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December 8, 2016 5:44 PM
The issue of demonetisation continued to rock Parliament for the 16th day today, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha could not transact any substantial business, as the Opposition parties stalled the proceedings in both the Houses.<br/><br/>In the Lok Sabha, Opposition members from Congres...
December 8, 2016 5:25 PM
President Pranab Mukherjee has said, disruptions in Parliament are unacceptable. Delivering the Defence Estates Day Lecture on Electoral Reforms in New Delhi today, Mr Mukherjee said, people send their representatives to Parliament to debate, transact business and not to sit on dharnas. He urged the...
December 8, 2016 5:21 PM
The issue of demonetisation continued to rock Parliament for the 16th day today, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha could not transact any substantial business, as the Opposition parties stalled the proceedings in both the Houses.<br/><br/>In the Lok Sabha, Opposition members from Congres...
December 8, 2016 5:14 PM
UNESCO has said, India will be half a century late in achieving its universal education goals. The UN body, in its Global Education Monitoring Report, 2016, also said, India will achieve universal primary education by 2050, lower secondary education (Class 6th to 8th) by 2060 and upper secondary edu...
December 8, 2016 4:53 PM
The Lok Sabha committee, set up to probe Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann's Parliament video incident, has recommended suspension of the leader for the rest of the Winter Session of Parliament. Sources said, the committee, headed by BJP MP Kirit Somaiya, has found him guilty in the incident.<...
December 8, 2016 4:39 PM
Internationally acclaimed sculptor Adwaita Gadanayak today assumed charge as Director General of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). He succeeded Rajeev Lochan. Previously, Mr Gadanayak was Head of the School of Sculpture at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.<br/>&...
December 8, 2016 4:29 PM
Logjam continues in Parliament over demonetisation. Both Houses were adjourned for the day today as pandemonium over the issue continued.<br/><br/>In the Rajya Sabha, when the House met at 2 pm after two earlier adjournments, Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari tried to take up discussion on ...
December 8, 2016 4:25 PM
Internationally acclaimed sculptor Adwaita Gadanayak today assumed charge as Director General of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). He succeeded Rajeev Lochan. Previously, Mr Gadanayak was Head of the School of Sculpture at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.<br/>&...
December 8, 2016 4:25 PM
The Lok Sabha today passed the second Supplementary Demands for Grants for Budget 2016 -17 amid the Opposition's uproar against demonetisation. Replying to a short debate on the issue, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hit out at the Congress on the black money issue posing a challenge to name any ...
December 8, 2016 3:20 PM
Government has decided to waive service tax on debit and credit card transactions up to 2,000 rupees to promote digital transactions following demonetisation of old high value currency notes.<br/><br/>The exemption will be applicable for the amount in a single transaction. A notification...
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