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April 29, 2016 2:16 PM

Railway Ministry to set up two new Directorates

The Railway Ministry has decided to set up two new Directorates tasked with increasing the speed of trains and boosting non-fare revenues. Advertising will also be its major job. The first Directorate will identify and prioritise train corridors for raising the speed of trains. <br/><br/&gt...

April 29, 2016 2:15 PM

Coal scam: Court orders framing of charges against Naveen Jindal

A special court in Delhi today ordered framing of charges against industrialist Naveen Jindal, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and 13 others for criminal conspiracy, cheating and other offences in a coal block allocation scam case. The court, however, said charges would be forma...

April 29, 2016 2:08 PM

Notice being served on those named in Panama Papers: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is taking all necessary steps on the issue of tax evasion and notice is being served on those whose names figure in the Panama Papers leaks.<br/><br/>Informing this in the Lok Sabha, Mr Jaitley, however, said any individual case cou...

April 29, 2016 2:06 PM

New farming practice developed to raise farm output: Agri Minister

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh told the Rajya Sabha today that a new farming practice has been developed to raise farm output and water productivity in the country. It is aimed at increasing land productivity and lower the quantity of water and other inputs in crop cultivation. <br/>&l...

April 29, 2016 2:02 PM

25 declassified files related to Netaji released

Government today released third set of 25 files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in New Delhi today. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma released the files at a programme in the National Archives. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sharma said, Government will build a magnificent memorial in the honour of...

April 29, 2016 1:48 PM

India, Papua New Guinea sign four agreements

Giving a major boost to the bilateral relations between the two countries, India and Papua New Guinea today signed four MoUs in myriad sectors at capital Port Moresby.<br/><br/>The MoUs were signed in the presence of the visiting President Pranab Mukherjee and the Papua New Guinea Prime ...

April 29, 2016 1:24 PM

Vijay Mallya says he is in 'forced exile', has no plans to return to India

Vijay Mallya has said he is in a forced exile and has no plans to return to India. Mallya, whose passport was revoked this month, said that banks will not get any money by taking his passport or arresting him. The Indian government yesterday wrote to Britain seeking deportation of the liquor baron a...

April 29, 2016 1:22 PM

Coal scam: Rungtas move HC against conviction, CBI reply sought

Delhi High Court today sought the response of CBI on the appeals filed by Directors of Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL), R S Rungta and R C Rungta, challenging their conviction and the four-year sentence awarded to them in a coal scam case.<br/><br/>Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice t...

April 29, 2016 1:18 PM

Next set of 25 declassified files on Netaji to be released today

The next set of 25 declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be released in New Delhi today. Last month, the Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma had released 50 declassified files relating to the leader. <br/><br/>The release of these files will further meet the cont...

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