New Delhi, Reacting to the steep petrol price hike, the main opposition party BJP demanded an immediate rollback of what it described as a cruel joke on the people. Spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the hike was "atrocious and unbelievable" and announced that his party would launch a stir against the government decision. "We condemn the petrol price hike and seek its rollback. We will not allow it to happen. A strong democratic agitation is on the cards," Javadekar said. Strongly opposing the move, the Left parties called upon their units to immediately launch protests all over the country. "It is a cruel blow on people who are already suffering from severe price rise. The Left parties have called upon all party units to immediately organize powerful protest actions," CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said. His colleague Sitaram Yechury said the move was a "criminal additional burden" on people's livelihood. Leaders of the CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc also opposed the move, with CPI leader D Raja saying this was a "prelude to hike the prices of diesel and other petroleum products". "It is a disaster. It will further push up inflation to the skies, dampen ...
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New Delhi, Gold prices rose by Rs 55 to touch fresh all-time high of Rs 29,750 per 10 grams in the bullion market here today on sustained buying from stockists and investors even though the metal declined in global markets. Silver, on the other hand, remained under selling pressure and declined by Rs 300 to Rs 55,900 per kg on lack of buying support. Traders said sustained buying by stockists and investors along with a weakening rupee pushed the gold's prices to scale new height even though globally the yellow metal prices were down. In London, gold fell by 0.4% to $1,628.90 an ounce. The trend in the overseas markets normally sets a price in the domestic market as well, they added. Back home, gold of 99.9 and 99.5% purity rose by Rs 55 each to Rs 29,750 and Rs 29,610 per 10 grams, respectively. Sovereign followed suit and rose by Rs 50 to Rs 23,800 per piece of eight grams. Silver ready, however, fell further by Rs 300 to Rs 55,900 and weekly-based delivery by 310 to Rs 56,400 per kg. Silver coins too declined by Rs 1,000 to Rs 65,000 for buying and Rs 66,000 for selling of 100 pieces on reduced ...
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Ingredients •Boiled rice 1 cup •Oil 2 tablespoons •Fennel seeds (saunf) 1/2 tablespoon •Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon •Ginger,finely chopped 1 teaspoon •Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon •Peanuts,roasted 2 tablespoons •Curry leaves 3 sprigs •Potato,finely chopped 1 small •Black gram split (urad dal dhuli) 2 teaspoons •Moong dal 2 teaspoons •Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon •Coriander powder 1 teaspoon •Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon •Green chilli,finely chopped 1 •Salt to taste •Lemon juice 2 teaspoons Method Heat the oil in a kadai. Add fennel seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, mustard seeds , peanuts, curry leaves. When they begin to crackle then add potato and cover it for 2 minutes on medium flame till the potato becomes soft. Add urad dal, moong dal, red chilli powder, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, green chillies, salt and saute for two minutes. Add the boiled rice. Mix it well. Put the lemon juice over it and lastly garnish with coriander leaves and mint leaves. Serve hot with raita. ...
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Ingredients: Basmati rice-1 cup Milk-1 cup Cardamom-4 Salt a pinch Sugar-1&1/2 cups (alter to one's taste) Ghee - 2 tbsp Food color(red)- a pinch Cashewnuts-10 Grated coconut-1 cup Method: Soak rice for an hour. Cook with milk, salt and little water (if necessary). In a sauce pan, make sugar syrup with little water. To this add the cooked rice, color, 1 tbsp ghee, cardamom and stir for 10 minutes in low flame till all water is absorbed. Fry cashew nuts and coconut in 1 tbsp ghee to a golden color and add to the rice ...
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Ingredients Basmati Rice - 1cup Grated fresh carrot - 1 cup Onion - 1 Green Chillies - 2 Boiled peas - 1/2 cup (optional) Salt - as desired Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp. Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 to 3/4 tsp. Lemon Juice - 4 tsp. Method Cook rice separately and spread them on a plate with little ghee, so that they won't stick together. Heat one tbs. of oil in a shallow pan and add mustard seeds. When they splutter add urad dhal and cashewnuts. When the nuts are brown add chopped onion and green chillies. Fry till the onions are golden. Add turmeric, salt, chilli powder and fry for a minute. Mix in the grated carrots and sprinkle little water. Keep the pan covered on a low flame till the carrots are done. Add boiled peas. Mix the rice and the above masala. Add lemon juice and garnish with finely cut coriander leaves. Serve with raitha and ...
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Ingredients: Coconut : – 1 Salt : – as per taste Rice : – ½ kg Banana : – 1 Method of preparation: 1.Take a pan and properly wash the rice and bathe it. 2.Take a coconut and grate it. 3.Now take mixer pot and grind the rice along with coconut with using very less water. The dough of grinded material should dry so please use less water. 4.Not make a ball of dough into the equal part. 5.Lubricate a banana and make a ¼ cm chapati of the dough using the two fingers. 6.Put a tava (griddle) on a normal heat and lubricate it. 7.Now put a chapati on the griddle and properly roast the chapati from both the sides. 8.Now you can serve it with any ...
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Ingredients: 2cups boiled Rice 1/3rd cup Lemon Rice 6Tbsp Oil 1/2tsp Black Mustard seeds Few curry leaves 3-4 green chilies Salt to taste 1/4th tsp. turmeric powder 1/4th cup peanuts How to make lemon rice: Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter. Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown. Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes. Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well. Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well.Lemon rice is ready to be ...
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Moga, February 4 (Doaba News Service)- Rice traders in the state have been importing raw rice of poor quality from outside states and mixing it with locally produced rice, the milling of which is in progress these days. It’s strange that this is being done at a time when the state already has a buffer stock of rice over 80 lakh metric tonnes and paddy 95 lakh metric tonnes under the milling process in the state. But rice millers are allegedly mixing quantities of low-priced rice grains imported from other states with FCI stocks and selling the better rice in the open market at higher prices. The entire procurement of paddy in Punjab is sent to private millers for cleaning, shelling and polishing of grains. Millers return the finished product back to the FCI for the central pool. It is learnt that during the past two months, after the rice milling process began in the state, raw rice of various varieties worth crores of rupees is being imported from other states like Bihar, UP, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka by rice millers/traders, the maximum quantities of which are mixed in locally milled rice, and is being given to FCI stocks. This practice is going on particularly in ...
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Jalandhar, January 15 (DNS)- The decision of the Congress-led UPA government to allow duty-free import of white sugar till December-end finally brought the sugar price down by Rs 5 a kg in the city. It has been hovering around Rs 50 for the past many days. Retailers in the city today sold sugar at Rs 45 per kg, much to the respite of the common man. Local traders maintained that the sugar price was expected to decline further in the coming days. “At present, we are bringing sugar from Khattoli in Uttar Pradesh. And looking at measures taken by the Centre, the price may decline even more,” said a retailer. ...
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