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December 17, 2014 7:36 PM

Conversion row: RS adjourned for day over opposition demand for PM's presence

Proceedings in Rajya Sabha were washed out for the third consecutive day today as opposition continued to press for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's response over religious conversions and also protested suspension of a Congress member for the day. Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said he could not dir...

December 17, 2014 4:39 PM

Conversion row: RS adjourned for day over opposition demand for PM's presence

Opposition members stalled the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha for the third day today insisting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be present during the short duration discussion on increasing incidents of communal violence in the country. The House witnessed repeated adjournments during the d...

December 17, 2014 1:54 PM

SpiceJet case: Centre to protect aviation industry interest, says Mahesh Sharma

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma today said that government is not bound to take decision in favour of any particular company in SpiceJet Airlines case. He, however, said the Centre will take steps to protect the interest of aviation industry. Replying to a media query outside Par...

December 17, 2014 1:53 PM

Conversion row: RS faces adjournment over opposition demand for PM's presence

The Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated adjournments in the pre-lunch session today as the Opposition parties continuously insisted on the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end the standoff with the government on the conversions issue. The House was adjourned four times till 2 PM. As soon as th...

December 17, 2014 8:24 AM

Minorities from neighbouring counties to be given 5 year visa

Members of the minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be given five years visa instead of one-year as part of government's effort to address their grievances and according citizenship in future. A Home Ministry statement said that the central government has decided ...

December 16, 2014 8:49 PM

Coal scam: Court ask CBI to record former PM Manmohan Singh's statement

A special Court in Delhi today directed the CBI to record statements of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and others in a coal blocks allocation scam case allegedly involving former Coal Secretary P C Parakh and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla. Dr Singh was holding the portfolio of Coal Min...

December 16, 2014 7:56 PM

RS adjourned for day on religious conversion issue

The Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated adjournments for the second day today on the issue of religious conversion with the opposition persisting for Prime Minister's statement. The House witnessed five adjournments throughout the day before adjourning finally for the day.The Rajya Sabha could not t...

December 16, 2014 6:39 PM

At least 132 killed in Peshawar school attack; India condemns the incident

A group of heavily-armed Arabic speaking Taliban suicide attackers stormed an army-run school in the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan killing at least 132 mostly school children and taken hundreds more hostage. The attack is being seen as one of the worst-ever in Pakistan. Many of the stude...

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