No additional levy on use of cards at petrol stations says Petroleum Minister
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said neither the customers nor petrol pump dealers will bear additional charges on digital transactions at petrol stations.
Rajnath Singh lays the foundation stone of new NDRF campus in Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the new NDRF campus at Konda Pavuluru, Andhra Pradesh, on Monday.
Remain foremost emissaries of the unfolding Indian story, says President to Indian diaspora
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee delivered the Valedictory Address at the 14th Edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention and conferred the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awards on Monday in Bengaluru.
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Kolkata: CPI-M's protest march to Hazra ends at Esplanade
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)'s rally to Hazra, protesting against Centre's demonetisation move and demanding immediate arrest of all influential persons involved in several financial scams, was stopped by the police in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area on Monday evening.
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Redevelopment project of Gandhinagar railway station: PM Modi performs 'bhomipujan'
Gandhinagar, Jan 9 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed 'bhomipujan' of redevelopment project of Gandhinagar railway station.
Chief of Air Staff visits DG NCC RD Camp-2017
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) visited the NCC Republic Day Camp 2017 at Delhi Cantt on Monday.
Nitin Gadkari flags off road safety walk
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari flagged off a Road Safety Walk from India Gate in New Delhi this morning.
Poland Deputy PM Piotr Glinski meets Modi
Gandhinagar, Jan 9 (IBNS): Piotr Glinski, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Trinamool Congress to organise nationwide protest against currency ban, announces Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): Continuing her fight against currency ban, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced to hold three-day-long dharnas at several states from Monday to Wednesday.
Though the insurgency has ended in Nepal, political violence continued through 2016. However, not a single insurgency-related fatality was recorded in 2016, and this has been the case since 2013, with not a single insurgency-related fatality on record. At the peak of insurgency, Nepal had seen 4,896 fatalities in 2002 alone, including 3,992 Maoists, 666 Security Force (SF) personnel and 238 civilians.
On December 31, 2016, one militant belonging to the I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), identified as Aalai Ram Brahma aka Anthai Brahma was killed in an encounter by the Indian Army at Dhopguri village under the Orang Police Station of Udalguri District. The militant was injured in a fierce exchange of fire, and later the same day succumbed to his injuries at Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH).
Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest: TMC demonstrates at CBI offices in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 (IBNS): Protesting against the arrest of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Parliamentary leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay, West Bengal's ruling party on Monday staged demonetisation in front Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) offices in Kolkata and neighbouring state Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar.
Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin meets PM Modi
Gandhinagar, Jan 9 (IBNS): Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin on Monday met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Mehbooba attacks Pakistan, separatists
Srinagar, Jan 9 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti thundered in the Legislative Assembly and held Pakistan and separatists squarely responsible for the turbulence in Kashmir under a “ well-planned conspiracyâ€, while tearing apart the opposition charge that her government failed in the past six months.
Card payment surcharge: Consumers and petrol pumps do not have to pay
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): Petrol pumps and consumers do not have to pay surcharge on card payments, media reported on Monday, quoting the Union government.