(PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and pressed for dialogue. Mehbooba, who is under mounting attack in the face of fresh spurt in violence in Kashmir, briefed Modi on the prevailing situation in the state and the way forward.She told the prime minister that the Centre should seriously think about the welfare of the state. “There is no option but to talk,” Mehbooba said. The PDP and the BJP, which are running the coalition government in the troubled state, are not on the same page on the issue of dealing with the growing…
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(ET) Workers’s of Sri Lanka’s state-run petroleum firm are set to launch an indefinite strike from tomorrow against the government’s proposed deal with India to jointly operate an oil storage facility at the strategic eastern port town of Trincomalee. Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Trade Union Collective workers have threatened to cripple entire transportation sector in the country. Lanka and India are expected to sign an agreement to jointly invest and develop the Trincomalee Port and establish a petroleum refinery and other industries there. The workers have three demands which include getting the government to stop granting outright ownership of some…
(ANI) A crucial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Uttar Pradesh Government coordination meeting will take place here today. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, and BJP’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge Om Mathur and Sunil Bansal will attend the meeting. RSS’s Sahkaryavah Dattatreya Hosebole, along with two kshetra pracharaks, is also expected to be in attendance. This is the first such meeting after the formation of the BJP government in UP and is likely to be held at Adityanath’s residence.Topics likely to be discussed in the meeting are better synergy, role of…
(FE) The first Sovereign Gold Bonds for this fiscal will remain open till April 28 and the bonds will be issued on May 12. (Reuters)Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB)’s scheme first tranche opened for public subscription on Monday. The first SGBs for this fiscal will remain open until April 28 and the bonds will be issued on May 12. Like rest of the series in the past, sovereign gold Bonds will be sold through banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), designated Post Offices (as may be notified) and recognised stock exchanges – National Stock Exchange of India Limited and…
(DJ) अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजारों से मिल रहे मिले जुले संकेतों के बीच सोमवार को भारतीय शेयर बाजार बढ़त के साथ खुले है। प्रमुख सूचकांक सेंसेक्स 120 अंक की तेजी के साथ 29485 के स्तर पर और निफ्टी 36 अंक की बढ़त के साथ 9153 के स्तर पर कारोबार कर रहा है। नैशनल स्टॉक एक्सचेंज पर मिडकैप 0.31 फीसद और स्मॉलकैप 0.33 फीसद की तेजी देखने को मिल रही है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजारों से मिल रहे मिले जुले संकेत अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजारों से मिले जुले संकेतों मिल रहे हैं। जापान की निक्केई 1.34 फीसद की तेजी के साथ 18870 के स्तर पर, और कोरिया…
(NDTV) India toppled Japan as the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to provide cooking gas cylinders to the poor and wean them off polluting fuels, drove up consumption. Imports of LPG, mostly used as cooking fuel, soared 23 percent during the financial year that ended March 31 to 11 million tons, according to data from oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell. Japan’s imports slipped 3.2 percent during the same period to 10.6 million tons, according to its finance ministry. China remains the world’s top importer. Modi’s government in May 2016 embarked…
(FE) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, according to reports. This comes amid the “deteriorating security situation” in the state, as per PTI report. CM Mehbooba is expected to discuss with PM Modi the prevailing situation in the state and the way forward. She is also likely to press for some political initiative from the central government to address the alienation among the people of Kashmir, particularly the youth, which is being reflected in increasing incidents of stone-pelting, the report said. CM Mehbooba’s meeting with PM Modi is…
(DJ) हार्ड टास्क मास्टर माने जाने वाले प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह चाहते हैं कि राज्यों में उनकी सरकारें भी केंद्र सरकार के बनाए रास्ते पर सरपट दौ़डें। इसके लिए पार्टी के सभी 13 मुख्यमंत्रियों की 12 सूत्री फार्मूले पर समीक्षा की गई। लगभग साढ़े तीन घंटे तक चली बैठक में राज्य सरकारों का प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय से समन्वय से लेकर सोशल मीडिया पर सक्रियता, संगठन के साथ सामंजस्य, गरीब कल्याण योजना में प्रगति जैसे मुद्दों पर समीक्षा हुई। प्रधानमंत्री और शाह ने उन्हें सुशासन और गरीबों व युवाओं की अपेक्षा पर तेज गति से बढ़ने का निर्देश…
(DJ) कश्मीर घाटी में मोबाइल इंटरनेट सेवा निलंबित किए जाने से सुरक्षाबलों पर पत्थरबाजी की वारदातों में आश्चर्यजनक रूप कमी आई है। दरअसल घाटी में आतंकियों के खिलाफ ऑपरेशन में बाधा डालने और सुरक्षा बलों पर पत्थरबाजी के लिए युवाओं को वॉट्सऐप ग्रुप के जरिए उकसाया जाता था। एक पुलिस अधिकारी ने रविवार को बताया कि करीब 300 वॉट्सऐप ग्रुप के जरिए पत्थरबाजों को सुरक्षा बलों के ऑपरेशन की जानकारी दी जाती थी और उन्हें मुठभे़ड़ स्थल पर इकट्ठा कराया जाता था। अधिकारी के मुताबिक इनमें से अब 90 प्रतिशत वॉट्सऐप ग्रुप बंद हो चुके हैं। अधिकारी ने बताया कि…
(Live Mint) After more than a decade of nearly static output, state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) expects to increase gas production by nearly 30% over the next three-four years with an investment of around $11 billion, according to two senior company officials with knowledge of the matter. The officials said ONGC will put its blocks in the Krishna Godavari basin (KG-DWN-98/2) and Ratna and R-Series oilfields in Mumbai offshore into production by 2019. The coal bed methane (CBM) blocks in Jharkhand will begin production by 2020, while the Daman offshore fields, which have been pressed into production this…