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February 16, 2016 8:36 PM

23 writers including Cyrus Mistry, Kula Saikia given Sahitya Akademi Awards

Eminent English writer Cyrus Mistry, Assamese writer Kula Saikia and Hindi poet Ramdaras Mishra are among twenty three writers who were today conferred the Sahitya Akademi Awards for the year 2015.The awards were presented to them by the President of Sahitya Akademi Dr Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari at a ...

February 16, 2016 8:34 PM

RSS worker hacked to death in Kerala; CPI-M sympathisers taken into custody

In Kerala, an RSS worker was hacked to death last night in Kannur, the politically sensitive northern district of the state, triggering a blame game between the BJP and the CPI-M.<br/>BJP slammed CPI-M for the murder, while the CPIM has denied it, saying it was the fallout of a local incident ...

February 16, 2016 8:20 PM

Sheena Bora case: CBI files charge sheet against Peter Mukerjea

CBI today filed a charge sheet in a Mumbai court against former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case. The agency filed the supplementary chargesheet in the case before Additional Metropolitan Magistrate R V Adone in Mumbai. <br/><br/>Peter, ...

February 16, 2016 8:04 PM

E-tolling system on 360 plazas to be operational soon: Nitin Gadkari

Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said today that the electronic tolling system on 360 toll plazas will be operational before April this year. <br/><br/>Addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing Make in India Week in Mumbai, he said his ministry has ...

February 16, 2016 8:03 PM

Former DU professor SAR Geelani sent to two-day police custody

Former Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani today remanded to two-day police custody for sedition by a Delhi court. Geelani was arrested early this morning for sedition in connection with an event at the Press Club of India in New Delhi. <br/><br/>Later, he was produced before Metropoli...

February 16, 2016 7:53 PM

Egypt seeks to sign double taxation avoidance pact with India

Egypt has shown interest in signing a double taxation avoidance agreement with India. Ambassador of Egypt to India Hatem Tageldin said in Kolkata today that Egypt is looking forward to sign the Double Taxation Agreement with India. He was addressing an Interactive Session on &apos;India-Egypt Econom...

February 16, 2016 7:46 PM

Govt has abdicated responsibility of governance, alleges Congress

The Congress has said the government should understand that everyone in the country has a right to debate, dissent and tolerance. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, party senior leader Kapil Sibal alleged that the government has abdicated its responsibility of governance. <br/><br/&g...

February 16, 2016 6:54 PM

Govt clears 10 FDI proposals worth Rs 607 crore

The government has approved ten Foreign Direct Investment,FDI proposals amounting to nearly Rs 607 crore. According to the Finance Ministry, the decision was taken on the basis of the recommendation of Foreign Investment Promotion Board. Of them, the highest Rs 400 crore FDI proposal of Alstom Manuf...

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