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April 26, 2016 9:00 PM

81.25% voter turnout in fourth phase of WB polls: EC

The Election Commission this evening released final turnout figures of the fourth round polling held in 24 Parganas Uttar and Howrah districts in West Bengal yesterday. <br/><br/>Overall, 81.25 percent votes were polled in the two districts. 82.03 voters cast their votes in 24 Parganas U...

April 26, 2016 8:47 PM

Shyam Benegal panel submits report on Censor Board functioning

The Shyam Benegal committee has recommended that Central Board of Film Certification should only be a film certification body whose scope should be restricted to categorizing the suitability of the film to audience groups on the basis of age and maturity. <br/><br/>In its report submitte...

April 26, 2016 8:46 PM

Par panel suggests fine, jail for celebrities of misleading ads

A Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended to hold celebrities accountable for misleading advertisements and stringent provisions including jail term up to five years and penalty up to Rs 50 lakh. The committee's report on the Consumer Protection Bill 2015 was tabled in Parliament today...

April 26, 2016 8:44 PM

Senior IAS officer Ajay Mittal replaces Sunil Arora as I&B Secretary

Ajay Mittal has been appointed as the new Information and Broadcasting Secretary. Mr. Mittal, a 1982 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh Cadre, will succeed Sunil Arora who is retiring on 30th of this month.<br/><br/>Environment and Forests Secretary Ashok Lavasa will replace Expenditu...

April 26, 2016 8:44 PM

Uttarakhand HC adjourns hearing on termination of rebel MLAs till April 28

Uttarakhand Nainital High Court today once again adjourned the hearing on termination of nine rebel congress MLAs till 28 of this month. Today senior advocate Kapil Sibal represented the case on behalf of the Speaker of the Assembly. <br/><br/>After hearing both the sides, the case was a...

April 26, 2016 8:40 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned for second consecutive day on Uttarakhand issue

The imposition of President&apos;s rule in Uttarakhand rocked Rajya Sabha for the second day today with the Congress stalling the proceedings and demanding a discussion on the issue. <br/><br/>The House witnessed repeated adjournments amidst arguments between opposition and ruling benche...

April 26, 2016 8:39 PM

Naxals have close links with groups in Philippines, Europe: Govt

Government today said the Naxals have close links with Maoist organisations in the Philippines and Turkey and get support from several organisations in Europe. <br/><br/>In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said, the CPI(Maoist) h...

April 26, 2016 8:36 PM

Blackmoney: SC asks SIT to look into Bank of Baroda scam

The Supreme Court today directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money to look into the recent Bank of Baroda scam case. A three judge bench asked the SIT headed by former Judge M B Shah, to apprise it on the progress made in the scam's probe by the next date of hearing on May 11....

April 26, 2016 8:30 PM

BJP corners Congress over VVIP chopper scam

BJP today escalated its attack on Congress over the Augusta Westland deal following an Italian court&apos;s observation that there is reasonable belief that corruption took place in the VVIPs helicopter deal. <br/><br/>The Court also ruled that the deal involved payoff to Indian official...

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