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Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Education Kadiyam Srihari has stated today that the double bed-room house programme taken up by the Telangana Government is a role model one in the entire country. Laying the foundation stone for the double bed-room houses at Ramachandrapuram village of Sangam Mandal in this district, Srihari said that …
Read More »Israeli military court begins trial of Palestinian human rights campaigner
A prominent Palestinian human rights activist has gone on trial in an Israeli military court on accusations of inciting violence. Trial of the founder of al-Khalil (Hebron)-based Youth Against Settlements campaign group, Issa Amro, began at the Ofer military court in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. The trial of the …
Read More »Gorkha leaders turn down offer of conditional talks by CM Mamta
Gorkha leaders, spearheading violent agitation for a separate state of Gorkhaland, has turned down an offer of conditional talks by Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee. Yesterday Ms Banerjee had offered to hold talks with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, GJM, if they refrain from violence. Meanwhile, the hill district of Darjeeling continues to be …
Read More »Jagan Vows To Do Good Deeds To Live In People’s Hearts Even After His Death
YSRCP Chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said he would do good to the people to stay in the hearts of the people even after his death.Addressing the plenary here on Sunday, Jagan said he would strive to do good to the people so that his photo would be kept in every household. …
Read More »PM Modi expresses happiness over Ahmedabad getting world heritage city status by UNESCO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed happiness over Ahmedabad city getting the world heritage status by UNESCO. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, it is a matter of immense joy for India. Ahmedabad was declared as a World Heritage City at the 41st session of UNESCO’s world heritage committee held …
Read More »West Bengal govt announces judicial inquiry into communal clashes at Baduria, Basirhat
The West Bengal government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the violence at the Basirhat Sub Division. Talking to reporters in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, the probe to be headed by a sitting Calcutta High Court judge is meant to find out as to who is behind the …
Read More »Spread of technology, telecom penetration & internet offer opportunity to quell divide btwn access, quality of education: President Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee today said the spread of technology, telecom penetration and internet has offered an opportunity to quell the divide between access and quality of education. He was speaking at the launch of SWAYAM, 32 SWAYAM Prabha DTH Channels and National Academic Depository in New Delhi today. The aim …
Read More »The State of Jammu and Kashmir joins GST today making the GST truly a “ one nation, one tax” regime.
The President of India has promulgated today two ordinances, namely, the Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Ordinance, 2017 and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Ordinance, 2017 extending the domain of Central GST Act and the Integrated GST Act to …
Read More »Modi’s Israel visit: Memories of a journalist’s visits to the Jewish State
Israel has been in the news in the context of the Prime Minister’s visit and I may be forgiven for a touch of nostalgia. I was the first Indian journalist to visit Israel after an Australian fanatic had set fire to the pulpit of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem …
Read More »Amaravati: YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday said that the value of the corruption scandals of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is Rs 3.75 lakh crore. He was speaking at the two-day plenary of the YSR Congress Party which began in Guntur district on …
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