The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved ordinance to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age.
Jerusalem: Jerusalem's municipal committee on Monday approved the construction of 400 housing units in an east Jerusalem neighbourhood, media reports said.The 400 housing units are set to be built in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ramat
Ljubljana: The Slovenian parliament endorsed on Monday Miro Cerar's nomination as new prime minister after the Miro Cerar Party (SMC) leader got absolute majority in the 90-strong legislature.The parliament endorsed Jansa's nomination with 57 votes
New Delhi: Suzlon Energy today rallied as much as 10.1 per cent on Monday, after its board of directors over the weekend approved a proposal for cashless restructuring of its existing foreign currency convertible bonds
Mumbai: To provide relief to farmers suffering crop losses due to hailstorm, the Maharashtra government yesterday approved a proposal to hike the limit of contingency fund to Rs 2,500 crore from Rs 1,000 crore. Officials
New Delhi: Private sector lender Axis Bank has reported a net profit of Rs 1,842.32 crore for January-March quarter, up 18.47 per cent from a year ago period, on higher other income and net interest
Thimpu: India has approved Rs 1,765 crore as the interim cost escalation for Bhutan's Punatshangchu I hydropower project.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this to his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay when they met yesterday on the
Patna: The Bihar cabinet Tuesday formally approved the dismissal of three senior judicial officers, as recommended by the Patna High Court, for their involvement in "undesirable activities" in a hotel in Nepal."The state government has
New Delhi: The government on Thursday gave the nod to developing a state-of-the-art 460-bed second campus of the Kolkata-based Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute at a cost of Rs.534 crore with the aim to provide comprehensive
Mumbai: Maharashtra cabinet today approved the state support and shareholder agreement for the 1483-km Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), which will run through six states.Addressing a press conference after the weekly cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Prithviraj
New Delhi: The government on Thursday introduced a comprehensive regulatory framework for television rating agencies in India.The framework in the form of guidelines was approved by the union cabinet in a meeting here.The guidelines cover
New Delhi: Amid demands by jurists and BJP, government today gave the go ahead to grant constitutional status to a proposed Commission for appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary to ensure that
Chandigarh: Haryana government today decided in-principle to promulgate the Haryana Right to Service Ordinance, 2013, to ensure timely services to the citizens. The promulgation of the Ordinance has been necessitated as the state legislature is
New Delhi: The Centre today took the first significant step towards creation of a separate Telangana state from out of Andhra Pradesh and decided that Hyderabad will be the joint capital of the two states
New Delhi, June 8: A special meeting of the Executive Council of Delhi University has approved changes in the syllabi and scheme of examinations for subjects like history, home science and sociology for the newly-introduced
New Delhi, May 9: The second day of the marathon meeting of the Delhi University's Academic Council tonight saw the clearance of 26 subjects for the new four-year programme, bringing the total number of courses
Paris, Apr 12: French Senate Friday voted to passed a law that would open the door for gay marriage and adoption of children by gay couple, a media report said.The bill will be presented to
New Delhi, Dec 27: Country's apex policy making body NDC today approved the strategy to achieve average growth rate of 8 per cent during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), generate 50 million new jobs
Dubai, Dec 10: The UAE Cabinet has approved an extradition agreement that the Gulf nation had signed with India for facilitating the transfer of Indian convicts to spend the remaining jail term in their home
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