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June 23, 2017 7:04 AM

EPFO, HUDCO to ink pact for housing subsidy under PMAY

Employees Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Housing and Urban Development Corporation, HUDCO to enable members of its housing scheme to avail subsidy and interest subvention under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. <br/><br/>Under the housin...

June 23, 2017 6:19 AM

NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind to file nomination today

NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind will file his nomination papers in the Parliament House at 11.45 a.m today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states, senior leaders of NDA and the heads of some other parties supporting his candidatu...

June 23, 2017 5:53 AM

ISRO gears up to launch Cartosat-2 along with 30 nano-satellites

The national space agency ISRO is all geared up for the 40th flight of its highly reliable polar satellite launch vehicle PSLV C-38 this morning. The rocket carrying India&apos;s &apos;Cartosat-2 Series&apos; satellite as the principal payload and 30 other nano-satellites on-board is set to lift off...

June 23, 2017 5:51 AM

Larger bench to hear plea of death row convicts: SC

The Supreme Court has said that a three-judge bench would decide whether death row convicts can approach it even after exhausting all their legal remedies, challenging their proposed hanging. <br/><br/>A vacation bench comprising justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul fixed after summer h...

June 23, 2017 5:14 AM

India determined to pursue Jadhav case in ICJ

India has said it is determined to pursue the matter of Kulbhushan Jadhav in the International Court of Justice. Responding to a media query last evening, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Gopal Baglay said, manufactured facts cannot alter the reality, and do not detract from the fact that Pakista...

June 23, 2017 1:05 AM

India determined to pursue Jadhav case in ICJ

India today said it is determined to pursue the matter of Kulbhushan Jadhav in International Court of Justice. <br/>Responding to a media query, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Gopal Baglay said, New Delhi is confident that justice will be done without being affected in any manner by the u...

June 23, 2017 12:05 AM

4 Indian civil prisoners released in Pakistan, reached India today: MEA

Four Indian civil prisoners have been released by Pakistan and reached India today. Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry Gopal Baglay said, the prisoners were released from Pakistan and have crossed over to India. Pak rangers handed them over to BSF at Attari Wahga border. <br/><br...

June 22, 2017 10:43 PM

CBI seeks severest possible penalty for 1993 blast convicts

Seeking severest possible sentence for six persons convicted last week in the 1993 Mumbai serial terror blasts, the prosecution on Thursday told an anti-terror court in Mumbai that many civilized countries have death penalty for such offences. <br/><br/>Special CBI counsel Deepak Salvi u...

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