Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) BJP leaders in West Bengal on Saturday welcomed the apex court’s refusal to interfere with the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to appoint Central government and Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as counting supervisors and assistants, while hearing a plea filed by the Trinamool Congress challenging a Calcutta High Court order. The Supreme Court, however, directed that the poll panel’s own circular providing for state government nominees, mu…
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New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) In a special Saturday sitting ahead of the May 4 vote count for the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Supreme Court declined to interfere with the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to appoint Central government and Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as counting supervisors and assistants, while directing that the poll panel’s own circular providing for state government nominees must be followed “in letter and spirit.”A Bench of Justice…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order, dismissing its plea against the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to appoint the Central government and Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as counting supervisors and assistants for the West Bengal Assembly elections. As per the cause list published on the official website of the apex court, the fresh petition filed by the ruling party fr…
Hyderabad, March 31 (IANS) The Telangana government on Tuesday requested the Centre for urgent additional supply of auto LPG to the state to overcome the daily deficit.Minister for Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday sent a letter to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri stating that the state is currently facing a daily shortage of 55 MTs.The state government called for ramping up the auto LPG availability at public sector undertakings’ (IOCL, BPCL & HPC…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The government on Saturday said that it has allowed another 20 per cent allocation of commercial LPG to states and Union Territories (UTs), which would take overall allocation to 50 per cent (including 10 per cent allocation based on ease of doing reforms for PNG expansion).This additional 20 per cent allocation will be given on priority to sectors like restaurants, dhabas, hotels, industrial canteens, food processing/dairy, subsidised canteens/outlets run by state gov…
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) The Indian stock market saw a sharp intra-day fall on Sunday, after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive Union Budget.The Sensex crashed more than 2,300 points from the day’s high, while Nifty slipped over 600 points during intra-day trading as investors turned cautious.The fall came despite the Budget announcing measures to accelerate economic growth while maintaining fiscal prudence.Markets had opened nearly flat, with Sensex adding a few p…
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) The Indian equity markets on Sunday traded with increased volatility, amidst Budget caution and a weak rupee hovering near 92 per dollar.As of 9.24 am, Sensex added 9 points, or 0.01 per cent, to reach 82,278, and Nifty lost 28 points, or 0.11 per cent to settle at 25,291.Main broad-cap indices posted notable losses as the Nifty Midcap 100 declined 0.73 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 lost 1.55 per cent.All sectoral indices were trading in the red except auto, private …