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Makhan Lal Fotedar (85), a veteran Congress leader passes away

Makhan Lal Fotedar (85), a veteran Congress leader, has passed away in Gurugram, Haryana on September 28, 2017. Hailing from Kashmir, Fotedar was ushered into politics by Jawaharlal...

September 30, 2017

Piyush Goyal to be new Union Minister of Railways

Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Railways after latest Union cabinet reshuffle on September 3, 2017. He succeeded Suresh Prabhu, who has become...

September 3, 2017

Nirmala Sitharaman is new Defence Minister of India

Nirmala Sitharaman, the former minister of state for the commerce and industry ministry, has become the new Defence Minister of India on September 3, 2017 after latest Union...

September 3, 2017

Gulzar honored with Indira Gandhi National Integration award

Famous lyricist, poet and film director, Gulzar has been conferred with the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award. The award was given to mark the 28th death anniversary of...

November 2, 2012

PJ Kurien becomes Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Congress leader PJ Kurien has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh moved the motion for the election of Kurien. In case...

August 23, 2012

Hamid Ansari re-elected as Vice-President

Hamid Ansari, who was nominated by the UPA for the Vice Presidential election, has emerged a winner again. He defeated BJP candidate Jaswant Singh.

August 9, 2012

P.N.Dhar passes away

Professor of Economics Prithvi Nath Dhar (94), the first Principal Secretary of Indira Gandhi in 1970, passed away in New Delhi. He was the professor of Economics in...

July 23, 2012

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee resigns to contest President poll

FM Pranab Mukherjee submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Mukherjee, the UPA candidate for the Prez polls enjoys the support of the SP, the BSP,...

June 28, 2012

May 21: Anti-Terrorism Day Observed

May 21, the death anniversary of ex-PM of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi is also observed as Anti Terrorism Day all over the country. It was on May 21,...

May 23, 2012

PM constitutes EGoM to deal with apprehended drought

PM Manmohan Singh established an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for efficacious management to deal with drought like situation. The 11 member...

April 26, 2012

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