(TOI) In a curious turn to the alleged ‘benami’ property of RJD president Lalu Prasad’s family, BJP said on Wednesday that the documents exposing the deal were provided to it by “someone close” to JD(U) president and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi has held several press conferences during the last one week and released papers in public domain to “expose” Lalu. “We are not in office in Bihar. We do not have access to official files. Obviously, an insider from the ruling JD(U) helped us launch the attack on Lalu,” leader of opposition in the assembly…
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(AU) समाजवादी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष अखिलेश यादव ने युवा संगठनों की बैठक में भाजपा सरकार पर जमकर निशाना साधा। कहा कि प्रदेश में कानून-व्यवस्था ध्वस्त है, कार में जलाकर व्यापारी दिनदहाड़े लूटे जा रहे हैं, समाजवादी योजनाओं से छेड़छाड़ की जा रही है।उन्होंने कई घटनाओं का उल्लेख करते हुए कहा कि ईवीएम पर सवाल उठ रहे हैं। आने वाले चुनाव बैलेट पेपर से कराने की मांग को लेकर व्यापक स्तर पर सदस्यता अभियान चलाया जाएगा। अखिलेश यादव बुधवार को पार्टी मुख्यालय में समाजवादी युवजन सभा, छात्र सभा, लोहिया वाहिनी और यूथ ब्रिगेड की सभा में बोल रहे थे। उन्होंने…
(LiveMint) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has begun commercial production of coal bed methane (CBM) gas from two blocks in Madhya Pradesh, two people familiar with the development said.RIL’s move comes after the government approved pricing and marketing freedom for producers of natural gas from CBM on 15 March. The company has deferred production for a while due to lack of clarity over pricing CBM gas. The two blocks are located in Sohagpur East and West. “RIL has commenced commercial production from 24 March 2017 and expects sales to third party customers from May. RIL has appointed Crisil to help in…
(FE) Tuesday’s Supreme Court order on compensatory tariffs has removed the uncertainty over whether a change in government policy like the New Coal Distribution Policy (NCDP) will constitute a “change in law” (CL) that allows the regulator to fully correct the tariff disadvantage arising from it to power generators. The result: Power capacities to the tune of 60,000 megawatts will be completely safeguarded from the cost increases due to vicissitudes of policy changes over the entire period — usually 25 years — of their supply contracts with discoms. The beneficiaries of the policy clarity include a veritable who’s who of…
(FE) The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) has identified a clutch of 10 road projects across a stretch of 646 km to be bundled and bid out in the TOT or toll, operate, transfer mode. This will be the first of the TOT offerings the government has been planning and is expected to fetch it around `3,400-3,500 crore. Six of these road projects are in Andhra Pradesh and stretch across approximately 405 km. The remaining four are in Gujarat and cover roughly 241 km. A senior official in the ministry told FE the National Highways Authority of India…
(FE) For addressing anomalies in the existing Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and to boost farmers’ income, the Niti Aayog has called a wmeeting of state agriculture ministers later this month where the new model APMC Act would be unveiled. Sources told FE that the revamped model APMC Act, would likely to include provisions for single-point levy of taxes, uniformity in mandi taxes, delisting of fruits and vegetables out of the APMC ambit, electronic trading and allowing private players to have their own market yard. The new proposed act would likely to remove the concept of notified market or…
(AU) पिछड़ा वर्ग आयोग को संवैधानिक दर्जा दिए जाने संबंधी संविधान संशोधन बिल पर राज्यसभा में विपक्ष के रुख को नकारात्मक राजनीति बताते हुए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने तीखी आलोचना की है। भाजपा के ओबीसी सांसदों से मुलाकात के दौरान प्रधानमंत्री ने राज्यसभा में इस बिल पर विपक्ष के रुख को हैरत में डालने वाला बताया।विपक्ष के कदम को पिछड़ा वर्ग के अधिकारों को रोकने वाला करार देते हुए पीएम मोदी ने सांसदें से विपक्ष को समझाने की अपील की। सरकार ने भी इस मामले में विपक्ष पर पिछड़ी जातियों के साथ छल करने का आरोप लगाया। गौरतलब है कि…
(BS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the listing of 11 public sector undertakings, including five railway subsidiaries — Ircon International, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Rail Vikas Nigam, Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) and RITES Ltd. The plan to list railway subsidiaries IRCTC and IRFC was mooted by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget. The Department of Public Asset Management (Dipam) has already initiated the process to fix a consultant for the listing of these two companies.The non-railway companies approved for listing are Bharat Dynamics (BDL), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Mazagon…
HPCL conferred with Fastest Growing Organisation – Navratna under हिंदुस्तान रत्न PSU AWARDS 2017 at a function in Delhi, today joined by Union Minister Sh. Nitin Gadkari, Manoj Sinha, Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal . Total 17 awards have been given to PSUs. In Petroleum Sector, ONGC GAIL & HPCL got awards. Awards are organised by HT Media group.
(FE) India’s state-run oil marketing companies plan to revise retail fuel prices everyday, beginning with five cities across the country, to better shield themselves from volatility in global crude oil prices. The three state-run fuel retailers plan to roll out a pilot from May 1 in the cities of Puducherry and Vizag in southern India, Udaipur in the West, Jamshedpur in the East and Chandigarh in the North, before implementing the mechanism nationwide, Reuters reported citing unidentified sources. At present, the three state-run oil marketing firms – Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp – review retail…