Author: Aruna Sharma

(HT) Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Sunday accused CM Arvind Kejriwal of accepting Rs 2 crore from Satyendar Jain, who holds the health portfolio, intensifying the infighting in Aam Aadmi Party. (LIVE UPDATES) Mishra’s charges were not even worth responding to, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said. Whatever the party position, the accusation comes at a time when Kejriwal is struggling to keep Delhi’s ruling party together, with several colleagues questioning his style of functioning.The AAP was born out of an anti-corruption movement five years ago. Mishra was a part of it and his sensational charge against Kejriwal will only…

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दिल्ली के तुगलकाबाद इलाके में स्थित रानी लक्ष्मी स्कूल के पास एक कंटेनर डेपो से आज सुबह गैस रिसाव होने से लगभग १०० बच्चों को हॉस्पिटल भर्ती कराया गया | सुबह ७.३० बजे बच्चों ने आँखों में जलन व  सांस में तकलीफ की शिकायत की , इसके बाद फोरन स्कूल खाली करा लिया गया व बच्चों को हॉस्पिटल में भर्ती कराया गया | दिल्ली के डिप्टी सी एम् मनीष सीसोदिआ मौके पे बहुच कर स्थिति का जायजा ले रहें हैं| गैस लीक की सूचना मिलते ही फायर ब्रिगेड मौके पर पहुंच गई|बताया जा रहा है कि पुलिस और एंबुलेंस की…

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(HT) Around 100 students were rushed to a hospital on Saturday morning after a gas leaked from a container close to their school in south Delhi’s Tughlakabad. The students were from the Rani Jhansi school, adjacent to the Inland Container Depot.The nature of the gas was not immediately clear. News agency ANI quoted a vice-principal as saying that students were taken to the hospital after they complained of irritation in their eyes and throat. Police and ambulances rushed to the spot.Freight trains unload containers at the ICD from where they are shipped off by road.

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(Tribune) The 108 Emergency Response Service, a private partner providing emergency ambulance services, not only parked funds to the tune of Rs 18.85 crore but also failed to respond to 21.56 per cent of the emergency calls in the prescribed response time, reveals the new CAG report tabled by the Uttarakhand Government in the Assembly on Wednesday.The audit report says Rs 172.86 crore was released to the private partner between 2008-09 and 2015-2016 against which the operator spent around Rs 154.01 crore. Though the operator had sufficient funds, more funds were released. “As a result, the operator had funds ranging…

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(OT) The fourth meeting of the working group to resolve tax dispute between the Odisha government and the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) remained inconclusive today.The meeting of the core group involving officials of IOCL and the State government could not arrive at an settlement on the tax incentive issue of the former’s Paradip refinery project. Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi told media persons after the meeting in New Delhi that no decision has been taken at the meeting. “Facts have been exchanged between the two sides and negotiations are on,” said Padhi. Besides, Padhi informed that more time would be sought from the…

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(AU) यूपी में सपा की करारी हार के बाद आखिरका समाजवादी पार्टी टूट गई। शिवपाल सिंह यादव ने नई पार्टी का ऐलान कर दिया है। चौंकाने वाली बात ये है कि इस नई पार्टी के अध्यक्ष मुलायम सिंह यादव होंगे। शिवपाल यादव शुक्रवार को पार्टी संरक्षक मुलायम सिंह यादव से मुलाकात करने इटावा पहुंचे। शिवपाल ने अपने बहनोई डॉ. अजंट सिंह के घर मीडिया से मुलाकात कर अपना एक और बड़ा बयान दे दिया। यहां उन्होंने कहा कि सामाजिक न्याय के लिए सेक्युलर मोर्चा बनाया जा रहा है। इसके अध्यक्ष नेताजी मुलायम सिंह यादव ही होंगे। नेताजी को सम्मान दिलाने और समाजवादियों…

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(TH) NTPC’s research arm, NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance), has installed India’s highest temperature Drop Tube Reactor and Photogrammetry System of Solar Thermal Lab. An official statement said that the DTR system is used for combustion characterisation of coal/biomass and is used for designing advanced ultra super critical technology and reducing carbon footprint from fossil fuel plants. The statement also noted that this is India’s first of its kind, indigenously developed, high temperature (designed for 1,500 degree Celsius) Drop Tube Reactor (DTR) system recently.A Photogrammetry System of Solar Thermal Lab has also been installed and commissioned by DLR, Germany at…

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(FE) Union minister for urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday handed over the release order of Rs 1,263 crore to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for different central schemes in the state. The minister, who was in the city to review the implementation of all central urban schemes in Uttar Pradesh, handed over the release order of Rs 375 crore for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Rs 442 crore for Smart City Mission and Rs 446 crore for Lucknow Metro project. Stating that Uttar Pradesh was lagged behind in implementing…

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(PTI) The Samajwadi Party (SP) is ready to support any secular alliance for the presidential poll, which is a few months away, its president Akhilesh Yadav said today. “If there is any secular alliance (for the presidential poll), my party will support it,” he told reporters at the SP headquarters here. His remarks came against the backdrop of CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury recently meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi to explore the possibility of fielding a joint candidate for the presidential poll, even as RJD boss Lalu Prasad talked about cobbling together a Bihar-style ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance). West Bengal Chief…

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(AU) केंद्रीय गृहमंत्रालय ने आम आदमी पार्टी से उसके विदेशी चंदे का हिसाब किताब मांगा है। मंत्रालय जानना चाहता है कि आखिर आम आदमी पार्टी को विदेशी चंदा किन स्रोतों से आता है।गृहमंत्रालय ने इसके लिए पार्टी को 15 दिन का समय दिया है। 15 दिन के अंदर ही केजरीवाल की पार्टी को मोदी सरकार को अपने चंदे का ब्यौरा देना होगा।

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