National

June 22, 2016 9:06 PM

Congress to oppose FDI rectification Bill in Monsoon session

Congress has said, it will oppose the rectification bill on FDI in the Monsoon session of Parliament. This was announced by senior party leader Anand Sharma in Shimla today. Addressing a press conference, Mr Sharma also said, the Centre has compromised the national interest in defence sector.<br/...

June 22, 2016 9:05 PM

Mayawati hits back at Maurya, says he was indulged in nepotism

BSP supremo Mayawati has fired back on Swami Prasad Maurya saying he was indulged in nepotism and wanted tickets for his children and upon refusal from her he left the party. <br/><br/>Had he not left BSP for himself, he soon would have been expelled from it, Mayawati said. <br/>&l...

June 22, 2016 9:04 PM

Nadda stresses on need to counter Non-Communicable diseases

Union Health Minister J P Nadda has stressed the need for paying attention to the preventive aspects of Non-Communicable diseases, NCDs. He said, social behaviour change plays a major role in preventing the NCDs. <br/><br/>Speaking at the inauguration of National Conference on Prevention...

June 22, 2016 8:47 PM

Govt amends UGC norms to promote foreign collaborations

Government has amended the UGC regulations to promote foreign collaborations to improve educational quality in the country. <br/><br/>It will allow Higher Educational Institutions with grade A to collaborate with foreign institutions for non-technical degree programmes.<br/><br/...

June 22, 2016 8:39 PM

QED's merger with SP a case of vote-bank politics: BJP

BJP today hit out at Samajwadi Party for embracing Mukhtar Ansari's Qaumi Ekta Dal into its fold alleging that the ruling party at UP is trying to communalise the state by such a decision. <br/><br/>Briefing reporters in New Delhi, party Secretary Shrikant Sharma alleged that the SP...

June 22, 2016 8:04 PM

FM backs Arvind Subramanian, says Govt has full confidence in CEA

Government today said it has full confidence in Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian and rejected BJP MP Subramanian Swamy's allegations against him. <br/><br/>Replying to a media query in New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Chief Economic Advisor has provided val...

June 22, 2016 8:04 PM

Cabinet approves mega spectrum auction

The Union Cabinet today cleared the way for mega auction of spectrum. Briefing media in New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, more than 2300 Megahertz of spectrum is available for auction across seven bands. <br/><br/>The bands are 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300 and 2500 MHz. T...

Most Read

View All arrow-right

No posts found.