Buoyed by a 2014 policy that encouraged cogeneration plants, the mills had undertaken either expansion or setting up of green field cogeneration plants, only to be deemed ineligible by the end of 2018. In fact, a mill that had received central assistance has now been asked to refund the amount or face criminal action.

Similar trends were recorded in central Maharashtra, Marathwada and parts of Vidarbha. At 39 degrees Celsius, Beed remained the hottest city in Maharashtra.

NCP leader to address Lokmanch platform of Bharatiya Digital Party, a Marathi YouTube channel, on Saturday

NCP leaders in Pimpri-Chinchwad said they had chalked out a strategy to defeat the Shiv Sena in Maval and Shirur constituencies, adding that they will persuade the party chief to review his decision at least for Maval constituency where Parth Pawar, NCP leader Ajit Pawar's son, has become a popular face in a short time.

The incident took place in the afternoon in Thorandale village in Ambegaon taluka, some 75 kilometres from Pune city. Rescue officials said that the boy is stuck at a depth of around 10 to 12 feet.

The accused, Abhishek Mittal, had sought a court-monitored CBI investigation into the case which was lodged in November 2016 by the State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) of District Amritsar.

Amarinder said the Pakistani Prime Minister, along with their Army Chief General Bajwa, were killing Indian soldiers and innocent people. India cannot and should not tolerate this, he said, reiterating that “if they one of ours, we should kill two.”

The Indian Express tries to explain as to why the rate cut of Rs five and Re one per liter on petrol and diesel is not as significant as it appears from the outside.

The BSP, with whom it has announced an alliance, is adamant on contesting from the same seat

Rana Gurjit went on to say that Doaba was not getting the fair percentage of share in state’s waters even though all major rivers run through the region.

With an outlay of Rs 4,324 crore for the local government, an increase of 19.94 per cent has been affected compared to last fi

Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal in his budget speech had mentioned that Rs 1500 crore was earmarked to be paid as power subsidy as government had announced of providing power at Rs 5 a unit.

Gursahab Singh, Umrangal’s counsel, called the case “politically motived”, claiming that the FIR was lodged in 2018, three years after the incident, and Umranangal’s name was added to it later.

Gurdaspur resident’s family claims he was the one killed in ‘fake encounter’, plea for CBI probe in HC

Gujarat’s economic growth rate stood at 9.9% , highest among major developing states, said Deputy CM

Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel in his budget speech announced to lay a new water pipeline project, costing Rs 185 crore, which will help in irrigating 4,500 acres in Dahod district that were not covered under the Kadana-Dahod pipeline. 

The decision, according to the farmers, will generate employment and also boost the country’s exports. According to Patel, nearly 25,000 shrimp farmers would benefit from the additional farm land.

Now, with the tide turning in Rajasthan — Congress formed the government in the state last December — and BJP not putting up a good-enough show in the 2017 Assembly elections in Gujarat, the party has to prove it has walked its talk of ‘sahi neeyat, sachcha vikas’ and ‘sabka saath, sabka vikaas’.

Earlier, Mevani had hit out at the BJP government over the bullet train project, saying, “Farmers in Gujarat and Maharashtra are opposing the bullet train project. My question is when Gujarat and Maharashtra farmers together are saying that they do not want bullet train, then why this is being done.”

Finance Department officials said that of the total provisions made in the Interim Budget of Rs 1,91,817 crore, the government plans to spend Rs 63,939 crore in the four months, between April and July, 2019.

Mevani had asked that despite the inquiry committee submitting its report to the state Home Department on May 1, 2013 into the killing of three Dalits in 2012 police firing in Surendrangar’s Thangadh town, why the report and the action taken report have not been tabled in the House.

TMC’s Mithun Tikadar, the councillor of ward number 20 in Budge Budge municipality, on Tuesday said he had clearly identified the two people who shot at him. The shooting occurred when he was at the party office, following which he was admitted to a private hospital, said police.

“Kashmiris are very safe in the city. We have identified pockets where they are staying. We have interacted with them and ensured their safety and security,” Sharma said.

Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad district president Sachin Singhal, who is leading the protests against the official, told The Indian Express that they got to know of the remark after screenshots of the WhatsApp message were shared on social media.