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Morning briefing: Arun Jaitley to launch eSahyog and PAN camps today

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch eSahyog and PAN camps today. Through eSahyog he will launch the paperless initiative of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT ) under which notices to assesses would be sent to their emails. The P

Evening digest: 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan, deaths in Kashmir

Earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale epicentred in the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan struck at around 2.40 PM, sending ripples across several states like Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, the National Capital Region (NCR), Punjab, Uttar

First Solar Thermal Cooking System installed in NTPC Station

Solar Thermal Cooking System, an innovative low carbon, all weather cooking solution has been installed at an NTPC station. AK Jha, CMD, NTPC inaugurated the STCS which is a joint initiative of NTPC Dadri and NTPC Energy Technology Research Allian

NSPCL pays Dividend to NTPC

NTPC-SAIL Power Company Pvt. Ltd (NSPCL), a 50:50 joint venture of NTPC Limited and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), paid total dividend of Rs100 crore for the year 2014-15 which is 10.20% of equity share capital. NSPCL has been consistent

PSUs to boost fortunes of domestic shipping industry

The government is considering a proposal to make it mandatory for the public sector undertakings to  import of commodities, including oil and coal, to engage the services of Shipping Corporation and other domestic companies. The importing fir

PSUs to be more investor-friendly as govt looks to sell shares

Public sector units may open up now. The Department of Disinvestment (DoD) likes to see listed public sector undertakings (PSUs) in more proactive mode in having investor contact and keep them updated on company plans. This will translate into bet

Lalu calls Biharis as ‘innocent’ in a virtual world comment

Bihar chief minister chief minister Nitish Kumar has taken to social media to hit at prime minister Narendra Modi on facts and promises. Not to be left behind in the virtual world, his alliance partner Lalu Prasad Yadav asked the PM not to mislead

Morning briefing: India-Africa summit from today, record participation by African nations

India and Africa  represent one-third of the world`s population. Now, in a major diplomatic initiative, prime minister Narendra Modi`s government is hosting the third India-Africa Forum Summit from today (October26-29) at Indira Gandhi Indoor

MUDRA: Big help for small business?

As he launched the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) – where Mudra stands for ‘Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency’ on April 8, prime minister Narendra Modi made an important observation. He noted that in our country on

Encouraging signs in Bihar

Amid opinion polls and media blitzkriegs, it is hard to segregate the real mood and emotion of an electorate. This is even more profound in Bihar politics.  The state has gone through two phases of polling and trends have shown encouraging so

How Uttar Pradesh is playing musical chairs with its bureaucrats

On September 20, just a day before the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh were notified, Akhilesh Yadav government effected a major reshuffle involving over 60 IAS and IPS officers. It led to a series of comedy of errors, putting the administrat

​Eraviperoor gram panchayat delivers services the e-way

The ‘E’ in Eraviperoor has a different meaning in this a small village in Kerala. Winner of the prime minister’s award for excellence in public administration (2013-2014), the Eraviperoor gram panchayat has won accolades for its

Soaring price of pulses and the food for elite

Gone are the days for the slogan ‘Dal Roti Khao, Prabhu Ke Gun Gao’ as prices of pulses are going through the roof. The rising prices of pulses have been a serious concern for common men in the recent years. Prices of these staples are

Systematic effort to create communal tension, say veteran Gandhians

We reproduce below a statement issued by veteran Gandhians associated with two leading Gandhian institutions: Peace and harmony is the real ‘development’ Public statement of Senior Gandhians

World No Tobacco Day: Pictorial warning, a picture worth a thousand lives

After a new health minister, a court case, a contempt plea against the health secretary and a full year of deliberations on the harmful effects of tobacco in all forms by the parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation (CoSL), the health mi

Morning briefing: Foreign hand in desecration of holy scriptures, claims Punjab police

The Punjab Police claimed the involvement of foreign hands in the cases of desecration of the holy book of the Sikhs (Sri Guru Granth Sahib) in recent days. The police apprehended many accused at several places in the state. Of seven such cases, p

Evening digest: AAP leaders meet Rajnath Singh to discuss transfer of official

Delhi government today took up with union home minister Rajnath Singh its demand for an inquiry into the transfer of VAT commissioner Vijay Kumar as it alleged that lt governor Najeeb Jung did not consult the Centre before effecting the move. AAP

Jaitley blasts Sena’s intolerance

After president Pranab Mukherjee expressed his concern on rising incidents of intolerance in the country, finance minister Arun Jaitley today hit out at ally Shiv Sena and said that there was an extremely disturbing trend where `some people have r

Huge response to Andhra Pradesh capital project

Initial response has been very encouraging as prime minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for the new capital of the Andhra Pradesh on October 22. The state government’s initiative to involve people in building the new capital Amarava

Maharashtra goes for stock limit of pulses

The Maharashtra government has set stock limits to regulate prices of pulses across markets in the state. The stock limit and regulation provisions would continue till September 2016.  The prices of pulses have risen due to short supply and i

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