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August 31, 2015 7:54 PM

Govt doing away with procedures of appointing senior officials: Congress

Congress today accused Narendra Modi government of doing away with procedures of appointing senior bureaucrats. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, party spokesperson Anand Sharma said Narendra Modi has started a policy where his ministers do not know about secretaries being appointed or remov...

August 31, 2015 6:23 PM

Sheena murder case: Police custody of all three accused extended till Sept 5

A Mumbai Metropolitan court today extended till Saturday the police custody of all three arrested accused in the Sheena Bora murder case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S M Chandgade extended the remand of the main accused Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai. Police also s...

August 31, 2015 6:22 PM

BJP accuses Congress of spreading misinformation about NDA's Land Bill

BJP today accused Congress of making U- turn on Land Acquisition Bill pushed by the current NDA government. Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said that Congress ruled State Chief Ministers had favoured bringing changes in the UPA's Land Acquisition Act,2013 ...

August 31, 2015 6:01 PM

Coal scam: Final approval given by Manmohan Singh, says Ex-Coal Secy

Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta today told a special court that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had given the final approval for allocation of coal block to Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd (KSSPL). <br/><br/>Mr. Gupta's counsel B S Mathur told Special CBI Judge that Gupta was on...

August 31, 2015 5:55 PM

Bihar Polls: NDA to decide on seat sharing within week, says Paswan

The National Democratic Alliance will decide on seat sharing arrangement for upcoming Bihar assembly elections within a week. BJP President Amit Shah today held a meeting with the NDA partners in New Delhi and discussed the strategy for polls. Talking to reporters , LJP Chief Ram Vilas Paswan said j...

August 31, 2015 5:28 PM

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launches web-based system for DBT projects

Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan today launched web enabled project management information system for the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) projects. While inaugurating the DBT Strategy meet at Faridabad, he also unveiled a mobile app for the purpose. <br/&...

August 31, 2015 5:24 PM

Manipur assembly passes bills for protection of indigenous people

Manipur Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed today the Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015. The House also unanimously passed two amendment bills- the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2015 and the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 201...

August 31, 2015 5:07 PM

Lapse of Land Ordinance not a setback for govt: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the decision to let the land acquisition ordinance to lapse is not a setback for the government. In an interview to a private channel, Mr Jaitley said the alternative route adopted by the Centre will provide greater flexibility to the states to deal with the ...

August 31, 2015 3:49 PM

Amit Shah holds meeting with NDA allies to discuss strategy for Bihar polls

The NDA is yet to declare the seat sharing agreement for the polls. BJP President Amit Shah today held meeting with NDA allies to discuss strategy for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. The meeting came following the demand of LJP and RLSP that the seat-sharing arrangement be made soon. RLSP Chi...

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