07:44 pm: Cabinet approved the agreement between India & France on the Prevention of the Illicit Consumption & Reduction of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances & Chemical Precursors, and related offences (ANI)
07:40 pm: Cabinet approves release of an additional installment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2018 representing an increase of 2 per cent over the existing rate of 5 per cent Click Here To Read More
07:33 pm: Cabinet also approved amendments to constitution, administration and powers of the local bodies in the Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (ANI)
07:26 pm: Cabinet approves two key measures in telecom sector to facilitate investments, consolidation in the sector and enhancing ease of doing business (ANI)
07:17 pm: Special CBI Court sends Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari and his son Rahul Kothari to judicial custody till 21 March (ANI)
07:14 pm: I was going to my friend's house when this incident took place. 6 boys raped me and made a video of the act on gunpoint. They told me if I reported or told anyone about the incident, they would kill my younger brother. I know these perpetrators: Victim, Bulandshahr (ANI)
07:09 pm: Minor allegedly gang-raped in Bulandshahr. Police says it has taken cognizance of the case and has registered an FIR. Two of the six accused have been arrested (ANI)
07:04 pm: Nearly 550 flights scheduled for today are cancelled due to the nor'easter, tweets Newark Liberty International Airport, USA
07:00 pm: Scheme will make the system, time bound, efficient, and corruption free. There will be a proper class room, training etc. We will open these centres on priority in backward and tribal areas as there are less job opportunities there: Nitin Gadkari on driver training scheme in Delhi (ANI)
06:59 pm: Our country is short of 22 lakh drivers, as a result MNCs running cab services hire less trained drivers. This scheme is connected with skill development: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the launch of Sukhad Yatra app and driver training scheme in Delhi (ANI)
06:57 pm: Pak Foreign Min approved humanitarian proposals: Revival of the Judicial Committee mechanism and facilitating visit of medical experts (from both sides) to meet and examine the differently-abled prisoners for their repatriation (ANI)
06:52 pm: Pak Foreign Min approved humanitarian proposals, which had been received from the Indian side, regarding the civilian prisoners incarcerated in both the countries: Exchange of three categories of prisoners, women, differently-abled or with special needs and those above 70 yrs (ANI)
06:47 pm: You are not implementing special assistance measures and not giving special category status, whereas, for 11 north-eastern states special category status benefits being continued for another 10 years: AP Agriculture Minister in Amaravati (ANI)
06:41 pm: After bifurcation bill in 2016, FM Jaitley categorically expressed before media that we are giving special assistance measures. But even after one and half years they have done nothing. That is why people are agitating: AP Agriculture Minister in Amaravati (ANI)
06:37 pm: Enforcement Directorate conducting raids at two locations in Kolkata in connection with PNB Scam (ANI)
06:31 pm: Hence, to insulate the player compensation, the CoA has sanctioned the creation of a Players Revenue/Compensation Equalization Fund to which the BCCI will contribute approximately Rs125 Cr per annum from its surplus: BCCI (ANI)
06:29 pm: CoA recognises that actual income of the BCCI fluctuates on an annual basis depending on the number of home matches Team India (Senior Men) plays: BCCI (ANI)
06:24 pm: Political issues cannot increase quantum of money because Centre does not have free floating funds. Every state in India has a right to same Central funds in the same manner. I have been sympathetic to AP because I know it suffered due to bifurcation: FM Arun Jaitley (ANI)
06:21 pm: Revenue deficit is for only 10 months period. Tax concessions were already given in the first two years: FM Arun Jaitley speaking on Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh (ANI)
06:16 pm: We are willing to satisfy every condition. Only variation is that after Finance Commission report instead of formally calling it a special category state, we are calling it a special package, which gives same monetary benefits that a special category state gives you: Arun Jaitley (ANI)
