The Delhi government has asked all private schools in the city to urge parents to use “safe transport” provided by them and avoid “illegal vans” to send their wards to school.
In a circular issued by the Directorate of Education, the private schools have been warned against the illegal vans who flout rules by not adhering to permitted seating capacity, driving recklessly at high speeds.
NTCP Chairman & Managing Director Anup Roy along with N N Mishra, Dir. (Operations) and A K Jha, Dir. (Technical) met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here on Tuesday.
JSV Prasad (Principal Sec. Industries, Go AP), G Sai Prasad (Sec. to CM, GoAP), Ajay Jain (Sec. Energy, GoAP), Vijayanand (MD, APGENCO & CMD APTRANSCO) were also present.
Describing as constrained the Railway budget presented by Rail Minister Sandananda Gowda in the Lok Sabha, YSR Congress party said today the Centre failed to incorporate the Railway-department related assurances made in the 13th Schedule of the AP State Reorganization Bill, 2014 that guided the division of the erstwhile united AP.
Speaking to reporters here, Party senior leader D.A. Somayajulu said the Centre made several promises to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with regard to railway projects on the eve of division of the state.
The Loksatta Party today welcomed the genuine effort by Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda to “end the era of reckless populism and lay the foundation for improved traffic infrastructure.”
In a media statement, Loksatta Party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan said that the broad trajectory of the railway budget is in keeping with the NDA Government’s objective of accelerating economic growth and creating employment.
Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker S Madhusudana Chary called on Legislative Council Chairman Swamy Goud in the latter’s office here on Tuesday.
According to sources, the heads of Lower and Upper Houses reportedly discussed various issues related to the conduct of business in the House, especially during the upcoming budget session. They also discussed issues like training for new members and the strategies for the smooth conduct of the House. (INN)
The government has announced a special package of Rs.100 crore for rebuilding or building destroyed or damaged government tourism assets, parliament was informed Tuesday.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, union Culture and Tourism Minister Shripad Yesso Naik said though the tourism ministry has not granted any package for tourism promotion in Uttarakhand, it has announced a special financial package of Rs.100 crore for “rebuilding/building destroyed/damaged government tourism assets, of which an amount of Rs.72.55 crore has been sanctioned with the release of Rs.10.58 crore”.
Former MP S Rajaiah on Tuesday demanded that Telangana Government convene an all-party meeting on the issue of Polavaram Project.
Former minister T Jeevan Reddy on Tuesday advised the Telangana Government to link ration cards with Aadhar cards.
Speaking to media persons here, Jeevan Reddy said that the previous Congress government has proposed a fool-proof PDS by linking the ration cards with retina of users. However, the scheme could not be launched. He said that the government could weed out fake ration cards by linking them with Aadhar cards.
Stocks of companies associated with the railways declined Tuesday after Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden railway budget in the Lok Sabha.
Profit booking wiped out the early gains made in these stocks at the end of Tuesday’s trade.
At the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) decreased 4.99 percent or 6.75 points at Rs.128.60, moving down from previous close of Rs.135.35.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met British Foreign Secretary William Hague here Tuesday and conveyed to him that British companies will be involved in the Bangalore-Mumbai economic corridor.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said she also thanked Hague for the announcement that a statue of Mahatma Gandhi would be installed by early next year in Parliament Square in Britain.
Akbaruddin said economic relations between the two countries were “robust” and the two leaders discussed a variety of issues.
The wife of an Assam Rifles trooper Tuesday accused another paramilitary personnel of sexually harassing and blackmailing her, and higher officials of the force of putting pressure on her not to highlight the case.
Dan Singh Negi, a rifleman of the 40th Assam Rifles Battalion, was accused of sexually harassing the mother of two over phone for the past four months.
Current Order of Merit leader Vani Kapoor will be eager to get back to winning ways in the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour commencing at the KGA Golf Course here Wednesday.
Vani has played impressive golf this season and would be keen to capitalise on her top spot in the money list after a minor slip up in the seventh leg earlier last month in Srinagar.
Delhi University’s third cut-off list for admissions saw a dip in percentages, but unlike other days the colleges Tuesday did not see many students and activity was dull as it seemed the admissions were getting over.
As Shri Ram College of Commerce had closed its admission for general students, the otherwise crowded college bore an empty look.
