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April 21, 2017 12:05 PM

Congress expels Barkha Singh Shukla for anti-party activities

The Congress today expelled Barkha Shukla Singh from the party for six years. All India Mahila Congress president Shobha Oza told AIR News that the disciplinary committee of Congress' Delhi unit removed her for indulging in anti-party activities. <br/> <br/>Barkha Shukla Singh yeste...

April 21, 2017 8:40 AM

FM Jaitley raises H1-B Visa issue with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has strongly raised the H-1B visa issue with US Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross. In their meeting in Washington, Jaitley told Ross about the contribution of highly skilled Indians in the economic development of the United States and India and stressed that they should...

April 21, 2017 8:38 AM

Petroleum ministry red-flags move to shut petrol pumps on Sundays

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas criticised the decision of a section of petrol pump operators to close their outlets, mostly in south India, on Sunday. In a series of tweets, the ministry said, they neither endorses nor approves of move by a small section of dealers to keep their petrol pu...

April 21, 2017 8:07 AM

PM Modi to address Mann Ki Baat on All India Radio on 30th of this month

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to listeners of AIR in the next edition of Mann Ki Baat programme on 30th of this month. The programme will be broadcast on entire network of AIR and Door Darshan. <br/><br/>This will be the 31st episode of the monthly radio programme. People can s...

April 21, 2017 7:53 AM

Ministry of Civil Aviation works on increasing capacity of Delhi Airport

The Ministry of Civil Aviation is working with stakeholders on a roadmap to increase Airside Capacity of Delhi Airport. Briefing media persons in New Delhi yesterday, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said the capacity will be increase from the current 67 movements per hour to 95...

April 21, 2017 7:00 AM

Parliamentary panel seeks details from RBI on note ban outcome

A Parliamentary panel has sought details from the Reserve Bank about the post-demonetisation scenario, including the quantum of banned notes deposited so far and also the black money that has come back to the system.<br/><br/> The 15-member committee on subordinate legislation, headed by...

April 21, 2017 6:45 AM

PM to honour bureaucrat on occasion of Civil Services Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will honour bureaucrats for Excellence in Public Administration on the occasion of Civil Services Day in New Delhi today. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer PM&apos;s awards for Excellence in Public Administration to Districts and other Centra...

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