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March 16, 2016 4:54 PM
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will launch BSNL wi-fi facility at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine tomorrow, from Delhi. It will be BSNL1,000th hotspot in the country. BSNL had planned to set up 2,500 wi-fi hotspots in 250 locations at a cost of Rs 500 crore in the current fiscal. <br/><br/&g...
March 16, 2016 4:54 PM
The Joint Committee of Parliament examining the contentious Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2015 was today granted a sixth extension of its term for over four months. <br/><br/>The extension was given on grounds that several states are yet to furnish details on a ...
March 16, 2016 2:24 PM
Rajya Sabha today passed the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The Bill was passed by the House without discussion. The Bill proposes to amend the some provisions of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 retrospectively with effect from 08th October, 2003 for removing the exemption given to Sahjdhari Si...
March 16, 2016 2:20 PM
The Lok Sabha was informed today that the Japanese government has begun issuing temporary visitor visas to Indian nationals with five-year validity. This entitles them multiple entries with the facility to stay up to 30 days in Japan on each entry. <br/><br/>Minister of State for Externa...
March 16, 2016 2:19 PM
A BJP delegation led by Union Minister J P Nadda today met Election Commission over deteriorating law and order situation in Kerala and recent attack on its cadre in the state. The delegation comprised of BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar, Nirmala Sitaraman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and party General Secreta...
March 16, 2016 2:18 PM
Congress has demanded grant of special category status to Andhra Pradesh. In a series of tweets, party vice president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government of the day is not interested in supporting the people of Andhra Pradesh. <br/><br/>He said Special Category Status and Andhra Pra...
March 16, 2016 2:17 PM
Nuclear power output recorded an increase of over 3 per cent between April 2015 and February this year. It is to be increased further. Answering questions in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh said the government has set a target of generating about 4800 mega watt nuclear p...
March 16, 2016 2:15 PM
The Lok Sabha today took up discussion on the situation arising out of recent terror attack at Pathankot Airbase in Punjab. Initiating the discussion, BJD member Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo said there is a need to further strengthen country's security agencies and intelligence gathering system t...
March 16, 2016 2:08 PM
Youth Congress today staged anti-BJP protest in New Delhi over Vijay Mallya issue. The protesters raised slogans against NDA government at Raisina Road.
March 16, 2016 2:08 PM
Government today said the issue of reported leak of mathematics paper of class 12th exam conducted by Central Board of Secondary Examination on Monday deserves an enquiry. Responding to members' concern about the matter in the Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the ma...
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