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Afghan President calls up PM Modi over Uri terror attack

September 20, 2016 1:51 PM

Afghan President calls up PM Modi over Uri terror attack

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and condemned the Uri attack. Mr Ghani extended Afghanistan's solidarity and support to India to eliminate terrorism. Mr Modi thanked the Afghan President for his support.

Two-day national labour meet kicks off in Odisha

September 20, 2016 1:32 PM

Two-day national labour meet kicks off in Odisha

A two-day national conference on labour began in Bhubaneswar, Odisha today. The conference, organised jointly by the Odisha Labour department and the International Labour Organisation, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. <br/><br/>Presiding over the function, Union Minister...

Tomar launches drive to clean 10 iconic places at Kamakhya temple in Assam

September 20, 2016 1:32 PM

Tomar launches drive to clean 10 iconic places at Kamakhya temple in Assam

Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal have inaugurated a cleanliness drive of Iconic Places at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati under the Swacch Bharat Mission. Addressing the programme, Mr Tomar said, 10 places, including Taj Mahal, Vaishno Devi...

Tax offices to display CBI contact numbers to check corruption

September 20, 2016 1:24 PM

Tax offices to display CBI contact numbers to check corruption

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has ordered all tax offices to install a display board asking people to contact CBI in case of any demand for bribe. This has been done to check corruption in the income tax department.<br/><br/>A CBDT order said, all the Chief Commissioners of In...

12% growth in Foreign Tourist Arrivals in August

September 20, 2016 1:21 PM

12% growth in Foreign Tourist Arrivals in August

Foreign Tourist Arrivals have registered a growth of around 12 per cent in August this year over the same period last year. The Tourism Ministry, in a release, said, 6 lakh 70,000 foreign tourists arrived during the period. <br/><br/>The release said, Bangladesh accounts for highest shar...

Security beefed up in Karnataka ahead of SC hearing on Cauvery water dispute

September 20, 2016 12:50 PM

Security beefed up in Karnataka ahead of SC hearing on Cauvery water dispute

In Karnataka, security has been beefed up in Bengaluru and Cauvery basin regions of Mysuru and Mandya as Supreme Court takes up the Cauvery river water sharing dispute today. The cities had witnessed arson and violence on the 5th of the this month when the apex court had directed Karnataka to releas...

Uri terror attack: NIA begins probe, visits encounter site

September 20, 2016 11:53 AM

Uri terror attack: NIA begins probe, visits encounter site

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has begun its probe into the Uri terror attack case. The NIA team visited the encounter site in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday in this regard. <br/><br/>Sources said, besides piecing together the sequence of events leading to the ter...

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