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March 1, 2016 9:12 PM

PM forms task force to rationalise central govt staff

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has constituted a five-member task force to rationalise central government staff and ensure their maximum optimisation. The task force will be headed by Rajiv Kumar, Additional Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Si...

March 1, 2016 9:11 PM

IPL money laundering case: ED gets court nod to extradite Lalit Modi from UK

A special court in Mumbai today issued an order allowing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to begin extradition proceedings against former IPL chairman Lalit Modi in connection with its money laundering probe against him and others. Officials said the agency had placed a request in this regard before...

March 1, 2016 9:04 PM

IPL money laundering case : ED gets nod to extradite Lalit Modi from UK

A special court in Mumbai today issued an order allowing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to begin extradition proceedings against former IPL chairman Lalit Modi in connection with its money laundering probe against him and others. Officials said the agency had placed a request in this regard before...

March 1, 2016 8:57 PM

BJP seeks probe against Chidambaram, Cong leaders in Ishrat Jahan case

BJP has demanded a thorough probe into the conduct of the then Home Minister P Chidambaram and other top Congress leaders following another revelation by a former Home Ministry officer that he was pressurized to file the affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. <br/><br/>Former Unde...

March 1, 2016 8:44 PM

Total solar eclipse to occur on March 9, India to witness partial phase

A total solar eclipse will occur on 9th of this month. 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. Ministry of Science in a release said, the duration of the eclipse increa...

March 1, 2016 8:39 PM

SC seeks Centre's reply on plea against triple talaq, polygamy

The Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response in a plea challenging the constitutionality of Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq and nikah halala. A bench comprising justices A R Dave and Adarsh Kumar Goel issued notice to Ministry of Minority Affairs and tagged the matter with the ...

March 1, 2016 8:20 PM

IPL money laundering case : ED gets nod to extradite Lalit Modi from UK

A special court in Mumbai today gave the nod to Enforcement Directorate (ED) to extradite former IPL chief Lalit Modi for his alleged involvement in cases of money laundering. Media reports say that the ED has initiated diplomatic efforts to bring him back to India. In 2009, Modi left India soon aft...

March 1, 2016 8:11 PM

Sedition law being reviewed: Govt tells Parliament

Government is reviewing a section of the Sedition Law. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the Law Ministry has requested the Law Commission of India to study the usage of Section 124 A of the India Penal Code under which seditio...

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