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July 23, 2015 5:24 PM

Govt to form expert panel to examine age relaxation for civil services exam

Government has decided to constitute an expert committee to comprehensively examine various issues like age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and pattern of civil services examination. <br/><br/>Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha tod...

July 23, 2015 4:42 PM

PM Modi to launch Gram Jyoti Yojna from Patna

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) on Saturday in Patna. The Yojana is one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Power, which will help in providing round the clock power to rural households and adequate power to agricultural consumers. &...

July 23, 2015 4:08 PM

Govt to soon roll out six tourist circuits to boost tourism

Government will soon launch six tourist circuits in a big way to provide a boost to the tourism sector. Addressing a function organised by industry body FICCI in New Delhi today, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said, the aim of the government is to create better infrastructure for facilitating touris...

July 23, 2015 2:12 PM

Naidu asks Cong to reconsider decision of disrupting Parliament

Parliamentary Affair Minister Venkaiah Naidu today asked the Congress to reconsider its decision of disrupting the proceedings in both the Houses of Parliament on Lalit Modi episode and Vyapam scam. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Mr Naidu wondered why the opposition is running away from th...

July 23, 2015 1:47 PM

BJP no different from UPA regime: Prakash Karat

Former CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat has lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre, saying it was no different from the previous UPA regime in "indulging in corruption." Mr. Karat was addressing a public meeting in Erode in Tamil Nadi last night. He said, both parties have ind...

July 23, 2015 1:44 PM

Two jawans injured in gunfight with infiltrating militants in Kashmir

At least two soldiers were injured in a gunfight with infiltrating militants near the Line of Control in Tangdhar sector of Kashmir. Army sources said that the exchange of fire with terrorists was going on till reports last came in. Army had last evening launched a counter-infiltration operation nea...

July 23, 2015 1:39 PM

Former JDU MP Sabir Ali joins BJP

In Bihar, former JDU MP Sabir Ali today joined BJP in presence of party state in-charge Bhupendra Yadav at Patna. After joining, Mr. Ali said he will expose those people who are trying to malign BJP in the name of communalism. He said both Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad are cheating people of Bihar on...

July 23, 2015 1:38 PM

Govt approves Rs 20,000 cr for rejuvenating Ganga river

The government today said that it has approved 20,000 crore rupees for rejuvenating the Ganga river. The Namami Ganga programme envisages cent per cent funding by the central government to clean the entire river. Informing this in the Lok Sabha, water resources and Ganga rejuvenation minister Uma Bh...

July 23, 2015 1:38 PM

Yakub Memon seeks stay of execution of his death sentence

Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of execution of his death sentence scheduled for July 30.<br/><br/>Memon, in his petition said that all legal remedies have not been exhausted and he has ...

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