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Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Anant Geete visits BHEL
The Hon’ble Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Sh. Anant Geete visited Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)’s manufacturing unit in Hyderabad. Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL, welcomed the Minister and escorted him around the plant....
Anil Baijal takes oath as Delhi’s Lt Governor
New Delhi, Dec 31 Former Union Home Secretary Anil Baijal on Saturday took oath as the Lt. Governor of Delhi here.Baijal was administered the oath by Delhi High Court Chief Justice G. Rohini at the Lt Governor’s office.Baijal, a 1969-batch Indian...
Akhilesh to soon meet SP MLAs
Lucknow, Dec 31 A crucial Samajwadi Party meeting called on Saturday by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is to begin shortly at his official residence. Yadav who was expelled by his father and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav late on Friday,...
70 trains delayed, 11 cancelled due to fog
New Delhi, Dec 31 At least 70 trains were running late while 11 others were cancelled on Friday due to heavy fog in many parts of north India, a railway official said.According to the Northern Railway official, the Patna Rajdhani was running 25 hours...
India to supply additional 80 MW to Nepal from January 1
Kathmandu, Dec 31 India will supply an additional 80 megawatt of electricity from January 1, 2017, to lessen the energy crisis in the Himalayan nation. According to the Indian Embassy here, Nepal’s Minister of Energy Janardan Sharma held discussions...
RBI relaxes ATM daily withdrawal limit to Rs 4,500 from Rs 2,500
Mumbai, Dec 31 Following expiry of the deadline to deposit demonetised currency in banks, the RBI on Friday relaxed the daily ATM withdrawal limit to Rs 4,500 from the earlier cap of Rs 2,500, with this facility, to be effective from January 1, coming...
REC gets “CBIP Award for Best Power Financing Company”
Shri Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Director (Technical), REC receiving “CBIP Award for Best Power Financing Company” from Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, at CBIP Day Celebrations...
Ban Ki-moon special guest at Times Square New Year countdown
United Nations, Dec 30 Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be the special guest at the Times Square in New York to help drop the square’s famous crystal ball on Saturday night to usher in the New Year, UN officials have said.Ban will...
5 bodies recovered from caved-in Jharkhand mine
Ranchi, Dec 30 Five bodies were recovered from a caved-in coal mine and more than 20 persons were feared trapped dead in Jharkhand’s Godda district on Thursday night, the state police said on Friday.The bodies were recovered during rescue operation...
Sisodia’s office burgled; documents, computers stolen
New Delhi, Dec 30 Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s office was burgled late night on Thursday, the city police said.“There was a robbery at the Patparganj office of Deputy CM late night on Thursday. The exact time is not yet known,”...
PFC conferred with the prestigious ‘CBIP Award 2017’
R. Nagarajan, Director (Finance), A.K. Agarwal, Director (Projects) & D. Ravi, Director (Commercial) PFC receiving the ‘CBIP Award 2017’ for ‘Best Power Finance Company’ from Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Water Resources,...
NTPC Awarded as Best Thermal Power Utility
NTPC awarded as the Best Thermal Power Utility of the country by Central Board of Irrigation and Power(CBIP) on 29th December,2016 at a function held in New Delhi Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Dr....
6.6-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
Jakarta, Dec 30 An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted East Nusa Tenggara of central Indonesia early Friday, but it was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.The quake struck at 5.30 a.m. (local time)...
Demonetisation: Last day to deposit scrapped notes
New Delhi, Dec 30 The deadline to deposit old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in banks ends on Friday. From next week onward, those still holding the scrapped currency can deposit it only with the Reserve Bank of India till March 31, 2017.After March 31,...
Demonetisation will transform Indian economy: RBI governor
Mumbai, Dec 30 On the eve of the deadline for citizens to deposit demonetised currency in banks, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel said that demonetisation will have a transformative effect on the economy going forward, despite some short-term...
No exit from Rajiv Chowk Metro on Dec 31 evening
New Delhi, Dec 30 Commuters will not be allowed to exit the Rajiv Chowk Station after 9 p.m. on December 31, while entry will be confined to two gates, the Delhi Metro said on Thursday. This decision has been taken to keep the revellers away and to...
Will ensure honest taxpayers are not harassed : PM Modi
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his government would introduce tax reforms to ensure that no honest taxpayer is harassed by by officials whileevaders are caught efficiently. In an interview to India Today magazine,...
Demonetisation a tough but apolitical decision : PM Modi
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly defended his widely-criticised demonetisation move, calling it a “difficult” but apolitical decision that was taken to rid the Indian economy and society of the “menace”...
Demonetisation will transform Indian economy : RBI governor
Mumbai, Dec 30 On the eve of the deadline for citizens to deposit demonetised currency in banks, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel said that demonetisation will have a transformative effect on the economy going forward, despite some short-term...