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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 »Bumper Offer For Jio Prime Users Who Have Asus Phones
Partnering with makers of smartphone Asus, Reliance Jio has come up with an amazing offer for the Prime users. For those who purchased Asus smartphones on or before June 16, 2017 can avail 100 GB additional 4G data, besides 10GB additional 4G data for a maximum of 10 recharges of …
Read More »BJP demands President’s rule in WB; Mamata blames oppositions for riots in Basirhat
The BJP has demanded immediate imposition of President’s rule in West Bengal as what it called law and order situation in the state had completely broken down.Talking to newspersons in Kolkata, the state BJP President Dilip Ghosh said that they had met Governor K N Tripathy today and requested him …
Read More »PM Modi asks for British premier’s help in extradition of Vijay Mallaya to India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the issue of bringing fugitive Vijay Mallya back with British Prime Minister Theresa May. Mr Modi held a meeting with Ms May today on sidelines of G-20 Summit in Hamsburg. In a tweet, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said that Mr Modi met …
Read More »Third terrorist killed in Bahmnoo encounter in Pulwama district of J&K
In Jammu and Kashmir, the number of terrorists killed in the encounter with security forces in Pulwama’s Bahmnoo has gone up to three, as the operation entered the second day today.Police said, two terrorists were gunned down yesterday and the body of the third terrorist has been recovered. It, however, …
Read More »EC issues notification for election of Vice President
The candidates can file their nominations from today till the 18th of this month. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on the 19th, and the last day for withdrawal of nominations is the 21st. Polling will be held on the 5th of next month and counting will take place …
Read More »EC announces date for vice presidential elections; voting & result on August 5
The Vice Presidential election will be held on the 5th of August and counting will take place on the same day. Announcing the schedule in New Delhi today, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said, the poll will be notified on 4th July with 18th July being the last date for …
Read More »PM Modi expresses disappointment over growing incidents of violence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep disappointment over the increasing incidents of violence in the country and said non violence is a basic life style of India. He was speaking at the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Shrimad Rajchandraji, a Guru to Mahatma Gandhi, organised at Abhay Ghat near …
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