NEW DELHI : Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the need of the hour is to reduce logistics cost in the country as India cannot be competitive if this cost remains high. He also said the investments in the Sagarmala project will boost the country’s maritime infrastructure, expand freight corridors, make freight […]
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MUMBAI : Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday said creating a single authority for the financial capital is the top priority for the state government which will help “settle better accountability”. Sixteen agencies, including the city civic body, agencies under the state government like MMRDA and Mhada for housing, and also […]
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Days ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Dilip Ghosh has dismissed speculations of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly joining the party, saying he had no idea about it and it had not been discussed. “I have no idea about it, nor has […]
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The ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s win in four out of five municipal wards in the national capital is a message to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for 2022 elections, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday morning as he congratulated the AAP workers. “The people of Delhi have expressed their confidence in us. […]
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The imposition of Emergency by the late former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was a “mistake” but the Congress party “never attempted to capture the constitutional framework” of India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said. Terming the Emergency imposed by his grandmother over 21 months from 1975 to 1977 as “wrong”, Rahul Gandhi said what is […]
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NEW DELHI : Terming the Emergency that was imposed by former prime minister Indira Gandhi a “mistake”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said what happened during that period was “wrong”, but it was fundamentally different from the current scenario as the Congress at no point attempted to capture the country’s institutional framework. In a […]
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NEW DELHI : The government will hold a workshop on Wednesday seeking to ease the compliance process for obtaining quality certificates from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The workshop on ‘Easing Compliance for Certifications’ is being organised on March 3 jointly by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, along with the […]
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CHANDIGARH : Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya has given assent to the Bill providing 75% reservation in the private sector to job seekers from the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said today. The Haryana Assembly had late last year passed the Bill, a key poll promise made by the ruling alliance partner Jannayak Janta […]
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The counting of votes for polls to 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayat, and 231 taluka panchayat in Gujarat is being held on Tuesday. The polling, which witnessed a three-way contest between BJP, Congress and AAP, took place on Sunday with municipalities recording a voter turnout of 58.82%, while the figure was 65.80 for the district […]
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Congress senior leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said the Congress will contest 92 seats in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Addressing a joint Congress-Left-ISF press conference in Kolkata, Chowdhury said, “As per the discussions held with the Left so far, 92 seats have been finalised for the Congress to contest on in the […]
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