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May 25, 2016 1:38 PM

Law Ministry takes several initiatives to make justice easier: Gowda

Law and Justice Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has said his Ministry has taken several initiatives and reforms to make justice easier and to benefit the litigants. <br/><br/> Speaking to AIR on the completion of two years of NDA Government at the Centre, Mr Gowda said, Law and Justice Mini...

May 25, 2016 12:35 PM

BJP forms alliance of non-Congress parties for NE development

The BJP has formed an alliance of non-Congress parties for the development of north eastern states. In a tweet yesterday, BJP President Amit Shah said, the Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim have proposed to join the non-Congress alliance. The main objective of the Nort...

May 25, 2016 12:27 PM

&apos;BJP forms alliance of non-Congress parties for NE development

The BJP has formed an alliance of non-Congress parties for the development of north eastern states. In a tweet yesterday, BJP President Amit Shah said, the Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim have proposed to join the non-Congress alliance. The main objective of the Nort...

May 25, 2016 8:16 AM

Govt renames disability dept; 'divyang' replaces 'viklang'

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will now be known as 'Divyangjan' Sashaktikaran Vibhag in Hindi, dropping the word 'viklangjan' from its previous nomenclature. The development comes nearly five months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his radio ...

May 25, 2016 8:10 AM

Defence Ministry looking for alternative to Finmeccanica's torpedos

Defence Ministry is looking for an alternative for the chopper scam tainted Italian defence conglomerate Finmeccanica's heavy weight torpedos for the Scorpene submarines. Quoting ministry sources, PTI reports that the proposal to acquire 98 Black Shark torpedoes for the six under construction F...

May 25, 2016 7:57 AM

UGC approves new norms for deemed universities

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has brought out a new set of regulatory norms for deemed universities in order to reduce subjectivity and government interference and focus more on quality. According to the UGC Regulations, 2016, which were approved by the Commission at a meeting last week, an...

May 25, 2016 7:55 AM

Rail Hamsafar Saptaah to be launched to celebrate achievements

Railway will launch Rail Humsafar Saptaah from 26th of this month to 1st June - a week long celebration to highlight Railway achievements during the last two years. Each day of the week will focus on a particular theme and will be observed as Swachchta Diwas, Satkar Diwas, Sewa Diwas, Satarkata Diwa...

May 25, 2016 7:48 AM

MEA trying to bring back Indian boy from Bangladesh

The External Affairs Ministry is trying to bring back an Indian boy from Jessore in Bangladesh, after he was said to have gone missing from Delhi in 2010. A senior official in the Indian High Commission in Dhaka is traveling to Jessore in southwestern Bangladesh to meet 12-year-old Sonu on the direc...

May 25, 2016 7:46 AM

MoCA to move aviation policy for Cabinet nod in few weeks

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) will move the much-delayed civil aviation policy before the Cabinet for its approval with in few weeks. Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said in New Delhi yesterday that once the Cabinet approves it, details on proposals related to regional connectivity sche...

May 25, 2016 7:02 AM

President calls upon Indian diaspora to contribute in economic transformation

President Pranab Mukherjee has called upon the Indian diaspora to contribute in economic transformation of the country. Addressing the Indian community at Guanzhou in China yesterday evening, Mr. Mukherjee said, the present NDA government has launched several initiative including Make in India, Digi...

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