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New Delhi, Mar 31: Two Indian petroleum engineers who were abducted in South Sudan have been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. "I am happy to inform about the release of two Indian nationals Midhun and Edward who were abducted in South Sudan. They have reached the Indian embassy in Khartoum. "I appreciate the efforts of Indian Ambassador in South Sudan Srikumar Menon

New Delhi, Mar 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding a breakfast meet with members of Parliament (MPs) from as many as 7 states this morning. The meeting between MPs from 7 states, including Karnataka, and PM Modi will take place at the Prime Minister’s official residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi. Earlier he had met MPs from Maharastra and Gujarat also. After BJP’s historic

Lucknow, Mar 31: Newly-elected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday assured a delegation of meat traders on government's crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses running in the state and said that all legal meat shops will be opened again. The meet between the Yogi Adityanath and meat traders took place at the official residence of the Chief Minister in Lucknow at 6 pm today

New Delhi, Mar 30: Parliament today approved the Finance Bill 2017 after the Lok Sabha rejected five amendments moved to it by the Upper House with regard to curbing more powers to taxmen and a cap on donation by companies to political parties. Winding up the debate on amendments passed by the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said they cannot be accepted by the government, but invited

Meerut, Mar 30: A group of Muslim councillors left the Meerut Municipal Corporation House as soon as other members started singing Vande Mataram, following which a proposal to terminate their membership was passed. The proposal put forth by Mayor Harikant Ahluwalia of the BJP also made it clear that any members opposing Vande Mataram will not be welcome in the House. The Muslim members, however

Abuja/New Delhi, Mar 30: Nigeria has called in the Indian envoy in the country to register its protest over an attack on four Nigerian students in Greater Noida and sought "diligent prosecution" against the perpetrators. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Olushola Enikanolaiye, sought action by the Indian government at a meeting with Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria

New Delhi, Mar 29: In a setback to the Kejriwal dispensation, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has directed that Rs 97 crore be recoverd from AAP that was allegedly "splurged" by the city government on advertisements in violation of the Supreme Court guidelines. Baijal also ordered an inquiry into the spendings on advertisements projecting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party and asked the chief

New Delhi, Mar 30: Admitting that Aadhaar was a "great initiative" of the previous UPA government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it was being expanded by making it mandatory for direct benefit transfer of subsidy and checking of tax evasion. Replying to a debate on the Finance Bill in the Rajya Sabha, he made it clear that while hacking could not be prevented, this threat could not be

New Delhi, Mar 30: Village Bhira in Raigadh district of Maharashtra recorded an unusually high 46.5 degrees Celsius as several parts of the country reeled under sweltering heat today. Akola, also in Maharashtra, recorded 44.1 degree Celsius, Barmer in Rajasthan recorded a high of 43.4 degrees Celsius while Narnaul in Haryana sizzled at 42 degrees Celsius, nine degrees above normal. Ludhiana in

New Delhi, Mar 30: Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed all four GST Bills to make India's new tax regime effective from July 1. The Central GST Bill, 2017; The Integrated GST Bill, 2017; The GST (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017; and The Union Territory GST Bill, 2017 were passed after negation of a host of amendments moved by the opposition parties. Jammu and Kashmir will need to pass all four bills