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February 23, 2017 1:19 PM

PM Modi asks Secretaries to review situation regard to ease of doing business

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Secretaries of Central Government Departments and State Chief Secretaries to review the situation with regard to Ease of Doing Business. Referring to the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business" Report, he asked the officials to assess the progress based ...

February 23, 2017 8:36 AM

Fake notes: SBI suspects involvement of miscreant, probe under way

The State Bank of India, SBI, today said that there is a robust system in place for monitoring the quality of notes. The Bank's statement came in the wake of the reports that its ATM at Sngam Vihar in Delhi dispensed fake notes of 2000 rupees on 6th of this month. <br/><br/>It said,...

February 23, 2017 8:32 AM

HC asks govt to explore ways to rehabilitate women prisoners

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and Delhi government to explore appropriate programmes for mainstreaming and rehabilitating women prisoners. <br/><br/>A bench of Justices Gita Mittal and Anu Malhotra observed that the status of women prisoners was extremely sad and unfortunate....

February 23, 2017 8:29 AM

INS Betwa suffers mishap at Naval dockyard in Mumbai

Guided missile frigate INS Betwa which suffered a mishap at the Naval dockyard in Mumbai while it was at the dry dock in December, is back on even keel. <br/><br/>Two crew members were killed in the incident. A Defence spokesperson said that INS Betwa is back on even keel and floating li...

February 23, 2017 8:09 AM

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat visits Southern Command hqs in Pune

Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat visited the headquarters of Southern Command in Pune yesterday. <br/><br/>This was General Rawat's first visit to the Headquarters of Southern Command, the largest geographical formation of the Indian Army, after taking charge in December.<...

February 23, 2017 6:16 AM

Maneka Gandhi announces compensation fund for children

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has announced the setting up of a compensation fund under Nirbhaya scheme to provide financial help to children who are victims of sexual crimes. <br/><br/>A senior official of the ministry said that the money for this fund will be drawn...

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