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August 29, 2016 8:43 PM

Vice President unveils statue of Dr. Sreenivasan in Kerala

Vice President Dr. Hamid Ansari today said, he felt great about Dr. M. Sreenivasan who inspired his students to take up studies into the social, economic challenges facing the country, particularly the marginalised sections. For, Dr. Sreenivasan believed that the best way to deal with hopelessness w...

August 29, 2016 8:43 PM

Expert Committee submits its report on alternatives to pellet guns

An expert committee on alternatives to pellet guns has submitted its report to Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi in New Delhi today. The seven member committee headed by T V S N Prasad, Joint Secretary in the Ministry, was set up to explore the possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons....

August 29, 2016 7:59 PM

BSF witnesses visual of flying object on Indo-Pakistan border

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed in Jammu today witnessed a visual of flying object in Indian side on Indo-Pakistan border. Sources said, the silver colour flying object seen in R S Pura sector over 300 meters in air space this afternoon appeared to be a five - six seater aircraft. Rep...

August 29, 2016 7:42 PM

Madhukar Gupta Committee on border protection submits report to MHA

The Madhukar Gupta Committee on border protection has submitted its report to the Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The Committee headed by former Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta was appointed in April, this year for strengthening border protection and addressing the issue of gaps and vulnerability in bord...

August 29, 2016 7:22 PM

Defence Ministry in state of denial about the Scorpene data leak: Congress

Congress today alleged that the Defence Ministry is in a state of denial about the Scorpene data leak. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, party spokesperson Manish Tewari sought to know why government is putting out selective leaks to suggest that operational secrecy has not been sacrificed. ...

August 29, 2016 7:17 PM

Situation returning to normal in the Kashmir Valley: Congress

Congress has said it is a matter of happiness for the entire country that situation is returning to normal in the Kashmir Valley. Talking to media, senior party leader Ghumal Nabi Azad said peace has prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir and schools, colleges, offices and shops which have been shut for mor...

August 29, 2016 7:12 PM

US wants to cooperate with Bangladesh on combating terrorism

Visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the US wants to join forces with Bangladesh in the fight against terrorism and expressed the desire for additional intelligence sharing between the security agencies of both countries. <br/><br/>Kerry was on a day-long visit to Bang...

August 29, 2016 7:08 PM

President confers Khel Ratna to Rio Olympics athletes

President Pranab Mukherjee today presented the national sports awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion of National Sports Day. <br/><br/>Our correspondent reports that Rio Olympics Silver Medalist PV Sindhu, Bronze medalist Sakshi Malik, Gymnast Dipa Karmakar and Shooter Jitu Rai we...

August 29, 2016 7:05 PM

Vyapam scam: SC directs CBI to file forensic report in 6 weeks

The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to file a forensic report regarding electronic evidence being examined by Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in connection with the Vyapam scam within six weeks.<br/><br/>An apex court bench said, it may pass orders on the aspect of monito...

August 29, 2016 6:44 PM

11-Year-old to swim across Ganga

With a message of 'clean Ganga', an 11-year-old girl has taken up an uphill task of swimming across the mighty river to cover a distance of 550 km from Massacre Ghat in Kanpur to Varanasi in just 10 days.<br/><br/>Shraddha Shukla, a Class IX student, dreams of representing Indi...

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