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January 9, 2016 9:03 PM

National Symposium of poets 2016 held in Nagpur

In Nagpur on Friday National Symposium of poets 2016 was arranged by C.E.O. Prasarbharati. In this symposium poets of 22 languages participated. In the beginning Late poet the homeage was paid to the late Marathi Poet Mangesh Padgaonkar All Poets and transla...

January 9, 2016 9:03 PM

Film certification guidelines need contemporary interpretation: MIB Arun Jaitley

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore and I&B Secretary Sunil Arora on Saturday held wide ranging interaction with the recently constituted Shyam Benegal Committee in Mumbai. The pan...

January 9, 2016 9:02 PM

Prakash Javadekar visits ARCB in Aizawl

In Mizoram,Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday visited Advanced Research Centre of Bamboo (ARCB), Forest Training School in Aizawl and inaugurated a State Forest Training Institute (SFTI). Shri Javadekar arrived in Aizawl on Satur...

January 9, 2016 9:01 PM

Sharad Yadav asks Centre to call all-party meeting to discuss crop loss

Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav expressed serious concern over damage to crop caused due to sudden change in weather. Addressing media persons in Jaipur on Saturday he asked central government to call an all-party meeting to discuss the situation. <br/&gt...

January 9, 2016 6:24 PM

Centre urges all states to bring down aviation turbine fuel tax

Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has urged all states to bring down aviation turbine fuel tax to boost the civil aviation industry. Talking to media persons in Tiruchirapalli on Saurday, he said that Tamil Nadu is levying 29 per cent as ATF tax and this should ...

January 9, 2016 6:16 PM

Film certification guidelines need contemporary interpretation: MIB Arun Jaitley

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the film certification guidelines need contemporary interpretation and should be as non discretionary as possible. He further said in most countries there is a mechanism for certifying films and documentaries, b...

January 9, 2016 6:08 PM

Operation against Naxals to be intensified: CRPF DG

The Director General of CRPF Prakash Mishra has said operation against Naxals would be intensified effectively and concerted way in Bihar and Jharkhand to curb maoist activities. Mr . Mishra on Saturday visited the site at Bhangoreya forest area in Aurangabad district of Bihar ...

January 9, 2016 6:07 PM

QCI commissioned to do extensive survey on progress of 'Swachh Bharat Mission'

Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned Quality Council of India, QCI to do an extensive survey on the progress of Swachh Bharat Mission and rank 75 cities on sanitation and cleanliness. In a statement, QCI said, the Swachh Survekshan survey will cover all state capitals ...

January 9, 2016 5:55 PM

Much to do in country's higher educations: President

President Pranab Mukherjee has said that there is much to do in the field of excellence at the world level in higher educations of the country. Speaking at the 7th Convocation of Vinoba Bhave University at Hazaribagh on Saturday, he said that India was world leader in the field ...

January 9, 2016 5:53 PM

Foggy weather continues to disrupt train operations in north India

The foggy weather continued to disrupt train operations today in the northern region with cancellation of 45 trains and 16 Delhi-bound trains being delayed. Vaishali Express, Shane-e-Punjab, UP Sampark Kranti Express, Swatantra Senani Express, Malwa Express were among the trains...

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