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March 15, 2016 7:02 PM

Mother Teresa to be made saint on Sep 4

Mother Teresa, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on September 4, Pope Francis said today in Vatican city.The Pope made the announcement at a meeting of Cardinals to give the final approval to several sainthood causes. The move comes 19 years after the death of the missi...

March 15, 2016 7:01 PM

Maharashtra Sadan scam: Chhagan Bhujbal in ED custody till March 17

A special Sessions&apos; court in Mumbai today ordered two day Enforcement Directorate,ED, custody to Senior NCP leader Mr. Chhagan Bhujbal. Mr. Bhujbal was arrested by ED yesterday night in connection with Money laundering cases.<br/><br/>The direction came after two and half hours of a...

March 15, 2016 6:06 PM

Parliament panel suggests practical tobacco control policy

A Parliament panel has called for a National Tobacco Control Policy which should be practical and easy to implement. The panel on subordinate legislation headed by Dilip kumar Mansukhlal Gandhi today submitted its report on cigarette and other tobacco products (packaging and labelling) amendment rul...

March 15, 2016 5:58 PM

Avalanche warning in J&K, Himachal Pradesh

An avalanche warning was issued today for the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh during the next 24 hours.People have been advised not to venture out in vulnerable areas of the two states.The Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), part of the Defence Research and Develo...

March 15, 2016 5:52 PM

Naidu suggests probe into alleged bribery charges against TMC MPs

The issue of a sting operation in which MPs and ministers of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress are purportedly seen taking bribes raised in the Lok Sabha today. Just after Question Hour, Mohammad Salim of the CPI(M) raised the issue terming it as serious matter. He said the House had earl...

March 15, 2016 4:37 PM

Casualties in Naxal violence reduced substantially: Government

The government today said it will work in a mission mode to end naxalism while noting that the casualties in the extremist violence had come down substantially. Replying to supplementary question in in Lok Sabha Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the multi-pronged strategy being implemented by the Cen...

March 15, 2016 4:26 PM

India signed defence deals worth Rs 37,000 cr in six months: Parrikar

28 contracts have been signed with Indian and Foreign vendors in the last six months for capital procurement of defence equipment. This was informed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in Rajya Sabha today. He said, the Capital Procurement of defence equipment is made as per Defence Procurement Pro...

March 15, 2016 4:26 PM

Rajya Sabha begins discussion on General Budget 2016-17

Rajya Sabha today began discussion on the Union Budget 2016-17. Initiating the discussion nominated member Bhalchandra Mungekar said, BJP spends more time criticizing its previous UPA government than on governance. He said, while the international prices of oil dipped, the NDA government failed to t...

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