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October 4, 2015 5:15 PM

1st meeting of NSAC to be held in New Delhi tomorrow

The first meeting of the National Sagarmala Apex Committee (NSAC) will be held in New Delhi tomorrow. Sagarmala is an initiative that aims at promoting port- led development along India's 7,500 kilometer long coastline. An official release said, the agenda of meeting includes discussions on con...

October 4, 2015 4:02 PM

PM Modi inspires Indians to adopt khadi as fashion

Khadi which once was a symbol of Nationalism, a weapon of Mahatma Gandhi's Swadeshi Movement had gone out of fashion with changing times. Barring a few, majority people turned away from this Indian cloth. But, the appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year not only inspired people to come...

October 4, 2015 2:20 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaves for 10-day tour of US

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley left for a ten-day visit to the United States last night. During his visit, Mr Jaitley will address annual World Bank-International Monetary Fund meetings and later visit Peru. He will also deliver a lecture at the Columbia University on the reform measures taken ...

October 4, 2015 2:20 PM

DRDO sets up world's highest terrestrial research centre

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established the world's highest terrestrial centre at Changla near Pengong lake in Ladakh. The centre will serve as a natural cold storage for preserving rare and endangered medical plants for generations to come. <br/><br/>Th...

October 4, 2015 2:14 PM

EC confiscates more than 14 crore rupees in cash in poll-bound Bihar

In Bihar, Election Commission's drive to curb misuse of money power in the Assembly poll has so far yielded over 14 crore rupees in cash. The amount is more than double the amount confiscated in the state during Lok Sabha polls last year. EC sources said in Patna that till yesterday 14 crore an...

October 4, 2015 11:47 AM

DRDO sets up world's highest terrestrial research centre

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established the world's highest terrestrial centre at Changla near Pengong lake in Ladakh. The centre will serve as a natural cold storage for preserving rare and endangered medical plants for generations to come. The centre was inaugurat...

October 4, 2015 8:53 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaves for 10-day tour of US

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley left for a ten-day visit to the United States last night. During his visit, Mr Jaitley will address annual World Bank-International Monetary Fund meetings and later visit Peru. He will also deliver a lecture at the Columbia University on the reform measures taken ...

October 3, 2015 9:14 PM

Trucks off roads on day 3 of nationwide strik

The Nationwide indefinite trucker's strike continued for the third consecutive day today against the present toll system. The transporters sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in the matter.<br/><br/>The apex transporters body AIMTC (All India Motor Transport Cong...

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