Author: Aruna Sharma

(AU) शनिवार को मतगणना के दौरान उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री और हरिद्वार ग्रामीण और किच्छा विस सीट से कांग्रेस प्रत्याशी सीएम हरीश रावत ने कहा कि चुनाव नतीजों को लेकर उनके मन में उत्साह होने के साथ ही आशंका भी है।उन्होंने क‌हा कि जिस तरह से मैंने चुनाव में पूरी ताकत से प्रचार किया। अब चाहता हूं कि भगवान मुझे इतनी ताकत दे कि में राज्य का विकास भी पूरी तरह से कर सकूं। रावत ने कहा कि हम उत्तराखंड में कम से कम 45 सीट जीतेंगे तभी राज्य के लिए बेहतर काम कर पाएंगे। उन्होंने कहा कि यदि पूर्ण बहुमत…

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(TOI) Will Congress stage an encore and form the government in Manipur or will BJPmanage to gain a strong foothold in the state and get a majority? How big will be the impact of regional parties like that of Irom Sharmila’s newly-formed People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance? Here are the latest and live updates from Manipur assembly elections 2017. * Big new : CM Okram Ibobi Singh set to win after taking an insurmountable lead.* BJP carves out some space and his now leading in 14 seats. While still close, Congress’ 15-year-rule here perhaps has never faced this much heat.…

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(TOI) Who will form the next government in Punjab? Which party or alliance will get a majority? Is a majority even possible? Here are the latest and live updates from Punjab assembly elections 2017. * Big news: SAD-BJP alliance picks up pace to overtake AAP, now leading in 22 seats as against AAP’s 21. Congress though flying towards the finish line.* Congress’ Navjot Singh Sidhu leading from Amritsar East seat. * Early in the day still but is it indeed a new dawn? He is leading in Patiala constituency but still trailing in Lambi. Congress though faring strong in Punjab…

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(AU) प्रधानमंत्री की लोकप्रियता और उनके सुधार एजेंडों की कसौटी के तौर पर देखे जा रहे पांच राज्यों के चुनाव परिणाम के रुझान आने शुरू हो गए हैं। लोकसभा चुनाव 2019 के सेमीफाइनल के तौर पर भी देखे जा रहे इन चुनावों को गेमचेंजर माना जा रहा है। गाजीपुरः सैदपुर सीट से बीजेपी के विद्यासागर सोनकर आगे – वाराणसी दक्षिणी सीट पर बीजेपी पीछे – अकाली दल के बिक्रम सिंह मजीठिया आगे चल रहे हैं। – मुजफ्फरनगर की 6 सीटों पर बीजेपी आगे चल रही है।

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(FE) Counting of votes for the state legislative assembly election in the five states will begin on Saturday morning at 8 AM amidst tight security. The Congress claims that it would come to power in Punjab after a decade. Meanwhile, the election also holds a lot of significance for the Aam Aadmi Party which hopes to put up a good show in its first assembly elections outside Delhi. In Punjab, votes are to be counted at 54 centres across 27 locations in the state with an 117-member assembly. The EC is reported to have issued strict guidelines for the arrangement for…

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(FE) Results for the five states, including Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, are due today. Touted as the semifinal before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the outcome of these elections will be seen as a virtual referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and his reforms agenda. The results of Uttar Pradesh will have a bearing on the country’s political landscape. The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance in Uttar Pradesh is hoping to stop the BJP juggernaut, which had earlier stumbled in Bihar and Delhi, and lead the way for opposition unity in the run up to the 2019 General Elections. Congress is…

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(ET) NTPC started power generation from India’s largest floating solar power plant at Kayamkulam in Kerala, on Friday. The 100 kWp floating solar generation plant, largest of its kind in India, was indigenously developed as a part of ‘Make In India’ initiative, at Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Plant (RGCCPP) in Kerala’s Kayamkulam district, the company said in a statement. Solar panels mounted on floating boards that hold them in place saves land usage and has been found to be efficient than the ones installed on land. These floating platform were indigenously developed by NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance, the…

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(ET) ONGC has put to production two discoveries it has made in Jorhat district in Assam in 2016-17. After almost three years this is ONGC’s biggest discovery in Assam. Director (Onshore) of ONGC, Ved Prakash Mahawar who was in Guwahati on Friday said, “After three years we have done reserve accretion 10 Million metric tones in Assam. We have made two good discoveries Sufayan and Dayalpur. We are getting production of 50 tones per day from these fields and the overall productioproduction of Jorhat asset have increased from 350 tones per day to 400 tones per day.” He added, “As…

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(AT) जैसे जैसे चुनाव परिणामों के रुझान आ रहे हैं, राजनीतिक खेमों में धड़कनें तेज़ होती जा रही हैं. भाजपा को उत्तर प्रदेश में अपने वनवास के खत्म होने का इंतज़ार है. कांग्रेस को 27 साल से बेहाल यूपी में साइकिल का सहारा है. मायावती का हाथी अकेला चला है लेकिन क्या अपने दम पर वो बहुजन समाज पार्टी को सत्ता तक पहुंचा सकेगा या फिर इसबार साइकिल पर बैठेगा हाथी, ऐसे कई सवालों ने मतगणना के कौतुहल को और बढ़ा रखा है. अब तक मिले रुझानों में 244 सीटों में से 176 पर बीजेपी आगे चल रही है. सपा-कांग्रेस…

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(Pragativadi) Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan recently visited MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts for an Energy conference and then gave a talk at Harvard last week. During his trip, the Odia community hosted a celebration to welcome him. Members of other Indian communities also participated in the event.

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