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December 12, 2014 7:56 AM

Maharashtra govt announces package of Rs 7,000 crore for drought-hit areas

The BJP-Shiv Sena Government in Maharashtra has announced a special package of Rs 7,000 crore for the distressed farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions who are grappling with drought-like conditions. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced it in the Legislative Assembly today while replying a...

December 12, 2014 7:46 AM

Centre to launch new crop insurance scheme next year

Agriculture Minister Radhamohan Singh has said that a New Crop Insurance Scheme will be launched by the next year. Replying to a Short Duration Discussion in the Rajya Sabha, he said the Centre and States should work unitedly to plug loopholes in the present agriculture policies. Stating that the nu...

December 11, 2014 9:04 PM

India, Russia ink 16 deals on oil, defence, atomic energy, other sectors

India and Russia also signed 16 documents including Memoranda of Understanding, MoU in several areas like oil and gas, nuclear energy defence and health research. The documents were inked after the delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Russian president Vladimir Pu...

December 11, 2014 8:43 PM

Home Ministry seeks report from UP govt over alleged forced conversions in Agra

Centre today sought a report from Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged forceful religious conversions in Agra. Official sources said that the Home Ministry has asked the state government to give a detailed report about the incident, whether it was a forceful or willful conversion and people and...

December 11, 2014 8:41 PM

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj calls Nathuram Godse a patriot, retracts later

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj today triggered a controversy by saying that Nathuram Godse was a patriot like Mahatma Gandhi. Replying to a question over the reports that Godse birth anniversary is being celebrated in Maharashtra as Shourya Diwas, the BJP MP said that Godse was a nationalist. Maharaj, howeve...

December 11, 2014 7:58 PM

Home Ministry seeks report from UP govt over alleged forced conversions in Agra

Home Ministry today sought a report from Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged religious conversions in Agra. There are reports that around 200 Muslims were forcefully converted into Hinduism by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh outfit. Opposition parties continued to attack the NDA government over ...

December 11, 2014 6:45 PM

LS takes up forcible conversion issue for discussion

The Lok Sabha is discussing the issue of religious conversion after all the parties decided to take it up in the house. Initiating the discussion, Jyotiraditya Scindia of the Congress demanded that the Prime Minister should clarify on the issue.Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav said that th...

December 11, 2014 6:00 PM

India, Russia ink key deals on oil, gas, nuclear energy, defence

India and Russia also signed 16 documents including Memoranda of Understanding, MoU in several areas like oil and gas, nuclear energy defence and health research. The documents were inked after the delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Russian president Vladimir Pu...

December 11, 2014 5:52 PM

India, Russia ink key deals on oil, gas, nuclear energy, defence

India and Russia also signed 16 documents including Memoranda of Understanding, MoU in several areas like oil and gas, nuclear energy defence and health research. The documents were inked after the delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Russian president Vladimir Pu...

December 11, 2014 5:19 PM

India, Russia ink key deals on oil, gas, nuclear energy, defence

India and Russia have signed 16 documents including Memoranda of Understanding, MoU in several areas like oil and gas, nuclear energy defence and health research. The documents were inked after the delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Russian president Vladimir Pu...

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