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October 26, 2016 8:40 PM

Mistry says was pushed to a position of lame duck chairman

Sacked unceremoniously, a "shocked" Cyrus Mistry has levelled a series of allegations against Ratan Tata and contended that he was pushed in to a position of "lame duck" chairman. He added that the changes in decision making process created alternate power centres in Tata Group.&...

October 26, 2016 8:39 PM

Centre forms panel to keep constant vigil on Bird Flu situation

Centre has constituted a committee to keep constant vigil on the situation arising out of avian influenza (H5N8) commonly known as Bird Flu. The Committee headed by Joint Commissioner in Department of Animal Husbandry will have representatives from Health and Environment Ministries and Department of...

October 26, 2016 8:32 PM

E-auction of 2nd batch of private FM radio phase III channels commences

Fifty eight channels in 42 cities became provisionally winning channels with cumulative price of around 182 crore rupees against their aggregate reserve price of about 179.2 crore at the end of first day of bidding of e- auction of the Second Batch of Private FM Radio Phase- III Channels. An officia...

October 26, 2016 8:31 PM

India pushes for traditional military-to-military cooperation with Russia

India today pushed for more focus on traditional military-to-military cooperation with Russia. It also called for enhancing pace and depth of exchanges at the level of Chiefs, training of personnel and joint military exercises between the two countries. <br/><br/>Addressing the 16th meet...

October 26, 2016 8:22 PM

Uniform Civil Code will not be brought without consensus: Naidu

Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said the Uniform Civil Code will not be brought through the back door and without a consensus. He rejected the charge that the contentious issue has been raked up by the BJP to polarise elections, especially in Uttar Pradesh. In an interview t...

October 26, 2016 8:22 PM

NZ says it would be constructively engaged on India&apos;s NSG membership

India is encouraged by the discussions on the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issue with New Zealand. Sources in External Affairs Ministry said that New Zealand understands India&apos;s clean energy needs and the importance of predictability in global rules on nuclear commerce in enabling the expansio...

October 26, 2016 8:09 PM

OROP panel submits report to Parrikar

The judicial committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) submitted its report to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi today. The one man committee of Retired Justice L Narasimha Reddy was set up to look into the anomalies, if any, arising out of implementation of OROP. <br/><br/>D...

October 26, 2016 8:05 PM

PM asks officials to analyze World Bank's report on Ease of Doing Business

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all the Secretaries of the Central Government and States' Chief Secretaries to study the World Bank's report on Ease of Doing Business and analyze the areas where there is a scope for improvement. He also asked for a report from all the concerned with...

October 26, 2016 7:56 PM

HC bans toll collection from commuters using DND Flyway

The Allahabad High court has banned the toll collection from commuters using DELHI-NOIDA-Delhi Flyway, DND, with immediate effect." In its order, the bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Arun Tandon, said that the contract between Noida Authority and the private company engaged in toll c...

October 26, 2016 7:47 PM

Indian Navy on alert in view of cyclone Kyant

Indian Navy is on alert in view of severe cyclone Kyant poised to strike East coast. <br/><br/>Navy spokesperson said the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters is ready for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief. Ships ready with divers, doctors, inflatable rubber boats, helicopters an...

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