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August 16, 2017 7:05 PM
Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today said that North Koel Reservoir Project once completed will be very beneficial for Bihar and Jharkhand.Talking to AIR, about the Cabinet decision of approving the completion of remaining work of the project, Ms Bharti said, the project will help irrigate over...
August 16, 2017 6:20 PM
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA today gave its approval to the Scheme of providing budgetary support under Goods and Service Tax Regime for the eligible industrial units located in hill States of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and North Eastern States including Si...
August 16, 2017 6:19 PM
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA has approved the closure of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation Limited, ANIFPDCL a Central Government Undertaking in Port Blair and discharging the liabilities of all the employees.<br/><br/>The closur...
August 16, 2017 6:18 PM
The government today said it will take action against internet-based social media platforms if they fail to remove links to the deadly Blue Whale Challenge game which has led children to suicide in the country. <br/><br/>Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shanka...
August 16, 2017 6:13 PM
Government has decided to control the price of knee implant surgery in the country. Talking to media, Chemical and Fertiliser Minister Ananth Kumar said government has decided to cap the prices of different knee implant surgeries. He said there is unethical profiteering in knee implant surgery in th...
August 16, 2017 6:13 PM
At the base camp of Pangong Tso in Ladakh on the Finger 4 and Finger 5 locations, a scuffle broke out between the Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army on 14th August early morning. <br/><br/>The 135-km lomg Pangong Tso lake is 20% on the Indian side and 80% on the Ch...
August 16, 2017 6:10 PM
The Supreme Court today refused to transfer the trial in the Madan Tamang murder case of 2010 from Kolkata to Sikkim but ordered that the proceedings should be conducted through video conferencing from Darjeeling.<br/><br/>A bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said th...
August 16, 2017 4:58 PM
Union Cabinet today approved a new metro rail policy for expanding the metro network across various cities in the country. <br/><br/>Briefing reporters after the meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the policy was prepared in consultation with states and is intended to end ad hoc ...
August 16, 2017 4:56 PM
Cabinet has approved raising extra budgetary resources up to 9,020 crore rupees for Long Term Irrigation Fund in 2017-18. The amount will be raised by NABARD through Bonds. <br/><br/>The Fund seeks to make loans from NABARD attractive for states by ensuring lending rate of 6 per cent per...
August 16, 2017 4:54 PM
In Jammu & Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as a follow up action in the J&K terror funding case, has conducted raids at around 12 locations in Baramulla & Handwara in North Kashmir and Srinagar.<br/><br/>The central agency has been investigating the terror fu...
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