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October 13, 2015 8:37 PM

Health Ministry has not taken any decision to allow online sale of medicines

Health Ministry today clarified that it has not taken any decision to allow online sale of medicines. Clarification came after at a telephonic conversation, Union Health Minister J P Nadda had with the President of the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists, regarding their call for countr...

October 13, 2015 8:34 PM

Uddhav pats Sena workers who blackened Kulkarni's face

Shiv Sena Chief Mr. Uddhav Thackeray today appreciated six party workers who allegedly smeared face of Observer Research Foundation Chairman Mr. Sudheendra Kulkarni with black ink to protest former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mr. Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri's book launch in Mumbai. Mr. Thackeray p...

October 13, 2015 8:24 PM

FIR against Union Minister Giriraj Singh for poll malpractice

An FIR was today lodged in Bihar's Lakhisarai district against Union Minister Giriraj Singh for electoral malpractice after he was caught on camera allegedly seeking votes for a BJP candidate during the first phase of assembly polls yesterday. <br/><br/>Concerned sector magistrate f...

October 13, 2015 8:24 PM

Army launches operation to flush out militants from J&K's Pulwama

In Jammu & Kashmir, the Army this evening launched operation to flush out militants in Dogripora Awantipora area in Pulwama district, which is around 32 Kms in south of Srinagar headquarters.<br/><br/>An Army spokesman told AIR that on a tip off the joint operation of Army and Specia...

October 13, 2015 8:20 PM

CM Jaya seeks PM's attention to secure fishermen's release from Lanka

In the wake of the arrest of 24 more fishermen from Tamil Nadu by Srilankan Navy on Monday, the state Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi&apos;s immediate personal attention to secure their release along with the other fishermen who have been apprehended earlier. I...

October 13, 2015 8:17 PM

NCSC asks MEA to settle Devyani Khobragade case

National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) has today asked Ministry of External Affairs to settle the case of Devyani Khobragade former Deputy Consul General of India in New York at the earliest. The case is presently in the United States.<br/><br/>Mrs Khobragade was charged by U.S. ...

October 13, 2015 8:17 PM

Par panel recommends special courts to deal with ponzi crimes

A Parliamentary panel has recommended setting up of economic offences courts in every state to try cases of cheating of investors by fraudulent money-pooling schemes.<br/><br/>The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, in its report on efficacy of regulation of collective investmen...

October 13, 2015 8:06 PM

Uniform Civil Code necessary but consensus needed: Gowda

Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has said, Uniform Civil Code is necessary for national integration, but any decision to bring it can be taken only after wider consultations. The Minister added that he would consult the Prime Minister, his Cabinet colleagues and top law officers before governm...

October 13, 2015 7:49 PM

It's authors' wish to return Sahitya Akademi awards: Dattatreya

With eminent authors returning Sahitya Akademi awards to protest rising intolerance, Union Minister of Labour Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya said it was their individual right and intellectuals were free to act as per their wish in a democracy. He was attending an event organised by the Confederation of Ind...

October 13, 2015 7:49 PM

Govt calls upon stakeholder to make aviation services affordable to people

Union Minister of civil Aviation Mr Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati today called upon the stakeholder of aviation sector to expand and reach out to various regions in the country to make aviation services affordable to people. Union Minister Mr Raju was speaking at the inauguration of the two day conf...

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