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November 17, 2016 5:58 PM

India issues demarche to Pak over ceasefire violations

External Affairs Ministry called in senior officials of the Pakistan High Commission yesterday and made a demarche on continued violation of ceasefire along the Line Of Control and also condemned the increased of concentration of terrorists observed across the border in the vicinity of Pakistani for...

November 17, 2016 5:58 PM

UP's Aligarh leading in Swachh Bharat campaign in urban areas: Govt

Government today informed that Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is leading in Swachh Bharat awareness campaign in urban areas while adding that final results of Swachh Survekshan-2017 will be announced in January next year. <br/><br/>Aligarh has scored the maximum marks during the evaluation of ...

November 17, 2016 5:56 PM

PM Modi wants to make UP most prosperous state in country: Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to make Uttar Pradesh most prosperous state in the country while adding that UP has the most fertile land even though the state is still one of the poorest state. <br/><br/>Addressing a Privartan Yatra rally in Azam...

November 17, 2016 5:33 PM

Govt approves highway projects worth over Rs 6,000 crore in 8 states

Centre has approved 12 highway projects worth over six thousand crore rupees in eight states namely Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. <br/><br/>Most of the 476 kilometre projects are under engineering, procurement and cons...

November 17, 2016 5:32 PM

No shortage of currency, sufficient notes in supply: RBI

Reserve Bank of India has again clarified that there is no shortage of currency and sufficient notes are being supplied to banks for disbursal, therefore the Central bank requested people not to panic or hoard currency notes. <br/><br/>The apex bank further informed that it had increased...

November 17, 2016 5:05 PM

Govt rules out review of Indus Water Treaty

The government today ruled out any review of the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Water Resources Sanjeev Balyan said ways are being explored to fully exploit India&apos;s rights to develop hydropower storage and irrigated cropped area as p...

November 17, 2016 5:05 PM

Borders of country are secured, nothing to worry: Kiren Rijiju

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju today said that borders of the country are secured and there is nothing to worry. <br/><br/>Speaking to media persons in Shillong, he however said that there are some challenges but troops deployment are often reviewed as per the sit...

November 17, 2016 4:46 PM

Two Indian fishermen injured in Lankan Navy firing

Two fishermen sustained bullet injuries as Sri Lankan Navy opened fire at their fishing boat off Kodiakarai coast in Puducherry. <br/><br/>The fishermen claim that they were well within the Indian waters when the incident took place. <br/><br/>The injured were taken to Karaik...

November 17, 2016 4:32 PM

Country heading towards bankruptcy: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that country is heading towards bankruptcy.<br/><br/> Talking to media outside RBI bank in New Delhi, the TMC leader said the reduction of withdrawal limit of cash to 2000 rupees means that government lacks funds. Ms Banerjee demanded...

November 17, 2016 3:58 PM

Govt not paying heed to Oppn demand for JPC on demonetisation: Naidu

Government is not in a mood to pay heed to the opposition demand for setting up of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the alleged leakage of decision on demonetization of high value currency. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters outside Parliament today, Information and Broadcasting ...

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