(PTI) Bangladesh is looking to open more trade channels with India, widen footprint of border haats and open up routes that were closed during the 1965 war, visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday. Observing that nothing is solved by confrontation but friendship is the solution to all problems, she said the two nations have been able to establish “profound mutual trust and exemplary friendship” over the years. India and Bangladesh have been unable to finalise the long-pending Teesta water-sharing agreement, primarily due to opposition by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Hasina, who is on a four-day visit…
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(PTI) A whopping Rs 5,400 crore worth of “undisclosed income” has been detected by law-enforcing agencies till January 10 since demonetisation came into force last November, the government has told the Supreme Court. It also made references to “various malpractices” which came to fore post demonetisation, including the use of old currency notes for buying gold. Giving details about the raids and recoveries by the law -enforcing agencies, it said that after the demonetisation period of November 9 to December 30, 2016, the Income Tax department had initiated “Operation Clean Money” on January 31 to leverage technology and data analysis…
(PK) पांच राज्यों के विधानसभा चुनाव के बाद अब भारतीय जनता पार्टी राष्ट्रपति चुनाव में जुट गयी है. इसी को लेकर भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने आज एनडीए की बैठक बुलाई है. शाह ने खुद भाजपा के सभी सहयोगी दलों को न्यौता भेजा है आमंत्रित किया है.ऐसा माना जा रहा है कि इस बैठक में भाजपा से नाराज चल रहे सहयोगी दल शिवसेना के प्रमुख उद्धव ठाकरे भी शामिल होंगे. बैठक में शामिल होने के लिए उद्धव दिल्ली के लिए रवाना हो चुके हैं. केंद्र में नरेंद्र मोदी की अगुआई में सरकार बनने के बाद पहली बार एनडीए की महाबैठक…
(Tribune) The state Cabinet yesterday gave its approval for the de-notification of 64 state highways. The move is aimed at giving respite to the Excise Department staring at huge losses following the Supreme Court directives to remove liquor vends along the national and state highways.Briefing mediapersons after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Trivender Singh Rawat, Chief Secretary S Ramaswamy said, “A procedure will be followed for changing the status of the state highways. First, the resolution will be passed by the urban local bodies for de-notifying parts of highways passing through its areas, after which the proposal will be…
(Tribune) Since the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, headed by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, following a landslide victory in the Assembly elections, the focus has shifted in the ruling party to two vacant ministerial posts and adjustment of senior party leaders at the Centre.The BJP decided to give the reins of the state to Trivendra Singh Rawat, a former RSS ‘Pracharak’ and close confidant of party national chief Amit Shah, who was sworn in with a team of nine other ministers leaving two positions vacant. The state could have a total of 12 ministers, including the…
(DB) डायरेक्टोरेटआफ रेवेन्यू इंटेलीजेंस (डीआरआई) की दिल्ली यूनिट झंडेवालान मेट्रो स्टेशन के करीब स्थित एक दफ्तर में छापेमारी कर भारी तादाद में बंद हो चुके 1000 और पांच सौ नोट बरामद किए हैं। डीआरआई के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी के अनुसार यह कार्रवाई एक गोपनीय सूचना के आधार पर की गई थी। कार्रवाई के दौरान दफ्तर से 15.75 करोड़ के 1000 और 500 रुपए के नोट बरामद किए गए हैं। पूछताछ के दौरान आरोपी ने बताया है कि वह कमीशन पर इन रुपयों को बदलवाने की फिराक में था। हालांकि नोट बदलवाने की अंतिम तिथि गुजर जाने के चलते वह अपने मंसूबों…
(FE) No deadline has been set for introduction of Sharia or interest-free banking in India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said. Islamic or Sharia banking is a finance system based on the principles of not charging interest, which is prohibited under Islam. The RBI had earlier proposed opening of “Islamic window” in conventional banks for gradual introduction of Sharia- compliant banking. Responding to an RTI application, the RBI said it has not taken any step to introduce Islamic window in banks for gradual introduction of Sharia-compliant interest-free banking in India. “RBI has not set any deadline for introduction…
(PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday received a pat from President Pranab Mukherjee for completing the budget exercise by March 31 and not seeking a the Vote on Account, which happened for the first time in many years. “I congratulate the Finance Minister for completing the budgetary exercise and seeking the approval of both houses of Parliament, all the expenditure proposals, and all matters relating to the Finance Bill within March 31. “And after many years, I do not remember of after how many years, no Vote on Account was taken this particular year,” the President said. The Vote on…
(JS) देश में दस रुपए के विभिन्न प्रकार के सिक्कों पर जनता के बीच भ्रम को देकते हुए भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने स्पष्ट किया है कि कोई भी सिक्का अमान्य नहीं है और सभी सिक्के चलन में हैं। ये समय-समय पर जारी किए गए अलग अलग डिजाइनों के सिक्के हैं। बैंक का कहना है कि शेरांवाली की फोटो वाला सिक्का, संसद की तस्वीर वाला सिक्का, बीच में संख्या में ‘दस’ लिखा हुआ सिक्का, होमी भाभा की तस्वीर वाला सिक्का, महात्मा गांधी की तस्वीर वाला सिक्का सहित अन्य सभी सिक्के मान्य हैं। केंद्रीय बैंक के अनुसार इन सिक्कों को विभिन्न विशेष…
(PTI) Taking a firm view, the Election Commission tonight cancelled the April 12 bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, saying the electoral process has been “seriously vitiated” by parties through use of money power. After several rounds of meeting with Tamil Nadu election officials, the Election Commission decided to rescind the election notification. It said the by-election will be held in “due course when the vitiating effect created by the distribution of money and gift items to allure the electors…gets removed with the passage of time”. “The Commission is fully satisfied that the current electoral…