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September 11, 2015 7:13 PM

Government working on long-term sugar export policy

Government today said it is working on a long-term sugar export policy to boost its exports not only to China and Africa but other countries as well.Food and Consumer Affairs Secretary Vrinda Sarup said while addressing a function in New Delhi. She said, the department is already engaged in an exerc...

September 11, 2015 7:13 PM

India will not fire first bullet along border: Rajnath Singh tells Pakistan

Indian forces will not fire the first bullet along the international border. Home Minister Rajnath Singh today conveyed this to the visiting delegation of Pakistan Rangers that India wants friendly relations with all its neighbours. The delegation of Pakistan Rangers, headed by Major General Umar Fa...

September 11, 2015 7:11 PM

FTII row: Students' hunger strike enters second day

The indefinite hunger strike of the three students of Film and Television Institute of India in Pune demanding removal of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman entered its second day today. <br/><br/>A makeshift pandal housed the fasting students for whom three beds have...

September 11, 2015 7:10 PM

DU, JNU students vote to elect new unions

Students of Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University today queued up at various polling centres at their campuses to cast their votes for the elections to their union bodies. Over 50 candidates in the two premier varsities are vying for the student body posts in these polls.<br/><br...

September 11, 2015 7:05 PM

Two judges held in corruption case in Gujarat

Two lower court judges, who were suspended last month on charges of taking money to settle cases during their posting in Vapi court in 2014, have been arrested by the vigilance cell of the Gujarat High Court under Prevention of Corruption Act.<br/><br/>Judges--A D Acharya and P D Inamdar...

September 11, 2015 6:58 PM

Rahul Gandhi says he lacks PM Modi's oratory skills

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said he lacks oratory skills of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to media persons at Bhubaneswar, the Congress Vice-President said the Prime Minister has the abilities to speak both truths and lies in a loud voice that catches the mind of the people a...

September 11, 2015 6:04 PM

Govt to import additional 5,000 tonnes of Tur dal to check prices

The Government has decided to import an additional quantity of five thousand tonnes Tur Dal to increase its availability and control prices of pulses. In a press release Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry said, the decision was taken in a high level committee meeting chaired by the Secretary, Consum...

September 11, 2015 6:02 PM

Congress comes out in support of WB's decision to declassify Netaji files

Congress today said it supports declassification of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's files. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, senior party leader Kapil Sibal said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier advocated declassifying the files, but took no step in the matter after coming to power. <br...

September 11, 2015 5:55 PM

Gulbarg embezzlement case: SC extends stay on Teesta's arrest by 4 weeks

The Supreme Court today extended by four weeks the interim protection from arrest granted to Teesta Setalvad and her husband in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots.<br/>A bench comprising Justices A R Da...

September 11, 2015 5:48 PM

Indian Trade Service probationers call on President Mukherjee

A group of probationers of the Indian Trade Service today called on the President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Addressing the probationers, the President said, they are entering into a very challenging field and they have to constantly update themselves and get equipped with the latest di...

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