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August 5, 2015 1:32 PM

Congress continues to protest against suspension of its MPs from LS

Congress members from both the Houses of Parliament staged a protest in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament premises for the second consecutive day today against the suspension of its 25 MPs from the Lok Sabha. The agitating members termed the suspension as undemocratic. Shouting slogans against th...

August 5, 2015 12:57 PM

Special court issues non-bailable warrant against Lalit Modi

A special Mumbai court today issued a non-bailable warrant against former IPL boss Lalit Modi. The Enforcement Directorate has moved the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act - PMLA court in Mumbai seeking a non-bailable warrant after Modi did not respond to the summons sent to him. During the ...

August 5, 2015 12:24 PM

Naidu terms opposition boycott in LS as disservice to nation

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu today termed the opposition boycott in the Lok Sabha as disservice to the nation. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Mr. Naidu appealed to all opposition members to come back to the House. He said the government is ready for discussion on any issue...

August 5, 2015 9:53 AM

Govt lifts ban on websites that do not feature child pornography

Government yesterday lifted ban on all those websites that do not feature child pornographic content. The Department of Telecom in an order said, the Internet Service Providers, ISPs are free not to disable any of the 857 URLs which do not have child pornographic content. <br/><br/>The D...

August 5, 2015 9:41 AM

Will bring back Geeta from Pakistan, says Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that India will bring back Geeta, a deaf and mute Indian girl stuck in Pakistan for more than a decade. In a tweet, Ms Swaraj said, Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan Mr Raghavan and his wife met Geeta in Karachi and the High Commissioner believes t...

August 5, 2015 8:20 AM

Two soldiers killed in friendly fire in south Kashmir's Tral

In Jammu & Kashmir, two soldiers were killed and two others injured when an ambush party mistook a column of patrolling soldiers as uniformed militants in south Kashmir&apos;s sensitive Tral pocket late yesterday evening. The two parties belonged to same army camp but lack of coordination during...

August 5, 2015 8:16 AM

BCCI should be brought under RTI: Sports Minister

Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said that the Indian Cricket Board, BCCI need to be made accountable and transparent in its functioning like any other sports federation of the country. He was speaking during a felicitation function organised for the Indian archers in New Delhi. When asked whe...

August 5, 2015 8:12 AM

FSSAI-approved lab finds Maggi noodles safe&apos;

In a major relief to Nestle India, FSSAI-approved laboratory of Central Food Technological Research Institute, CFTRI, Mysore, has found Maggi noodles from Goa to be in compliance with the country's Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2011. Samples of five Maggie noodles were forwarded by Goa FDA t...

August 5, 2015 8:10 AM

FSSAI-approved lab finds Maggi noodles safe&apos;

In a major boost to Nestle India, FSSAI-approved laboratory of Central Food Technological Research Institute, CFTRI has found Maggi noodles to be in compliance with the country's food safety standards. CFTRI had tested five samples sent by Goa Food and Drug Administration FDA when Maggi was ban...

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