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January 6, 2016 6:53 PM

Centre clears Rs 2,553 crore aid for three drought-hit states

The Centre today approved an assistance of over Rs 2,553 crore from the National Disaster Relief Fund to three drought-hit states. The decision was taken at a meeting of the High Level Committee on Central Assistance to States affected by drought chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. <br/>&l...

January 6, 2016 6:10 PM

Gurdaspur farmer notices suspicious persons, police cordon off area

In Punjab, two suspicious persons were noticed by a farmer today on Gurdaspur Tibri road in army uniform near Tibri Cantt. On getting information, Punjab police and army came into action and cordoned off the area. Now investigation and search is going on in the area. A farmer noticed the two suspici...

January 6, 2016 5:53 PM

Govt collects Rs 9.5 lakh crore in taxes during Apr-Dec

The government has collected Rs 9.5 lakh crore in taxes during the April-December period of 2015-16, which is 66 per cent of the budget estimates (BE). Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said, the total tax revenue collected up to December this year is Rs 9.5 lakh crore. He said, the government had bud...

January 6, 2016 5:51 PM

DRDO conducts tank-to-tank test firing in Odisha

The Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO today conducted a live-testing of ammunition from one tank to another at the Integrated Test Range of Proof and Experimental Establishment at Chandipur-on-sea in Odisha. The test firing was conducted in two phases, the first at 11.30 am and ano...

January 6, 2016 5:48 PM

BJP slams Congress over remarks on Pathankot terror attack

BJP today slammed Congress for terming the Pathankot terror attack as a grave security lapse. The party said the security operation at the airbase was most successful and drew a parallel with the Mumbai terror attack in which terrorist killed over 164 people despite intelligence inputs about its lik...

January 6, 2016 5:45 PM

Central team visits Puducherry to assess flood damages

A Central Team today visited Puducherry to assess the damages caused by unprecedented rain in the Union Territory. The two member team visited worst affected pockets and took stock of the damages to infrastructure and crops in Puducherry. <br/><br/>Hundreds of acres of standing crops wer...

January 6, 2016 5:43 PM

Black money: Govt collects Rs 2,428 crore tax from 644 entities

Government has collected over Rs 2,428 crore in taxes under the one-time black money compliance window till 31st of December 2015 . In a statement, Central Board of Direct Taxes, said this amount was received by it by way of tax and penalty. <br/><br/>A total of 644 declarations were mad...

January 6, 2016 5:27 PM

Govt to implement BS-VI emission norms by April 1, 2020: Nitin Gadkar

The government today decided to implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage, BS VI from April 1st 2020 in a bid to curb vehicular pollution. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari. <br/><br/>The meeting w...

January 6, 2016 5:10 PM

Govt to implement BS-VI emission norms by April 1, 2020: Nitin Gadkar

The government today decided to implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage, BS VI from April 1st 2020 in a bid to curb vehicular pollution. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari. <br/><br/>The meeting w...

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