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August 12, 2015 6:47 PM

Govt urges scientists to increase social acceptability of projects

Minister for Space and Atomic Energy Dr Jitendra Singh has urged scientists to increase the social acceptability of projects. Releasing the new application services of BHUVAN, the Geospatial platform of Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO on National Remote Sensing Day today in New Delhi, Mr Si...

August 12, 2015 5:55 PM

SC stays Gujarat HC order on judges' plot allotment PIL

The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order issuing notices to its sitting and former judges and also a sitting apex court judge over the allotment of residential plots to them by the state government in a posh locality in Sola area in Ahmedabad. <br/><br/>A bench headed ...

August 12, 2015 5:40 PM

HC dismisses Hiken Shah's plea against suspension by BCCI

Observing that the allegations of corruption levelled against Mumbai cricketer Hiken Shah were of serious nature, the Bombay High Court today dismissed a petition filed by him challenging BCCI's order suspending him for flouting its anti-corruption code. The cricket body suspended Shah, a batsm...

August 12, 2015 5:13 PM

Coal auction hits legal, other roadblocks; 1 mine on offer tomorrow

Coal block auctions ran into legal and other roadblocks today, forcing the government to defer auction of one mine and withdraw another from the third tranche with players Hindalco, JSPL and Vedanta in the fray. The government deferred the auction of Chitarpur coal mine in Jharkhand because of a cou...

August 12, 2015 5:09 PM

Airbus Industries of France expresses readiness to invest in India: VK Singh

Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh informed the Lok Sabha today that Airbus Industries of France has expressed its readiness to invest in India. It has also evinced interest in procuring and sourcing in India, thereby contributing to the Make in India initiative of the government. Fur...

August 12, 2015 4:53 PM

Search for Pawan Hans helicopter on in Arunachal Pradesh

Army personnel using special mountaineering equipment have reached the deep gorge where the Pawan Hans helicopter crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on 4th of August. Defense PRO Suneet Newton today said that an operation to recovery the bodies is underway by specially trained personnel of a Gorkha Unit a...

August 12, 2015 4:43 PM

RJD, JD(U) and Cong finalise seat sharing formula for Bihar polls

The seat sharing formula among RJD, JD(U) and Congress for upcoming Bihar assembly election has been finalised. At a joint press conference in Patna, JD(U) leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that the RJD and JD(U) will fight on 100 seats each and Congress was given 40 seats for the 243...

August 12, 2015 4:11 PM

CBI searches premises of Customs Commissioner

CBI today conducted searches at seven places in Delhi and one each in Gurgaon and Greater NOIDA against two officials of Customs department and a businessman. The two officials are Atul Dixit, Commissioner, Customs, Tughlakabad, and Nalin Kumar, the then Deputy Commissioner. <br/><br/>Th...

August 12, 2015 4:07 PM

Government against weaponisation of outer space: Jitendra Singh

The government today said that it is against the weaponisation of outer space and supports international efforts to reinforce the safety of space based assets. This was stated by Minister of State in the Prime Minister&apos;s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. <br/>...

August 12, 2015 2:35 PM

CBI searches premises of Customs Commissioner

CBI today conducted searches at seven places in Delhi and one each in Gurgaon and Greater NOIDA against two officials of Customs department and a businessman. The two officials are Atul Dixit, Commissioner, Customs, Tughlakabad, and Nalin Kumar, the then Deputy Commissioner . They have been accused ...

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