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September 12, 2017 8:25 PM

Enforcing Laws shouldn't be mistaken as lack of compassion: India to UN

A day after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights criticised the Indian government's plan to deport Rohingya refugees, Syed Akbaruddin, India's Permanent Representative to the UN on Tuesday stated that enforcing laws should not be mistaken for lack of compassion and express...

September 12, 2017 7:22 PM

WCD Ministry invites nominations for Nari Shakti Puraskars 2017

Women and Child Development Ministry has invited nominations for the Nari Shakti Puraskars, 2017. The objective of the award is to acknowledge and recognize the services of individuals and institutions that have made a lasting contribution to women empowerment. <br/><br/>In an official r...

September 12, 2017 7:22 PM

Abducted Kerala priest Tom Uzhunnalil rescued from Yemen

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted from Yemen, has been rescued. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj informed this through Twitter on Tuesday. <br/><br/>Father Tom, who hails from Kerala was abducted by terror group Islamic State in March 2016 during its attack on an old-age hom...

September 12, 2017 7:22 PM

Court summons Amit Shah as defence witness in 2002 Gujarat Riot Case

In Gujarat, a special SIT court in Ahmedabad has summoned BJP president Amit Shah to appear as a defence witness in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case. Mr Shah has to depose for former Minister Maya Kodnani, who is one of the prime accused in the case. <br/><br/>Kodnani's advocate Amit P...

September 12, 2017 6:20 PM

Sunanda Pushkar death: Court asks police to de-seal hotel suite

A Delhi court has directed the city police to de-seal a five-star hotel suite where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in 2014.<br/><br/>Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh today asked the police to file a complia...

September 12, 2017 6:18 PM

BSNL mobile tower assets to be hived off into separate company

Union Cabinet has approved hiving off mobile tower assets of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) into a separate company. This approval authorizes BSNL to monetize its telecom tower infrastructure with the formation of a separate subsidiary company. There are around 4.42 lakh mobile towers in the co...

September 12, 2017 6:16 PM

CCEA approves Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) with an outlay of ten thousand 881 crore rupees during the period from 2017-18 to 2028-29. Out of this, eight thousand four crore rupees shall be loan from NABARD to National Dairy De...

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