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July 2, 2016 5:31 PM

BSF seizes two Pakistani fishing boats off Gujarat coast

Border Security Force (BSF) has seized two unclaimed Pakistani fishing boats from the creek area at Harami Nala in Kutch district off Gujarat coast. <br/><br/>A BSF official said the boats were seized last evening, 400 metres inside the Indian territory of the Indo-Pak maritime border. &...

July 2, 2016 2:17 PM

Rajnath Singh calls on BSF, Army to step up vigilance at LoC

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who arrived on a two days visit to Kashmir yesterday last evening, concluded his visit after taking first hand stock of security situation in the Kashmir Valley at a high level meeting. <br/><br/>Home Minister had a detailed discussion on steps being tak...

July 2, 2016 2:06 PM

Rs 43,000 crore undisclosed income unearthed in 2 years

The Income Tax Department has unearthed undisclosed income worth 43,000 crore rupees in the last two fiscals. Union Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia told reporters in Mumbai that 21,000 crore rupees were found from the Department's searches, and the balance of 22,000 crore rupees were unearthed ...

July 2, 2016 12:32 PM

Swedish Maj Gen appointed to head UN mission

Major General Per Gustaf Lodin of Sweden today takes over as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). Lodin succeeds Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana, who completes his two-year assignment today.<br/>...

July 2, 2016 10:18 AM

India moves up to 35th rank on World Bank's Logistics Performance Index

India has improved its ranking in the World Bank Group's bi-annual Logistics Performance Index 2016 by jumping from 54th in 2014 to 35th in 2016. This was announced by the World Bank Group in its recent launch of the report. <br/><br/>India's jump of 19 positions in the ranking...

July 2, 2016 10:17 AM

Nitin Gadkari kick-starts national green highways mission

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has launched the plantation drive on 1,500 kilometers of National Highways at a cost of about 300 crore rupees under the National Green Highways Mission in New Delhi. <br/><br/>The launch was announced at a workshop yesterday orgnized by...

July 2, 2016 10:15 AM

Rathore urges media not to reveal identities of hostages in Dhaka

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore has urged the media not to reveal the identities of hostages at Dhaka restaurant. Mr. Rathore in a tweet said, media should refrain from identifying nationalities/identities of probable hostages in context of Dhaka for their saf...

July 2, 2016 10:14 AM

President Hosts Iftar Party At Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Pranab Mukherjee hosted an Iftar reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday. On the occasion, the President conveyed Ramzan greetings to all and urged everyone to spread love, affection and mutual trust during the holy month. He expressed the hope that the spirit of Ramzan will instill in e...

July 2, 2016 10:14 AM

SC asks Unitech to pay compensation to Noida flat buyers by August 12

Supreme Court has directed real estate major Unitech Ltd to deposit an amount of 5 crore rupees in its Registry, for failing to hand over apartments in Noida area to consumers which was to be given three years ago. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan also warned the developer to d...

July 2, 2016 10:06 AM

Brand image of Andhra Pradesh to be promoted: Naidu

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that the brand image of Andhra Pradesh is to be promoted and that he had visited China with this as the main objective for drawing investments and claimed that technology is his best pal.<br/><br/>Talking to media yesterday evening i...

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