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March 21, 2017 8:14 AM
Supreme Court has said the Memorandum of Procedure for appointments to the higher judiciary has been cleared and the process of filling the vacancies in the high courts was proceeding on a war footing. A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, while disposing of PILs seeking filling of vacancies fo...
March 21, 2017 4:58 AM
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said Rs 36,480 crore is being pumped in to expand the rail network in Odisha to tap the state's vast tourism potential and abundant mineral and natural resources.<br/>'<br/>Launching around half-a-dozen projects at a function in Bhubaneswar, Prabh...
March 21, 2017 4:54 AM
The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court that it was in favour of barring convicted persons from contesting polls for life and stopping their entry into judiciary and the executive.<br/>'<br/>The commission also said it was in favour of setting up special courts...
March 21, 2017 4:38 AM
The Lok Sabha has passed the Appropriation Bill, 2017 by voice authorising certain payments and appropriation from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for 2017-18. <br/><br/>The House also passed the outstanding Demands for Grants in respect of the Union Budget for 2017-18 rejectin...
March 21, 2017 4:37 AM
The Cabinet today cleared four supporting Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislations, paving the way for their introduction in Parliament soon. The legislations were cleared at a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi. <br/><br/>The supporting legislations -- the Compensation Law, the Central-GST (...
March 20, 2017 8:49 PM
Gopal Ansal surrendered before Tihar jail authorities today to undergo one-year sentence in the Uphaar tragedy case. <br/><br/>The surrender came after the Supreme Court refused to grant his plea seeking more time. The apex court was unmoved after Ansal said he had filed a mercy plea bef...
March 20, 2017 8:19 PM
In a major anti-corruption drive, the government has removed as many as 87 lakh job cards from MNREGA beneficiaries list. <br/><br/>Union Rural Development Minister Ram Kripal Yadav told PTI today that his Ministry had started a cleansing drive in September last year to check whether fun...
March 20, 2017 7:54 PM
The Cabinet today cleared four supporting Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislations, paving the way for their introduction in Parliament soon. The legislations were cleared at a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi. <br/><br/>The supporting legislations -- the Compensation Law, the Central-GST (...
March 20, 2017 7:54 PM
The Government has decided to merge the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with the State Bank of India (SBI) to ensure greater banking services outreach to a larger number of women, at a faster pace. <br/><br/>Finance Ministry in a statement said, the decision to merge BMB with SBI has been ta...
March 20, 2017 7:27 PM
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said India would take all necessary steps for safeguarding the safety and security of people of Indian origin living across the globe. <br/><br/>Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha today on recent attacks against Indians in the US, she said t...
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