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July 23, 2015 12:07 PM

Sena criticizes Modi govt for not pursuing Hindutwa Agenda

Alleging that not much change has happened in the country even after new government with full majority has completed its one year, Shiv Sena executive chief Uddhav Thackeray criticized that Modi government has not yet succeeded in taking ahead &apos;Hindutwa&apos; Agenda. <br/><br/>In an...

July 23, 2015 11:30 AM

National Broadcasting day being observed today

Today is National Broadcasting day. On this day the Indian Broadcasting Company began organized radio broadcasting from Bombay. To mark the occasion, All India Radio is organizing a symposium in New Delhi on the subject "Creation of New India and Broadcasting Medium". Parliamentarians, emi...

July 23, 2015 8:32 AM

Around 3 lakh toilets constructed in schools across country: Irani

Around 3 lakh toilets have been constructed in schools across the country under the Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative. Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said this in a written reply in Lok Sabha yesterday. She said, Andaman and Nicobar, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Kerala, Puduche...

July 23, 2015 8:04 AM

Gujarat police opposes anticipatory bail plea of Teesta in SC

Gujarat police has opposed in the Supreme Court the anticipatory bail plea of Teesta Setalvad, saying the social activist and her husband misappropriated funds meant for charity for personal expenses, besides tampering with evidence. <br/><br/>The police, in its affidavit said, Setalvad ...

July 23, 2015 7:58 AM

SC asks NALSA to file report on child trafficking

The Supreme Court has asked the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) to file its report on measures which can be adopted to curb child trafficking and prostitution and ensure the rehabilitation of victims. <br/><br/>A three-judge bench, headed Justice AR Dave, agreed to the submissi...

July 23, 2015 7:51 AM

Govt says all 39 Indians held hostage by ISIS in Iraq are safe

Government has said that all the 39 Indians, held hostage in Mosul town of Iraq by ISIS militants over a year ago, are safe. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha yesterday, Minister of State for External Affairs, VK Singh said, government is in close and regular contact with relevant Iraqi government...

July 23, 2015 7:37 AM

SC asks Centre if mercy petition can be filed to Guv after Prez rejection

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre if a mercy petition can be filed to the Governor if it has already been rejected by the President. The court's question came in an apparent reference to the 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Yakub Memon, who submitted a mercy petition for the Maharashtra Gov...

July 23, 2015 7:31 AM

Right to Privacy cannot be invoked to scrap Aadhar: AG to SC

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Right to Privacy is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, and it cannot be invoked to scrap the Aadhar scheme. A day after it told the apex court that it would be too late to scrap the scheme, the Centre yesterday said that a fool proof system wou...

July 22, 2015 9:46 PM

BJP should follow Advani's example, ask ministers to quit: Sharad Yadav

JD(U) president Sharad Yadav today asked BJP to follow the example of its senior leader L K Advani, who had resigned as an MP after his name appeared in the Hawala case, and said it should ask its Union minister and chief ministers facing graft charges to quit. With Parliament being stalled by the o...

July 22, 2015 9:00 PM

Vyapam scam: CBI registers FIR against former MP Minister, aide

CBI today registered an FIR against former Madhya Pradesh minister Laxmikant Sharma and his aide Om Prakash Shukla in connection with the alleged involvement in constable recruitment through Vyapam. The agency took over investigations in the case of alleged alteration of Optical Mark Recognition, OM...

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