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April 14, 2017 7:36 AM

PM Modi to visit Nagpur today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nagpur today on Ambedkar Jayanti. Immediately after arrival at airport, he would proceed to sacred Deekshabhoomi and pay tributes to the Architect of Indian Constitution Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at the Central Memorial on his birth anniversary. <...

April 14, 2017 5:56 AM

Nation remembers BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary

Nation remembers Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar today on his 126th birth anniversary. Floral tributes will be paid at Babasaheb&apos;s Statue in the Parliament House Complex this morning. <br/>&apos; <br/>Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, chief architect of the Constitution of India, was born on 14th Ap...

April 14, 2017 5:49 AM

BJP to hold national executive committee meeting tomorrow

The temple city Bhubaneswar is all set to host BJP's two days national executive committee meeting, to be held at Janata Maidan starting tomorrow. <br/><br/>Over 300 BJP delegates, including prime minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Saha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance ...

April 14, 2017 5:11 AM

SC notice to Rajasthan, MCI over bonus marks for PG seats

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Rajasthan government and the Medical Council of India on a plea seeking quashing of a High Court order allowing incentive marks to MBBS doctors who have served in remote areas in this year's entrance exam for post-graduate courses.<br/>&apos;<...

April 14, 2017 5:00 AM

SC pulls up Tamil Nadu govt over farmers' suicides

The Supreme Court has pulled up Tamil Nadu government over farmers' suicides and said it cannot leave the poverty-struck agriculturalists at the mercy of their fate.<br/>&apos;<br/>A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra yesterday issued notice to the state government and sought its r...

April 14, 2017 4:59 AM

Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal buys 11.4% of miner Anglo American

Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal has become the second largest shareholder in Anglo American after acquiring 11.44 per cent of the British mining group, the group said today.<br/>&apos;<br/>According to a notice posted on the London Stock Exchange, the Volcan Holdings investment company o...

April 13, 2017 11:45 PM

Navy takes control of vessel hijacked by pirates

The Indian Navy today took control of a dhow with 10 crew members, nearly two weeks after the vessel was hijacked by pirates off the island of Socotra in the Arabian sea. <br/><br/>The Indian Navy accepted the Dhow 'Al-Kausar' from the Mayor of Hobyo in Somalia and escorted it ...

April 13, 2017 9:00 PM

India seeks consular access from Pakistan to meet Kulbhushan Jadhav

India today once again sought consular access from Pakistan to meet Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian citizen, who has been awarded death sentence for alleged espionage in that country. <br/><br/>Replying to media queries, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopla Baglay said in New Delhi ...

April 13, 2017 8:53 PM

SC relieves SIT chief R K Raghavan to probe 2002 Gujarat riots

The Supreme Court today allowed the request of Special Investigation Team, SIT Chief R K Raghavan to be relieved from duty of heading the team probing Gujarat riots cases. Appreciating work done by the SIT, the court also allowed another SIT member K Venkatesam to leave the team.<br/><br/&g...

April 13, 2017 8:53 PM

Centre, ECI to reply on plea against use of EVMs without VVPAT

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission of India, ECI on a plea filed by the BSP challenging the use of EVMs without paper trail. A bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar issued notices to the government and the ECI and asked them to respond to the<br/&...

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