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July 30, 2015 5:05 PM
The Rajya Sabha was informed today that there has been a net increase of 5871 square kilometres in the country's forest cover. Quoting the latest report on the state of forests in India, Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the total forest cover in the country is 697,898...
July 30, 2015 5:05 PM
The government has taken up a study to assess the risks and benefits of weather modification techniques. It includes cloud seeding to induce artificial rainfall in areas facing a rain deficit. Minister of State for Earth Sciences Y.S.Chowdary informed the Rajya Sabha today that his department is try...
July 30, 2015 4:38 PM
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit out at Congress for their leaders' remarks questioning the execution of Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon. He asked Congress President Sonia Gandhi to explain why they are making such statements on the issue which is related to country's security. Tal...
July 30, 2015 3:18 PM
The government today assured the Rajya Sabha that any effort to undermine India's territorial integrity and security will meet with an effective and forceful response. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, the government will do everything possible to prevent cross-border terrorism targeted against...
July 30, 2015 2:07 PM
In Jammu and Kashmir, an Army jawan has been killed in sniper attack by Pakistan troops who targeted forward posts in Poonch district in violation of ceasefire last night. PRO Defence Lt. Col Manish Mehta told AIR that Sepoy Rachpal Singh was critically injured in sniper fire by Pakistani troops at ...
July 30, 2015 2:06 PM
1993 Mumbai serial blasts lone death row convict, Yakub Memon has been executed. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Maharashtra KP Bakshi told media that Memon was hanged at the Nagpur Central Jail around 7 this morning. The execution was carried out about two hours after Memon's lawyers' l...
July 30, 2015 2:01 PM
1993 Mumbai serial blasts lone death row convict, Yakub Memon has been executed. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Maharashtra KP Bakshi told media that Memon was hanged at the Nagpur Central Jail around 7 this morning. The execution was carried out about two hours after Memon's lawyers' l...
July 30, 2015 1:33 PM
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has convened an all-party meeting this evening to end the logjam in the house on Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam. The meeting will discuss better functioning of the proceedings, which have been virtually washed out in the Monsoon Session so far following the ...
July 30, 2015 1:22 PM
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has distanced itself from party MP Majeed Memon's remarks questioning the execution of Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon. Talking to reporters outside Parliament today, party General Secretary D P Tripathi said all the legal procedures were followed in the case a...
July 30, 2015 1:02 PM
India will surpass China to become the most populous nation in the world by 2022, six years sooner than previously forecast, and the country is projected to retain the top spot till 2100, the UN has said. The 'World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision' launched at the UN Headquarters i...
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