New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Wednesday approved the disinvestment of 10 percent paid-up equity capital in state miner Coal India out of the government shareholding of 89.65 percent. “The decision to disinvest would help the government realise an optimum price for the offer for sale of 10 percent of […]
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Wednesday approved the disinvestment of 5 percent paid-up equity in hydrocarbons producer ONGC out of the government’s shareholding of 68.94 percent. “This would further broad base the shareholding of the company and would enhance disinvestment receipts. After this disinvestment, the government of India’s shareholding […]
Lucknow, Sep 11 (IANS) BJP’s star campaigner for the Uttar Pradesh assembly by-polls and Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath Wednesday flouted a ban imposed on a meeting here and addressed party supporters. Having being denied permission to address an election rally at Munshi Puliya in Indiranagar in the Lucknow (East) constituency, Adityanath accompanied by […]
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday asked the authorities to give top priority to providing food and water to the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir and called for a massive effort to ensure basic hygiene and sanitation in the water-logged areas of Srinagar. At a high-level emergency meeting on relief operations […]
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The AAP Monday released a video showing a BJP leader offering money to one of its legislators, inducing him to quit the assembly to improve the BJP’s chances of forming a government in Delhi. The grainy video shot covertly shows Delhi unit vice-president Sher Singh Dagar making the bribe offer to […]
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Delhi unit of the BJP Monday sought an explanation from party vice president Sher Singh Dagar after he was accused of offering money to an AAP legislator to induce him to quit the assembly to improve the BJP’s chances of forming the government in Delhi. A statement issued by the […]
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The National Waqf Development Corporation (NAWADCO) has identified several properties which are being considered for institutional and commercial projects, Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptualla said Monday. “NAWADCO has identified several waqf properties including one in Delhi, two in Rajasthan, six in Madhya Pradesh and seven in Karnataka, which shall be undertaken […]
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court has put on hold the execution of Nithari killings convict Surender Koli by a week. A bench of Chief Justice-designate Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Anil R. Dave passed the order in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, suspending Koli’s execution on his appeal. Koli was represented […]
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) Monday took stock of the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir as over 20,000 persons were rescued from different parts of the state. A home ministry release said the NCMC meeting, chaired by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, was informed that over 20,000 people have been […]
Shillong, Sep 5 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will take the final decision on the demand of certain party legislators for removal of Mukul Sangma as Meghalaya chief minister, party general secretary Luizinho Faleiro said Friday. “I am not the authority. I am here because Congress president wants. And it is finally the Congress president who […]