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New Delhi, July 28 : The Parliament on Thursday passed the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 with the Rajya Sabha’s approval.The bill provides for establishment of funds at the Centre and state levels for compensatory afforestation.Under the b…

New Delhi, July 28 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon NITI Aayog to create a vision document that would chart a roadmap for India’s development for the next fifteen years and also lay the foundation for the country’s growth over the…

Srinagar, July 28 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday claimed that the security forces were unaware about Hijbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s hideout, adding that he would have been given a chance had they known about hi…

New Delhi, July 28 : Dubbing the incident in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district where two Muslim women were roughed up for allegedly carrying beef as extremely ‘shameful’, the Congress Party on Thursday questioned the BJP’s silence on matters of natio…

New Delhi, July 28 : Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said the government is holding bilateral talks with Myanmar and African nations to counter a domestic shortfall of 7.6 million tonnes tha…

New Delhi, July 28 : Responding to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s charges on price rise and his ‘Arhar Modi’ rant directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday alleged that there was policy paralysis …

New Delhi, July 29 : Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Chairman of Airports Authority of India Dr.Guruprasad Mohapatra yesterday planted tree saplings at Indian Aviation Academy campus in New Delhi as part of `Clean India Mission’.The Ai…

New Delhi, July 28 : The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that a consensus was reached during the meeting between India’s Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers held in Lahore from July 25-28.”This was a regular meeting…

New Delhi, July 28 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann, who today appeared before a probe panel, reiterated that he did not violate any security protocol by live-streaming a video of Parliament and requested that the matter should be closed.This c…

Patna, July 28 : As the Patna High Court on Thursday cancelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Chhedi Paswan’s Lok Sabha membership for concealing information in election affidavit, the latter said he respects the court’s order, but i…