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December 29, 2015 7:55 PM

PM to lay foundation stone of Delhi-Meerut Expressway project on Thursday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of ambitious Delhi-Meerut Expressway project on Thursday. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Centre Government is committed to ease the traffic problems of Delhi and is taking a slew of steps. He said presently there...

December 29, 2015 7:04 PM

Gujarati litt'rateur Raghuveer Chaudhary selected for Jnanpith Award

Eminent Gujarati litterateur Raghuveer Chaudhary has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award. His name was announced by the Jnanpith selection board after a meeting in New Delhi today. Mr. Chaudhary is the forth Gujarati litterateur to bag this prestigious award after Uma Shankar Joshi (1967), Pan...

December 29, 2015 7:03 PM

Centre issues advisory to States over H1N1 preparedness

Centre has issued advisory to state governments over the preparedness on seasonal Influenza (H1N1). Union Health Minister J P Nadda today held a high level meeting in New Delhi over the issue and reviewed the preparedness. The Health Ministry has undertaken adequate steps to augment capacity of heal...

December 29, 2015 6:52 PM

CEC rules out early assembly polls in Punjab

Chief election commissioner of India, Mr. Nasim Zaidi ruled out early assembly polls in Punjab. Mr. Zaidi told reporters in Amritsar that the elections would be held in the state as per schedule - February 2017. The CEC was here to review the status of special summary revision work of electoral roll...

December 29, 2015 6:50 PM

Centre sanctions drought relief aid to Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh

Centre has sanctioned 3 thousand 1 hundred crore rupees to Maharashtra as drought relief assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund. It has also sanctioned 2033 crore rupees to Madhya Pradesh. A decision in this regard was taken during a high level meeting chaired by Home Minister, Rajnath Si...

December 29, 2015 6:04 PM

BJP accuses Kejriwal of protecting corrupt officials, party leaders

BJP today accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of protecting corrupt officials and party leaders. The party said Mr. Kejriwal raked up alleged irregularities in DDCA to divert the attention from his government's failure and CBI raid against his Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar.<br/...

December 29, 2015 5:52 PM

Internet subscribers may reach 50 crore mark: Prasad

Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Internet subscribers may reach the 50 crore mark in the country next year. Speaking in a programme on Integration of SC/ST entrepreneurs in New Delhi ,Mr Prasad said India currently has 40 crore Internet subscribers . Speaking about the Di...

December 29, 2015 5:36 PM

Internet subscribers may reach 50 crore mark: Prasad

Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Internet subscribers may reach the 50 crore mark in the country next year. Speaking in a programme on Integration of SC/ST entrepreneurs in New Delhi, Mr Prasad said India currently has 40 crore Internet subscribers and within two years th...

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