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July 8, 2016 6:10 PM

BJP rejects Digvijaya Singh's claim that Rajnath Singh met Pragya Thakur

BJP today rejected senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's claim that Home Minister Rajnath Singh had met Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur. <br/><br/>The party termed the allegations as baseless saying Mr. Singh never met her. Talking to media in New Delhi, BJP Secretary Shrika...

July 8, 2016 6:10 PM

Govt plans to clean 10 iconic places under Swachh Bharat mission

Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar has said that government will carry out a drive to clean ten iconic places in the country, including Taj Mahal, Vaishno Devi temple and Ajmer Sharif, as part of a pilot project under the Swachh Bharat mission. <br/><br/>Inau...

July 8, 2016 6:00 PM

Gujarat HC grants bail to Hardik Patel in sedition case

Gujarat High Court today granted bail to 23-year-old Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel in a sedition case. However, he has been asked to stay out of Gujarat for six months and submit his passport to the police. <br/><br/>Hardik Patel was arrested in October 2015 after his agitati...

July 8, 2016 1:49 PM

Jairam Ramesh, three others take oath as Rajya Sabha members

Four Members of Rajya Sabha who were re-elected in the recent biennial elections took oath today. They took oath in the chamber of Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari at the Parliament House. The members are Oscar Fernandes and Jairam Ramesh of Congress who have been elected from Karnataka, M J Akbar ...

July 8, 2016 1:37 PM

Rajnath Singh calls for international cooperation to curb menace of drugs

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today stressed on international cooperation to curb and stop the menace of drugs. Inaugurating BRICS heads of drug control agencies working group meeting in New Delhi , Mr Singh said, drugs and narcotics substance are global challenges and much needs to be done to stop th...

July 8, 2016 1:03 PM

SC seeks details of 1,528 alleged fake encounters in Manipur

The Supreme court today sought details of 1,528 alleged fake encounters in Manipur. The Apex Court further said that army and paramilitary personnel cannot use "excessive and retaliatory force" in the state, reported PTI. While hearing a petition demanding a probe by the CBI into the alleg...

July 8, 2016 8:30 AM

India can achieve 1.65 trillion units of electricity next year: Goyal

Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the country can achieve as high as 50 per cent growth in electricity production up to 1.65 trillion units next year. Addressing a fuction in New Delhi yesterday, Mr Goyal said, we need to double our power production. He said given the infrastructure and generating ca...

July 8, 2016 7:14 AM

Rajnath Singh to inaugurate BRICS drug control meeting

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the second anti-drug working group meeting of heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS countries in New Delhi today. It is being organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India. Besides the delegates from the member countries, the ambassadors...

July 8, 2016 7:01 AM

Noted music director Omi passes away

Noted music director Om Prakash Sonik, who was also known as Omi, part of the Sonik-Omi duo, passed away in Mumbai yesterday after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 77, and is survived by son Som and daughter Sudha. He was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan) and his family had moved to Indi...

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