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December 22, 2016 4:45 AM

Rajnath chairs meeting of GoM on Lokpal bill

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of Group of Ministers in New Delhi and discussed various aspects related to the proposed anti-corruption body, Lokpal. <br/><br/>Some issues related to Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, were discussed during the meeting. The issues arisi...

December 21, 2016 10:25 PM

Rajnath chairs meeting of GoM on Lokpal bill

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today chaired a meeting of Group of Ministers in New Delhi and discussed various aspects related to the proposed anti-corruption body, Lokpal. <br/><br/>Some issues related to Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, were discussed during the meeting. The issues...

December 21, 2016 9:16 PM

Finance Ministry asks banks to restrict fees on payments through IMPS & UPI

Finance Ministry has asked Public Sector Banks to restrict fees on payments through Immediate Payment Service- IMPS and Unified Payments Interface -UPI to the extent that is applicable for NEFT fund transfer of over 1,000 rupees.<br/><br/>IMPS is an interbank electronic instant mobile mo...

December 21, 2016 9:00 PM

NEET-UG to be conducted in 8 languages from next academic year

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) will be conducted in eight languages, Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu and Tamil from next academic year. Earlier, the exam was conducted in only English and Hindi. <br/><br/>The candidate qualifying NEET will b...

December 21, 2016 8:53 PM

Sahitya Akademi awards announced

Sahitya Akademi today announced its annual sahitya academi awards for 2016 in 24 languages and noted English novelist Jerry Pinto has got the award for his novel Em and the Big Hoom and Hindi author Nasira Sharma has been named for the award for her novel Paarijat.<br/><br/>Eight books o...

December 21, 2016 8:50 PM

CCEA approves doubling of Rajpura-Bhatinda railway line

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for doubling of Rajpura-Bhatinda railway line at an estimated cost of 1,251 crore rupees and expected completion cost of 1,465 crore rupees. The 172.64 km long railway line is expected to...

December 21, 2016 8:40 PM

I-T raids at Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary's residence in Chennai

In Chennai, Income Tax raids are under way in the residences and other properties of the state chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao and his close associates at ten different locations. <br/><br/>The residence of his close relative in his native place at Chittoor in neighbouring Andhra Prade...

December 21, 2016 8:18 PM

HRD ministry conferred with Web Ratna Digital India Award &apos; 2016

The Ministry of Human Resource Development website has been given Platinum award in the Web Ratna Category in the recently concluded Digital India awards, 2016. <br/><br/>Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today informed this in New Delhi today. He said, the website is...

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