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Complaints by Indian workers working in Gulf on the rise: Govt

Breaking news, India November 27, 2014 at 5:41 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Complaints from Indian workers in some Gulf countries have shown an upward trend with the highest number those in Qatar in the last one year, the government told Rajya Sabha. 13,610 grievances have been registered till date this year as against 12,720 recorded last year with the maximumRead More

New defence procurement policy under consideration

Breaking news, India November 27, 2014 at 5:40 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Aiming for transparent but faster military procurements, the Narendra Modi government is considering rolling out by January a new defence procurement policy that will have fresh norms for blacklisting firms and engagement of ‘agents’ besides attracting investments. The proposed guidelines are undergoing intense brain storming in the DefenceRead More

Bar Council not bound to grant licence to practice law: SC

India November 27, 2014 at 5:39 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Pursuing law and practicing it are two different things, the Supreme Court has said and made it clear that the Bar Council of India (BCI) is not bound to grant advocacy licence unless an applicant fulfills the criteria laid down by it. The apex bar body BCI hadRead More

Gulfs of Kambhat, Kutch show high vulnerability indices: Govt

Breaking news, India November 27, 2014 at 5:39 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: The Gulfs of Kambhat and Kutch in Gujarat show very high indices to multi-hazard coastal vulnerability, according to mapping carried out by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), the government on Thursday said. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister for Earth Sciences HarshRead More

11 new members take oath in Rajya Sabha

11 new members take oath in Rajya Sabha

Breaking news, India November 26, 2014 at 4:23 pm 0 comments

  New Delhi, Defence minister Manohar Parrikar and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav were among the 11 newly-elected members of Rajya Sabha who took oath on Wednesday. Parrikar was greeted with thumping of desks when his name was called for taking oath. He took oath in Hindi afterRead More

Black money issue: Congress adjournment notice rejected in Lok Sabha

Breaking news, India November 26, 2014 at 4:22 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, A notice by Congress to bring an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha on the issue of black money was rejected by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. She, however, agreed to look into the demand of the Opposition to hold discussion at the earliest on the subject which is listed towardsRead More

Coal scam: CBI tells court it was not permitted to examine Manmohan Singh

Coal scam: CBI tells court it was not permitted to examine Manmohan Singh

Breaking news, India November 26, 2014 at 3:42 am 0 comments

New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday came in for some tough questioning from a special court hearing a coal blocks allocation scam case when it asked why the agency did not question former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he was also holding the Coal portfolio between 2005 and 2009. TheRead More

Centre has stopped funding Bengal development projects: Mamata

Breaking news, India November 26, 2014 at 3:41 am 0 comments

Digha: The Centre has stopped funding development projects in West Bengal and is taking away a major chunk of the state’s earnings for debt servicing of more than Rs 2 lakh crore, putting in jeopardy people’s “welfare projects”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged. “Development of Bengal cannot beRead More

Nitin Gadkari to flag off Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi bus service on Tuesday

Nitin Gadkari to flag off Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi bus service on Tuesday

Breaking news, India November 26, 2014 at 3:40 am 0 comments

New Delhi: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will flag off Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi bus service on Tuesday. “Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Nitin Gadkari will flag off Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi bus service on Tuesday from DTC Bus Terminal at Ambedkar Stadium,” an official statement said. Earlier, the Cabinet approved theRead More

BJP sweeps Rajasthan civic polls, wins 31 of 46 seats

Breaking news, India November 26, 2014 at 3:38 am 0 comments

Jaipur: BJP on Tuesday won 31 of the 46 civic bodies, including five municipal corporations, in Rajasthan which went to polls last week. The party won five of the six municipal corporations, eleven municipal councils and fifteen municipal boards, said a spokesman of Rajasthan State Election Commission. With the partyRead More