Centre declares Tamil Nadu flood as Calamity of Severe Nature
The Union Government has declared the recent Tamil Nadu flood as a “Calamity of Severe Nature.” In a statement in Chennai, the state chief minister J.Jayalalithaa has said, the centre…
Ganga rejuvenation: NGT bans plastic from Gomukh to Haridwar
AMN / The National Green Tribunal, NGT today banned use of plastic of any kind from Gomukh to Haridwar along Ganga with effect from 1st February 2016 while slapping a…
Court grants pardon to David Headley in 26/11 attack case
AMN / The Bombay High Court Thursday granted pardon to mastermind in 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case Pakistani-American terrorist David Colemon Headley on condition that he turned approver. Earlier while…
Govt has no role in National Herald case: Jaitley
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Government has not taken any punitive action against Congress leaders so far. In a Facebook post on National Herald controversy, Mr Jaitley…
Instead Of Odd-Even Formula, Cait Suggests Variable Working Hours
Amid controversy of implementation of Odd-even formula in Delhi, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) today suggested of having variable office hours for the schools, courts, government offices, commercial…
CPM for review of SC order restricting rule of local elections in Haryana
AMN / The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) considers the latest ruling of the Supreme Court upholding minimum education qualifications as a prerequisite for candidates contesting…
Tension in Osmania University as police resort to preventive arrests
Tension prevailed on the Osmania University Campus in Hyderabad following police resorting to preventive arrests to thwart Beef festival and demonstrations supporting Gau Pooja. BJP Legislator Raja Singh and about…
BJP demands 7-phase assembly elections in West Bengal
AMN / The West Bengal unit of BJP has demanded a seven phase assembly elections in the state when the term of the current assembly ends in 2016. Besides this…
Turkey issues advisory to its citizens traveling in Iraq
Turkey has warned any of its citizens traveling in Iraq, excluding Kurdish provinces, to leave at once, citing security risks. The country’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling for any…
11 Taliban insurgents who infiltrated Kandahar airport killed in Afghanistan
The last of 11 Taliban insurgents who infiltrated Kandahar airport was killed more than 24 hours after the attack was launched in Afghanistan,. The Defence Ministry sources said in Kabul…