Tag: Mission
Khadi Sales Record 33% Growth In 2016-17
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Monday reported nearly 33 per cent growth in sale of khadi products to Rs 2,005 crore in the fiscal year 2016-17 from Rs 1,510 crore during 2015-16. ....
Rajya Sabha Bypoll In Manipur, Odisha On May 25
Bypolls to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Manipur and one from Odisha will be held on May 25, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. ....
Three Assam Officials Arrested In Cash For Job Scam
Three Assam Civil Service (ACS) officers have been arrested in connection with the cash for jobs scam of the Assam Public Service Commission while investigations were on to unearth more such incidents, police said on Wednesday.....
DCW Chief Welcomes SC Decision In Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in the brutal December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case and said it will send a "strong message" to the rapists. ....
NHRC Intervention Sought Into NEET Candidate's Allegation
A day after a girl claimed that she had to remove her innerwear before sitting for the NEET exam in Kannur, the Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) on Monday wrote to the National Human Rights Commission, seeking immediate action against the officials responsible.....
How 'Room To Read' Changed Roshanara's Story
Roshanara, an alumna of Room to Read’s Girls' Education Program (GEP) from Delhi will be visiting New York City and Washington, D.C. to speak at Room to Read's annual fundraising event on May 15, 2017. ....
India To Launch Rs 10,000-crore Deep Ocean Mission
India plans to launch a Rs 10,000-crore Deep Ocean Mission in December to carry out research to harness ocean resources in a "responsible manner", an official said on Tuesday. ....
Kidnapped Indian Priest In Yemen Pleads Again For Help
An Indian priest from Kerala, who was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Yemen last year, has again appealed for help in a new video.....
EC Lets BSP Off In Rs 104-cr Deposit Post Demonetization
The Election Commission of India has accepted the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) explanation and dropped the matter related to the party depositing Rs 104 crore in scrapped currency notes between December 2-9 last year in a bank account in New Delhi post demonetisation, a petitioner has said.....
Nitin Gadkari Launches Initial Plantation Drive On 1,500 Km Of National Highways
Under the Green Highways Project, the government has made it mandatory to set aside 1 per cent of the total project cost of any NH contract to a Green Fund corpus that will be used for plantation purposes. ....
