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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept. 1 : Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday questioned the Justice Dhingra Commission report and said that it was an attempt to defame the Congress Party.”He (Justice Dhingra) said that he…

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept.1 : A special one-day sitting of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will be held today to ratify the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill on the Goods and Services Tax (GST).Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would be moving a…

New Delhi [India], Sept.1 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will not be going to Singapore to attend the ‘Indian Ocean Conference 2016’.She will join the conference via video link. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been invited to m…

Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug.31 : The Janata Dal United on Thursday hailed the decision of Supreme Court which quashed the Singur land deal that took place between Tata Motors and the former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led West Bengal Govern…

Mumbai [India], Sept.1 : Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was not on a political witch-hunt, party leader Shaina N.C on Thursday said the fact that the Justice S.N Dhingra Committee has presented a 182-page report is testimony to the fac…

Chennai [India], Sept.1 : Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre has said that no progress has been made in locating the Indian Air Force (IAF) plane that went missing in July, but search operations will continue.The AN-32 carrying, 29 people, in…

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept.1 : State-owned petroleum companies will today hold the nation’s first international conference on cooking gas in Bhubaneswar.The two-day meeting will deliberate on the need for an LPG-enabled household and use of tra…

Chennai (TN) [India], Sept.1 : Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu will today inaugurate ‘Regional News Editors’ Conference here. Organized by the Press Information Bureau, the two-day conference will be addressed by union min…

New Delhi [India], Sept.1 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday went hammer and tongs at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal, saying he is a ‘unique’ chief minister who doesn’t do any work besides focussing on ‘allegations and conspi…

New Delhi [India], Aug.31 : The Union Cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the scheme for grant of Permanent Residency Status (PRS) to foreign investors subject to the relevant conditions as specified in …