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April 5, 2017 8:07 PM

Dalai Lama leaves for Dhirang today to inaugurate monastery

The Dalai Lama has left for Dhirang from Bomdila today afternoon. He will hold at Dhirang tonight, and tomorrow morning he will inaugurate a monastery and will deliver a sermon. <br/><br/>The Spiritual leader will then move to Tawang on Friday morning. The 14th Dalai Lama is on a week-lo...

April 5, 2017 8:07 PM

Effective communication is government priority : Naidu

Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said that effective communication is government priority and it wants to engage citizens in the programmes of nation building. <br/><br/>He said, the involvement of people in government programme is the new way of communication. ...

April 5, 2017 6:50 PM

No plans to demonetise Rs 2,000 currency notes: Govt

The government today clarified that there are no plans to demonetise the new 2,000 rupee currency notes. Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju said, the rumours circulating in the market are baseless and they should not be given attention to. <br/><br/>He was responding to a question ...

April 5, 2017 6:50 PM

AISPLB demands enactment of law abolish tradition of triple Talaq

All India Shia Personal Law Board, AISPLB has demanded enactment of law abolish tradition of triple Talaq, terming it anti- women. AISPLB passed a resolution in this regard in its executive meeting held today under Chairmanship of its president Maulana Mirza Mohammad Ashfaq at Lucknow.<br/>&lt...

April 5, 2017 6:50 PM

Indian Coast Guard apprehendes 7 SriLankan fishermen

Indian Coast Guard apprehended seven Sri Lankan fishermen when they were fishing in Indian territorial waters near Thoothukudi. They will be brought to Thoothukudi tonight according to coast guard sources . AIR correspondent reports that Sri Lankan fishermen were apprehended by Indian Coast Guard wh...

April 5, 2017 6:49 PM

50 radicalised Indian youths have crossed over: Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said, fifty radicalised Indian youth have crossed over to the other side but the Indian ethos and culture have ensured that the menace has not taken dangerous proportions in the country. <br/><br/>Replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha,...

April 5, 2017 5:50 PM

Lok Sabha passes Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill, 2017

The Lok Sabha today passed the Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill, 2017. The bill seeks to establish and declare the Footwear Design and Development Institute,FDDI as an institution of national importance. <br/><br/>It also seeks promotion and development of quality and excel...

April 5, 2017 5:18 PM

No change in word limit, fee also same: Govt on RTI row

Government today clarified that it has not restricted the size of the Right to Information (RTI) applications to 500 words and no changes have been made in the fee structure. <br/><br/>Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances in a release said, a factually incorrect and misleading new...

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