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May 30, 2016 2:05 PM

Govt assures Congolese victim's kin of speedy trial

India today assured the family of the Congolese national, who was killed in a brawl in New Delhi on May 20th, of a speedy trial in the case and prosecution of all those responsible for the crime as per law.<br/><br/>This was conveyed by a senior official of External Affairs Ministry who ...

May 30, 2016 2:01 PM

Vice President embarks on 5-day visit to Morocco, Tunisia

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari left for North Africa today on a two-nation visit to Morocco and Tunisia.<br/><br/>During the 5-day visit, Mr Ansari will hold deliberations with top leaders of both the countries, with an aim to give a filip to the bilateral relations and explore new...

May 30, 2016 1:52 PM

Congress to stake claim to form govt in Puducherry today

After 10 days of the announcement of results of the Puducherry Assembly polls, Congress party will today stake claim to form government.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader V Narayanasamy will call on the Lt. Governor Ms. Kiran Bedi today and stake...

May 30, 2016 1:52 PM

Japanese companies interested to invest in India's infrastructure: FM

Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and a number of investors of Japan have shown keen interest in investing in India's infrastructure growth story.<br/><br/>Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said this in Tokyo on Sunday as he kicked off his 6-day visit to Japan aimed at attracting investmen...

May 30, 2016 11:22 AM

Health Minister J P Nadda participates in cleanliness drive at AIIMS

Union Health Minister J P Nadda today participated in cleanliness drive at the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi.<br/><br/>Mr. Nadda did sharamdaan as part of Kayakalp Fortnight. He also reviewed the activities under this initiative at this premier institute.<br/><br/>The Health Mi...

May 30, 2016 11:22 AM

Railways conduct trial run of high-speed Talgo train

Indian Railways on Sunday conducted the first ever trial run for high-speed Talgo trains of Spain on the Bareilly-to-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh.<br/><br/>A statement from the ministry said, the test train consisted of one locomotive fit for 180 kmph along with one VIP coach, one ...

May 30, 2016 11:22 AM

Railways conduct trial run of high-speed Talgo train

Indian Railways on Sunday conducted the first ever trial run for high-speed Talgo trains of Spain on the Bareilly-to-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh.<br/><br/>A statement from the ministry said, the test train consisted of one locomotive fit for 180 kmph along with one VIP coach, one ...

May 30, 2016 9:29 AM

Will not lead country on wrong path: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, he will not lead the country on a wrong path as followed by the previous governments.<br/><br/>He accused the previous governments of yielding to pressure from various lobbies including diesel and petrol ones. <br/><br/>He was addressing...

May 30, 2016 9:28 AM

Maneka Gandhi to release Draft Trafficking of Persons Bill 2016 today

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi will release the Draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2016 in New Delhi today.<br/><br/>The new bill aims to check human trafficking by unifying several existing laws, meting out tougher punishmen...

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