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March 29, 2017 7:15 PM

Rajya Sabha returns Finance Bill to Lok Sabha with Opposition amendments

The Rajya Sabha has returned the Finance Bill 2017 to the Lok Sabha with five amendments moved by the opposition. Of the five amendments, three were moved by Digvijay Singh of Congress and two by Sitaram Yechury of CPI-M. <br/><br/>The bill gives effect to the financial proposals of the ...

March 29, 2017 7:15 PM

Rajya Sabha returns Finance Bill with four amendments to Lok Sabha

The Rajya Sabha has returned the Finance Bill 2017 to the Lok Sabha with five amendments moved by the opposition. Of the five amendments, three were moved by Digvijay Singh of Congress and two by Sitaram Yechury of CPI-M. <br/><br/>The bill gives effect to the financial proposals of the ...

March 29, 2017 6:48 PM

Rajya Sabha returns Finance Bill with four amendments to Lok Sabha

The Rajya Sabha has returned the Finance Bill 2017 with four amendments to the Lok Sabha which gives effect to the financial proposals of the central government for the financial year 2017-18. <br/><br/>Replying to the debate, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, the bill protects the sou...

March 29, 2017 5:46 PM

SC asks Karnataka SIT to probe ex-CMs in iron ore mining case

The Supreme Court today asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police to investigate the role of former Chief Ministers N Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy in the iron ore mining case and file a report within three months.<br/><br/>The apex court, however, said that its s...

March 29, 2017 5:46 PM

Railways opts for global shopping for 200 kmph locos

The Railways will go for global shopping to acquire high speed locomotives with a 500 crore rupees project to run trains at 200 km per hour on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata routes.<br/><br/>A senior Railway Ministry official said that global tender will be floated for acquiring 10 high ...

March 29, 2017 5:13 PM

Trinamool Congress MP gifts football to Lok Sabha Speaker

A noted footballer-turned- politician gifted a football to the Speaker in the Lok Sabha today. Prasun Banerjee, who is a Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member handed over the football to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan as soon as the House met for the day. He said it was a small memento to the Speaker from a ...

March 29, 2017 5:10 PM

SC bans sale, registration of non-BS-IV compliant vehicles

The Supreme Court today banned the sale and registration of vehicles which are not compliant with BS-IV emission norms from first of next month across the country. <br/><br/>The apex court observed that the "health of the people is far far more important than the commercial interest...

March 29, 2017 5:09 PM

Indian Navy de-inducts long-range patrol aircraft TU 142M after 29 years

The Indian Navy has deinducted the legendary long range reconnaisance aircraft TU 142 M from service after about 29 years of seamless operation. At a function held at the premier naval airstation INS Rajali at Arakkonam off Chennai, the Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba inducted the modern patrol aircr...

March 29, 2017 4:57 PM

Venkaiah Naidu discusses roadmap for developing Community Radio

Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today chaired the meeting of consultative committee of his Ministry to discuss the roadmap for developing Community Radio in the country. MoS I&B Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore was also present in the meeting.<br/><br/>On the occasion...

March 29, 2017 4:42 PM

Govt committed to provide assured, affordable power: Piyush Goyal

Union Power Minister, Piyush Goyal, today said, Government aims to provide assured, affordable, reliable and quality 24X 7 electric power to citizens throughout the country.<br/><br/>Mr. Goyal was addressing delegates from various State Power Distribution Companies (Discoms) and Finacial...

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