(DJ) केंद्रीय सड़क एवं परिवहन मंत्री नितिन गडकरी ने बताया कि ईस्टर्न पेरीफेरल एक्सप्रेस-वे देश का पहला एक्सिस कंट्रोल एक्सप्रेस-वे है। इसमें कहीं भी सर्विस लेन नहीं होगी। केंद्रीय मंत्री शुक्रवार सुबह चांदीनगर क्षेत्र के सिंगौलीतगा-सरफाबाद गांव के बीच निर्माणाधीन एक्सप्रेस-वे का निरीक्षण करने पहुंचे थे। बागपत के 11 गांवों से यह एक्सप्रेस वे गुजर रहा है। सुबह नौ बजे सिंगौलीतगा गांव के पास एक्सप्रेस-वे पर ही बनाए गए हेलीपैड पर वह हेलीकॉप्टर से पहुंचे। उनके साथ बागपत के सांसद डा. सत्यपाल सिंह भी थे। वहां से निरीक्षण करते हुए कार से डेढ़ किमी दूर सरफाबाद गांव के पास पहुंचे।…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(TOI) Don’t spare those who create nuisance irrespective of their political leanings as law and order is the top priority, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has told police officials. Adityanath has also told senior cops to hear public grievances daily+ from 9 to 11 am and address the problems faced by the people. The chief minister has also issued directives that electricity related problems+ in all villages being provided power between 7am to 5pm be fixed. “The chief minister has stressed that law and order is the top priority of the and the police have been clearly told that no nuisance,…
(Hindustan) रेलवे की व्यस्त मार्गों पर क्षमता बढ़ाने की योजना अगर परवान चढ़ती है तो 2021 से यात्रियों को उनके पसंदीदा ट्रेनों में सीट पक्की मिलेगी। फिलहाल मांग और ट्रेनों में सीट की उपलब्धता के बीच काफी अंतर है। विशेष रूप से दिल्ली-हावड़ा और दिल्ली-मुंबई मार्गों पर। इसके कारण कई यात्रियों को वेटिंग टिकट मिलता है। इसका मतलब है कि अगर उनकी टिकट पक्की नहीं हुई यानी सीट नहीं मिली तो यात्री को यात्रा की अनुमति नहीं होगी। मांग-पूर्ति में इस अंतर को पूरा करने के लिये रेलवे व्यस्त मार्गों पर और यात्री ट्रेन पेश करने की योजना बना रहा…
(FE) Latching onto the Supreme Court’s verdict on Lokpal issue, BSP supremo Mayawati today asked the Narendra Modi government to shun its “stubborn attitude” and immediately appoint the anti-corruption ombudsman. “The Prime Minister now needs to display honesty and his good intentions towards fighting corruption and appoint the first Lokpal of the country,” she said. Her statement came hours after the apex court ruled that Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, is a “workable piece of legislation” and it was not justifiable to keep its operation pending. The Modi government has been misusing official machinery and hatching conspiracies in its bid…
(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) raided seven petrol pumps here which were allegedly using remote-controlled electronic chip in fuel dispensing machines to dupe unsuspecting consumers. All the seven petrol pumps have been sealed and about 14 people were being questioned in this connection, ASP (STF) Arvind Chaturvedi said today. On a tip-off, STF sleuths last night picked up an electrician who used to instal these chips in petrol dispensing machines which reduced the fuel output, he said. “On his information, we carried out raids in seven petrol pumps and found that all of them were using the…
(PTI) Abolition of the 25-year-old Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is in the final lap and this will set the stage for more reforms in the FDI policy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. He also said some “tough steps” are required so that India increasingly becomes a tax-compliant society. Jaitley had in his Budget for 2017-18 proposed abolition of FIPB — an inter-ministerial body under the Finance Ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs that processes FDI proposals and makes recommendations for government approval. “I am now in the final stages of doing away with the FIPB because 90 per cent of…
(DJ) जम्मू-कश्मीर के अनंतनाग स्थित जेएंडके बैंक की ब्रांच पर दो आतंकियों ने शुक्रवार को हमला बोल दिया। जिसके बाद आतंकियों की सुरक्षाकर्मियों से मुठभेड़ शुरू हो गई। इस फायरिंग में सीआरपीएफ का एक जवान घायल हो गया, जबकि एक आतंकवादी को पकड़ लिया गया है। फायरिंग के दौरान एक आंतकी फरार होने में कामयाब हो गया है। बता दें कि इससे पहले गुरुवार को कुपवाड़ा में सेना के कैंप पर हुए आतंकी हमले में एक कैप्टन, एक जेसीओ और एक जवान शहीद हो गए हैं। हालांकि जवाबी कार्रवाई में सेना ने दो आतंकियों को भी ढेर कर दिया था।…
(PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today sounded a note of caution on protectionism, saying the world should debate whether it would make the global economy more efficient or sluggish. The minister, however, took comfort from the fact that voices of protectionism are not heard in India. “…You suddenly found a contrarian trend now moving in the developed economies itself. The reasons would be different in each economy and the trend really is can we reverse this whole process. And that’s a little worry which does exist,” Jaitley said while referring to the growing voices of protectionism especially in the United…
Under the Government of India’s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) over 21 lakh conventional street lights have been replaced with LED street lights across the country. The newly installed lights have led to brighter streets, feeling of enhanced safety and security among the residents and motorists. Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a Public Energy Services Company under the administration of Ministry of Power, Government of India (GoI) is the implementing agency for SLNP. The installation of LED street lights has resulted in Annual energy savings of 295 million unit kWh, avoided capacity of over 73 MW and reduction of 2.3 lakh…
(FE) In its bid to attract investment and bring Uttar Pradesh on par with top industrial states, the Yogi Adityanath government is planning to set up an industrial development board under the chief minister’s office. It will be a one-stop solution to all the industry-related issues. This umbrella department would be governed on the principles of a single-window system and would facilitate clearances within 30 days instead of 120 days that had been mandated by the previous industrial policy. Giving details at the end of the fifth meeting of the group of ministers that is drafting the new industrial policy,…