Shimla, July 12 (IANS) The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh on Friday at a Cabinet meeting decided to withdraw the free electricity scheme benefitting all income-tax payers.
However, the 125-unit free power subsidy to domestic consumers will continue for all other categories, including BPL and IRDP families.
A decision in this regard was taken at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the reduction in prices of cooking gas cylinders by Rs 200 for all connection holders will give a lot of convenience to all "my sisters and family members on the occasion of Rakshabandhan." Modi said that he wishes that all his sisters remain happy and healthy, he wrote on X.
Tytler's counsel sought some time for advancing submissions stating that some time is required to go through the reply as well as the documents. Anand then adjourned the matter and put it up for arguments on the application for September 6.
For the second time on Tuesday within a span of a few hours, an IndiGo flight experienced a mid-air glitch. This incident involved one of the aircraft's engines shutting down, yet the Kolkata to Bengaluru flight managed to land safely.
The protest lodged by New Delhi on the development came just hours after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar while speaking to a television channel dismissed the ‘standard map’ released by China on August 28, showing parts of Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh within its territory.
Since each element emits a characteristic set of wavelengths of light when it's in a plasma state, the elemental composition of the material is determined. According to ISRO, preliminary analyses have unveiled the presence of aluminum (Al), sulphur (S), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), and titanium (Ti) on the lunar surface.
The SAD President also asserted that contrary to projections, rice prices only accounted for a slight increase in the consumer price index and should not be decreased forcibly. "Inflation in India is being driven by the high prices of petrol and diesel as well as vegetables and these twin issues which should be addressed immediately."