Millions of families depending on powerloom and handloom sector for a living in 34 weaver-dominated districts of Uttar Pradesh are set to benefit from the recent approval of the proposal for energising the sector with solar power in a phased manner by the Uttar Pradesh State cabinet, in near future informed officials on Friday.

The sources said there were bizarre instances and individuals pursuing B-Tech and M.Com were registered as construction workers and got sums up to Rs 15,000 transferred into their accounts.

New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI/ATK): When the team of Hammer Lifestyle made a remarkable pitch in the popular TV show, it not only won the hearts of 'Sharks' but also of millions of viewers.

New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry has launched a nationwide crackdown on those industries across the country that use urea intended for farmers and a special flying squad of the Chemical and Fertilizer Ministry is taking strict action.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 8 (ANI): With the arrival of the summer season, the prices of lemons have skyrocketed over the past week and a single lemon is being sold at Rs 10 in Hyderabad city.

Mumbai Mar 31 PTI The Bombay High Court has upheld orders passed by a local court in Nanded in Maharashtra directing a woman teacher to pay alimony to her indigent former husbandIn an order passed on February 26 this year Justice Bharati Dangre of the Aurangabad bench of the high court upheld the orders passed by the local court in 2017 and 2019The civil court had directed that the woman pay an interim monthly maintenance of Rs 3000 to her ex-husband and asked the headmaster of her school to deduct Rs 5000 from her salary every month and deposit the same with the court towards unpaid maintenance since August 2017 The woman contested the lower court orders arguing that she had divorced her husband in 2015The man had approached the local court seeking permanent alimony two years laterThe womans lawyer argued that once a marriage had ended neither party had a right to claim any maintenance or alimonyThe mans counsel however argued that section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act did not provide for any restriction on claim of maintenance or alimony in this wayThe man claimed that he had no source of income and he suffered from some health issues that had rendered him unfit for workingTh woman had completed her education and become a teacher after their marriage he saidIn order to encourage the wife petitioner woman to obtain the degree he had managed the household affairs keeping aside his own ambition his plea saidJustice Dangre said sections 24 and 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act confer a right on the indigent spouse to claim maintenance and upheld the lower courts order PTI AYA KRK KRK

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The governments sale of 15 per cent stake in ONGC on Wednesday saw institutional buyers putting in bids worth Rs 4854 crore -- three and half times their quota -- but the companys share took a beating on stock exchanges falling 514 per cent and eroding shareholders value The government is selling 943 crore equity shares in Indias top oil and gas producer at a floor price of Rs 159 apiece with an option to retain an equivalent amount of over-subscription The two-day Offer-For-Sale OFS was opened to institutional investors on Wednesday Against 849 crore shares reserved for non-retail investors 1698 crores together with greenshoe option 3035 crore shares or 35744 per cent more were sought according to stock exchange data At the indicative price of Rs 15991 a share bids by the institutional investors are worth Rs 4854 crore Department of Investment and Public Asset Management DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweeted that the OFS of government equity in ONGC has received an enthusiastic response from the non-retail investors The issue was subscribed 357 times the base size The government has decided to exercise the green-shoe option Pandey tweeted The OFS will open for retail investors on Thursday As many 9435 lakh shares 188 crores with greenshoe option are reserved for retail investors The government has priced the OFS at a 7 per cent discount to the Rs 17105 stock closing price of ONGC on BSE on Tuesday And on Wednesday the stock further fell to Rs 16225 The fall in stock price translates into a loss of market capitalisation of over Rs 11000 crore For the government the loss at 6041 per cent shareholding is little less than Rs 7000 crore Through the OFS the government is targeting to raise Rs 3000 crore And going by the stock price it lost more value than it gained Minority shareholders lost over Rs 4000 crore and employees run the risk of losing a part of their performance-related pay PRP as market capitalisation is one of the key parameters of evaluation in 2021-22 industry sources said So far in the current fiscal the government has mopped up Rs 1242367 crore through OFS employee OFS strategic disinvestment and buyback This is against the disinvestment target of Rs 78000 crore for the current fiscal PTI JD ANZ ANZ RUJ RUJ

Chikkaballapur (Karnataka) [India], March 12 (ANI): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said Sidlaghatta along with Kalaburagi and Haveri to be included in the project to build modern cocoon markets.

Itanagar Jan 27 PTI The Changlang district administration in Arunachal Pradesh has made it mandatory for trucks transporting logs to fit global positioning system GPS and ply only during the daytime to check illegal felling of timbers which is on the rise in the frontier state According to India State of Forest Report 2021 Arunachal Pradesh has lost about 257 sq km of its forest cover The 2021 assessment put the forest cover at 6643067 sq km down from 6668778 sq km in 2019 Changlang Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav told PTI on Friday that fitting of GPS would help track the movement of vehicles and enable a person to know the exact position of a vehicle or an individual The mandatory system was introduced recently with the cooperation of truck owners the DC said The move was required after public complaints about more timber being felled than the permitted quantity and beyond permitted areas as there are areas like reserve forests or water bodies where felling is not allowed he reasoned Informing that Miao and Jairampur in the district have been hit by illegal felling of trees Yadav said that while looking for a solution it was found that there was no data of vehicles used for transporting logs to sawmills and furniture manufacturing units in the district Work on preparing the data started in October Then we decided to get the trucks fitted with GPS to monitor end-to-end movement to ensure there was no diversion from allotted route in the district Truck owners have supported the initiative the DC said adding over 50 trucks have been fitted with GPS out of 100 timber-carrying trucks in the district Each GPS installation by a Delhi-based company costs about Rs 3000 a forest department official said adding the GPS installation would also help truck owners keep a tab on the movement and timing of their vehicles Besides making GPS mandatory for trucks carrying timber to 15 sawmills and 38 furniture-making units the Changlang administration has barred them from plying in the night There will be only daytime movement to ensure effective monitoring by the forest department the official added PTI COR UPL RG RG

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 6 (ANI): In a bid to ensure effective formulation and implementation of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved the outline of the proposed Punjab State Welfare and Development of Scheduled Castes (Planning, Earmarking and Utilization of Financial Resources) Sub-Allocation Ordinance, 2022.