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August 20, 2015 8:16 PM

ACB arrests Goa CM's relative in bribe case

After the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ABC) of Goa arrested a relative of Goa Chief Minister, the Chief Minister Mr Laxmikant Parsekar today asked the Chief Secretary to instruct the Industry Development Corporation (IDC) to immediately place the concerned officials under suspension and initiate discipli...

August 20, 2015 8:12 PM

FTII row: I&B team reaching Pune

Team sent by I&B Ministry headed by Registrar of Newspapers for India S M Khan is reaching Pune tonight to find solution to the 70 days old strike by FTII students. They will have discussion with agitating students at 11 A.M. tomorrow. AIR correspondent reports that students are in no mood for a...

August 20, 2015 8:00 PM

J&K: Separatist leaders released from house arrest except Geelani

Kashmiri separatist leaders who were today put under house arrest in Srinagar, have been released by the government.<br/><br/>They include Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Shabbir Shah, Nayeem Khan, Yasin Malik , Abbas Ansari and others.<br/><br/>However, hardliner Hurriyat leader Syed A...

August 20, 2015 7:57 PM

Louis Berger case: ED raids ex Goa CM Kamat's residence

Five establishments of former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and his close relatives were raided Thursday morning by Enforcement Directorate, in connection with Louis Berger bribery case.<br/><br/>ED officials, with the help of the staff of crime branch of Goa police, conducted raids ...

August 20, 2015 6:49 PM

BJP terms its victory in Rajasthan, MP as effective reply to Congress

BJP has termed its victory in Rajasthan civic polls and recent Madhya Pradesh local body elections as an effective reply by the people to Congress malicious campaign against the state Chief Ministers in Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, senior party leader an...

August 20, 2015 5:46 PM

Centre hits back at Nitish, Kejriwal for attacking PM Modi

The Centre today hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for their combined attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ruling out any politics behind Prime Minister's announcement of 1.25 lakh crore rupees package for Bihar, Union Minister Ravi Shanka...

August 20, 2015 5:42 PM

Govt ropes in ISRO for electric transportation system

The Union Transport Ministry in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO will work on developing cost-effective battery technologies to make electric buses economically viable. A transport ministry official said in Delhi that it will also help in cutting down on the carbon emi...

August 20, 2015 5:15 PM

Ashwani Lohani appointed new Air India chief

Ashwani Lohani was today appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of national carrier Air India for three years. He will be replacing Rohit Nandan, whose extended tenure ends tomorrow. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved appointment of Lohani, a 1980 batch Indian Railway Serv...

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