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March 11, 2016 1:45 PM

Notification issued for 1st phase of Assembly polls in Assam, WB

In West Bengal, the nomination phase has begun after notification for the Assembly elections to 18 constituencies was issued today. The Filing of nominations for all these seats will continue till 18th March and the scrutiny will be done on the 19th, the next day. Candidates will be allowed to withd...

March 11, 2016 1:38 PM

NGT gives 4 weeks time to AOL to deposit Rs 5 crore fine

Just few hours left for the World Culture Festival to kick off in the national capital, National Green Tribunal (NGT) today gave 4 weeks time to Art of Living to deposit Rs 5 crore fine for the event after the Art of Living moved an application saying it needed time to deposit the money and to compl...

March 11, 2016 1:37 PM

$3 bn of country's money allocated for defence lying idle in US: Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that 3 billion US dollar of country's money allocated for defence was found unused in a United States account. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, he said the money had not been earning any interest either, and was just lying idle in the a...

March 11, 2016 1:27 PM

Govt seeks Parliament nod for supplementary demands

The government has sought Parliament nod to spend an additional 1.12 lakh crore rupees involving a net cash outgo of 27,770 crore rupees. Finance minister Arun Jaitley today sought the amount after presenting the supplementary demands for grants for 2015-16.

March 11, 2016 12:25 PM

Opposition parties attack NDA govt over Mallya's defaulting loan issue

Opposition parties today attacked NDA government over Vijay Mallya's defaulting loan issue saying that the liquor baron was allowed to run away from the country. Taking to media outside parliament, BSP Chief Mayawati alleged that his departure was made possible with the help of the government. ...

March 11, 2016 12:22 PM

RS congratulates ISRO for successful sixth navigational satellite launch

Rajya Sabha today congratulated scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of its sixth navigational satellite.<br/><br/>Making a reference of the launch, Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari said, the credit for this landmark achievement goes to the scie...

March 11, 2016 12:21 PM

Congress raises Vijay Mallya issue in Rajya Sabha

Congress today raised the issue of businessman Vijay Mallya fleeing the country. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad questioned the propriety of CBI changing its look-out notice of Mallya from &apos;arrest&apos; to &apos;inform&apos;. He charged t...

March 11, 2016 12:20 PM

Congress members locked in Rajya Sabha over SYL Canal issue

Congress members from Punjab and Haryana were locked in Rajya Sabha over the issue of implementation of Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal. Dr. M.S. Gill of the Congress raised the issue during Zero Hour, demanding an amicable resolution of the decades-old water sharing dispute between the two states. He said...

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