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June 27, 2016 1:55 PM

Congress appoints Asha Kumari as General Secy in-charge of Punjab

The Congress has appointed Himachal Pradesh MLA Asha Kumari as the general secretary in-charge of Punjab ahead of next year's assembly elections in the state. Asha Kumari has been convicted in a land grab case in February and is currently out on bail. <br/><br/>A former state educat...

June 27, 2016 1:43 PM

Javadekar lauds works undertaken in MP under joint forest management

Union Minister of State for Forests, Environment and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has lauded the works undertaken in Madhya Pradesh under joint forest management. <br/><br/>In a meeting with senior officers of State&apos;s forest department in Bhopal yesterday, he stressed on the nee...

June 27, 2016 1:42 PM

Govt committed towards poverty alleviation : Venkaiah Naidu

Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said government is committed towards poverty alleviation in country. Addressing National Conference on Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission, Mr Naidu said Prime Minister Narendra Modi take it like misson. ...

June 27, 2016 1:42 PM

HM innagurates 22nd meeting of Eastern Zonal Council at Ranchi

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the 22nd meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council at Ranchi today. <br/><br/>Chief Ministers of Jharkhand Raghuwar Das and of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, along with other Ministers and very senior officers from various Ministries of the Central Gove...

June 27, 2016 1:35 PM

Concrete steps being taken to make India export hub in defence: Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said, the concrete steps are being taken to make India an export hub in defence and make it self-reliant. Addressing a meeting of ex-servicemen in Bhubaneswar yesterday, Mr Parrikar said, to fulfill this objective, the government has increased the limit of Forei...

June 27, 2016 8:30 AM

Govt sets target of 70% employment of urban poor through skill training

Government has set a target of 70 per cent employment of urban poor through skill training. Urban development Ministry said, during the last two years, around five lakh urban poor have been imparted skill training out of which about one lakh had either got jobs or self-employed. The Ministry has org...

June 27, 2016 8:16 AM

Concrete steps being taken to make India export hub in defence: Parikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said, the concrete steps are being taken to make India an export hub in defence and make it self-reliant. Addressing a meeting of ex-servicemen in Bhubaneswar yesterday, Mr Parrikar said, to fulfill this objective, the government has increased the limit of Forei...

June 27, 2016 8:05 AM

Nine regional parties become members of NEDA

Nine regional parties have become members of the North East Democratic Alliance, NEDA. The Convenor of the Alliance Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma told AIR that three parties from Assam including Asom Gana Parishad and two parties from Meghalaya have become part of it. He said, one each from Arunachal Prade...

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