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August 20, 2017 12:32 PM

PM Modi, Amit Shah to meet chief ministers of BJP-ruled states tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will meet chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of all party ruled states tomorrow to take stock of development and social welfare work being done.<br/>Our corresponden quoting party sources reports, besides 13 chief ministers and six d...

August 20, 2017 12:27 PM

40% reservation for girls at planned Navodaya schools: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

The government has decided to offer 40 per cent reservation for girls at 100 Navodaya-type schools. The Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the government is mulling to open 100 Navodaya-type schools in minority concentrated areas of the country.<br/><br/>Mr N...

August 20, 2017 10:08 AM

Nation remembering Rajiv Gandhi on his 73rd birth anniversary

The nation is remembering former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 73rd birth anniversary today. Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid tribute to Ra...

August 20, 2017 8:13 AM

Nation remembering Rajiv Gandhi on his 73rd birth anniversary

The nation is remembering former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 73rd birth anniversary today. Eminent leaders and other dignitaries will pay homage to Rajiv Gandhi at his Samadhi, Vir Bhumi in the national capital. Several programmes are being organised in different parts of the country on the o...

August 20, 2017 8:12 AM

Uma Bharti reviews flood situation in country

Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti held a high-level meeting in New Delhi yesterday to review the flood situation in the country and the action being taken in this regard. She directed the concerned organizations under her Ministry to extend all possible help to the affected people. Ms Bharti also ...

August 20, 2017 8:11 AM

Rajnath seeks cooperation of all to make India super power

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has sought co-operation from all sections of the society to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of making India a super power by 2022. He was addressing office bearers of various social organisations at RLB School in Lucknow yesterday. Mr Singh said, n...

August 20, 2017 8:09 AM

Defence Minister reviews operational readiness of Western Naval Command

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley reviewed the operational readiness of the Western Naval Command in Mumbai yesterday. An official spokesperson said, Mr Jaitley interacted with the Commander-in-Chief Western Naval Command and senior Navy officers. He was briefed on the operational readiness of the comma...

August 20, 2017 7:45 AM

Govt extends date for filing GST returns, tax payment by 5 more days

The last date for filing returns and payment of taxes under the GST regime has been extended by five days. The cut-off for filing maiden GST returns for July was scheduled to end today. The returns can now be filed till the 25th of this month. In a statement, the Finance Ministry said that certain f...

August 19, 2017 10:26 PM

Uma Bharti reviews flood situation in the country

Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today held a high level meeting in New Delhi to review flood situation in the country and the actions being taken in this regard. She directed the concerned organizations under her Ministry to extend all possible help to the flood affected people.<br/><br...

August 19, 2017 8:56 PM

50 thousand Kilometres of Indian roads illuminated through SNLP

Street Lighting National programme (SNLP) has illuminated 50 thousand Kilometres of Indian roads with installation of 30 lakh LED street lights across the country. With this milestone, Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a government company has become the world&apos;s largest street light managemen...

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