Sushma to visit Seoul for joint panel meet
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Seoul later this month to hold Joint Commission meeting with her Korean counterpart during which the two sides will discuss key bilateral issues, including trade and civil nuclear cooperation. Swaraj and her Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se will hold the 8th Joint Commission meeting to comprehensively review the Strategic Partnership with a focus on boosting economic ties, officials said here.
Heated exhange in lS over Agri min’s reply
New Delhi: lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between Opposition and Treasury benches over the issue of reply by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh to a short duration debate on calamities. Congress, NCP, JD(U) and RJD MPs also staged a walkout, expressing dissatisfaction over the Minister's response to the drought situation in Maharashtra. Singh had already intervened in the debate on calamities last week when Congress was boycotting the House but the opposition on Monday forced the Government to agree to field him again to ‘reply’ to the debate.
NCSC gets maximum plaints from UP, TN
New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has received the highest number of complaints of atrocities against Scheduled Caste people from Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu till October this year. Replying to a question, MoS for Social Justice and Empowerment Vijay Sampla said the Commission received 2,493 complaints from UP and disposed off over 1,500 this year. As far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, 2,078 complaints were received, of which 1,558 were disposed off.
RS slams contents in ‘big boss’
New Delhi: The content aired in reality TV shows such as Big Boss came in for criticism in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, with some members expressing anguish over ‘vulgarity’ and ‘indecency’ in the programmes. While the Government did not categorically specify if it has received any complaint from viewers against such shows, MoS in I&B Ministry Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said a phone number is displayed during the programme for viewers to register complaints.
MoU signed for skill development
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) and Apparel Training and Design Centre, Gurgaon (ATDC) on Tuesday signed a Flexi MoU for skill development in garment and fashion sector. The MoU was signed between Alok Kumar (IAS), Director General, DGE&T and Dr. Darlie Koshy, DG&CEO, ATDC. DGE&T comes under Ministry of labour and Employment. The ATDC will train 36000 candidates through 64 vocational centres.
33 Pak-backed spy modules neutralised
New Delhi: A total of 33 Pakistan-backed espionage modules were neutralised in the country resulting in the arrest of 50 espionage agents in last four years, lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The Pakistani spies, including some retired Indian Government officials, were arrested during the period of January 2011 and November 2014, MoS for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said.
Govt admits to NRHM fund crunch
New Delhi: Admitting to shortage of funds for proper implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and for National Health Mission, the Government on Tuesday said `11,488.22 crore has been utlilised under the schemes till October this year. Replying to a supplementary during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Shripad Naik said Rs 21,912-crore expenditure has been estimated in the Budget for the current fiscal.
Prerna Puri is pvt secy to Birender
New Delhi: IAS officer Prerna Puri has been appointed as the private secretary to Union Minister Birender Singh. Puri is a 2006-batch IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa- Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre.