Encounter with two terrorists is going on for last 6 hours in Thakurganj, Lucknow with UP ATS. Commandos are trying to capture both the terrorists alive and taking all the precautionary measures for that. Chilli bombs and drill cutter to put smoke and tear gas into house are being used. Denying the media reports that one terrorist is dead, ADG L&O Daljeet Choudhary UP said that both terrorists are Alive in Lucknow. He hoped that operation would end soon and ATS would be able to capture both the terrorists alive.
Author: Aruna Sharma
Government has said that no one will be deprived of the benefits for lack of Aadhaar. In a statement issued today, the Government has reiterated that till Aadhaar number is assigned to any individual, the benefit will continue to be given based on alternate means of identification. It also directed the departments to provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities to their beneficiaries under Regulation 12 of Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations 2016. Considering the usefulness of Aadhaar in curbing leakages and bringing transparency in delivery system, the Government has recently issued orders to use Aadhaar in several other welfare schemes funded from…
In the budget of 2016-17, the Government had announced that the subscribers from recognised Provident Funds and Superannuation Funds would be able to transfer their corpus from these funds to National Pension System (NPS) without any tax implication. With the NPS gaining momentum vis-à-vis other retirement products and a number of queries being raised on the transfer of amounts from recognised Provident/Superannuation Funds to NPS, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has clarified the process through a circular dated 06.03.2017.Accordingly, in case the subscriber is interested to get his/her recognised Provident Fund/Superannuation Fund transferred to NPS, he/she needs to…
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said since this time, the Finance Bill would be passed by the Parliament before the 31st March, 2017, therefore, the different Ministries should be in a stage of readiness as the funds for various schemes would be available with effect from 1st April, 2017. The Finance Minister Shri Jaitley was addressing all the Financial Advisors in the different Central Ministries/Departments after releasing the Revised General Financial Rules (GFRs) – 2017 at the Conference of the Financial Advisors (FAs) in the national capital here today. The Conference of FAs was organised by the Department…
(BS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Bharuch Bus Port today.During his two-day visit to Gujarat, beginning today, Prime Minister Modi will also dedicate a four-lane extradosed bridge over the Narmada at Bharuch on NH-8 and Petrochemicals Complex of ONGC Petro Additions Limited at Dahej to the nation. In a tweet, Prime Minister Modi said, these projects will benefit the people of the state immensely.”Will dedicate to the nation a Four-Lane Extradosed Bridge over the Narmada at Bharuch on NH-8 and Petrochemicals Complex of OPAL at Dahej. I will visit the plant of ONGC Petro Additions…
(BS) ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL)’s much delayed single largest petrochemical plant in the country at Dahej Special Economic Zone (SEZ) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday here.A joint venture company promoted by ONGC, GAIL and GSPC, OPaL is implementing a grass root integrated petrochemical complex located within the SEZ under the Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) at Dahej near Bharuch. At full capacity, the complex will annually produce 1.4 million metric tonnes of polymers such as linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene and 500,000 metric tonnes of chemicals like…
The second round of regional conference titled on ‘Make in India-Make in Steel’ and ‘Doubling per capita Steel Consumption’, organized by Ministry of Steel, for Northern region was inaugurated by Hon’ble Union Steel Minister Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh, today, in Ludhiana. Hon’ble Minister of State for Steel Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, Dr. Aruna Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Mr. Sunil Barthwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Mr. P.K. Singh, Chairman, SAIL, Mr. M. Bhaduri, CMD, HSCL, Dr. Sanak Mishra, Secretary General, Indian Steel Association and representatives from private steel sector were also present during the occasion. Considering the presence of…
(FE) Petrol pumps, which were allowed to accept old currency notes in payments towards refueling of vehicles after demonetisation, are under the scanner of the income tax department for suspected conversion of unaccounted cash, BTVi reported citing unidentified sources.The income tax department is reportedly investigating whether some deposits camouflaged as payments from bogus debtors, allowing tax evaders to convert their undeclared cash money at the petrol pumps. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a surprise move on November 8, demonetised high-value currency notes in order to curb the menace of black money, sucking out 86% of cash currency in circulation in…
(FE) Following a long campaign for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to Gujarat for a two-day trip. The Prime Minister, who was also the former Chief Minister of the state is inaugurating the 1.4 extra dose cable bridge on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway today. Earlier, PM Modi had gone on social networking site Twitter and said that he would dedicate the Four-Lane Extradosed bridge over the Narmada at Bharuch on the National Highway 8, and Petrochemicals Complex of OPAL at Dahej to the nation. The 1.4 km bridge is reported to be the longest…
(FE) The government is looking to raise close to Rs 9,000 crore by selling 10% equity stake each in the state-run companies Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and Oil India Ltd as part of its plan to raise funds from its equity stakes in 16 PSUs to meet its ambitious disinvestment target for the next financial year 2017-18, CNBC TV18 reported on Tuesday citing a wire report, which quoted an unidentified government official. The government could either sell the shares in the open markets, or might ask the companies to buy back the shares themselves, the news report said. While 10%…