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India strongly rejects Pakistan raising Kashmir at UN

September 3, 2015 2:00 PM

India strongly rejects Pakistan raising Kashmir at UN

India has strongly rejected Pakistan's call for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the state is an integral part of the country. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who attended the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations in New York yesterday, condem...

Ensure no eligible voter left out of electoral roll: EC to DEOs

September 3, 2015 1:21 PM

Ensure no eligible voter left out of electoral roll: EC to DEOs

The Election Commission of India has asked District Election Officer( DEOs) of Bihar to . Reviewing poll preparedness with district magistrates through video- conferencing, Deputy Election Commissioner, Umesh Sinha asked DEOs to be proactive in ensuring that the due process was followed before addit...

No pre-condition for seat sharing with NDA: Jitan ram Manjhi

September 3, 2015 12:56 PM

No pre-condition for seat sharing with NDA: Jitan ram Manjhi

Former Chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha(Secular) President Jitan ram Manjhi said his party has not set any pre-condition for seat sharing arrangements with other NDA partners for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election. Mr. Manjhi said in Patna that the 13 assembly seats currently held by HAM(...

Unfortunate that GST bill was not passed in Monsoon session: Jayant Sinha

September 3, 2015 12:55 PM

Unfortunate that GST bill was not passed in Monsoon session: Jayant Sinha

Minister of State for finance Jayant Sinha has said,it is unfortunate that the Constitution amendment Bill to roll out GST was not passed in the Monsoon session. Speaking in the 55th Annual Session of Automotive Component Manufacturers of India in New Delhi, Mr. Sinha said GST would be hugely benefi...

Pak violates ceasefire again, resorts to unproved firing in Poonch

September 3, 2015 12:39 PM

Pak violates ceasefire again, resorts to unproved firing in Poonch

In Jammu and Kashmir, in yet another incident of ceasefire violation along the Line of Control(LoC), Pakistani troops last night resorted to unprovoked firing on some Indian positions in Poonch district. An Army spokesperson told AIR that forces from across the borderline started unprovoked firing, ...

OROP row: Demanding only periodic revision of pension, says Ex-servicemen

September 3, 2015 12:36 PM

OROP row: Demanding only periodic revision of pension, says Ex-servicemen

Ex-servicemen who are protesting at Jantar mantar over the One Rank One Pension issue today claimed that they are not demanding monthly increments from the government. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi Capitan (Retd.) V K Gandhi said that wrong information is being spread to malign the imag...

India, Australia agree to deepen defence ties

September 3, 2015 12:19 PM

India, Australia agree to deepen defence ties

India and Australia have decided to deepen their bilateral defence partnership by taking a slew of fresh initiatives including setting up of a joint working group on defence research and material cooperation. They also decided to focus on maritime security ties in the Indian Ocean region. It was als...

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