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January 12, 2017 7:41 AM

Om Puri's death: Cops record statement of kin, friends

Police is recording statements of veteran actor Om Puri's kin, friends and others in connection with his death. A senior official said that the statements are being recorded in the wake of post-mortem report which mentions that the actor had suffered an injury to his head.<br/><br/>...

January 12, 2017 7:29 AM

National Youth Day being observed, PM to address through video conferencing

Today is National Youth Day, the birth day of Swami Vivekananda. A grateful nation is celebrating Swamiji's hundred fifty fourth birth anniversary with much fanfare. Several functions are being organised across the country to mark the occasion. AIR correspondent reports, Prime Minister Narendra...

January 12, 2017 7:20 AM

Minimum Wages Act to be amended: Bandaru Dattatreya

Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya has said that the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 will be amended to make minimum wages statutory and binding. Talking to media persons in Chennai on the sidelines of the Southern Regional Conference of State Labour Ministers and senior o...

January 12, 2017 6:38 AM

File account return online or face penal action: MHA to NGOs

All NGOs receiving foreign funds will have to compulsorily file their account details online failing which they will face penal action. The Union Home Ministry said this in a recent directive. The move is aimed at checking misuse of foreign funding by voluntary organisations. <br/><br/>T...

January 12, 2017 6:04 AM

SC rejects PIL against income tax exemptions to political funding

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging income tax exemptions granted to donations made to political parties. A bench, headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, said the decision to grant IT exemptions is an executive action and did not violate the related provisions of the Income Tax Act, the R...

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