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June 1, 2016 7:45 PM

Govt to come out with MSME policy this year

Government has said the national policy for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which seeks to boost the overall growth of the sector is expected to be released by the end of this year. <br/><br/>Addressing a press Conference in New Delhi on the completion of two years of ND...

June 1, 2016 7:44 PM

Govt approves India Post's payments bank proposal

Cabinet today approved setting up of India Post Payments Bank as Public Limited Company under Department of Posts, with 100 percent government equity. <br/><br/>Briefing media in New Delhi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said all 650 branches of postal payment banks will become opera...

June 1, 2016 7:17 PM

Modern world should accept diversity as essential reality: VP Hamid Ansari

India has said , the modern world should accept diversity as an essential reality. Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari said this while delivering a lecture at the Mohammad V University in Moroccan capital, Rabat today. <br/><br/>The Vice President said, Muslims in India live in a religi...

June 1, 2016 6:47 PM

UGC notifies two new degrees in field of sports science

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today notified two new degrees in field of sports science and has instructed the varsities offering courses in physical education to amend them accordingly. <br/><br/>The two new degrees are Bachelor of Physical Education and Sports (BPES) and Maste...

June 1, 2016 6:25 PM

Dabholkar murder: CBI carries out searches in Panvel, Pune

CBI today carried out searches in Panvel near Mumbai in Raigad district in connection with the murder of rationalist and anti-superstition crusader Dr Narendra Dabholkar.<br/><br/>According to CBI sources, the searches were conducted at the residence of one Virendra Singh Tawde in Panvel...

June 1, 2016 6:24 PM

FSSAI extends last date of registration for food companies

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has extended the deadline for food companies to get a license to run their businesses by another three months. <br/><br/>In a notification, the food regulator has said that the time-line mentioned in the Food Safety and Standards (Lice...

June 1, 2016 5:27 PM

11 killed in Odisha due to lightning

Eleven persons were killed in lightning in separate incidents in Odisha this afternoon. <br/><br/>In the first incident, three persons were killed in lightning on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar while four persons were killed when lightning struck them at two different places in Kendrapada ...

June 1, 2016 5:27 PM

No decision yet over elevation of Rahul Gandhi as party president: Congress

The Congress has said there is no decision as yet over the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as party president. Replying to a media query in New Delhi this evening, party spokesperson Sushmita Dev said, every party worker wants Mr Gandhi to take over as party president. She said whenever any decision regar...

June 1, 2016 5:17 PM

Govt approves India Post's payments bank proposal

Cabinet today approved setting up of India Post Payments Bank as Public Limited Company under Department of Posts, with 100 person government equity. <br/><br/>Briefing media in New Delhi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said all 650 branches of postal payment banks will become operat...

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