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January 19, 2016 1:27 PM

ASTROSAT completes 100 days in Orbit

India's multi-wavelength space based observatory ASTROSAT has completed more than 100 days in orbit. It was launched in September last year and has experiments covering the UV and X-ray wavebands to conduct observations in the area of astronomy. <br/><br/>A release posted in the the...

January 19, 2016 1:19 PM

Power Ministry electrifies 276 villages last week

Power Ministry has electrified 276 villages across the country last week under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna. An official release said, 139 villages belong to Assam, 25 villages to Bihar, 21 to Jharkhand, 60 to Odisha, 30 to Uttar Pradesh and one village fall in Rajasthan. <br/><br/...

January 19, 2016 8:37 AM

Gadkari to lay foundation for four-laning of NH in Tamil Nadu

In Tamil Nadu, Union Minister for road, transport, Highways Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation for the four-laning of National Highways in Kannya Kumari district today. Union Minister of state Pon Radhakrishnan will be attending the function to be held at Marthandam in the district. <br/>&l...

January 19, 2016 8:29 AM

Pathankot attack: NIA to conduct lie-detector test on Salwinder Singh

NIA will subject senior Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh to a polygraph, or lie-detector test today in connection with the Pathankot terror attack probe. Yesterday a Special Court in New Delhi allowed the NIA to conduct a lie-detector test on Salwinder Singh. <br/><br/>Sources said,...

January 19, 2016 7:46 AM

Pathankot attack: NIA to conduct lie-detector test on Salwinder Singh

NIA will subject senior Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh to a polygraph, or lie-detector test today in connection with the Pathankot terror attack probe. Yesterday a Special Court in New Delhi allowed the NIA to conduct a lie-detector test on Salwinder Singh. <br/><br/>Sources said,...

January 19, 2016 7:11 AM

Experts recommend various measures to bring changes in Agriculture sector

The five technical committees of National Conference on sustainable Agriculture and farmers welfare, in Gangtok, have recommended various measures to bring changes in Agriculture sector in the country. These five committees were formed to discuss issues mainly on Investment in Agriculture; Convergen...

January 18, 2016 8:40 PM

Centre to institute new award for Most Film-Friendly State or UT

The Government has decided to institute a new award for the Most Film-Friendly State or Union Territory under the National Film Awards this year. Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sunil Arora informed this while inaugurating the Public screening of Indian Panorama-2015 films in New Delhi today....

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