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9 Jun 2016
IndiaDRDO's 'life threatening' parachutes fail tests
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India slammed the functioning of a Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) lab over the parachutes it had designed for the Indian special forces.
9 Jun 2016
IndiaMexico supports India's NSG bid
Days after getting Switzerland's backing, India gained support from Mexico for its bid to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
8 Jun 2016
IndiaMamata gives her support for GST
West bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee has supported the passage of the GST bill.
8 Jun 2016
IndiaSC rejects CBI inquiry, UP initiates judicial probe
After the Supreme Court rejected the idea of a CBI inquiry into the Mathura clashes, the UP government has set up a judicial probe into the incident.
8 Jun 2016
IndiaApollo Hospital sets up inquiry over kidney racket
The Indraprastha Apollo hospital said that it has set up an independent inquiry committee to investigate the alleged organ sale racket.
8 Jun 2016
IndiaIndia, US ink 8 agreements on Modi's visit
India and the US inked eight agreements after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama in the White House.
8 Jun 2016
IndiaMore Sanskriti schools to emerge across India
The Central Government wants to introduce more Delhi-based, Sanskriti-type schools across the country for the wards of bureaucrats.
7 Jun 2016
IndiaAOL deposits remaining sum of penalty
The Art of Living foundation deposited Rs.4.75 crore environment compensation with the DDA as directed by the National Green Tribunal.
7 Jun 2016
IndiaED charges Devas with FEMA violation
The Enforcement Directorate issued a showcase notice to Devas Multimedia Private Limited for allegedly violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
7 Jun 2016
IndiaSwiss pledge to help with black money issue
Switzerland has agreed to work with Indian authorities to tackle tax dodgers.
7 Jun 2016
IndiaSC to hear PIL for Mathura CBI probe
The Supreme Court will hear a PIL that seeks to initiate a CBI inquiry into the violence in Mathura.
7 Jun 2016
IndiaIndia to summon 13 witnesses from Pakistan
India would ask Pakistan to send 13 witnesses to provide testimony before a National Investigation Agency's special court.
6 Jun 2016
IndiaNPPA fixes ceiling rates, 56 drugs to get cheaper
The government has capped the price of important medicines used in the treatment of cancer, diabetes, blood pressure etc.
6 Jun 2016
MurderBisada Panchayat wants lynched Ikhlaq's family booked for cow slaughter
Despite prohibitory orders, almost 50 people attended the Bisada panchayat and demanded that Mohammad Ikhlaq's family be booked for cow slaughter.
6 Jun 2016
IndiaSalman: Why should only I be highlighted for not being a sportsperson?
In an interview, actor Salman Khan took a jibe at the media and questioned why Rahman and Tendulkar's nomination as Olympic's Goodwill Ambassadors wasn't questioned.
6 Jun 2016
IndiaCentre to grant citizenship to Pak Hindus
The Centre is to start a four-day camp from June 12-15 in Indore to grant Indian citizenship to the Sindhi Hindus who migrated to India from Pakistan between 1971 and 2009.
6 Jun 2016
IndiaUP launches probe into Mathura violence
The Samajwadi Party government started an investigation into the Mathura violence, as the death toll rose to 29 with two more persons dying of injuries.
6 Jun 2016
IndiaIndia, Qatar sign 7 agreements
India and Qatar signed seven agreements, following delegation level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Qatar's Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.
5 Jun 2016
IndiaCongress demands criminal case against Khadse
Congress party spokesman Randeep Surjewala demanded that criminal proceedings begin against Eknath Khadse over his alleged links to Dawood Ibrahim and corruption allegations.
5 Jun 2016
IndiaModi awarded Afghanistan's top civilian honour
After inaugurating the Afghan-India Friendship Dam, PM Narendra Modi was awarded the Amir Amanullah Khan Award, Afghanistan's highest civilian honour, by President Ashraf Ghani.
5 Jun 2016
IndiaIndia's environmental law becomes more accomodative
With the environment ministry suggesting changes and reductions in the previously recommended fines and provisions, the draft bill proposing substantial penalties on polluters has become less impactful.
5 Jun 2016
IndiaIITs blacklist companies that failed to keep promises
The Indian Institutes of Technology have collectively decided to blacklist about six companies, which participated in placements but failed to honor commitments.
2 Jun 2016
IndiaNIA DG's comments on Pak-Pathankot create controversy
NIA DG Sharad Kumar stated that there was no evidence to prove that the Pakistani government was aiding militants involved in the Pathankot attack.
4 Jun 2016
IndiaUN voices concerns over the Congolese murder in India
The UN voiced concerns over the killing of a Congolese national in India and a spate of attacks on African students.
4 Jun 2016
IndiaCourt: Teen to be tried as an adult
The Juvenile Justice Board ordered that the boy in the Mercedes hit-and-run case will be tried as an adult in a trial court.
4 Jun 2016
IndiaEknath Khadse gives his resignation
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse resigned from all his ministerial portfolios ending a week-long speculation on his resignation.
4 Jun 2016
IndiaGovt to issue e-visa for medical tourists
The government has announced that it will roll out e-medical visas for foreigners seeking medical treatment in India.
3 Jun 2016
IndiaMerc hit-and-run: Board reserves order on plea to try boy as adult
A Juvenile Justice Board reserved its judgement on the issue of trying the Mercedes hit and run teenager who had killed an executive while driving his father's Mercedes, as a major.
3 Jun 2016
IndiaCentre ready to make amendments to Citizenship Act
The Home Ministry is reportedly ready to make amendments to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
3 Jun 2016
IndiaMaha CM vows 'suitable action' against Khadse
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Amit Shah at the BJP headquarters to discuss the controversy over Eknath Khadse's alleged links to the underworld.
3 Jun 2016
India24 people killed in Mathura clashes
Twenty four people, including an SP and an SHO, were killed in a massive clash between police and encroachers.
3 Jun 2016
Narendra ModiGulbarg Massacre: Court convicts 24, acquits 36
A Special Court found 24 accused guilty in the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre case.
2 Jun 2016
Indian GovernmentLink DBT to Aadhaar by 31 Dec: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered the Central ministries and departments which run welfare schemes to link the DBT to the Aadhaar scheme.
2 Jun 2016
IndiaDeath toll 19 in ammo depot fire
Three bodies were recovered from the site of the fire at the Central Ammunition Depot at Pulgaon in Maharashtra, taking the death toll to 19.
2 Jun 2016
IndiaModi releases India’s first National Disaster Management Plan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the first ever National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) prepared in India.
1 Jun 2016
IndiaPulgaon's Central Ammunition Depot in flames
A shed in the CAD, which stores a huge amount of ammunition from big Brahmos missiles to AK 47 rifles caught fire on 31 May.
1 Jun 2016
IndiaNGT lambasts AOL, slaps fine on Sri Sri
The National Green Tribunal rejected the Art of Living foundation's plea that it be allowed to pay environmental compensation in bank guarantees.
1 Jun 2016
IndiaStates get 3 weeks before diesel car ban
In a move that brings much needed relief, the NGT has given states 3 weeks to furnish a report on pollution levels in their worst-affected cities, before the ban on diesel vehicles is imposed.
1 Jun 2016
IndiaWHO calls for plain packaging of tobacco products
The World Health Organisation asked countries to introduce plain packaging without any logos and promotional information.
1 Jun 2016
IndiaSwaraj: Killing of Congolese student not racist
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj stated that the killing of Masonda Ketada Olivier was "barbaric", but not an act of racism.