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December 18, 2015 6:02 PM
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's private member's bill seeking to amend Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to decriminalise consensual sex between adults, regardless of sexuality or gender was voted down in the Lok Sabha today. <br/><br/>The Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Bill,201...
December 18, 2015 5:49 PM
President Pranab Mukherjee will be arriving at Hakimpet Airport in Hyderabad this afternoon on a 14-day Southern Sojourn. The Office of the President will function from the Rastrapathi Nilayam near Bollaram on the outskirts of Secunderabad during the sojourn. The state Government has made elaborate ...
December 18, 2015 5:47 PM
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that Ministry of Defence will soon be coming out with a new Defence Procurement Procedure, DPP, as well as the Defence Procurement Manual, DPM, 2016. Addressing the Consultative Committee of his Ministry in New Delhi, Mr Parrikar said that the current Defen...
December 18, 2015 5:40 PM
National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to Civil Aviation Ministry and Air India after reports of death of a technician on Mumbai airport. They have been given two weeks to respond. NHRC took suo motu cognizance of media reports that an Air India ground staffer died after he was sucked in...
December 18, 2015 5:25 PM
Mother Teresa will be given Sainthood, Missionaries of Charity spokesperson Sunita Kumar has informed. Thursday, an Italian Catholic newspaper had also reported, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September next year.<br/><br/>Avvenire, the off...
December 18, 2015 5:20 PM
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today put five specific questions to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley relating to its allegations of corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, AAP leader Ashutosh said Finance Minister comments that there was no specific charges agai...
December 18, 2015 5:20 PM
Former Defence Secretary R K Mathur will be the new Chief Information Commissioner. This was informed by Minister of Sate in PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh in New Delhi. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi led selection panel comprising leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Mallikaarjun Kharge...
December 18, 2015 5:13 PM
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handed over the reinstatement certificate of Indian barrister and nationalist leader Shyamji Krishna Verma to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel at a brief ceremony held at Bhuj Air force station. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Modi said that he is fortunate t...
December 18, 2015 5:12 PM
The government today said work is on to install ATMs and micro ATMs at over 1.25 lakh post offices across the country to help people living in far-flung areas to withdraw money. Responding to questions about difficulties faced by people in distant places, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha s...
December 18, 2015 2:06 PM
Minister of State in Prime Minister's office Dr. Jitendra Singh today took a dig at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his allegations that a CBI officer told him that the agency has been asked to target all opposition parties. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Dr. Singh wondered ...
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