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November 16, 2016 8:41 PM

Government launches revamped toll-free helpline for info on Aadhaar

Government today launched revamped Aadhaar toll-free helpline number - 1947 to help citizens to get quick access to information about Aadhaar. <br/><br/>The helpline number will be available 24x7 throughout the year on Interactive voice response system mode (IVRS), while Call-Centre agen...

November 16, 2016 8:39 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned for day after paying tributes to departed members

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after paying tribute to a sitting member of the House, Renuka Sinha who died on 17th of August this year and six other former members of the House.<br/><br/>The former members are V.Jeyalakshmi, Arif Baig, P. Kannan, Harsh Vardhan, Jayawanti Mehta ...

November 16, 2016 8:39 PM

Political parties take out protest march against demonetisation move

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with leaders of National Conference, AAP and Shiv Sena, today led a march to Rashtrapati Bhavan from Parliament, protesting against the Centre's move to demonetise high value currency notes. <br/><br/>Speaking to media after submitti...

November 16, 2016 8:36 PM

Govt ready to discuss issues in Parliament, hope for healthy debate: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, that government is ready to discuss any issue in Parliament and expressed hope that there will be a healthy debate, inviting all Parliamentarians to talk about people's aspirations. <br/><br/> Talking to reporters ahead of the Winter session, M...

November 16, 2016 8:36 PM

Internal discipline in media important than external intervention: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said government should not have any interference in working of the media while stressing that press is responsible for upholding free speech, and external control on press is not good for society. <br/><br/>Speaking at the Golden Jubilee programme of Pr...

November 16, 2016 8:31 PM

SC directs Centre to block info on sex determination online in India

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to constitute a nodal agency to have a tab on all the keywords used on search engines to enable a system of 'auto-block' that would black out information on sex determination online in India.<br/><br/>The division bench told the Centr...

November 16, 2016 8:29 PM

SC rejects Tamil Nadu's plea for review of Jallikattu verdict

The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking review of the 2014 judgement banning use of bulls for Jallikattu events in the state and bullock-cart races in the country.<br/><br/>The bench rejected the review petition saying that it was illegal and uncon...

November 16, 2016 8:26 PM

Police raise reward for information on missing JNU student

Delhi Police has enhanced the amount of reward from two lakh rupees to five lakh for providing information about missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed. <br/><br/>Delhi Police in a statement said, all out efforts were made to trace the Najib, however, no clue has been surfaced yet. <br/>...

November 16, 2016 8:25 PM

MPVL supplies 30,000 bottles of Indelible ink to RBI

In Karnataka, the State owned Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL) started supplying the Indelible ink to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from today. <br/><br/>Addressing the media persons, MPVL Chairman H A Venkatesh said the first consignment of 30,000 bottles of Indelible ink of 5...

November 16, 2016 8:25 PM

India's Rustom-II UAV successfully completes maiden test flight

Rustom-II, India's indigenously developed drone, today successfully completed its maiden-flight, which enhanced India's development programme for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). <br/><br/>The DRDO successfully carried out the maiden-flight of TAPAS 201 (RUSTOM-II), a Medium Alt...

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