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Mumbai | 1,330 crore UPI transactions took place in April 2024. During this period, a total amount of ₹ 19.64 lakh crore was transferred. The number of transactions has increased by 50.11% on an annual basis. At the same time, the amount transferred through this has increased by 38.70%. A year ago i.e. in April 2023, transactions worth Rs 14.16 lakh crore were made through 886 crore transactions. A record transaction was made in March 2023. A new record of transactions was made in March through Unified Payment Interface . During this period, the maximum transaction amount of Rs 19.78…

Mumbai | The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday approved the development of a wind power station in the country with Gautam Adani's renewable energy company Adani Green Energy. Adani Green Energy will build wind power stations in Mannar and Poonarrin of Sri Lanka. Both sides have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. The Sri Lankan government said that according to the agreement the company will be paid 8.26 cents per kilowatt-hour . Earlier in February last year, Adani Green Energy had received approval to develop a 484 MW wind power plant in Mannar city and Poonarin village. For this the company…

Chandigarh | Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has issued that due to urgent power supply work for the replacement conductor of 66 KV line from Kharar to Morinda - Kajauli Circuit, a shutdown has been allowed by the competent authority on May 9. During this shutdown, there will be no pumping of raw water from Water Works Kajauli to Water Works Sector 39, Chandigarh through Phase I to VI from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM on May 9.  Accordingly, the schedule of water supply timing in the whole City Chandigarh will be as under: Morning Supply: 3:30 A.M. to 09:00 A.M. , Water Supply at…

Chandigarh | To conduct the Lok Sabha General Elections 2024 in Haryana in a fair, free, and transparent manner, the Election Commission along with other enforcement agencies continuously kept a strict vigil on the movement of illicit liquor, drugs, and cash. Till now cash amount of Rs 7.24 crore has been seized.  Apart from this, illicit liquor, drugs, and valuables worth Rs 30.05 crore have also been seized. Notably, this figure is much more than the items seized in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections of 2014 and 2019. Sharing more information in this regard, Chief Electoral Officer,  Anurag Agarwal said that the election preparations for Lok Sabha General Election 2024…

Amritsar | Troops of the Border Security Force recovered a China-made drone in Punjab's Amritsar district, officials said on Tuesday. They said that the China-made drone was recovered from outside a house in Hardo Rattan village. The Public Relations Officer, Punjab Frontier, BSF, said in a statement, On 7th May 2024, based on specific information regarding the presence of a drone in the border area of district Amritsar, BSF troops promptly launched an extensive search operation in the suspected area. During the search, the troops successfully recovered one drone from the outside area of a house in village Hardo Rattan in Amritsar…

Karnal | Today, Divyanshu Buddhi Raja, the Congress candidate for the Karnal Lok Sabha seat, achieved a significant victory in the Honorable High Court. He prevailed in a six-year-old case where the Honorable High Court had previously labeled him as a proclaimed offender. The proceedings of this case were halted today. This case pertained to allegations orchestrated by Manohar Lal and the BJP's IT cell aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the Congress candidate through false propaganda. The decision of the Honorable High Court today effectively quashed all such misleading campaigns and conspiracies to defame him. Divyanshu Buddhi Raja, the…

SAS Nagar | District Electoral Officer,  Aashika Jain said that the Mohali Administration is committed to free, fair and transparent elections in the district and a round-the-clock vigil is being maintained by Nine Flying Squad Teams and Nine Static Surveillance Teams. Addressing the media along with SSP Dr Sandeep Garg, ADCs Viraj S Tidke and Damanjit Singh Mann to brief the arrangements done by the District Administration, she said that to check the violation of the Model Code of Conduct a dedicated control room is being run in the district where as many as 53 complaints have been received through…

SAS | Former Cabinet Minister, Balbir Singh Sidhu said that congress will win Anandpur Lok Sabha Seat under the leadership of Vijay Inder Singla with unprecedented margin. He informed that core team of Mohali congress party is geared up and campaign has started in full swing. Sidhu said this during a congress core team meeting here today. Mayor Mohali, Amarjit Singh Sidhu, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor along with 36 councillors were present on the occasion. He said all councillors while ignoring mutual differences have joined hands with common consensus to support Vijay Inder Singla in the coming election…

S.A.S. Nagar | During the ongoing Rabi season 2024-25, wheat procurement in Punjab mandis has reached nearly 100 percent, with further procurement of wheat to be expedited. This was expressed by Harchand Singh Barsat, Chairman of Punjab Mandi Board, during a review of the ongoing procurement works in mandis. He informed that Punjab's mandis have received 123.81 lakh metric tons of wheat so far, out of which 123.26 lakh metric tons have been procured. He further disclosed that ₹25,387.8 crore has been released to farmers out of cash credit limit of ₹30,077 crore during the Rabi season 2024-25. The Chairman…

Chandigarh | The process of filing nominations for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 has commenced in Punjab and will continue until May 14. Papers will not be submitted on May 11 and 12 due to gazetted holidays. The scrutiny of papers is scheduled for May 15 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is May 17. The polling on all 13 Lok Sabha seats will be held in Punjab on June 1 from 7am to 6pm. Providing further details, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C said that May 4 was the deadline for registering new voters in Punjab.…