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May 2, 2016 4:44 PM
Veteran RSS leader and founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh, Balraj Madhok passed away this morning. Madhok, aged 96, breathed his last at his residence in Delhi's New Rajendra Nagar area. He had been ill for last few days. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Naredra Modi paid his last respects to t...
May 2, 2016 4:23 PM
All four Southern languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia are now the classical languages of India. Earlier, Sanskrit alone had this status. Demands have come to grant the classical status to Marathi as well. <br/><br/>Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma gave this information i...
May 2, 2016 4:22 PM
The Centre has received requests for opening regional centres of the New Delhi-based National School of Drama, NSD, from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The NSD Society has decided to set up a Committee to examine the modalities. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said this in a written reply in the Lok S...
May 2, 2016 4:19 PM
The wild tiger count has shown increasing trend in the country. As per recent estimates, the tiger count was 1411 in 2006, 1706 in 2010 and it was 2226 in 2014 in different tiger landscapes. This was informed by Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. <...
May 2, 2016 4:18 PM
1982 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh Cadre Ajay Mittal today took charge as the Information and Broadcasting Secretary. Mr Mittal succeeded Sunil Arora who retired on Saturday. <br/><br/>Prior to his appointment, Mr Mittal was serving as Additional Chief Secretary for Transport, So...
May 2, 2016 2:18 PM
Veteran RSS leader Balraj Madhok passed away this morning. Madhok, aged 96, breathed his last at his residence in Delhi's New Rajendra Nagar area. He had been ill for last few days. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the demise of the RSS leader is saddening and expressed h...
May 2, 2016 2:12 PM
The government today asked the Congress to come forward for a discussion on AgustaWestland deal in Parliament. Talking to media outside Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will make a detailed statement about the deal on Wednesday. Mr Naid...
May 2, 2016 2:02 PM
The government today asked the Congress to come forward for a discussion on AgustaWestland deal in Parliament. Talking to media outside Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will make a detailed statement about the deal on Wednesday. Mr Naid...
May 2, 2016 1:54 PM
The Centre today said, the forest fire situation in Uttarakhand is under control. Intervening into the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that there is no need to worry as the situation is under control. <br/><br/>He said, the Home Ministry, Ministry of Forest a...
May 2, 2016 1:50 PM
The forest fire in Uttarakhand will be completely doused in two days. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the situation is under control now and, only around 60 places out of 1200 places are affected. <br/><br/>He said four people have bee...
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