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July 15, 2015 2:22 PM

Many states want Land Acquisition Act to be amended: Arun Jaitley

Finance Miniser Arun Jaitley today said the view raised by many states in the second meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog was that the Land Acquisition Act needed to be amended. Briefing media after the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Mr Jaitley said many Chief Mi...

July 15, 2015 2:07 PM

Modern Indian artist S H Raza conferred highest French civilian honour

Modern Indian artist Sayed Haider Raza, has been conferred the highest French civilian honour, the Commandeur de la Legion d' Honneur (the Legion of Honour) for his peerless achievements. To mark celebrations of the French National Day, the award was bestowed by ambassador Francois Richier at a...

July 15, 2015 1:48 PM

Four police personnel abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh found dead

In Chhattisgarh, Maoists have killed four police personnel abducted in tribal Bastar region. AIR correspondent reports that police recovered the bodies from the road near Gudma village of Bijapur district. The police personnel were abducted by Maoists from Kutru area of Bijapur district of tribal Ba...

July 15, 2015 1:23 PM

Rajiv assassination: State govts cannot release life convicts, says SC

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court today refused to lift its order staying State governments from releasing life convicts, including former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi&apos;s killers, on remission.<br/><br/>The five-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu refused to l...

July 15, 2015 1:20 PM

Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon likely to be hanged on July 30

One of the prime convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Yakub Memon is likely to be hanged on 30th July at 7 am in Nagpur Central Jail, where he is currently lodged. The Maharashtra government will go ahead with the procedure only if the Supreme Court rejects Memon&apos;s curative petition ...

July 15, 2015 12:50 PM

IPL governing Council calls emergency meeting after suspension of CSK, RR

IPL Governing Council has called an emergency meeting in Mumbai on Sunday to discuss the situation arising out of the suspension of Chennai Super Kings in Rajasthan Royals for two years. A Supreme Court appointed Committee yesterday suspended two teams from the IPL tournament for 2 years. The Govern...

July 15, 2015 12:35 PM

NITI Aayog's Governing Council meet underway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now chairing the second meeting of the Governing Council of the NITI Aayog in New Delhi. The meeting is being attended by chief ministers of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh among others.<br/><br/>The Prime minister will also chair a mee...

July 15, 2015 12:08 PM

Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon likely to be hanged on July 30

One of the prime convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Yakub Memon is likely to be hanged on 30th July at 7 am in Nagpur Central Jail, where he is currently lodged. The Maharashtra government will go ahead with the procedure only if the Supreme Court rejects Memon&apos;s curative petition ...

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