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October 29, 2015 7:46 AM

State Education Boards agree to declare results of Class 12th by 31st of May

The State Education Boards have agreed to declare the results of Higher Secondary Examinations or Class 12th exam by 31st of May. The suggestion was given by the Human Resource Development, HRD, Ministry to avoid delays in counselling for admissions to centrally funded technical institutes through J...

October 29, 2015 7:34 AM

IAFS begins in New Delhi today

The third India-Africa Forum Summit, IAFS, begins in New Delhi today. Representatives of 54 African nations including Heads of State and government of around 40 countries and African Union are expected to take part in the Summit.<br/><br/>Wednesday, ahead of the Summit, Prime Minister Na...

October 29, 2015 7:33 AM

India assures all possible assistance to 11 African countries

India has assured all possible assistance to 11 African countries, which have sought help in development projects besides in the field of capacity building for their defence forces. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held meeting in New Delhi Wednesday with the leaders from the African countrie...

October 29, 2015 7:22 AM

NHRC issues notice to Karnataka government over attack on a young Dalit writer

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has issued a notice to Karnataka government over the attack on a young Dalit writer in Davangere for allegedly writing against Hinduism. Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, NHRC has asked the government, through its Chief Secretary, to submit a f...

October 28, 2015 9:49 PM

90,000 tonnes of pulses seized during de-hoarding operations

Over Ninety eight thousand tonnes of pulses have been seized so far during the de-hoarding operations launched by several States. An official release said, today 15 thousand tonnes of pulses were seized during the operation.<br/><br/>The States also continued with the arrangements to sel...

October 28, 2015 9:48 PM

Congress leaders from Assam meet Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi

Several senior Congress leaders from Assam have met party Vice President Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi this evening.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and state Congress President Anjan Dutta among others held talks with Mr.Gandhi on several issues.<br/><br/>Later Mr.Dutta informed media that issues...

October 28, 2015 9:36 PM

Govt. tells SC that foreigners cannot rent a web in India

The government today told the Supreme court that foreigners cannot rent a womb in India. It said in an affidavit filed before the apex court that surrogacy services would only be available for Indian couples.<br/><br/>The government told the court that it has decided to prohibit the impo...

October 28, 2015 8:57 PM

&apos;India is most important market for social media giant: Facebook Founder

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today said connecting people in India is one of the most important thing that the social networking giant can do. Interacting with students at Townhall in IIT Delhi, Mr Zuckerberg said people's enhanced access to the Internet could provide a great opportunity to the...

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