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August 2, 2015 11:58 AM

Govt's fresh bid to end Parliament deadlock; all-party meet tomorrow

With half of the Monsoon session virtually washed out, Government will make a fresh bid to end the two-week-long deadlock in Parliament with an all-party meeting tomorrow. While the BJP-led coalition is reaching out to Opposition, there is no let up in the Congress attack on the government on the La...

August 2, 2015 11:57 AM

Security, a prime concern after India-Bangladesh enclave exchange

With the long-awaited swapping of enclaves between India and Bangladesh now complete, ensuring security so that these areas do not become a hub of anti- national activities seems to be of prime concern of security agencies. Pradip Bhattacharya, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Hom...

August 2, 2015 9:26 AM

New simplified Guidelines for Adoption of Children come into effect

The new simplified Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015 have come into effective from yesterday. Women and Child Development Ministry has notified the revised guidelines on 17th of last month for governing adoption of children issued by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA). An of...

August 2, 2015 8:03 AM

CBI registers case against JD(U) MLA Anant Singh for alleged cartelisation

CBI has registered a case against JD(U) MLA Anant Singh for alleged cartelisation and ring formation during award of contracts in National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC in Barh, Bihar. The agency has carried out searches yesterday at the Patna residence of Singh in connection with the case. Anant S...

August 1, 2015 9:08 PM

CPI (M) accuses NDA govt of disrupting parliament

Ahead of an all-party meet convened to break the Parliament logjam, CPI(M) today accused the NDA government of disrupting the House. It alleged that Centre is trying to escape from accountability behind the veil of conducting a debate for debate's sake on Lalit Modi scandal and Vyapam scam. &lt...

August 1, 2015 8:49 PM

PM calls for more efforts in ethanol blending for benefit of sugar sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for more efforts to increase ethanol blending for the benefit of sugar sector. Chairing a high level meeting to review issues related to the sector in New Delhi this evening, Mr. Modi also called for exploring all possibilities for export of sugar. He emphasiz...

August 1, 2015 8:45 PM

PM to discuss long-term measures to address sugar sector crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with Union Ministers to discuss long-term measures to address the concerns of cash-starved sugar mills. <br/><br/>Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and others are attendi...

August 1, 2015 8:42 PM

Gurudas Kamat gets NCW notice for offensive remarks against HRD Minister

The National Commission for Women,NCW, today issued notice to Congress leader Gurudas Kamat for his derogatory remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani.<br/><br/>The AICC general secretary had on Thursday questioned Smiti Irani's qualifications to be the Human Resources Developme...

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