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August 11, 2017 12:27 PM

Rajya Sabha welcomes its new Chairman Venkaiah Naidu

The Rajya Sabha today welcomed its new Chairman M Venkiah Naidu, who took over the charge today. Congratulating him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Mr Naidu has arisen from grass root and will lead Indian polity to greater heights. He said Mr. Naidu, who was born into a farmer's family in in...

August 11, 2017 12:27 PM

Govt not written-off even one rupee of corporates: FM Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today clarified that the government has not writen-off even one rupee of the corporates. Replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha, Mr Jaitley said the public sector banks has provided 7,548 crore rupees agriculture loans to the farmers during the current financial y...

August 11, 2017 8:15 AM

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC to hear Centre's plea on August 14

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Monday a plea of the Centre challenging the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.<br/><br/>The Centre had filed the plea in 2014. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi yesterday consi...

August 11, 2017 8:03 AM

Jaitley to present 2nd volume of Economic Survey 2016-17 in Parliament toady

On the last day of Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the second volume of Economic Survey 2016-17 in both houses of the Parliament today. The second volume authored by Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian and his team, will contain updated macroeconomic data.<br/&gt...

August 11, 2017 7:50 AM

Three-judge Supreme Court bench to hear petitions in Ayodhya land dispute

The Supreme Court will today start hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case. The Apex court on Monday constituted a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra to hear the case. Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer are the othe...

August 11, 2017 7:41 AM

15th BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting to be held in Kathmandu today

The working session of the 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, BIMSTEC, Ministerial meeting will begin in Kathmandu today. The participating ministers will review the progress in identified fourteen areas and deliberate on ways to accelerate cooperati...

August 11, 2017 7:38 AM

Three-judge Supreme Court bench to hear petitions in Ayodhya land dispute

The Supreme Court will today start hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case. The Apex court on Monday constituted a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra to hear the case. Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer are the othe...

August 11, 2017 7:37 AM

Venkaiah Naidu to be sworn in today as 13th Vice President of the country

Former Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will be sworn in as the 13th Vice President of India today. He will be administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at a special function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.<br/><br/>After the ceremony, Mr. Naidu will take charge as t...

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