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April 28, 2016 8:45 PM

U'khand HC adjourns hearing on disqualification of rebel Cong MLAs till May 9

Uttrakhand Nainital High Court today adjourned once again the hearing on disqualification of nine rebel congress MLAs till May 9th. Today Senior Advocate Amit Sibal put his arguments on behalf of the Speaker of the Assembly in a single bench of Justice UC Dhyani. On the other hand the advocate who h...

April 28, 2016 8:38 PM

Govt to set up Multi-Skill Training Centre in each districts: Minister

The government will set up Multi-Skill Training Centre in each Districts of the country to impart quality training to youth to make them employable. Replying to a debate on the Demands for Grants for Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship for 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha, Skill Development M...

April 28, 2016 8:25 PM

EC urges parties to avoid public meeting in extremely heat conditions

Election Commission has urged all political parties to avoid holding public meeting in extremely heat conditions while undertaking election campaign. The Commission's advisory came in the backdrop of complaint and representations from various citizen groups regarding hardship faced by the citiz...

April 28, 2016 8:24 PM

SC approves holding of MBBS, BDS entrance through NEET

Supreme Court today cleared the decks for holding National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), a single common entrance test, for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for the academic year 2016-17. The apex court approved the schedule put before it by the Centre, CBSE and the Medical Medical Council of I...

April 28, 2016 7:48 PM

Parliament passes Industries Amendment Bill, 2015

Parliament has passed the Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 with Rajya Sabha approving it today. Lok Sabha had passed the Bill in Winter Session of the Parliament last year. The bill seeks to bring industries engaged in the manufacture of potable alcohol under the exclusiv...

April 28, 2016 7:36 PM

India, Papua New Guinea to sign four MoUs tomorrow

India and Papua New Guinea will be signing four MoUs tomorrow to give a boost to their growing relationship. Briefing reporters at the end of a hectic day of discussions that President Pranab Mukherjee had with the top leadership of the Pacific Island country, in Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresb...

April 28, 2016 7:21 PM

No shortage of sugar stock in India, says Govt

Government has said there is no shortage of sugar stock in India, and the stock is sufficient to meet the domestic consumption. An official release said India had a carryover stock of 9 million tonnes of sugar during the current Sugar season 2015-16. The production of sugar has been estimated at abo...

April 28, 2016 7:09 PM

Chinese dissident Dolkun Isa suppressed facts while obtaining visa: India

India today defended its decision to revoke Chinese dissident Dolkun Isa's visa, saying that he had suppressed facts while obtaining it. Briefing media in New Delhi today, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Isa applied for a tourist visa under the electronic travel authori...

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