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July 2, 2017 6:37 PM

Southwest monsoon advances into Delhi, NCR

The southwest monsoon finally advanced into Delhi and the National Capital Region today with heavy showers continued across the NCR in the early hours of this morning. One or two spells of rain likely to occur during the day. However, the normal onset date of monsoon in the national capital was the ...

July 2, 2017 5:19 PM

Non-bailable warrant issued against Shabir Shah in money laundering case

A Delhi court has issued non-bailable warrant against Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in a money-laundering case. The warrant was issued after the Enforcement Directorate told the court that Shah had repeatedly refused to cooperate with the investigation. <br/><br/>The case was re...

July 2, 2017 4:50 PM

Govt completes safety audit of 1.6 lakh bridges

The Road ministry has completed safety audit of 1.6 lakh bridges in the country. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said, 147 bridges were found to be unsafe during the audit. <br/><br/>The government had launched an Integrated Bridge Management System to create data of a...

July 2, 2017 4:11 PM

PM Modi to interact with 2015 batch IAS officers tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Assistant Secretaries of IAS-2015 batch in New Delhi tomorrow. This is the third batch of IAS Officers to commence their career with a stint in the central government. All the 175 officers have been posted as Assistant Secretaries by the Government in 42...

July 2, 2017 2:21 PM

Madhya Pradesh ready for 'record' plantation today

In Madhya Pradesh a massive plantation campaign has been undertaken today to save the environment and conservation of the Narmada river. The state government has claimed that over six crore 67 lakh saplings in a single day will be planted in the state under the Narmada Sewa Yatra today. Twenty four ...

July 2, 2017 2:19 PM

Huge potential lies in use of geo synthetic in development of road

Union minister for Road transport, highway and shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari said there is huge potential lies in the use of geo synthetic in development of road and ports in the country and calls upon the private sector to come forward with Innovative proposals in this field. However the minister str...

July 2, 2017 2:06 PM

Monsoon covers entire NCR region

South west monsoon has further advanced in some more parts of the country. Monsoon has covered the entire NCR region including Delhi and remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh and some more parts of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Talking to AIR, Met department official Dr...

July 2, 2017 2:04 PM

Indian Railways to introduce new Economy AC coaches soon

Train passengers will soon have option of travelling in a new class of 'Economy AC coaches' with fares less than normal 3AC tariff. The proposed fully AC train will have three-tier Economy AC coaches besides AC-3, AC-2 and AC-1 classes as part of the transformation exercise. An added featu...

July 2, 2017 1:54 PM

CVC monitors CBI probe in top bank frauds, including Mallya

Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission, T M Bhasin has said that bankers need to muster courage to recover their money individually or collectively from defaulters. <br/><br/>Mr Bhasin said, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is supervising CBI's probe in 10 ...

July 2, 2017 1:31 PM

GST will end inspector raj, boost economic growth: Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah has said that the GST will accelerate the country's economic growth and bring an end to the inspector raj. Mr Shah said the launch of GST has dissolved over 17 different taxes, converting them into a single tax, which will help traders, businessmen and small entrepreneurs. &...

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