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December 16, 2015 7:07 PM

Nation paying tributes to martyrs of 1971 war on Vijay Diwas

The nation is paying tributes to the Martyrs today who laid down their lives during 1971 India-Pakistan war on the occasion of Vijay Diwas. On the occasion, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar along with three Service chiefs paid tributes to the Martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti.<br/><br/>On thi...

December 16, 2015 6:54 PM

India to build sea bridge, tunnel to connect Sri Lanka: Gadkari

India is set to build a sea-bridge and tunnel connecting Sri Lanka while a pact has been inked with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal for seamless flow of traffic and passenger vehicles. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha said the Asian Development...

December 16, 2015 6:46 PM

Lok Sabha passes bill on Commercial Courts

The Lok Sabha today passed the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015 . The Bill enables the creation of commercial divisions in High courts and commercial courts at the district level. It also provides for setting up Commercial Appellate D...

December 16, 2015 6:43 PM

Delhi CM's Principal Secretary questioned again by CBI in corruption case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar was questioned again by the CBI today in connection with a corruption case. The IAS officer came to the CBI Headquarters in New Delhi this morning for the second round of examination in connection with the case of alleged...

December 16, 2015 6:34 PM

SC notice to Centre, drought-hit states on free food grains

The Supreme Court today sought response of the Centre and eight drought-hit states on a plea seeking direction to make available free food-grains guaranteed under National Food Security Act to all affected. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and S A Bobde issued notice to Union Ministry of Agricultur...

December 16, 2015 6:16 PM

Delhi govt accuses CBI of seizing documents not related to probe

Delhi government today accused CBI of seizing documents which are not related to the agency's probe against Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar. Talking to media, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia said CBI scritinised files relating to DDCA during their raid. He said they even planned ...

December 16, 2015 6:16 PM

Paris agreement meets India's broad expectations : Javadekar

India has been able to secure its interest and that of the developing countries in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Making a suo-moto statement in both Houses of Parliament, Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Paris agreement meets the broad expectations of India. Readin...

December 16, 2015 5:06 PM

Lok Sabha takes up bill on Commercial Courts for discussion

The Lok Sabha today took up the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015 for further discussion. The Bill enables the creation of commercial divisions in High courts and commercial courts at the district level. It also proposes to set up Comm...

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