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March 9, 2016 7:30 AM

India wakes up to partial solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse will occur today. From India it will be seen as partial solar eclipse at sunrise. The same will be visible from most places of India except from North West and western parts of the country. According to Ministry of Science, the duration of the eclipse increases reaching upto a ...

March 9, 2016 7:28 AM

NGT to resume hearing today on holding of World Cultural Festival

National Green Tribunal will continue to hear today pleas seeking to stop construction of temporary structure on the flood plains of Yamuna for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living World Culture Festival in Delhi. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Swantanter Kumar yesterday asked Ministry of En...

March 9, 2016 7:07 AM

Indian diaspora makes significant contribution to UK's GDP

India's High Commissioner to UK, Navtej Sarna has described Indian diaspora as an asset for India-UK relations and said they are one of the largest ethnic minority communities in Britain. <br/><br/>He said, though being only 1.8 per cent of the UK's population, they contribute ...

March 8, 2016 10:24 PM

Navy's all-women sailing crew readying to go around the globe

An all-women crew of Indian Navy, preparing to circumnavigate the globe in 2017, today returned on the INS Mhadei after participating in the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam. What's unique is that Mhadei, Indian Navy's famous sailing vessel, is skipped and crewed by an all-women...

March 8, 2016 8:41 PM

SFIO probes Kingfisher Airlines for suspected fund diversion

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office, SFIO has launched an investigation into alleged fund diversion and financial irregularities at long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines of businessman Vijay Mallya. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley today said ...

March 8, 2016 8:29 PM

Not a single case of corruption during NDA regime: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has claimed that during the last two years of NDA regime, there was not a single case of corruption. In an intervention on the motion of thanks to President&apos;s Address, Mr. Jaitley said, corruption now is not a matter of core concern. He told opposition parties that...

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