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October 26, 2015 5:07 PM

Age of bans on media is over: Arun Jaitley

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today said the age of bans on the media is over. Delivering the Sardar Patel lecture organised by All India Radio in New Delhi, Mr Jaitley observed that it is literally impossible to implement bans on media. He said free speech is an aid to good gov...

October 26, 2015 3:15 PM

OROP likely to be notified before Diwali, says Defence Minister

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said, notification on One Rank One Pension Scheme, OROP, will be issued shortly. Talking to media on the sidelines of the Bi-annual Naval Commanders' Conference in New Delhi, Mr Parrikar said, once Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct for Biha...

October 26, 2015 3:09 PM

Congress, JD(U) leaders complain to EC against PM

Congress and Janata Dal (United) leaders today visited the Election Commission, EC and filed a complaint for the alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct, MCC, by the Prime Minister. In the memorandum submitted to the EC, the two parties said that Mr Narendra Modi violated the code of conduct by a...

October 26, 2015 3:09 PM

Geeta, stranded in Pakistan for years, reaches Delhi

Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired Indian woman who accidentally crossed over to Pakistan more than a decade ago, arrived this morning at Delhi airport on Pakistan International Airlines flight. In a tweet, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, Ms Geeta was accompanied by the m...

October 26, 2015 1:55 PM

Campaigning heats up for 3rd phase of Bihar polls

In Bihar, all candidates and political parties are making last ditch efforts to woo the voters for the third phase of assembly elections as campaigning ends this evening. 50 assembly constituencies spread over six districts will go to polls in this phase on Wednesday. The districts are Patna, Saran,...

October 26, 2015 1:42 PM

Madras HC recommends castration as punishment for child rapists

The Madras High Court bench suggested Centre to consider castrating pedophiles, as the present law is ineffective in dealing with such criminals. Justice N Kirubakaran in an order said judiciary could not keep its hands folded and be a mute spectator, especially when the recent happenings of gang ra...

October 26, 2015 1:42 PM

Geeta, stranded in Pakistan for years, returns home

Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired Indian woman who accidentally crossed over to Pakistan more than a decade ago, arrived this morning at Delhi airport on Pakistan International Airlines flight. In a tweet, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, Ms Geeta was accompanied by the m...

October 26, 2015 1:41 PM

Free speech is aid to good governance: Arun Jaitley

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today said free speech is an aid to good governance. Delivering Sardar Patel Memorial lecture 2015 organised by All India Radio in New Delhi, Mr Jaitley said right of free speech and expression has been widened with the ever growing social media. &l...

October 26, 2015 1:18 PM

Congress, JD(U) leaders complain to EC against PM

Congress and Janata Dal (United) leaders today visited the Election Commission, EC and filed a complaint for the alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct, MCC, by the Prime Minister. In the memorandum submitted to the EC, the two parties said that Mr Narendra Modi violated the code of conduct by a...

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