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January 8, 2017 1:52 PM

PM says people supported demonetisation despite difficulties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, people of the country wholeheartedly supported the government's decision of demonetization despite difficulties. Addressing the valedictory session of the two day National Executive meeting of BJP in New Delhi, the Prime Minister said, the poor and downt...

January 8, 2017 1:47 PM

Budget Session of Parliament to begin from January 31

The Budget session of Parliament will start from 31st of this month. In a press release, Lok Sabha secretariat said President will address a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament in the Central Hall at 11 AM on the first day of the session.<br/><br/>Subject to exigencies of governme...

January 8, 2017 1:09 PM

Braving cold weather, book lovers throng to Delhi World Book Fair

Nine-day-long World Book Fair is underway at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. Over 800 publishers are participating from across the country and abroad in the event which is said to be Asia's largest book fair. The theme this year is "Manushi - writings on and by women".<br/><br/&...

January 8, 2017 12:56 PM

India's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope plays key role in rare discovery

India's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, GMRT based at Khodad near Pune and NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope have played an important role in making a rare discovery about the universe.<br/><br/>For the first time, it has been shown that the central dense cores of certain kinds o...

January 8, 2017 12:27 PM

International Kite festival begins at Ahmedabad

In Gujarat, a week long international Kite festival is being held at Sabarmati River Front in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the festival this morning.<br/><br/>As many as two thousand students from the schools run by the Municipal Corporation performed '...

January 8, 2017 12:16 PM

Govt determined to act against shadow economy & black money, says Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Narendra Modi government had absolute clarity from day one that it will move against the shadow economy and black money.<br/><br/>In his facebook post, Mr Jaitley said, the Black money law dealing with illegal assets outside India opened wi...

January 8, 2017 11:06 AM

Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu to launch non-fare revenue policy

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will launch the non-fare revenue policy, a first in Railways, offering various schemes for revenue yielding activities of about 2,000 crore rupees.<br/><br/>Quoting a senior Railway official, news agency PTI said, these schemes include train branding, adver...

January 8, 2017 8:51 AM

EC seeks report on BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj's remarks

The Election Commission of India has sought a report of alleged model code of conduct violation by BJP MP from Unnao Sakhshi Maharaj who made controversial remarks against a community on Thursday in Meerut.<br/><br/>BJP ?MP Sakshi Maharaj was ?on Friday booked for allegedly hurting relig...

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