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February 7, 2016 8:34 AM

Digital India campaign empowering nation: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Minister for Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that Digital India campaign is designed to empower the country and bridge its digital divide. In his key note address to the annual India Conference 2016, organised by the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School in Bost...

February 7, 2016 8:34 AM

Bombay HC reserves order on bail plea of alleged ISIS recruit

Bombay High Court has reserved its order on the bail plea of alleged Islamic State (IS) terror group recruit Areeb Majeed who was arrested on the charge of waging war against the country. The order was reserved by a bench headed by Justice Ranjit More after hearing arguments of the accused and the p...

February 7, 2016 8:25 AM

PM Modi to review city parade at International Fleet Review today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at the International City Parade to be held in Visakhapatnam this evening as part of the ongoing International Fleet Review 2016. A defence release said in Visakhapatnam that the 30-minute long Operational Demonstration will showcase multidimensio...

February 7, 2016 8:25 AM

Centre agrees to set up Sanskrit University in Deoghar

The Centre has agreed to Jharkhand's proposal to set up a Sanskrit University in Deoghar district. The approval came during a meeting between Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi yesterday. Jharkhand education minister Neera Yadav w...

February 7, 2016 8:25 AM

Centre to open 15 more tool rooms to train youths: Kalraj

Union Minister Kalraj Mishra has said that the Centre will open 15 more tool rooms throughout the country to provide technical training to the youths and help them get a job. Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra said that 18 tool rooms are currently in operation in the...

February 7, 2016 7:32 AM

Tanzanian girl's assault case: Senior police officer suspended

Karnataka government has suspended another senior police official in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman student in Bengaluru. Police commissioner NS Megharikh said that Assistant Commissioner of Police AN Pise of Yeshwanthpur division has been suspended for dereli...

February 6, 2016 9:26 PM

Cartoonist Sudhir Tailang passes away

Famous political cartoonist Sudhir Tailang, passed away Saturday afternoon in a Hospital in Gurgaon, Haryana. He was 56.<br/><br/>Sudhir Tailang had been battling with brain cancer for a long time.<br/><br/>Tailang was awarded Padma Shri in 2004 for his contribution to the ar...

February 6, 2016 9:07 PM

Cartoonist Sudhir Tailang passes away

Famous political cartoonist Sudhir Tailang, passed away Saturday afternoon in a Hospital in Gurgaon, Haryana. He was 56.<br/><br/>Sudhir Tailang had been battling with brain cancer for a long time.<br/><br/>Tailang was awarded Padma Shri in 2004 for his contribution to the ar...

February 6, 2016 6:35 PM

Sushma Swaraj meets top political leadership in Colombo

Foreign Minister Ms Sushma Swaraj met a cross section of top political leadership in Colombo on Saturday and assured them of India&apos;s continued support and engagement.<br/><br/>In her meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena, the progress of bilateral relations was reviewed.<br...

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