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March 28, 2017 12:43 PM

CISF provides security cover to 59 airports in country : Kiren Rijiju

The government has said, Central Industrial Security Force is providing security cover to 59 airports in the country and additionally CISF deployment has been approved for 3 more airports. Informing this to the Lok Sabha today, Minister of state for Home Kiren Rijiju said, deployment of CISF at airp...

March 28, 2017 12:37 PM

BSP Chief Mayawati questiones UP govt's action against slaughterhouses

BSP Chief Mayawati has questioned UP government's action against the slaughterhouses in the state alleging that it has been done in an arbitrary manner. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, she said, the state government should first frame a proper rule in this regard. Ms. Mayawati said, th...

March 28, 2017 12:34 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned thrice in pre-lunch session till 1230 hrs today

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned thrice in the pre-lunch session till 1230 hrs today on the issue of reconstitution of various commissions dealing with Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Minorities and Backward Classes. Congress-led opposition raised the issue as soon as the House met for the day. Thi...

March 28, 2017 12:32 PM

GST bill to be discussed in Lok Sabha tomorrow

Government today said the Goods and Services Tax bill is revolutionary and hoped that its passage will be ensured in Parliament in the current budget session. Briefing media after BJP Parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said that discussion on the GS...

March 28, 2017 12:32 PM

Kashmir: Encounter underway between security forces & terrorists in Budgam

In Jammu & Kashmir, an encounter is underway between terrorists and security forces in Chadoora area of central Kashmir's Budgam district. Police said, the encounter started around 6 A.M. after security forces launched cordon and search operation in the area on the basis of specific input a...

March 28, 2017 11:36 AM

Govt proposes to enhance reservations to minorities on basis of backwardness

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said the government proposed to enhance reservations to minorities, not on the basis of religion but, on the backwardness. He clarified this on the floor of the State Assembly last evening while replying to the debate over the Appropriations bill 2017...

March 28, 2017 8:59 AM

SC reserves verdict on appeals in December 16 gangrape case

Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on appeals of four convicts against the conviction and award of death penalty in the December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case that had shaken the entire nation's conscience. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, while reserving the verdict y...

March 28, 2017 8:58 AM

Govt proposes to enhance reservations to minorities on basis of backwardness

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said the government proposed to enhance reservations to minorities, not on the basis of religion but, on the backwardness. He clarified this on the floor of the State Assembly last evening while replying to the debate over the Appropriations bill 2017...

March 28, 2017 8:29 AM

Uttar Pradesh BPL households to get free power connection

All below poverty line households in the urban and rural areas of Uttar Pradesh will get free power connection while those above poverty line will be given 100 per cent financing option with easy EMIs. <br/><br/>A Power Ministry statement said these decisions were taken after a meeting b...

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