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March 17, 2016 7:56 AM

Sushma Swaraj in Nepal for SAARC meet, to meet Sartaj Aziz on sidelines

The two-day meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Council of Foreign Ministers is slated to begin in Pokhara in Nepal today. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Pokhara yesterday to attend the meet. <br/><br/>The Foreign Secretaries of all SAA...

March 17, 2016 7:52 AM

Paswan to launch online system for food storage depots

Union Food Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan will today launch &apos;Depot Online System&apos; at Food Corporation of India (FCI) Depot, Mayapuri in New Delhi. &apos;Depot Online System&apos; will automate the operations of FCI at the depot level. The project aims to transform food supply chain management ...

March 17, 2016 7:49 AM

Cong may approach courts on Aadhar bill issue

Congress may approach courts on Aadhar bill issue. Party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told media persons that the party reserve the right to take recourse to all available alternatives including a court challenge. <br/><br/>Mr. Singhvi said, by no stretch of imagination, the Aadhar bill...

March 17, 2016 7:33 AM

Sushma Swaraj to meet Sartaj Aziz in Nepal on sidelines of SAARC meet

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister at Pokhara in Nepal today on the sidelines of 37th SAARC ministerial meet. Ms Swaraj arrived in Pokhara yesterday to attend the meet. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in Pokhara, Mr Aziz expre...

March 17, 2016 7:31 AM

Telecom Minister to launch BSNL wi-fi facility at Vaishno Devi today

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will launch BSNL wi-fi facility at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir today. <br/><br/>It will be BSNL's 1,000th hotspot in the country. BSNL plans to set up 2,500 wi-fi hotspots in 250 locations at a cost of Rs 500 crore in the curren...

March 17, 2016 7:21 AM

Petrol turns dearer by Rs 3.07 a litre, diesel up Rs 1.90

Price of petrol has been hiked by Rs 3.07 and that of diesel by Rs 1.90 a litre including VAT. The new rate came into effect midnight last night. <br/><br/>With this now, petrol will cost Rs 59.68 in Delhi, Rs 63.76 in Kolkata, Rs 65.79 in Mumbai and Rs 59.13 in Chennai. For diesel, the ...

March 17, 2016 6:57 AM

181 aircraft to take part in IAF's Iron Fist exercise

Indian Air Force (IAF) will conduct its combat exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Pokhran in Rajasthan tomorrow. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar are expected to witness the exercise at Pokhran Field Firing Ranges. Air Chief General Arup Raha, se...

March 17, 2016 6:55 AM

PM Modi to join world leaders in wax at Madame Tussauds

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the ranks of prominent global leaders at the famous wax museum Madame Tussauds in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok, next month. This was announced by the Madame Tussauds Museum in London yesterday.<br/><br/>Mr Modi had given a sitting to the...

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