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June 20, 2016 8:36 PM

India expresses optimism of making progress towards NSG membership

India has expressed optimism of making progress towards Nuclear Suppliers Group membership. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in New Delhi this afternoon that the issue of India's membership to the NSG is in fact coming up at the NSG plenary meeting. He said the plenary m...

June 20, 2016 8:02 PM

Jawhar Sircar stresses need for more revenues to improve AIR, DD

Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati Jawhar Sircar has underlined the need for generating more revenues to improve the financial conditions of All India Radio and Doordarshan. He was speaking at a function in New Delhi organised to felicitate outstanding commercial revenue achievers during last...

June 20, 2016 7:47 PM

Gujarat Police arrest key accused of 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts

Gujarat Police Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested Nasir Rangrez, a key accused in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts. He was arrested from Belagavi in Karnataka last night. Sources said, Rangrez was picked up during a late night operation and taken to Gujarat. Rangrez had figured in the investigation into ...

June 20, 2016 6:12 PM

VVIP Chopper scam: ED conducts raids in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad

Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches at ten locations in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad in connection with VVIP chopper scam. Sources said the ED has also freezed shares worth over 86 crore rupees owned by companies in Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore. The deal pertained to purchase of 12 VVIP ...

June 20, 2016 5:31 PM

142 villages electrified last week under DDUGJY

Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna a total of 142 villages have been electrified across the country last week. Out of these electrified villages, six villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 80 in Assam, 16 in Jharkhand, 15 IN Meghalaya, five in Rajasthan, eight in Odisha, three in Uttar prade...

June 20, 2016 5:30 PM

First batch of Kailash Mansarovar yatra enter Tibet

The first batch of Indian pilgrims undertaking the annual Kailash Mansarovar yatra today entered Tibet through the Lipulekh pass in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. General Manager of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam, the nodal agency of the yatra, Trilok Singh Martolia told PTI, the batch consisting o...

June 20, 2016 4:34 PM

VVIP Chopper scam: ED conducts raids in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad

Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches at ten locations in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad in connection with VVIP chopper scam. <br/><br/>Sources said the ED has also freezed shares worth over 86 crore rupees owned by companies in Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore. <br/><br/&g...

June 20, 2016 4:18 PM

Bihar Toppers Scam: Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, wife Usha Sinha arrested

Mastermind of toppers scam of Bihar intermediate Examination, Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and his wife Usha Sinha have been arrested. Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh is former chairman of Bihar School Examination Board. Both were evading arrest after lodging of FIR against them. Patna Senior Superintendent of P...

June 20, 2016 2:23 PM

Prez to inaugurate mass Yoga demonstration at Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow

President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate a mass Yoga demonstration involving around 1,000 persons at Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow. The participants will include officers and staff of President&apos;s Secretariat, their family members, members of Delhi Police and ITBP as well as other residents of t...

June 20, 2016 2:16 PM

NSG meeting begins in Seoul; Sushma expresses hope to get membership

A week long meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group will begin at Seoul in South Korea from today. During the deliberations, 48 member countries are likely to take up the membership bid of India in its annual plenary meeting on 24th of this month. Ahead of the key meeting in Seoul, Indian Foreign Secreta...

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