Similarly Kirori Mal College and Miranda House had few students taking admissions and some were even withdrawing to take admission in other colleges.
Political leaders in Kerala Monday criticised the railway budget presented in the parliament Monday as just one passenger train was allotted to the state.
Fromer chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan described the budget as a big zero.
“Not a single project in the railway budget has any mention of the state. Now, the only option left before the Kerala MPs is to work together and try for a separate railway zone for us,” said the Communist Party of India-Marxist leader.
The introduction of bullet trains, food lounges and better security announced in the railway budget Tuesday received a thumbs up from the common man, though skepticism about the timely and effective implementation remains a concern.
In the budget presented by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, it was announced that the first bullet train would run on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route while on some routes the speed of the trains will be increased between 160-200 km per hour.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday claimed “indecent comments” were made against her and Trinamool Congress MPs, and alleged that an attacker pulled at Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar’s saree when they were protesting the “injustice” done to Bengal in the Railway Budget.
“Indecent language was used against me. Bad language was used against my women MPs. My women MPs faced misbehaviour,” she told media persons at Chanditala in Hooghly district.
A visibly angry Banerjee said “dirty abuses” were hurled against her party MPs.
Congress today latched on to the rail budget to claim there was a “capitalist” tilt to the functioning of the Narendra Modi government and that it was bent upon privatising the railways.
Looking to put the NDA dispensation in the dock over rail budget 2014-15, Congress not only protested inside Parliament but also held an agitation outside the residence of Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda.
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra authorised her lawyer, Norawit Laleang, to petition the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Tuesday against its resolution to dismiss Yingluck’s request to include eight additional witnesses.
According to the defence lawyer, the refusal to allow eight witnesses to testify may result in unfairness in Yingluck’s defence, Xinhua reported.
The lawyer insisted that the petition was not meant to delay the case connected to a controversial rice-pledging scheme.
Louis van Gaal might be completely swamped with the Netherlands preparation for their FIFA World Cup semi-final match against Argentina but his uncompromising approach was felt all the way in England when he ordered Manchester United players to take part in an evening session Tuesday on their second day of pre-season training.
A Swiss helicopter firm is reportedly being investigated for attempts to sell former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher”s medical file. Schumacher, who was moved on 16 June from a French hospital to a hospital in Lausanne in Switzerland, was transferred by road, but initially the helicopter company had been reportedly contacted. According to the BBC, Schumacher”s manager Sabine Kehm had said last month that his medical files had been ”clearly stolen” and were being offered for sale.
FIFA medical committee has announced that every player tested for drugs at the World Cup in Brazil has been cleared of doping after more than 1,000 tests came back negative. FIFA”s chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak said that every player on each of the 32 competing teams, 736 players in total, had provided blood and urine samples for the test.
South African great Jacques Kallis has said that it would be nice if he could end his international career with a World Cup victory, with him as part of the winning side. A motivated Kallis, who would be playing for the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League later this year, has achieved a lot of prizes in nearly two decades in the game, except for the Cricket World Cup.
In less than 24 hours of joining the micro-blogging site Twitter, the official handle of the ministry of railways Tuesday had close to 40,000 followers.
The ministry of railways made its debut on Twitter a day before D.V. Sadananda Gowda was to present the his maiden railway budget.
The ministry’s twitter handle is @RailMinIndia.
“The ministry of railways is now on social media. We look forward to interacting with netizens, using this vibrant medium,” read the first tweet Monday.
The followers were increasing with each passing second.
Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi will launch the International Tennis Premier League (ITPL) later this year as confirmed by President of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) Anil Khanna. Khanna said that ATF is giving full support to this very challenging and initiative taken by Bhupathi in bringing the highest level of tennis to Asia in a competitive form. The ITPL is proposed to be held in the Philippines after the Champions Tennis League (CTL), that would be held in six cities of India in from November 17 to 26 is over.
Sarah Palin recently opened up about the firing at the long running talk show ‘The View’ saying that maybe a show like that needs a punch of reality. During an email interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the 50-year-old former governor of Alaska said that there needs to be a voice of reason from America”s heartland to knock some humble sense into their scripts and someone who is willing to go rogue Palin will be hosting the second season of ‘Amazing America’ that is due for an early 2015 premiere. (ANI)