New Chief Justice of Gauhati & Rajasthan High Court In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Ajit Singh, Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court with effect from… Read More »
Rajya Sabha clears Real Estate Bill seeking to make consumer the king Bill to foster a happy alliance between consumers and developers, says Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu Notoriety in real estate sector needs to be ended to encourage investment flows, says the Minister If telecom sector with a few operators has a regulator, real estate… Read More »
Union Home Minister’s Statement In Ishrat Jahan Case The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh made a Statement under Rule 197 of the Rules of Procedure in Lok Sabha today regarding alleged alteration on affidavit in Ishrat Jahan case. The following is the text of the Home Minister’s Statement: “ In a police action with… Read More »
Machine tools and equipments being imported A number of Indian users of Capital Goods are importing Heavy Industrial Equipment like Electrical Equipment, Machine Tools, Textile Machinery, Printing Machinery, Plastic Processing Machinery, Metallurgical Machinery, Earthmoving & Construction Machinery, etc. from China. The details of import for the last year (2014-15) from China are as under: … Read More »
Thunderstorm Accompanied with Squall/Hailstorm is likely at some Places of the Country over Next Three or Four Days India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its bulletin has given information that thunderstorm accompanied with squall/hailstorm is likely at some places of the country over next three or four days. It says an intense western disturbance currently lying… Read More »
SMS Alert about Weather Conditions being Provided to Farmers The Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) of Earth System Science Organization (ESSO)-India Meteorological Department (IMD) is rendered on twice weekly basis in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), institutions of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), IITs etc. Giving this information in a written reply in… Read More »
General election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, 2016 – Media Coverage during the period referred to in Section 126 of RP Act, 1951. The schedule for calling general election to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal has been announced on 4th March,… Read More »
Raising of resources to Fund Nuclear Insurance Pool M/s General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC-Re), along with several other Indian Insurance Companies, have launched the India Nuclear Insurance Pool (INIP) with a capacity of ₹1500 crore on 12th June, 2015, to provide insurance to cover the liability as prescribed under Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage… Read More »
Approving of LIGO-India The Government has given in-principle approval for setting up Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India. The LIGO-India project will establish a state-of-the-art gravitational wave observatory on the Indian soil in collaboration with the LIGO Laboratory in the U.S. run by Caltech and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The project will bring… Read More »
Award of Ratna and R-series Fields The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved cancellation of the Letter of Award dated 12.03.1996 issued in favour of consortium of M/s. Essar Oil Limited and M/s. Oil Pacific UK Ltd awarding the medium sized discovered field of Ratna& R-Series… Read More »