Union Cabinet Wednesday approved ordinance related to demonetisation of old 500 and 1000 rupee notes. After 31st March 2017, possession of the demonetised notes beyond a specified amount to attract a monetary fine. Currency notes across the world carry their Central Banks’ promise to pay the bearer the amount of the value of the note... Read More
Government has canceled the licenses of around 20,000 NGOs for violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) provisions. This means that these NGOs will be barred from receiving foreign funds. Now there are only 13,000 NGOs in the country are legally valid to receive foreign funds. The cancellation of the FCRA licenses of the NGOs... Read More
India test-fired its longest range indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’ from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Monday. The indigenously-developed missile, Agni-5, is capable of striking a target more than 5,000 km away. It is about 17-metres long, 2-metres wide and has a launch weight of around 50 tonnes.... Read More
Samajwadi Party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav Saturday said that it would be difficult for the party to form a government in UP in 2017 without having partners. Mulayam also praised Akhilesh Yadav’s work as Chief Minister on the occassion of celebrations of 25th year of the party’s foundation. The SP is projecting the event as... Read More
An important meeting of GST council comprising the centre and the states on Friday has failed on to agree on the crucial issue of ' ual control' to divide the administrative, auditing and assessing powers between the centre and state governments. Read More
PM Modi urged the young generation to keep reflecting on the emergency period in an unbiased manner so that no future politician can even wish to commit the same sin. Read More
At least 8 civilians were killed today in Pakistan's heavy mortar shelling in Samba and RS Pura sectors along the international border and along the LoC in Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. Read More