Boost for Andhra Pradesh: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited commits to invest Rs 55,000 crore in 4 years
In a big fillip to Andhra Pradesh, Reliance Industries (RIL) and its associate companies have made a committed investment of Rs 55,000 crore in the state to facilitate the business of marketing gas and LNG. India gas Solutions Private, a 50:50 joint venture company of RIL, BP International (BP) and Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the three-day CII Partnership Summit with a committed investment of Rs 40,000 crore.
Let’s build a ‘new India’ free of casteism, communalism: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to build a “new India” which is free of casteism, communalism and corruption. The prime minister was addressing a massive gathering at the Lalbhai Contractor stadium here before flagging off the Surat Night Marathon, which has ‘Run For New India’ as its theme. “When the whole world has started accepting the importance of India, we need to shed our shortcomings. We need to build a new India which is free from the venom of casteism.
Actor Sridevi passes away in Dubai, Bollywood remembers her
Bollywood star Sridevi, who charmed the audience with stellar performances in several films such as ‘Mr India’, ‘Chaalbaaz’ and ‘Lamhe’ during her career spanning over four decades, passed away in Dubai last night. She was 54. The actor, wife of producer Boney Kapoor, died reportedly due to cardiac arrest in Dubai, where she had gone along with her family to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding. Her mortal remains will arrive in India from Dubai tomorrow, her family said in a statement.
PNB fraud: ED to seek info from over dozen countries on Nirav Modi, Choksi’s assets
Widening its probe into the PNB fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate will soon send judicial requests to over a dozen countries for obtaining information about the overseas businesses and assets of diamantaire Nirav Modi and owner of Gitanjali Gems Mehul Choksi.Official sources said the agency will approach a competent court in Mumbai with a request to obtain Letters Rogatories (LRs) to be sent to about 15-17 countries where the central investigation agency has traced the footsteps of the diamond and gold jewellery businesses of the firms owned by Modi, his uncle Choksi and others associated with them.
Prove charge that Modi govt waived industries’ loans: Amit Shah
BJP chief Amit Shah has demanded that Congress president Rahul Gandhi prove his charge that the Narendra Modi government waived loans taken by industrialists. What Rahul Gandhi is saying is incorrect, Shah said and demanded that the Congress president make public any document which mentions that loans to industries were written off. “I want to clarify one thing… one statement that the Congress president repeatedly makes is that the BJP waived thousands of crores, lakhs of crores of loans taken by industries.