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April 26, 2016 5:27 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 5:26 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. In next hearing Senior Advocate CA Sundaram will put his argument on behalf of nine rebel Congress MLAs. Today senior advocate Kapil Sibal represented the case on ...

April 26, 2016 5:12 PM

SC directs Vijay Mallya to furnish details of assets in India, abroad

The Supreme Court today asked the Debt Recovery Tribunal in Bengaluru, to expedite the hearing on loan recovery suit against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya within next two months. <br/><br/>Hearing on a petition filed by the consortium of banks led by SBI, the apex court directed Mall...

April 26, 2016 5:12 PM

NHRC's Right to Food meet begins on Thursday

National Human Rights Commission is organizing a two day conference on Right to Food this Thursday in New Delhi. The aim of the Conference is to assess the implementation of the National Food Security Act across the states and Union Territories. <br/><br/>Access to adequate quantity of q...

April 26, 2016 5:12 PM

Centre notifies rules to control stray dog population

The Centre has notified the Animal Birth Control Dogs Rules, to control the population of stray dogs. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Health Minister J P Nadda said the government is implementing National Rabies Control Programme with an objective to prevent human deaths due to rabies. ...

April 26, 2016 5:11 PM

Tourism Ministry launches National Monuments Authority's web portal NOAPS

Tourism Ministry today launched National Monuments Authority Web Portal called NOC Online Application and Processing System (NOAPS) to facilitate single window clearance for construction. <br/><br/>The applicant needs to fill up a single form which will be sent to the concerned agencies ...

April 26, 2016 4:47 PM

Panic button on mobile a game changer: Maneka Gandhi

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said that Government's decision to make it mandatory for the cell phone manufacturers to sell mobile phones with an additional feature of panic button will be a game changer in dealing with issues like women's security. <br/>&l...

April 26, 2016 4:44 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...

April 26, 2016 3:58 PM

Lok Sabha takes up discussion on Demands for Grants for Railways

Lok Sabha has taken up a discussion on the Demands for Grants for Railways for 2016-17. Initiating the discussion, Mallikarjun Kharge of Congress accused the Railway Ministry of cutting down funds on development projects. He said several projects launched during the previous regime are not being giv...

April 26, 2016 2:20 PM

Japan to declassify two Netaji files by end of this year: Rijiju

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha today that Japan is going to declassify two files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by the end of this year. Replying to supplimentaries in the question hour, he said Japan has five files on Netaji. <br/><br/>The ones going ...

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