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September 8, 2015 11:44 AM

Army pays tribute to martyrs of 1965 war

Army paid homage to its 49 soldiers and officers who laid down their lives while capturing the strategically important Raja and Rani posts from Pakistan in the 1965 war. These two posts were later returned to Pakistan following the Tashkent agreement between the two countries.<br/><br/>L...

September 8, 2015 11:39 AM

Coal scam: Court grants bail to former MoS Santosh Bagrodia

Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia was today granted bail by a Special Court in connection with a coal scam case. Bagrodia is accused in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander coal block in Maharashtra.<br/><br/>The court enlarged Bagrodia o...

September 8, 2015 11:34 AM

Govt to allow minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh to stay without papers

Centre has decided to exempt minority community nationals from Bangladesh and Pakistan in regularization of their entry and stay in India on humanitarian grounds. The Government issued two notifications in this regard under the Passport Act and the Foreigners Act yesterday. <br/><br/>An ...

September 8, 2015 11:24 AM

Arun Jaitley launches digital version of Mahatma Gandhi's collected work

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today launched the e-version of the 100 volumes of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Jaitley said, the collected works of Mahatma Gandhi are a treasure that India offers to the world. He also congratula...

September 8, 2015 11:19 AM

Arun Jaitley launches e-version of Mahatma Gandhi's collected work

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today launched the e-version of the 100 volumes of the collected works of Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Jaitley said, the Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi is a treasure that India offers to the world. He also congratulat...

September 8, 2015 9:04 AM

Haryana sets minimum qualification for candidates in Panchayati Raj polls

Haryana Assembly has passed a bill, fixing matriculation as minimum educational qualification for elections to Panchayati Raj institutions. The bill also laid down other conditions including making it mandatory for the candidates to have functional toilets. The Assembly on the concluding day of its ...

September 8, 2015 8:42 AM

Govt implementing Swaminathan panel's recommendations: Balyan

Union Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan has said that government has started implementing recommendations of Swaminathan committee. He said Centre will purchase crops of pulses and oilseeds through Food Corporation of India. <br/><br/>Union Minister was interacting with me...

September 8, 2015 8:29 AM

Government relaxes rules for sugar exports

The government has relaxed norms for sugar exports by doing away with the registration requirement with the Commerce Ministry. In a notification, Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said, the requirement of registration of quantity with DGFT for export of sugar has been dispensed with. Earlier,...

September 8, 2015 8:24 AM

Haryana passes Panchayati Raj bill setting matriculation as poll qualification

Haryana Assembly has passed a bill, fixing matriculation as minimum educational qualification for elections to Panchayati Raj institutions. The bill also laid down other conditions including making it mandatory for the candidates to have functional toilets. The Assembly on the concluding day of its ...

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