। इस यात्रा का शुभारंभ मुख्यमंत्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान के हाथों से हुआ था। 5 महीने तक चली इस यात्रा का उद्देश्य नर्मदा नदी की साफ…
(Live Mint) Adani Group’s renewable energy arm is seeking to raise external equity capital after having pumped in millions of dollars of its own money to build a pipeline of projects worth over 2 gigawatts (GW), two people aware of the development said. The proposed fundraising could see Adani’s renewable arm—Adani Green Energy Ltd—raise as much as $200 million (about Rs1,300 crore), said one of the two people cited above, requesting anonymity, as the talks are private. “They have been holding talks with various investment banks over the last couple of months for the same. So far, the group has…
(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…
(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…