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October 6, 2016 7:05 PM

BCCI faces SC wrath for defiant attitude towards reforms

BCCI today faced the Supreme Court's wrath for its defiant attitude in implementing the directions of Justice R M Lodha committee to reform cricket in the country. The apex court also rebuked the cricket body for hurriedly disbursing around Rs 400 crore to state bodies.<br/><br/>It ...

October 6, 2016 7:01 PM

Centre approves Rs 350 crore for Heritage Infrastructure projects

Centre has approved 350 crore rupees for Heritage Infrastructure projects in the country. <br/><br/>Inaugurating a two day conference on Heritage Cities in New Delhi today, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, India is blessed with tangible and intangible heritage assets and i...

October 6, 2016 6:53 PM

Terrorism cannot be commodity to be exported: Govt

India today said, promoting shared prosperity with its neighbours is the government's priority but terrorism cannot be the commodity to be exported. <br/><br/>Replying to a question on Most Favoured Nation Status to Pakistan, spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry Vikas Swaru...

October 6, 2016 6:50 PM

Comply with Lodha Panel's directives, says SC

Supreme Court today asked BCCI to implement directions of Lodha committee for reforming the cricket body and asked it to file undertaking that it will comply with directions of Lodha panel. <br/><br/>The apex court said that The Board of Control for Cricket in India's defiant attitu...

October 6, 2016 6:49 PM

No need to give out video of cross-LoC operation: Manohar Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today questioned the loyalty of those who doubted the Army and sought proof of surgical strikes across the LoC. <br/><br/>Speaking at a BJP function in Agra, he described the cross-LoC operation as a 100 per cent perfect surgical strike. <br/><b...

October 6, 2016 5:54 PM

Heritage Infrastructure projects worth Rs. 350 crore approved

Urban Development Ministry has approved projects worth 114 crore rupees under Heritage Infrastructure Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) for improving infrastructure facilities in five cities. <br/><br/>The cities are Varanasi, Amritsar, Dwaraka, Puri and Warangal. Urban Develo...

October 6, 2016 5:28 PM

Prakash Javadekar inaugurates Shatabdi Krishi Bhawan, Green Building in BHU

Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated Shatabdi Krishi Bhawan and a Green Building in Banaras Hindu University today. The Shatabdi Krishi Bhawan under the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU has been so named to commemorate the Centenary year of University.&...

October 6, 2016 5:28 PM

President Inaugurates First Edition of World Sustainable Development Summit

President Pranab Mukherjee today said, the threat of climate change is real and immediate as it concerns the whole world and its ill-effects are all-pervasive.<br/><br/>Inaugurating the first edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi, Mr Mukherjee said, there is a ...

October 6, 2016 5:12 PM

250 mandis linked to National Agriculture Market in first phase

A total of 250 mandis have been linked to the e-trading platform under the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) in the first phase. <br/><br/>E-NAM is a pan India electronic portal for sale and purchase of agricultural produce so that farmers get better prices of their produce. The first ...

October 6, 2016 4:02 PM

India embarking on 4th industrial revolution: Suresh Prabhu

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that India is being propelled towards a fourth industrial revolution arising out of assimilation of digitization and technology which will benefit all sections of society.<br/><br/>Speaking at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi today, Mr Prabhu...

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