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MHA sanctions Rs 100 Cr for women Help Desk in all police stations
New Delhi: Union Home Ministry has sanctioned Rs 100 crore from the Nirbhaya fund to set up Women Help Desk in all police station across the country with the help of State and Union Territories Governments. According to the official statement, the purpose of the Women's Help Desk is to make...
NIA files charge sheet against 12 accused in Gadchiroli naxal case
New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed charge sheet against 12 accused in Gadchiroli naxal case at NIA special court in Mumbai, an official statement said here on Thursday. The charge sheet has been filed against eight arrested accused and four absconding...
Govt clueless on how to tackle economic slowdown, FM statement on onion shows their mindset: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Addressing the first press conference after his release from Tihar jail on bail, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday launched a no holds barred attack against the Narendra Modi government on its handling of the Indian economy, and said the government is 'clueless' and...
Pradhan calls for focus on Bio Energy to mitigate air pollution
New Delhi, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan participated in the India Gas Infrastructure Conference 2019 organised by FICCI here on Thursday and just like natural gas, Bio energy also possesses huge potential, especially in addressing the rising...
Harsimrat inaugurates Rs 150 cr mega food park at Dewas
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, : Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday inaugurated a Rs 150 crore mega food park here which will provide employment to 5,000 people and benefit around 5,000 farmers. The Avantee Mega Food Park, was inaugurated by Ms Badal at a simple...
Quality of products, services on GeM should never be compromised: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday cautioned that quality of products and services must never be compromised and stringent mechanism be put in place for validation of complaints against poor quality of products and services that may be available on the...
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 returned to Lok Sabha
New Delhi: A Bill that allows domestic companies option to pay corporate tax at lower rate, was on Thursday returned to the Lok Sabha with the Rajya Sabha passing it by a voice vote. The passage of the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha came after the House rejected a...
Cold day in Delhi, air quality very poor
New Delhi: National capital witnessed cold weather on Thursday with maximum temperature settling at 23.6 degrees C, a notch below season's average. Relative humidity was seventy three per cent during the evening at around 1730 hours, according to the Met Department. The sky was partly...
Kejriwal announces Delhi Cabinet's decision to extend Ashram Flyover up to DND Flyway
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced the Delhi Cabinet's decision to extend the Ashram flyover up to the DND flyway, to provide relief to the daily commuters from the traffic congestion on the bottleneck between the two destinations. Addressing mediapersons in presence...
Maliwal writes to Prez Kovind seeking rejection of mercy petition in Nirbhaya case
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday requested President Ram Nath Kovind to give directions to reject all mercy petitions in the Nirbhaya case and further ensure that the convicts are hanged before December 16. In her letter to the President she said that it was...
SC reserves order on holding TN local body polls
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order after Tamil Nadu State Election Commission submitted that it is ready to hold local body polls, except in nine districts. A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, reserved the order on the issue of necessary formalities...
RS adjourned twice over attack on Unnao rape survivor
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Thursday was adjourned twice over attack on Unnao rape survivor. The Upper House was adjourned around 1117 hrs till 1200 hrs shortly after the names of 18 out of 80 MPs with 100 per cent attendance were read out by House Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu as a token of...
