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BJP-Sena alliance back in trouble

September 25, 2014

New Delhi, Sep 25: Smaller outfits on Wednesday put the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance on tenterhooks by rejecting the meagre seats allotted to them in the seat sharing arrangement for the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

BJP-SenaSwabhimani Paksha, Shiv Sangram and Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, the minor outfits of the grand alliance, threatened to walk out if they were not given “an honourable deal” forcing the principal parties back to the negotiation table, just three days before the closure of filing of nominations for the October 15 polls.

BJP president Amit Shah is expected to be in Mumbai on Thursday, when a decision is expected. On Tuesday, the Sena and the BJP had agreed on a seat sharing formula of 151 and 130 seats respectively, leaving seven seats for the minor outfits, which triggered a revolt.

The fourth outfit RPI (A) has declared that it had no problems with the formula.The seat-sharing talks of the ruling Congress-NCP combine also remained deadlocked after the NCP demanded rotation of the chief minister’s post among the allies.

The Congress was not ready to make the concession and maintained distance from the NCP throughout the day.

“We kept waiting for the invitation for talks but none came. We are ready to contest all the seats if our alliance falls apart,” NCP spokesman Nawab Malik said.

AICC spokesman Anand Sharma said the Congress and the NCP were engaged in discussions over the seat sharing. “We are talking together and hopefully will remain together,” he said, adding that the priority was to defeat the communal forces.

A section of the Congress is not in favour on the continuance of the alliance with NCP contending that time was ripe to snap ties and rebuild the party in the state. “If impossible conditions are put, things become difficult,” Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said in Karad, from where he is keen on contesting.

Minor partners of the saffron alliance asked the Shiv Sena-BJP to take a final decision on the seat sharing by Wednesday night, failing which their candidates would go ahead with the filing of nomination papers.

Swabhimani Paksha chief Raju Shetti suggested a new formula of 150 seats for the Shiv Sena, 120 for BJP and 18 for the four smaller parties. Shetti held separate consultations with the Shiv Sena and BJP leaders.

By Wednesday evening, a new formula of 150 seats for Shiv Sena, 125 for BJP and 13 for minor allies was being discussed.

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May 27,2020

New Delhi, May 27: The government has further extended the deadline for bidding to buy its entire 52.98 per cent stake in the country's second-biggest oil refiner, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), by over one-and-a-half months to July 31.

This is the second extension for submission of expression of interest (EoI) for BPCL stake by interested bidders. The government had first invited bids showing interest in buying its stake, by May 2. It was then extended till June 13.

This has now been extended to 5 p.m. on July 31 in "view of further requests received from the interested bidders and the prevailing situation arising out of COVID-19", an official notice put up by disinvestment department DIPAM late on Tuesday said.

Accordingly, the last date for submission of written queries or preliminary information memorandum has been pushed back to June 23 from the earlier deadline of May 16.

The disinvestment in BPCL involves the government selling its entire 52.98 per cent stake in the company to a strategic investor with transfer of management control. The government has barred PSUs from bidding for BPCL and expects private sector Indian players and global MNCs to bid for its stake. The government's stake in BPCL is worth around Rs 50,000 crore.

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March 30,2020

New Delhi, Mar 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with Indian ambassadors and high commissioners abroad and urged them to remain alert to developments in global efforts against COVID-19 including breakthroughs to help the country's fight against the coronavirus.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla were also present during the interaction through video-conferencing.

"Coming together for India PM interacted with Indian Ambassadors/High Commissioners abroad and urged them to remain alert to developments in global efforts against COVID-19 including breakthroughs to help our national efforts to fight COVID19," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet.

"PM appreciated the efforts of our missions in helping Indians abroad, in particular, students and workers," he added.

The number of positive coronavirus cases in the country stood at 1,071 on Monday. It includes 29 deaths and 99 people, who have been cured of the highly contagious virus.

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February 29,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 29: Kerala Excise department has organized a Tik-Tok competition as part of its drug addiction-free mission.

The contest will be on the effects of drug addiction on people and society. The winner goes will go home with an I-Pad as a prize.

The competition is being organised as part of the Department's intensive campaign titled "Tomorrow's Kerala, Drug and Addiction-free Kerala".

"Those taking part should post the video from their profile with the hashtag #vimukthikerala. Each contestant can post more than one video. They can challenge friends with #vimukthichallenge. The last date of receiving them is March 5," said the spokesperson of the Excise Department.

The number of likes a video gets, its theme and presentation will be the criteria on which the video will be judged.

"As soon as a video is posted on Tik-Tok, it should also be sent on the WhatsApp number 9072588222," added the spokesperson of the Excise Department.

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