India lost $37 bn by not auctioning coal mines: Auditor (Intro Roundup)
August 17th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) India's exchequer could have been richer by Rs.1.85 lakh crore ($37 billion) if competitive bidding, rather than arbitrary allotment, was adopted to give coal ... Read more...
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Auction of coal mines could have fetched $37 bn more: Auditor (Roundup)
August 17th, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian exchequer could have earned Rs.1.85 lakh crore ($37 billion) more if a competitive bidding process was followed in the award of coal ... Read more...
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Process of awarding coal blocks caused $37 bn loss: Auditor
August 17th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The lack of transparency in the allocation of coal blocks to private players resulted in a loss of a whopping Rs.1.85 lakh crore ($37 billion) ... Read more...
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No progress on justice in Sri Lanka: Human Rights Watch
January 23rd, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 23 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has failed to advance justice and accountability for victims of the country's 25-year-old armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said Monday.While Sri ... Read more...
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Confrontation looms as Lokpal report is tabled (Roundup)
December 9th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The much-awaited report on Lokpal bill was tabled in parliament Friday, recommending constitutional status for the ombudsman but leaving undecided the issue of the ... Read more...
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Lokpal panel report likely next week
December 5th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The parliamentary panel studying the Lokpal bill will meet Wednesday to adopt the final draft, following which the much-awaited report could be presented in ... Read more...
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Iran working on atomic bomb: IAEA
November 9th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 9 (IANS) United Nations weapons inspectors have suggested that Iran "carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device" and that the project may ... Read more...
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Telangana issue: Srikrishna Committee meet to finalise report
December 30th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 30 (ANI): Ahead of the submission of its report to the Centre, Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on the Telangana statehood issue on Thursday held its last meeting ... Read more...
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Terrorists safe havens in Pakistan must be eliminated: Obama (Lead)
December 17th, 2010 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) Asserting that the terrorist safe havens in Pakistan must be eliminated, US President Barack Obama Thursday said he will travel to Islamabad next year to ... Read more...
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Dissenting JKNPP calls for Jammu shutdown over Justice Sagir Ahmad report
December 28th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Dec 28 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir National Partners Party (JKNPP) on Monday called for a Jammu shutdown to protest the "anti-people" report submitted by Justice Sagir Ahmad on Centre-State relations.JKNPP ... Read more...
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Sushma Swaraj slams findings of the Liberhan Commission
December 8th, 2009 - 10:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 8(ANI): Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday slammed the findings of the Liberhan Commission tabled in the ... Read more...
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RSS doesn’t regret Babri demolition, says Mohan Bhagwat
December 5th, 2009 - 6:47 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Dec. 5 (ANI): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that the Sangh has no reason to regret the Babri mosque demolition that happened 17 years ago and it would continue ... Read more...
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Govt. has not rejected Liberhan Commission recommendations: Moily
November 24th, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 24(ANI): Union Law Minister Virappa Moily on Tuesday said that no recommendation made in the Liberhan Commission report has been rejected.Addressing the media after the report was tabled ... Read more...
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Liberhan Commission head refuses to divulge report’s details
June 30th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Justice M.S. Liberhan, the one man Commission probing the 1992 demolition of Babri mosque at Ayodhya, on Tuesday refused to divulge details of the much-awaited report, ... Read more...
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Pak FIA finds Bangladeshi connection in Mumbai terror attacks
February 3rd, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 3 (ANI): Pakistans premier law enforcement agency, the Federal Investigation Agency, which is probing the Mumbai terror attacks has found that one of the terrorists involved in the November ... Read more...
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Nanavati panel says Godhra train burning was conspiracy; Modi innocent (Roundup)
September 25th, 2008 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Six years after the horrific burning of a train in Godhra killed 59 people and triggered Gujarat wide communal violence, the Nanavati panel has concluded that it ... Read more...
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India’s latest Economy Outlook to be tabled Wednesday
August 11th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) will present India's 'Economic Outlook 2008-09' Wednesday, making projections on where the economy is headed against the backdrop of ... Read more...
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