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June 15, 2016 8:20 AM

President Mukherjee receives highest civilian award of Ivory coast

President Pranab Mukherjee has been presented National Order of the Republic of Ivory Coast. This is the highest award of the West African country and was conferred on him during his two days visit to the nation.Mr Mukherjee's visit is the first ever high level visit from India to Ivory Coast.&...

June 15, 2016 8:14 AM

Congress expels six MLAs in UP for cross voting in RS polls

Congress today expelled six of its MLAs who cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. <br/><br/>Party General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi told media in New Delhi that they voted against Congress candidate Kapil Sibal, who won with support from other parties. <b...

June 15, 2016 7:17 AM

Govt approves 12 desinations for Krishna circuit, 11 proposed for Ramayana

The government has approved to set up 12 destinations across five states under the Krishna circuit. As many as 11 destinations are also proposed to be developed under the Ramayana circuit in six states. <br/><br/>The twin proposals came up during the first meeting of the National Committ...

June 15, 2016 6:58 AM

AIIMS MBBS entrance exam results announced

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) MBBS entrance exam 2016 results were announced yesterday. Out of 1,89,357 candidates 7137 have qualified in the examination. Dr Ashok Jaryal, Sub Dean, Exams, said that around 2000 will be called for the counselling sessions in multiple rounds begi...

June 14, 2016 9:20 PM

Centre orders import of 12,500 tonnes of pulses for buffer stocks

The Centre has ordered import of 12 thousand five hundred tonnes of pulses for buffer stocks to ensure the availability of commodity at reasonable prices. Of this, ten thousand tonnes will be Masur and two thousand five hundred tonnes will be Urad. So far, over 14 thousand tonnes of pulses have alre...

June 14, 2016 9:20 PM

Vijay Mallya declared proclaimed offender by court

A special PMLA court in Mumbai today declared businessman Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender in connection with its money laundering probe against him in an alleged bank loan fraud case. The agency had moved the court to issue such an order as he has multiple arrest warrants pending against him, inc...

June 14, 2016 9:17 PM

Centre orders import of 12,500 tonnes of pulses for buffer stocks

The Centre has ordered import of 12 thousand five hundred tonnes of pulses for buffer stocks to ensure the availability of commodity at reasonable prices. Of this, ten thousand tonnes will be Masur and two thousand five hundred tonnes will be Urad. So far, over 14 thousand tonnes of pulses have alre...

June 14, 2016 9:14 PM

Centre forms team to assess water bodies in western UP

Centre has constituted a five member team to assess the existing water bodies, farm pond and other sources of irrigation in the selected districts of Western Uttar Pradesh including Meerut and Muzaffarnagar. <br/><br/>The team will be on a two day visit to several villages of these areas...

June 14, 2016 9:04 PM

NITI Aayog submits roadmap for reforms in PSUs to PMO

NITI Aayog has submitted a roadmap for reforms in Public Sector Undertakings, PSUs to the Prime Minister's Office. Sources said, the roadmap dealt with two sets of issues of which one pertains to decision regarding sick firms while the second is disinvestment or strategic sale where government ...

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