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December 29, 2016 5:18 PM

BJP dismisses Congress claim of PM & Amit Shah's link with Mahesh Shah

BJP has dismissed the Congress claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah have any link with Mahesh Shah, who had recently declared unaccounted income of over 1,300 crore rupees. <br/><br/>The party dared the opposition party to prove the allegation threatening...

December 29, 2016 5:14 PM

Centre sets target of providing housing to all poor by 2022

The Centre has set a target of providing housing to all the poor in the country by 2022. <br/><br/>Talking exclusively to AIR, after chairing the Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting on Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Rural Housing) in New Delhi, Minister of State for Rural Developm...

December 29, 2016 4:22 PM

Benefits of demonetisation visible now: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said large benefits of government's demonetisation move are visible now. <br/><br/>Briefing media in New Delhi, Mr Jaitley said agriculture, tourism and air travel have shown improvement following the move. He said Rabi crop sowing is 6.3 percent ...

December 29, 2016 4:16 PM

Former MP CM Sunder Lal Patwa cremated with full state honours

In Madhya Pradesh, senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Sunder Lal Patwa was cremated with full state honours this afternoon at his native village Kukdeshwar in Neemuch district.<br/><br/>Former deputy Prime Minister L K Adwani, union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Thawarchand Ge...

December 29, 2016 4:10 PM

&apos;ED arrests Delhi lawyer Rohit Tandon in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate arrested controversial lawyer Rohit Tandon late last night in a case of seizure of nearly 14 crore rupees after police raided a law firm premises as part of an anti-black money operation post demonetisation.<br/><br/>Officials said Tandon was arrested under th...

December 29, 2016 4:08 PM

Centre releases Rs 250 cr for Lucknow Metro Rail project

The Centre has released 250 crore rupees for the Lucknow Metro Rail project which is a joint venture of Central and Uttar Pradesh Governments. Urban Development Ministry in a release said,with this, a total of 550 crore rupees assistance have been provided to the Metro project so far.<br/><...

December 29, 2016 2:07 PM

MSME Ministry begins design workshop for manufacturing units

Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME, Kalraj Mishra today inaugurated the National Workshop on Design Clinic Scheme under National Manufacturing Competitiveness Program (NMCP) in New Delhi. The Design Clinic Scheme for MSME under the NMCP aims for design improvements in products, p...

December 29, 2016 2:07 PM

Rail movement badly hit after Sealdah-Ajmer Express train derailment

Restoration and repair work are going on at Rura near Kanpur under Kanpur-Delhi rail section. Train movements have been severely affected after Sealdah-Ajmer Express train derailment yesterday. <br/><br/>The North Central Railway Chief PRO Bijay Kumar told AIR that all affected coaches o...

December 29, 2016 2:03 PM

Govt launches Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative

Government today launched Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative, aiming at strengthening health centres in open defecation-free blocks. Launching this initiative in New Delhi, Health Ministry J P Nadda said, the objective of this initiative is to strengthen community health centres in 708 Open Defecatio...

December 29, 2016 2:03 PM

HC rejects furlough plea of 1993 blasts convict Rubina Memon

The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast terror convict Rubina Suleman Memon, seeking her release on furlough. A bench of Justice V K Tahilramani and A M Badar in a recent judgment denied to release Rubina Memon as she had been convicted by a TADA court for her in...

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