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August 1, 2016 9:22 PM

Parliament passes NIT, Science Education & Research Bill

<br/>Parliament has passed the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research(Amendment),Bill,2016 with Rajya Sabha approving it today. <br/><br/>The Lok Sabha has already cleared it.The Bill seeks to establish the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Andhra P...

August 1, 2016 9:20 PM

Parliament passes Indian Medical Council Amendment Bill 2016

Admission to medical and dental courses across the country will be done through a single common entrance test from next year with Parliament today approving two significant bills for putting NEET in place.<br/><br/>The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the Dentists (Amend...

August 1, 2016 9:13 PM

Trial run for high-speed Talgo trains between Delhi-Mumbai route begins

The trial run for high-speed Talgo trains between Delhi-Mumbai route began from today. <br/><br/>The trial run for Talgo trains will also be carried out on 3rd and 5th of this month. <br/><br/>Indian Railways had conducted the first ever trial run for Talgo trains on the Bare...

August 1, 2016 8:35 PM

EAM Sushma Swaraj monitoring situation in Saudi Arabia

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has been monitoring the situation in Saudi Arabia on an hourly basis. <br/><br/>Sources in the Ministry said Mrs Swaraj received a call from affected workers in Jeddah at 0245 hrs last night. <br/><br/>Minister of State V K Singh would ...

August 1, 2016 7:29 PM

Ex-CMs not entitled for govt accommodation for lifetime: SC

The Supreme Court today held that former Chief Ministers are not entitled for government accommodation for lifetime. The court, which pronounced its verdict on a 2004 plea, said any such government accommodation should be vacated within two to three months.<br/><br/>The judgment came on ...

August 1, 2016 6:46 PM

Various events planed ahead of 8th BRICS Summit in Goa

In Goa a number of events have been planed during the next three months as part of the Eighth BRICS Summit scheduled to be held in mid October this year. <br/><br/>In all twelve events will be held in Goa between August to October 2016. The Summit of the heads pf Brazil, Russia, India, C...

August 1, 2016 6:40 PM

CVC red-flags setting up of NGOs by employees of public sector banks

The Central Vigilance Commission has red-flagged the setting up of NGOs by employees of public sector banks and enterprises to get donations from contractors or other persons having official dealings with them and has warned them of strict action.<br/><br/>The move comes as the Commissio...

August 1, 2016 6:31 PM

India asks Pak to take action against JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed

India today asked Pakistan to take action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa Chief and mastermind of Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed following his remarks that he will protest against Home Minister Rajnath Singh&apos;s visit to Islamabad. <br/> <br/>Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Minister...

August 1, 2016 6:18 PM

Assam Assembly Speaker Ranjit Das meets President Pranab Mukherjee

Assam Assembly Speaker Ranjit Das met President Pranab Mukherjee today at Rashtrapati Bhawan and appealed him to take step to declare flood as a national problem. <br/><br/>Mr. Das told AIR Correspondent that several states including Assam are reeling under flood, and several persons hav...

August 1, 2016 6:17 PM

IRS officer Rani Singh Nair takes over as new chairperson of CBDT

Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Rani Singh Nair today took over as the new chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body of the I-T department under the Union Finance Ministry.<br/><br/>A 1979-batch officer of the Income Tax cadre, she worked as ...

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