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December 29, 2015 12:01 PM

DMK invites Congress to form alliance for TN polls

In poll-bound Tamil Nadu, the DMK has made an invitation to the Congress to forge an electoral alliance with it. Responding to the queries of media persons in Chennai on Monday, its patriarchal leader M.Karunanidhi said, the DMK has invited the actor-turned politician Vijayakant's DMDK also to ...

December 29, 2015 7:40 AM

Govt organises national conference of SC/ST entrepreneurs in Delhi

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has organised a national conference of Schedule casts and Schedule Tribes entrepreneurs in New Delhi today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the conference being held on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary year of Dr B R Ambedkar. <br...

December 29, 2015 7:37 AM

PM's suggestion of using word Divyang gets huge welcome among masses

In Uttar Pradesh, People with disabilities have hugely welcomed the new ?and empowering word 'Divyang' given to them by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Differently abled persons in Sultanpur, Kushinagar, Meerut and Faizabad among other places of the state have welcomed the new and ...

December 29, 2015 7:13 AM

NSCCC approves four projects for Climate change funding

The National Steering Committee on Climate Change, NSCCC has approved four projects including management and rehabilitation of coastal habitats for climate change adaptation in the Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu. <br/><br/>The NSCCC approved four projects from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Punjab...

December 29, 2015 7:02 AM

UGC asks all universities to ensure online admission system

The University Grants Commission, UGC has asked all universities to ensure having Online Admission System from the next academic session. UGC chairman Ved Prakash has asked all universities to give top priority to put in place an Online Admission System for all programmes and sought details of the p...

December 29, 2015 7:02 AM

India Post to launch payment bank by March 2017: Prasad

India Post will launch its payment bank by March 2017. Inaugurating the Good Governance Week Celebration in New Delhi yesterday, Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gave this information. <br/><br/>Mr Prasad said, 40 international financial conglomerates, including World Ba...

December 28, 2015 10:15 PM

Farzad-B gas field: India asks Iran to expedite procedures

India today emphasised to Iran the need for early completion of all necessary procedures for its<br/>participation in the five billion US dollar Farzad-B gas field. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Iranian Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Taiebnia who co-chaired the Joi...

December 28, 2015 9:12 PM

Army repatriates PoK national

In Jammu and Kashmir, Army today repatriated a national of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, who had inadvertently crossed over to this side in Poonch district from across the Line of Control (LoC). According to Defence sources, the PoK national Abdul Rehman, resident of Barnala Tehsil, Bhimber, had inadve...

December 28, 2015 9:07 PM

Content editor of Mumbai Cong journal Sudhir Joshi sacked

Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Sanjay Nirupam sacked the Content Editor of the party mouthpiece 'Congress Darshan' Sudhir Joshi this evening. He was also forced to express deep regrets for the goof up in the article published on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The controversial article ...

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