(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…
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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…
(FE) In its maiden attempt to raise funds from overseas, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will raise Rs 5,000-10,000 crore via rupee-denominated (masala) bonds sold in offshore market in the current fiscal year. The funds will come “way cheaper” than its average cost of borrowing of 7.44% from the domestic market. an official said. The highway development authority, which conducted a roadshow in Singapore on Monday to woo investors to subscribe to the masala bond, has got tremendous response, including from the likes of GIC and Temasek, Rohit Kumar Singh, member (finance), NHAI, said. NHAI would also conduct roadshows…
(ET) Oil-to-telecom heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) on Monday reported 11.54 per cent year-on-year (YoY) jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 8,053 crore for the March quarter. The oil major had reported a net profit of Rs 7,220 crore in the March quarter of last year. Standalone profit came in at Rs 8,151 crore (up 12.78 per cent YoY), compared with ET Now poll of Rs 8,021 crore. This is the ninth quarter in a row when the company reported a rise in YoY profit growth. Gross refining margin (GRM) for the quarter came in at $11.5 per barrel, compared…
(FE) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said India will continue to grow at 7-8 per cent rate, an ‘absolute normal’ for the nation under the current global environment. Jaitley said as far as the economy is concerned, all the decisions taken by the Modi-Government are consistently in one direction. “The aspirational class in India has become very large and therefore, through the decision making of the government there is a popular support. Election results have indicated that. “Most important decisions as a result of this pressure of public opinion are also finally resulting in decisions with larger political support,” said…