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May 27, 2016 7:20 PM

Sports Ministry asks states to promote football

To make the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup a huge success, the Sports Ministry has urged all the states and Union Territories to take necessary steps to popularise and promote football in their region. The Ministry has asked them to include the game in various programmes. FIFA Under-17 World Cup is go...

May 27, 2016 6:30 PM

Cong says govt fails to tackle drought situation in country

Congress has said, the government failed to tackle drought situation in the country. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari said, there is no substantial growth in country's agriculture sector. He asked the government to take steps and provide relief to farmers from the drought instead of making tall...

May 27, 2016 5:32 PM

Delhi court extends NIA custody of IM's key operative

<br/>A special court in Delhi today extended the National Investigating Agency (NIA)'s custody of Indian Mujahideen's key operative Abdul Wahid Siddibapa by seven days. The agency has requested that Siddibapa further custodial interrogation is needed in connection with fund transfer ...

May 27, 2016 5:18 PM

Missing Indian mountaineer found dead on Mount Everest

In Nepal, a 58-year-old Indian mountaineer, who went missing on Mount Everest nearly a week ago, was today found dead. According to Wangchu Sherpa, the managing director at Trekking Camp Nepal, a team of six Sherpas retrieved the body of Paresh Chandra Nath above the camp four. <br/><br/&gt...

May 27, 2016 5:12 PM

Four militants, soldier killed in gunfight near LoC in J&K's Kupwara

In Jammu & Kashmir, four militants and a soldier were killed in a two-day-long gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, defence sources said. Defence spokesman Col N N Joshi told AIR that Army foiled a major infiltration bid in Nowgam sector of Handwara i...

May 27, 2016 5:11 PM

Event highlighting Minority Affairs Ministry's achievements tomorrow

Minority Affairs Ministry is organizing a function tomorrow in New Delhi to highlight its achievements in the last two years. <br/><br/>Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla will inaugurate the function. It will be followed by screening of a film. A photo exhibition showcasing the wor...

May 27, 2016 5:11 PM

BJP to fight UP assembly polls on development plank: Amit Shah

BJP President Amit Shah today steered clear of controversies like Ram temple and uniform civil code as he indicated that the party will fight the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on development plank. Briefing media in New Delhi, he wondered how the opposition is accusing his party of causing communal p...

May 27, 2016 4:15 PM

Centre provides Rs 80 lakh to gram Panchayats every year: Anant Geete

Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete has said that NDA government substantially increased the state shares in the country's revenue and has made a provision to provide annually Rs 80 lakh to all gram Panchayats for bringing about progress in the country. The minister...

May 27, 2016 2:12 PM

NDA govt transformed MGNREGA, made scheme foolproof: Birender Singh

Union Minister for Rural development and Panchayat Raj Chaudhry Birender Singh today said that the NDA government has transformed MGNREGA as its implementation during the previous UPA government was not right. <br/><br/>Talking to media in Bhopal, he said that beneficiaries had lost inte...

May 27, 2016 1:58 PM

NDA has provided corruption-free govt: Amit Shah

BJP Chief Amit Shah today said NDA has provided a corruption-free government during its two year rule and maintained a balance between economic reforms and welfare of the people. <br/><br/>Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, he said, the government has ended policy paralysis of t...

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