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August 30, 2017 6:24 PM

Cabinet approves MoU by EC with Electoral Bodies of six countries

Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Election Commission to enter into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of electoral management and administration with the Election Management Bodies of six countries and two International Agencies. <br/><br/>These MoUs wo...

August 30, 2017 6:24 PM

NDRF mobilizes ten teams to Mumbai in view of extremely heavy rains

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has mobilized ten teams to Mumbai in view of extremely heavy rains for the last two days leading to water-logging in several parts of city. Three NDRF teams already prepositioned in Mumbai, are immediately supplemented by sending more teams. <br/><br/...

August 30, 2017 4:50 PM

Indian Army set for reform initiatives

Government has decided to carry out a series of reform initiatives in the Indian Army, including restructuring of around 57,000 posts of officers and other staff. <br/><br/>Defence Minister Arun Jaitley told media in New Delhi today that 65 out of 99 recommendations of the Shekatkar Comm...

August 30, 2017 4:46 PM

Pakistani forces resort to firing and shelling along LoC in J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani forces today again resorted to firing and shelling along the Line of Control in Rajouri district. <br/><br/>Defence spokesperson told AIR that the forces from across the Line of Control started unprovoked firing and shelling targeting Indian positions and ...

August 30, 2017 4:20 PM

Govt approves increase in income criteria for Creamy Layer

Government has approved increase in income criteria for creamy layer for excluding socially advanced persons from the purview of reservation of other backward classes from six to eight lakh rupees per annum. <br/><br/>The income limit is based on increase in consumer price index. The dec...

August 30, 2017 3:09 PM

HC notice to govt, ED on meat exporter Qureshi's arrest

The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Central government and the Enforcement Directorate on businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi's plea challenging his arrest in a money laundering case. <br/><br/>A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri issued notice to the gove...

August 30, 2017 2:27 PM

Countdown begins for launch of Indian regional navigation satellite system

The 29-hour countdown for tomorrow's launch of the Indian regional navigation satellite system payload IRNSS-1H began a short while ago. <br/><br/>The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV C-39 is set to insert the navigation satellite into an elliptical sub-geosynchronous transfer o...

August 30, 2017 1:59 PM

Atal Pension Yojana surges ahead with 62 lakhs enrollments

Atal Pension Yojana has surged ahead with 62 lakh enrolment till date in 2 years after launch of the scheme.<br/><br/> A total of 3.07 lakh APY accounts have been sourced under One Nation One Pension. The stellar performance of the banks under the campaign includes some of the largest ba...

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