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December 21, 2015 8:44 PM

Delhi cabinet approves inquiry panel to probe DDCA scam

Delhi Cabinet today approved setting up of commission of inquiry to probe the alleged irregularities in DDCA. In a tweet, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, Govt has also called for one day special session of assembly tomorrow to discuss the alleged scam and CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat. The one ...

December 21, 2015 8:27 PM

Direct Durgapur- Delhi flight makes promising debut

Direct commercial flights from Durgapur's Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in West Bengal to New Delhi, registered a successful start today. National operator, Air India recorded over-whelming bookings for its tri-weekly flights in the very first week of operations. The huge response for the first fli...

December 21, 2015 7:56 PM

Air pollution situation in Delhi of emergency nature: HC

Air pollution in the national capital is of an "emergency nature", the Delhi High Court today observed and said this situation would not have arisen if the authorities had implemented laws and rules in place to prevent environmental degradation.<br/><br/>A bench of justices Bad...

December 21, 2015 7:50 PM

Lok Sabha passes National Waterways Bill

The Lok Sabha today passed the National Waterways Bill, 2015 by voice vote. The bill intends to declare 106 additional inland waterways as national waterways.After the inclusion of 106 additional inland waterways to the existing five national waterways, the total number of national waterways will go...

December 21, 2015 7:50 PM

Lok Sabha passes National Waterways Bill

The Lok Sabha today passed the National Waterways Bill, 2015 by voice vote. The bill intends to declare 106 additional inland waterways as national waterways.After the inclusion of 106 additional inland waterways to the existing five national waterways, the total number of national waterways will go...

December 21, 2015 7:49 PM

Rajya Sabha approves supplementary demands for grants without debate

The Rajya Sabha today approved an additional amount of over Rs 56 thousand crore of supplementary demands for grants. The grant is mainly for defence, pension and Swachh Bharat mission. The House passed two Appropriation Bills by voice vote without debate and returned them to Lok Sabha which has alr...

December 21, 2015 7:44 PM

Centre releases Rs 2443 crore aid for calamities-hit states

The Centre today sanctioned an assistance of Rs 2443 crore from the National Disaster Relief Fund to four States affected by drought, landslides and flood. An assistance of 925 crore rupees was approved for Chhattisgarh, 1104 Crore for West Bengal, Rs 34 crore for Manipur and Rs 380 crore for Odisha...

December 21, 2015 7:35 PM

Raj Court extends remand of ISIS linked IOC employee till Dec 31

In Rajasthan, Mohamad Sirazuddin arrested for alleged links with global terror organisation ISIS, was produced before court in Jaipur amid tight security today. The court further extended remand of Sirajuddin till 31st December . As already reported IOC employee Sirajuddin was arrested by ATS on cha...

December 21, 2015 7:35 PM

Air pollution situation in Delhi of emergency nature: HC

Air pollution in the national capital is of an "emergency nature", the Delhi High Court today observed and said this situation would not have arisen if the authorities had implemented laws and rules in place to prevent environmental degradation.<br/><br/>A bench of justices Bad...

December 21, 2015 7:24 PM

Defence Ministry launches website for interface with industry

Ministry of Defence today launched a new Make in India website to make defence acquisition process simpler and to provide an interface with industry. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar launched the website in New Delhi. Stating that it is an uphill task to change mindset, Mr Parrikar rued that proces...

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