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March 31, 2016 8:28 PM

Highest ever urea production of 24.5 MT in FY16: Ananth Kumar

The government today said that the country has achieved record urea production of 24.5 million tonnes in the 2015-16 fiscal, which could lead to reduction of imports by 2 million tonnes. Briefing media in New Delhi, Chemical and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar said, for food security of the countr...

March 31, 2016 8:27 PM

Govt launches Startup India portal, mobile app

Commerce Ministry today launched Startup India portal www.startupindia.gov.in and mobile app. Launching the app in New Delhi today secretary Department of industrial Policy and Promotion Ramesh Abhishek said, this will provide up'to' date information on various notifications, circulars iss...

March 31, 2016 8:13 PM

EC to provide Complaint Redressal Mechanism in all poll bound states

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued instruction to provide a Complaint Redressal Mechanism in all the five poll bound states. The main objective of this is to manage the complaints being received through call centres and paper complaints in an integrated way and in a time bound manner....

March 31, 2016 8:10 PM

18 killed and several feared trapped under debris in Kolkata flyover collapse

In Kolkata, 18 people are reported killed, over 80 hospitalised and several others feared trapped under the debris in the flyover collapse in Kolkata. However, unofficial figure has put the death toll at 28. The tragedy occurred in the afternoon today. By the evening, Army teams took over the charge...

March 31, 2016 8:08 PM

17 killed as under-construction flyover collapses in Kolkata

In Kolkata, 17 people are reported killed, over 80 hospitalised and several others feared trapped under the debris in the flyover collapse in Kolkata. The tragedy occurred in the afternoon today. By the evening, Army teams took over the charge of the rescue works. NDRF teams, Police, Fire Brigade an...

March 31, 2016 7:00 PM

60 lakh soil samples tested during 2015-16

Ninety lakh soil samples have been collected from different states for issuing of Soil Health Cards to farmers in 2015-16 against the target of 104 lakh. The states include Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Telangana, Sikkim, Gujarat, Bihar, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab,West Bengal and H...

March 31, 2016 6:43 PM

Govt launches mobile app Vidyut PRAVAH in New Delhi

Power Minister Piyush Goyal today launched a mobile application Vidyut PRAVAH at a function in New Delhi today. The mobile application provides highlights of the power availability in the country on real time basis. The App provides a wealth of information pertaining to the current demand met, short...

March 31, 2016 6:43 PM

15 killed as under-construction flyover collapses in Kolkata

15 people were killed and several others feared trapped under the debris when a flyover collapse in Kolkata. Top officials of the state and Police administration, city Mayor are coordinating rescue at the spot.<br/><br/>Army team has been requisitioned to rescue people from a number of t...

March 31, 2016 6:16 PM

Defence Expo draws huge crowd in Goa

About 50 thousand residents of Goa and neighbouring districts today thronged the venue of the Defence Expo and marvelled at the live demonstrations and aerobatics of Light Combat Aircraft Sarang of the Indian Air Force and the maneuvers of Main battle tank Arjun Mark I and II. The largest response t...

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