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Somnath temple should be a premier religious destination: PM

January 13, 2016 7:51 AM

Somnath temple should be a premier religious destination: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed the need for establishing the Somnath Temple as a premier religious tourist destination. Attending the meeting of the Somnath Trust held in New Delhi yesterday, Mr Modi suggested to build a state of the art virtual museum and auditorium. He also suggested th...

Group of Secretaries on energy makes presentation to PM Modi

January 13, 2016 7:49 AM

Group of Secretaries on energy makes presentation to PM Modi

The first group of Secretaries out of the eight groups presented their ideas and suggestions on Energy Conservation and Efficiency to Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday. It came as a follow-up to Mr Modi's exhortation to Secretaries to come up with ideas for transformative change in various...

First meeting of national medical and wellness tourism board today

January 13, 2016 7:38 AM

First meeting of national medical and wellness tourism board today

The first meeting of the National Medical and Wellness Tourism Board will be held in New Delhi today. Tourism ministry sources said, a wide range of issues concerning the medical tourism sector is expected to come up for discussion at the meeting. The government had last year announced the setting u...

SC raps Prashant Bhushan over credentials of PIL filing NGO

January 13, 2016 7:33 AM

SC raps Prashant Bhushan over credentials of PIL filing NGO

Supreme Court yesterday pulled up eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan on the credentials of his NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL). The functioning of the NGO, came under severe scrutiny by the apex Court, when it voiced concern that rival commercial litigants could be using the NGO as an ...

Reforms to continue in banking governance: Arun Jaitley

January 13, 2016 7:13 AM

Reforms to continue in banking governance: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the focus will continue on governance reforms in banking and there is considerable improvement in opening of basic savings bank deposit accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. During his Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting with the representatives of Ba...

Inclusive growth high on priorities of present government: Jaitley

January 13, 2016 7:06 AM

Inclusive growth high on priorities of present government: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that government will take adequate measures to ensure social security for the children, women and senior citizens of the country. During his Pre -Budget Consultative Meeting with the representatives of different Social Sector Groups in New Delhi yesterday, Mr J...

Sushma Swaraj on 2-day official visit to Palestine, Israel from Jan 17

January 12, 2016 8:56 PM

Sushma Swaraj on 2-day official visit to Palestine, Israel from Jan 17

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will pay a two day official visit to Palestine and Israel from 17th of this month.<br/><br/>This is her first visit to Israel and comes after the State visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to that country in October last year. During the visit, Ms S...

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