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July 31, 2015 6:29 PM

Delhi court dismisses plea seeking FIR against Justice Katju

A Delhi court has dismissed a plea seeking lodging of FIR against ex-Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and belief of Hindus about cow. The court said that his expression comes under right to freedom of speech and expression of the Constitution. M...

July 31, 2015 5:48 PM

Congress asks for tangible proposal from PM before any meeting

Congress has made it clear that it will attend all-party meeting if Prime Minister comes out with tangible proposal to break the deadlock in Parliament. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, party spokesperson Anand Sharma said, Congress is not interested in photo-ops and the government will fir...

July 31, 2015 5:13 PM

Coal scam: Court frames charges against Madhu Koda, eight others

A Special Court today framed charges against ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and 8 others in a coal scam case. The Court also framed charges against ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and ex-Jharkhand Chief Secretary A K Basu in the case. It also summoned Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and 6 others as a...

July 31, 2015 5:06 PM

Centre declares August 7 as National Handloom Day

The Centre has declared 7th August as National Handloom Day beginning from this year throughout the country. Informing this today, Textiles Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said, the first National Handloom Day will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai on 7th August. He said, the San...

July 31, 2015 2:17 PM

Govt revises scheme for Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

Ministry of Tribal Affairs has revised the Central Sector Scheme known as, Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). Now, the Ministry will provide 100% financial assistance to PVTG through the State Governments. Under the Scheme, priority is accorded to protection, and improveme...

July 31, 2015 2:08 PM

Monsoon vigorous over Rajasthan and active over WB

Southwest monsoon is vigorous over Rajasthan and active over West Bengal. Heavy rainfall has occurred at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharastra. Weatherman has also predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in North East, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana,...

July 31, 2015 1:52 PM

Exchange of enclaves between India, B'desh tonight

Exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh will take place tonight. According to Land Border Agreement between the two countries, 51 Bangladeshi enclaves situated at Indian side in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal and 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladeshi territory will be amalgamated with th...

July 31, 2015 1:52 PM

Four Indians detained in Libya while returning to India

Four Indian nationals have been detained in Libya while returning to India via Tripoli and Tunis. Talking to reporters in New Delhi today, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, of the four detained, two are from Hyderabad, one from Raichur and the other from Bengaluru. He said, I...

July 31, 2015 1:51 PM

Govt ready to discuss every issue in Parliament to break logjam: Naqvi

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said, the government is ready to discuss every issue in Parliament to break the ongoing logjam. Talking to reporters outside Parliament this morning, Mr Naqvi wondered why the Congress is running away from debate. Accusing the Congr...

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