(FE) The MCD election results 2017 is set to be declared in a few hours from now. After weeks of heated campaigns by leaders of competing parties — AAP, BJP, Congress, BSP, JD(U), Shiv Sena, Swaraj India etc– and a literally hot election day on April 23, the results today would not only affect the lives of the common men and women of the national capital for the next five years but also the political parties trying to strengthen their hold on Delhi. A win today for Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would prove that his famous victory in…
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(ET) India’s production of Coal Bed Methane (CBM), a clean energy source extracted from coal seams, grew more than 44 percent last financial year to around 565 million standard cubic metres (MMSCM) as compared to 393 MMSCM in 2015-2016. This comes as a major boost for the government’s efforts to cut down India’s import dependence for energy supply. The huge growth in CBM output in 2016-17 was, however, lower than the government’s projections. India’s upstream regulator DGH had last year informed a parliamentary panel India’s CBM production was pegged to quadruple to 1,449 MMSCM at the end of 2016-2017. Oil…
(PTI) Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel has said the Indian banking system could be better off if some public sector banks are consolidated to have fewer but healthier entities, as it would help in dealing with the problem of stressed assets. “As many have pointed out, it is not clear that we need so many public sector banks. The system could be better off if they are consolidated into fewer but healthier banks,” Dr. Patel said while delivering the Kotak Family Distinguished Lecture at Columbia University here. He said since there were cooperative banks and micro-financial institutions to…
(FirstPost) The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday cancelled 15 public holidays in marking the birth or death anniversary of eminent personalities. Most of the holidays had been declared by the previous Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) governments apparently to keep certain sections of the society in good humour, often with an eye on the vote bank. However, the state Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday decided to cancel 15 such public holidays in educational institutions. “Instead, students in schools and colleges would now be taught about the great personalities on these days,” Cabinet minister Shrikant Sharma said while briefing media persons…
The Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 47th Foundation Day of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) today and said that HUDCO is playing an important role in taking financial inclusion forward in the country, as it is taking care of the housing finance needs of the economically deprived sections. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu said that in the last 47 years, HUDCO had constructed 16 million residential units across the country and over 92 per cent of these dwelling units have benefited the economically weaker sections and low income groups. He further…
(AU) घाटी में लगातार बिगड़ते हालात से चिंतित पीडीपी प्रमुख महबूबा मुफ्ती ने कहा है कि यदि केंद्र ने बातचीत में लगातार देर की तो उन्हें मुख्यमंत्री पद की कुर्सी छोड़ने में किसी प्रकार झिझक नहीं होगी।सूत्रों का कहना है कि यूनिफाइड कमांड की बैठक से पहले गुपकार रोड स्थित आवास पर पार्टी की कोर ग्रुप की बैठक में घाटी के हालात पर चर्चा की गई। साथ ही प्रधानमंत्री तथा गृह मंत्री के साथ हुई मुलाकात की उन्होंने जानकारी दी। सूत्रों ने बताया कि बैठक में उन्होंने साफ शब्दों में कहा कि वे पार्टी की रीति-नीति से किसी प्रकार का…
(Tribune) Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today met Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh in New Delhi. He apprised him of agriculture-related schemes in the state in detail. The Chief Minister urged the Union Minister to approve a cluster-based farming project, to be funded by the World Bank, worth Rs 71,470.00 lakh for a period of seven years for Uttarakhand. The Chief Minister informed the Union Agriculture Minister that 88 per cent agricultural land was non-irrigated in the state, besides the fact that agriculture was a major source of livelihood of the people of the state and 91 per cent…
(HT) नक्सली हमले के बाद केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री राजनाथ सिंह आज छत्तीसगढ़ जाएंगे और हमले की जानकारी लेंगे। इस हमले में 25 सीआरपीएफ जवान शहीद हो गए। इसमें 8 जवान घायल भी हुए हैं, जिसमें 4 की हालत गंभीर बनी हुई है। नक्सली जवानों के हथियार भी लूट कर ले गए हैं। राजनाथ सिंह के छत्तीसगढ़ दौरे के दौरान गृह राज्यमंत्री हंसराज अहीर और सीआरपीएफ के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी भी होंगे। हमले के बाद अपनी प्रतिक्रिया देते हुए राजनाथ ने कहा कि सरकार इसको चुनौती कीतरह ले रही है और इसके दोषियों को बख्शा नहीं जाएगा। नक्सलियों ने यह हमला दक्षिणी बस्तर…
(PK) भारतीय रेल जुलाई में डबल-डेकर एसी यात्री (उदय) एक्सप्रेस शुरू करेगी. यह ट्रेन रातभर की यात्रावाली एक विशेष श्रेणी की सेवा होगी, जो अधिक मांगोंवाले रेल खंडों पर चला करेगी. आराम से बैठनेवाली कुर्सियों से सुसज्जित, 120 सीटोंवाले एसी डिब्बे में स्वचालित मशीनों से यात्रियों को खाना, चाय और कोल्ड ड्रिंक परोसा जायेगा. उदय सेवा दिल्ली-लखनऊ जैसे अधिक मांगवाले मार्गों पर चलेगी और नियमित मेल – एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों की थ्री एसी श्रेणी की तुलना में इसका किराया कम होगा. सभी डिब्बे में वाइ-फाइ स्पीकर प्रणाली से लैस बड़े पर्दे वाले एलसीडी लगे होंगे. एक अधिकारी ने बताया कि डबल…
(HT) Aiming to expand his party’s footprint ahead of the 2019 general elections, BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday will meet voters at Naxalbari, the West Bengal village from where Left-wing extremism started in late 1960s. Shah plans to spend three days each in the TMC-ruled West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat, Telangana and Lakshadweep in an attempt to strengthen his party’s prospects of winning the elections. By starting his drive from Naxalbari, Shah will give a message of solidarity to BJP workers, who have “suffered” violence there, Union minister Smriti Irani said.The right-wing party has accused the ruling TMC of unleashing violence…