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June 29, 2016 8:11 PM

Cabinet clears National Mineral Exploration Policy

Cabinet has cleared the National Mineral Exploration Policy, NMEP, paving the way for auction of 100 prospective mineral blocks and boosting the country's mining potential. <br/><br/>The NMEP primarily aims at accelerating the exploration activity in the country through enhanced par...

June 29, 2016 8:04 PM

Get your photo, logo on postage stamp for Rs 12 lakh

An individual or a corporate entity can now get their photo or logo printed inside the postage stamp by paying 12 lakh rupees. <br/><br/>Secretary Department of Posts S K Sinha told reporters in New Delhi today there will be five thousand sheets comprising 60 thousand postage stamps. The...

June 29, 2016 7:48 PM

Rajasthan: Govt grants Indian citizenship to Pak displaced Hindus

In Rajasthan, Union Home Ministry is organizing a two day camp from today in Jodhpur to grant Indian citizenship to the Pak displaced Hindus living there for the last several years. <br/><br/>Union Home Secretary Rajeev Maharishi along with other official from Home Ministry are camping t...

June 29, 2016 7:44 PM

Cabinet approves Revised Cost Estimates for establishment of eight new IITs

Cabinet has approved the Revised Cost Estimates for establishment of eight new IITs at Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Mandi, Patna and Ropar. The revised Cost Estimate is 13,990 crore rupees for establishment of the IITs over a period of eleven years from 2008-09 to 2018-19.&l...

June 29, 2016 6:54 PM

MHA team in Srinagar to assess lapses in Pampore attack

The three member team of Ministry of Home Affairs that arrived in Srinagar yesterday evening, today took stock of the various aspects of overall security situation in the wake of June 25 Pampore attack on para military forces personnel. <br/><br/>The team is also assessing the Standard O...

June 29, 2016 6:53 PM

CCEA approves three major highway projects

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to three major highway projects.<br/><br/>Briefing media in Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said government has given its nod to the four laning of 80 kilometre long Phagwara-Rupnagar Section of NH-344A in Punjab at a cost...

June 29, 2016 6:12 PM

V K Singh asks statisticians to collect data on time

Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister V K Singh has asked the statisticians to collect data on time and in a reliable manner. <br/><br/>Addressing National Statistics Day in New Delhi this afternoon, Mr Singh said timely data can help in making schemes and prepare contingency ...

June 29, 2016 6:12 PM

Govt signs MoU with JNU to start courses on animal welfare activities

Ministry of Environment and Forests has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Jawaharlal Nehru University to start courses on various animal welfare activities at National Institute of Animal Welfare. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Minister for Environment an...

June 29, 2016 6:08 PM

Mallya asked to appear before PMLA court on July 29

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been asked to appear before a PMLA court in Mumbai on 29th July in connection with a money laundering probe against him in an alleged bank loan fraud case. <br/><br/>Special judge P R Bhavake said, Mallya has absconded and was concealing himself to avoid arr...

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