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September 8, 2015 8:26 PM

India,Belarus set trade target of 1 billion dollar by 2018

India and Belarus have set the trade target of one billion dollar by 2018. The decision was taken at the Seventh Session of the India-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission in Minsk. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman co-chaired the meeting. The Belarusian delegation was led by Minister...

September 8, 2015 8:11 PM

Smriti slams Sonia for accusing PM's poll promises as empty talks

BJP today came down heavily on Congress President Sonia Gandhi for accusing Prime Minister's poll promises as empty talks. The party said Ms Gandhi is hiding her failure by attacking Narendra Modi. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani listed initiatives of NDA governme...

September 8, 2015 7:26 PM

Sohrabuddin case: SC refuses to modify Pandian's bail condition

The Supreme Court today refused to modify a bail condition of suspended IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian, accused in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kauserbi. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V Ramana also slammed him for the stay of the trial in the case. &l...

September 8, 2015 7:10 PM

Dengue claims 41 lives since January this year

Dengue has claimed 41 lives across the country since January this year. Over 19 thousand 7 hundred cases have been reported during the period. The maximum 19 deaths have been reported from Kerala followed by Tamil Nadu 5 and Karnataka and Maharashtra 4 each. <br/><br/>Besides, out of the...

September 8, 2015 6:07 PM

Congress in favour of GST bill if govt accepts amendments: Azad

Congress today said convening special session of Parliament to pass key legislations will serve no purpose unless government takes action against Sushma Swaraj and Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for their involvement in different controversies. <br/><br/>Senior party lea...

September 8, 2015 6:04 PM

Jawhar Sircar stresses on need for making AIR programmes for new generation

The Chief Executive officer of Prasar Bharati Mr. Jawhar Sircar has stressed the need for making programmes of All India Radio more suited for new generation. Launching the 200 Kilowatt Medium wave Digital Radio Mondial (DRM) Transmitter of Kolkata - A channel of AIR in Kolkata this afternoon Mr. Si...

September 8, 2015 5:43 PM

&apos;Government lacks coherent policy on Pakistan: Sonia Gandhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has expressed concern over the security situation at the border and said there should be a coherent policy towards Pakistan. In her address at Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi today, Mrs Gandhi alleged that government cannot make up its mind on what it ...

September 8, 2015 4:50 PM

Agriculture expert Ramesh Chand appointed as Niti Aayog member

Renowned farm expert Professor Ramesh Chand has been appointed as new member of Niti Aayog. Mr Chand has been working as Director of National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP) in New Delhi since 2010. He is also a member of a task force on agriculture development under N...

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