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February 3, 2016 11:26 AM

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passes away

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passed away in New Delhi today. He was 92. Mr Jakhar was ailing for some time. Balram Jakhar was elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker for two consecutive terms from 1980 to 1989. He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times and also served as the Union Agriculture Mi...

February 3, 2016 8:19 AM

Prez to confer Nepalese Army chief with honorary General rank

Nepalese Army Chief General Rajendra Chettri will be conferred with the honorary rank of General of the Indian Army by President Pranab Mukherjee today. General Chettri, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday on a six-day official visit, met with his Indian counterpart Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag yesterday.&...

February 3, 2016 7:47 AM

Auto Expo begins today; 80 new models to be unveiled

The biennial automotive show Auto Expo will begin today at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida with over 80 new models slated to be unveiled in the next two days. While the first two days are open to media and business visitors, the expo will be open to the public from 5th to 9th of this month. The Exp...

February 3, 2016 7:36 AM

VP to leave for Bangkok after winding up his 3-day visit to Brunei

Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari will winds up his three-day visit to Brunei today with an address to the students of Brunei Darussalam University. In his second leg of the two-nation South East Asia tour, he will leave for Thailand capital Bangkok this morning. <br/><br/>Three MoUs wer...

February 3, 2016 7:01 AM

Centre plans to reduce road accidents by 50% in next 5 yrs: Gadkari

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the Centre plans to reduce road accidents by 50 per cent in next five years. He said, the government has earmarked 11 thousand crore rupees for fixing the problem of 726 black spots. Speaking at the All India Regional Editors conferenc...

February 3, 2016 7:01 AM

CRPF personnel injured in grenade attack by militants in J&K

In Jammu & Kashmir, a CRPF personnel was injured when militants hurled grenade in Bijbehara town in Anantnag district yesterday evening. <br/><br/>CRPF's Deputy PRO Bhavesh Chowdhary told AIR that the incident took place when security forces cordoned off Arwani area in Bijbehara...

February 3, 2016 6:59 AM

Sahara seeks SC's nod to sell Formula 1 shares

Sahara Group has sought Supreme Court's permission to sell its shares in the Force India Formula 1 team as part of its effort to raise funds for the release of conglomerate's jailed chief Subrata Roy. The Group currently owns 42.5 per cent of shares in the team and the same amount of share...

February 3, 2016 6:54 AM

Service chiefs meet Parrikar, discuss Pay Commission report

Three Service Chiefs met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday and discussed issues related to anamolies and shortcomings in the 7th Pay Commission report. Concerned over increasing pay disparity between defence personnel and their civilian counterparts, the service chiefs had earlier written ...

February 3, 2016 6:41 AM

Need comprehensive strategy, int'l cooperation to curb terrorism: Prez

President Pranab Mukherjee has said that comprehensive strategy and greater international cooperation are needed to curb terrorism. Inaugurating a two-day Counter Terrorism Conference in Jaipur yesterday, Mr Mukherjee stressed upon capacity building and strengthening intelligence network to counter ...

February 2, 2016 9:50 PM

Need comprehensive strategy, int'l cooperation to curb terrorism: President

President Pranab Mukherjee has said to curb terrorism there is need of comprehensive strategy and greater international cooperation. While inaugurating the two day Counter Terrorism Conference in Jaipur today President stressed upon capacity building and strengthening intelligence net work to counte...

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