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July 26, 2017 7:35 PM

PM Modi to inaugurate Abdul Kalam memorial in Rameswaram tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the former President, APJ Abdul Kalam&apos;s memorial at Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram tomorrow. <br/><br/>Mr Modi will unveil a statue of Dr. Kalam and will hoist the National flag at the memorial, designed and built by DRDO. He will also interact ...

July 26, 2017 5:51 PM

NGT directs AIIMS panel to submit Tughlaqabad gas leak report

National Green Tribunal today directed the AIIMS panel, formed by the Centre after a chemical spill at the Tughlaqabad depot in Delhi, to submit its report on the impact of the incident. <br/><br/>Around 450 girl students of a school had to be hospitalised on the 6th of May after toxic f...

July 26, 2017 5:37 PM

Govt for compulsory registration of marriages: Law minister

Government has decided to make registration of marriages compulsory in a bid to prevent harassment of women. <br/><br/>Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. However, Mr Prasad said, as of now there is no proposal to link Aadhaar for the reg...

July 26, 2017 5:35 PM

Rajnath Singh chairs review meeting of NDRF

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has expressed concern in respect of twelve States and Union territories where the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has not been raised so far. <br/><br/>Chairing a review meeting of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in New Delhi today, Mr Singh said,...

July 26, 2017 5:21 PM

Lok Sabha passes IIT (Amendment) Bill, 2017

The Lok Sabha has passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The Bill amends the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014. <br/><br/>It seeks to declare the Indian Institute of Technology, Design and Manufacturing at Kurnool in Andhra Prad...

July 26, 2017 5:21 PM

Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed in Rajya Sabha

The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 has received Parliament approval with the Rajya Sabha adopting the measure today. <br/><br/>The Lok Sabha has passed it earlier. Moving the bill Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda said that the Sta...

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