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April 13, 2016 7:18 AM

Baisakhi being celebrated in northern part of the country

The festival of harvest, Baisakhi is being celebrated in northern part of the country today. On this occasion, farmers, especially in Punjab and Haryana, express their gratitude for a good harvest and pray for prosperity in the coming year. Baisakhi has special significance amongst the Sikh, as they...

April 13, 2016 7:15 AM

Lankan court orders release of 3 Indian fishermen

A Sri Lankan court has ordered the release of three fishermen, hailing from Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. They were arrested by the Lankan Navy on January 19 and were lodged in Jaffna prison. The fishermen have been handed over to Consulate General of India in Jaffna. They will now be sent back ...

April 13, 2016 7:09 AM

DoT plans to issue mobile E-KYC norms within a month

Department of Telecom is planning to issue e-KYC norms within a month which will help in activating mobile phone connections in a few minutes. Telecom Secretary JS Deepak said in New Delhi that the department will come up with one reform oriented measure every month and expect to put in place e-KYC ...

April 13, 2016 7:07 AM

Drought-hit States asked to utilise 10 pc of central funds

Centre has asked the states reeling under severe drought to utilise 10 per cent of the central funds lying with them for mitigating the problems like natural calamity. Rural Development Minister Birendra Singh told reporters in New Delhi that the states have been asked to utilise about 170 crore rup...

April 13, 2016 6:55 AM

CJI favours regular hearing of urgent cases in summer vacation

Chief Justice of India justice TS Thakur has said that Supreme Court will hear urgent matters during summer vacation and asked the bar body to chalk out the mechanism. <br/><br/>He said, there are vacation benches to hear and decide cases and additionally, some judges may be requested to...

April 13, 2016 6:50 AM

SC directs Centre to submit detailed chart of 10 drought-hit States

Supreme court has directed the Centre to submit a detailed chart of 10 drought-hit states and specify the number of people and districts including villages affected by it. The apex court also asked the Centre to provide details with regard to notification on declaration of drought and sought budgeta...

April 13, 2016 6:39 AM

Panama Papers: India to attend OECD meet in Paris

India will take part in a special meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD in Paris today to firm up cooperation between countries in the wake of the 'Panama Papers' leak. <br/><br/>Finance Ministry officials said in New Delhi that India is lo...

April 12, 2016 8:40 PM

SC asks FinMin, IBA to respond to loan default case in two weeks

The Supreme court today sought the Union Finance Ministry and Indian Banks Association's response on the defaulted loans issue within two weeks. Hearing on a PIL, the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur asked Reserve Bank why the total bad debts amount can't be mad...

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