(TOI) कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने कहा है कि निगम चुनाव में नेताओं की पत्नियों को टिकट नहीं मिलेगा। उन्होंने निगम चुनाव में सही प्रत्याशियों को टिकट दिए जाने का आश्वासन दिया। दिन में कांग्रेस की कई महिला नेत्रियों ने राहुल गांधी से मुलाकात की। उन्होंने राहुल गांधी को बताया कि वे कई वर्षों से कांग्रेस की कार्यकर्ता हैं। लेकिन, जब टिकट देने की बारी आती है तो नेताओं की पत्नियों को टिकट दे दिया जाता है। इस पर राहुल गांधी ने उन्हें आश्वासन दिया कि वे खुद इस तरह के मामलों को देंखेंगे और नेताओं की पत्नियों को टिकट…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(HT) आरजेडी अध्यक्ष लालू प्रसाद यादव ने बीजेपी को पराजित करने के लिए मायावती और मुलायम सिंह यादव समेत सभी धर्मनिरपेक्ष ताकतों से एकसाथ आने का आग्रह किया। लालू ने कहा, बीजेपी को हराने के लिए मायावती और मुलायम सिंह यादव समेत सभी धर्मनिरपेक्ष पार्टियों को एकसाथ आना चाहिए। अगर ऐसा होता है तो भाजपा की रणनीति धाराशाई हो जाएगी। उन्होंने दावा किया केंद्र सरकार आरक्षण के फायदों को खत्म करना चाहती है। साथ ही कहा कि जातियों की जनसंख्या के अनुरूप बजट निधार्रण के अलावा जातिगत जनगणना को सार्वजनिक करने की मांग को लेकर सरकार पर दबाव डालने के…
(FE) State-run Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) will sanction Rs 13,000 crore for clean energy projects next fiscal in the country, vying for around 20 per cent of the loan market share. With the government aiming at adding around 15 to 16 GW of clean energy projects, including solar and wind, there would be total credit market size of around Rs 65,000 crore. “We have planned to sanction around Rs 13,000 crore credit to clean energy project developers in the country in next financial year, which would be around 20 per cent of the market share,” IREDA Chairman K…
(FE) Digitisation of payment system would go a long way in checking corruption and exploitation of the poor by moneylenders, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. With digitisation, the poor people would be able to get loan easily instead of approaching money-lenders, who often exploit them, Pradhan said while inaugurating the 2nd Digi-Dhan Mela of Odisha. The government was also promoting Aadhaar Enabled Payment System in the country to promote digitisation of financial services among the general public, he said.
(PTI) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said a new roadmap is afoot to strengthen the border security and seal firmly the International Border with Bangladesh and Pakistan.”The Centre has chalked out a new roadmap to strengthen the border security and plans to seal the International Borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan,” Singh said, addressing the Passing Out Parade of the BSF assistant commandants at the BSF Academy at Tekanpur near here. The parade also saw the first woman assistant commandant of India’s border guarding force, Tanushree Pareek, passing out with Home Minister Singh registering his praise for the BSF’s first…
(FE) There is some good news for the rural citizen of the country as Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is expecting to fulfil its promise of bringing electricity to all the villages of the country by the end of 2019 well before the deadline. Lauding Central government’s efforts to enable electricity in various villages of the country, Union Minister Piyush Goyal took to micro-blogging site Twitter and said, “With 12,708 villages electrified since ’15, Govt’s mission to provide ‘Power for All’, set to complete before 2019.” Goyal, in the past, had said that PM Modi’s pledge in 2015 to electrify…
(AU) गुजरात के पाटन जिले के वडवाली गांव में दो पक्षों के बीच हुई सांप्रदायिक झड़प में एक युवक की मौत हो गई। वहीं, तकरीबन 12 लोग घायल हैं। सूचना मिलने पर मौके पर पहुंची पुलिस ने स्थिति को नियंत्रित करने के लिए कई राउंड हवाई फायरिंग की।मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक 10वीं में पढ़ने वाले दो छात्र पेपर देकर लौट रहे थे। इसी दौरान दोनों के बीच हल्की बहस ने लड़ाई का रूप ले लिया। धीरे-धीरे दोनों पक्षों के लोगों की संख्या बढ़ गई। इसके बाद एक पक्ष के गांव से आए तकरीबन 5000 हजार लोगों ने एक वर्ग विशेष…
(FE) The newly elected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced Rs 1 Lakh subsidy for the medically fit people who wish to go for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. Adityanath, addressing his Parliamentary constituency of Gorakhpur, said: “Those who want to go for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage (if they are physically fit), will be given a subsidy of Rs 1 lakh.” He further added that a Kailash Mansarovar Bhavan will be built either in Lucknow, Ghaziabad or Noida soon. The CM, who was addressing his public meet after taking over as CM, said that no one will be discriminated on…
(ET) Nepal has requested India to provide additional power through two newly-built transmission lines. The construction of the 132KV Kushaha-Kataiya and 132KV Raxual-Parwanipur cross-border transmission lines was completed recently, Kathmandu Post reported. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned power utility, has requested India to provide 50 MW of electricity through each of these transmission lines. The NEA is planning to supply electricity bought from India through industrial corridors in Nepal, such as the one located on the Bara-Parsa stretch. Nepalese ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhaya in a meeting with Indian Minister of State for Power, Piyush Goyal, requested…
(ET) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today his ministry has drawn up a mission to save Rs 41,000 crore on electricity energy bills over the next ten years by betting big on solar energy, even as it expects to mop-up Rs 17,000 crore through non-fare revenue modes. Addressing a gathering after commissioning various rail infra developmental works on South Central Railway (SCR) from Hi-Tech city railway station here, he said his Ministry has drawn up ‘Mission 41K’ to save 41,000 crore on the expenditure on energy consumption over the next 10 years. Prabhu said after taking over as Railway minister he…