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May 24, 2016 8:03 AM

President leaves New Delhi shortly for 4-day visit to China

President Pranab Mukherjee is leaving on a four day visit to China this morning where he is expected to exchange views on all aspects of India's ties with Chinese leadership. AIR correspondent covering the visit reports that in the first leg of his State visit, Mr. Mukherjee will go Guangzhou w...

May 24, 2016 8:02 AM

Two militants killed in encounter in Srinagar

In Jammu & Kashmir, two militants were killed in an encounter in the uptown area of the summer capital Srinagar late last night. The gunfight took place around 11 hours after three policemen including an officer, were killed in twin militant attacks across the city earlier yesterday. <br/>...

May 24, 2016 7:51 AM

Submit documents related to search at CM Virbhadra&apos;s residence, HC to ED

The Delhi high court has asked the Enforcement Directorate to submit to the court all the documents related to a search conducted at the residence of Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh in connection with a money laundering case. The court observed that Enforcement Directorate was behavi...

May 24, 2016 7:12 AM

NALCO signs MoU with Iran govt to set up smelter plant in Chabahar

The National Aluminium Company Limited, NALCO has signed a MoU with Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization to explore the possibility of setting up a smelter on joint venture in Iran. An official release said for the proposed smelter plant in Chabahar Free Trade ...

May 24, 2016 7:04 AM

President leaving on 4-day visit to China this morning

President Pranab Mukherjee is leaving on a four day visit to China this morning where he is expected to exchange views on all aspects of India's ties with Chinese leadership. AIR correspondent covering the visit reports that in the first leg of his State visit, Mr. Mukherjee will go Guangzhou w...

May 23, 2016 8:39 PM

Iran media hails PM Modi's historic Tehran visit

Iranian newspapers have highlighted the strategic and economic importance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. Iran newspaper says, India wants to challenge China's power in central and South Asia through Chabahar port. <br/><br/>Noting that China is trying to control the p...

May 23, 2016 8:37 PM

Iran media hails PM Modi's historic Tehran visit

The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran has been called important from the strategic and economic point of view by the media in Iran. The Persian and English newspapers, TV channels and radio in Iran have covered the visit prominently. <br/><br/>The English paper Tehran Times w...

May 23, 2016 7:45 PM

NGT bans light, heavy diesel vehicles over 10 years in six Kerala cities

In a landmark judgement, the National Green Tribunal Bench in Kerala today banned light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more than 10 years old, in six major cities. These are state capital Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kollam, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Kannur. <br/><br/>In its first sitt...

May 23, 2016 7:44 PM

Health Minister Nadda meets President over NEET ordinance

Union Health Minister J P Nadda met President Pranab Mukherjee this afternoon and explained the rationale behind taking the ordinance route to keep state boards out of the ambit of uniform medical exam - National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for this year. Mr Nadda reached Rashtrapati Bhawan and...

May 23, 2016 7:30 PM

IMD predicts drop in mercury, thunderstorms in several parts of India

After a long spell of severe heat wave, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted maximum temperatures are likely to fall by 2-3 degrees Celsius over northwest and central India in the next 48 hours. It also forecast thunderstorms in Delhi, Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pra...

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