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March 16, 2016 7:45 AM

Sushma to leave for Nepal today to attend SAARC ministerial meet

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will today leave for Nepal to attend SAARC ministerial meet. Standing Committee of the SAARC which is a Foreign Secretaries level Forum will be held today which will be attended by Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar. These meetings will prepare the ground for the...

March 16, 2016 7:32 AM

Today is last day of first part of Budget session

Today is last day of the first part of Budget session which began on 23rd of last month. During the period various important Bill including the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, the Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015, the National Waterways Bill were passed. Besides Both the houses d...

March 16, 2016 7:25 AM

President to inaugurate aviation show in Hyderabad

President Pranab Mukherjee will formally inaugurate the fifth edition of the India Aviation 2016, the biggest aviation show, in Hyderabad this afternoon. Union Civil Aviation Ministry and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) are jointly organising the five-day biennial ...

March 16, 2016 6:42 AM

Centre assures commitments made to AP will be honoured

Centre has assured that the commitments made to Andhra Pradesh during the division of erstwhile state would be completely honoured. Responding to agitated Congress members on the issue, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha that the 14th Finance Commission has measured the financial ...

March 16, 2016 6:39 AM

PMO completes special cleanliness drive under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

The Prime Minister's Office has completed a special cleanliness drive under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan spanning over the fortnight. The drive has resulted in the weeding out of over 10 thousand files and transfer of one thousand files of important archival value to the National Archives of India...

March 15, 2016 9:38 PM

Bill to include more communities in SC list passed in Lok Sabha

A bill to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order,1950 was passed in the Lok Sabha today. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill,2016 seeks to give effect to proposals of Chhattisgardh,Haryana,Kerala,Odisha and West Bengal to modify the list of Scheduled Castes. The propo...

March 15, 2016 9:37 PM

Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan new Law Commission chairman

Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan has been appointed as chairperson of the Law Commission of India. Law Ministry in a release said, Justice Chauhan, retired Judge of Supreme Court has been appointed as Chairperson of 21st Law Commission. He will remain on this post upto 31st of August, 2018. <br/>&...

March 15, 2016 8:49 PM

Need to create conducive framework for radio audience measurement: TRAI

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released a consultation paper on issues related to Radio Audience Measurement and ratings in the country. Presently, radio ratings in India are conducted by All India Radio (AIR) and one private rating agency. AIR carries out periodical large sc...

March 15, 2016 8:42 PM

Afghan President talks to PM Modi over phone

President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani today talked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over telephone. A PMO press release said, both the leaders discussed steps to further enhance bilateral cooperation in different areas, including political and economic fields.

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