Odisha to implement public service act from Jan 2013
September 12th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 12 (IANS) Odisha will implement the right to public service act from Jan 1 next year to make the state administration accountable for providing certain services to citizens ... Read more...
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Right to Services in three months in Kerala
August 2nd, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 2 (IANS) Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday said his government has stepped up efforts to implement within three months the Right to Services law which seeks to ensure ... Read more...
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Right to Service becomes law in Kerala
July 25th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 25 (IANS) With the Kerala assembly Wednesday passing the Right to Service Bill, 2012, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has kept his promise of making available services to the ... Read more...
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Court notice on ads by political parties in power (Lead)
May 16th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued a notice to the central government on a petition that alleged political parties in power misused public funds by ... Read more...
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Court notice on ads by political parties in power
May 16th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition alleging that political parties in power misused public funds by giving ... Read more...
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Bihar to use eunuchs to improve birth registration
March 4th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 4 (IANS) Worried over the lowest ever birth and death registration figures in Bihar, the state government has decided to engage eunuchs and traditional cremation workers called 'doms' ... Read more...
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Corruption-scarred BJP government starts bribe-free services (Karnataka Newsletter)
March 3rd, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 3 (IANS) Corruption at the political level may never end in Karnataka where the scale of alleged graft in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has numbed ... Read more...
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Mumbai celebrates Eid-e-Milad
February 5th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Homes, mosques, dargahs and madrassas were decked with flags and banners as Muslims across the city Sunday celebrated Eid-e-Milad, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed, with prayers ... Read more...
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Jade Buddha to visit India in November 2012
November 29th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace - sculpted in green jade - is preparing for a symbolic homecoming in India next year.
The fabled icon ... Read more...
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Corruption-hit Karnataka to end graft at lower levels
November 6th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 6 (IANS) Steeply falling from grace, from being the first Indian state to set up the Lokayukta (ombudsman) to one where corruption has spread like cancer, Karnataka ... Read more...
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Thousands of siblings take holy dip in Yamuna
October 28th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura/Agra, Oct 28 (IANS) Thousands of brothers and sisters took a holy dip in the Yamuna at Mathura Friday on the festival of Bhai Dooj as the bath is believed ... Read more...
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World population could hit seven bn this month
October 1st, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The population of the earth could grow to seven billion this month, up from just three billion fifty years ago, and may reach ten billion ... Read more...
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Google doodle remembers Uncle Pai
September 17th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Google's homepage Saturday paid homage to Anant V. Pai, who introduced Indian culture and tradition to millions of his countrymen through his Amar Chitra Katha ... Read more...
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Punjab issues ordinance on time-bound government services
July 27th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday notified the Right to Service Ordinance, 2011, which will ensure time-bound action by government departments and agencies for 67 public-centric services.Chief Minister ... Read more...
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‘Indian feminism more complex than of West’
July 15th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Feminism in India is more complex compared to the West, says writer-publisher-activist Urvashi Butalia, whose essay on a transgender's life is the lone Indian contribution ... Read more...
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Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring lowers rate of infant mortality
February 13th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): The use of fetal heart rate monitors lowers the rate of infant mortality, according to a new study.There have been a handful of small studies conducted in the ... Read more...
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Basant Panchami celebrated in Punjab and U.P
February 8th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar / Allahabad, Feb 8 (ANI): Hundreds of locals and school children celebrated Basant Panchami, in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.In Amritsar, several school children, celebrated the occasion by singing and dancing in ... Read more...
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Rajendra Prasad’s memorial to be a tourist spot
December 5th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 5 (IANS) After being neglected for decades, India's first president Rajendra Prasad's memorial here will be developed as a tourist spot, an official said Sunday."Work has already started to give ... Read more...
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JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin up for sale
December 2nd, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 2 (ANI): The original casket in which the body of former US President John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald lay for 20 years is all set to go ... Read more...
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MCD not to courier birth, death certificates
November 23rd, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) To check fraud, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will no longer courier birth and death certificates to online applicants, officials said Tuesday.The applicants can now get ... Read more...
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Four lakh vehicles added on Delhi roads
October 20th, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) As many as 6,352,939 vehicles plied on Delhi roads during 2009-10 -- a good four lakh jump from the previous year, a report said Wednesday.According to the ... Read more...
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24 percent domiciliary births in Delhi
September 15th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) As many as 86,363 of the total 3.5 lakh births in the national capital took place at home, says a survey.
According to an annual report 'Registration of ... Read more...
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Improved female literacy has led to birth rate reduction
September 14th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The birth of a fourth child in the capital has come down in a big way in the last two decades, a Delhi government report Tuesday pointed ... Read more...
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Canada seeks action against travel agents
September 10th, 2010 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) Canada Thursday sought the help of Punjab Police to keep a tab on the unscrupulous travel agents, who are duping gullible youths on the pretext of sending them ... Read more...
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Gurgaon property certification goes online
August 24th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) The Gurgaon Municipal Corporation has gone online for issuing no objection certificates (NOCs) for the sale and purchase of immoveable property, an official said here Tuesday.
He said people ... Read more...
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Mangalore devotees search for peace, harmony at Mahatma Gandhi temple
August 13th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
By HarishMangalore, Aug 13 (ANI): Keen to spread the message of peace, non-violence and communal harmony espoused by Mahatama Gandhi, Father of Nation, Hindu devotees have built a temple in the great ... Read more...
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All Punjab villages to have ‘E-gram’ services by December
August 4th, 2010 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh Aug 4 (IANS) All 12,800 villages in Punjab will get 'E-gram' services by December which will enable people to utilise several public services under one roof, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh ... Read more...
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Planck Telescope Returns The First Image Of The Universe
July 6th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The Planck Telescope, which was launched in May 2009, has recorded the first view of the universe with clouds of interstellar gas and ... Read more...
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Hindus upset at labeling of rebirth doctrine as “horrible” on an American TV show
June 21st, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), (ANI): Hindus are upset over religion author-commentator Stephen Prothero describing their rebirth tenet as "horrible" in a recent "The Colbert Report" television show.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement ... Read more...
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Donna Meade Dean Says Jimmy Dean Will be Buried in Piano Shaped Mausoleum
June 15th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jimmy Dean, sausage king, songwriter, singer and overall charmer will be laid to rest in a public farewell service on Sunday and Monday in an eight hour ... Read more...
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Global maternal, reproductive health care failing: Rights group
May 28th, 2010 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 28 (IANS) Maternal and reproductive health care across the world is often sub-standard and inaccessible, yet many governments, including in India, are not doing enough to address grievances and ... Read more...
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Special train to showcase IT initiatives
April 24th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The government will soon launch a special train to showcase its e-governance initiatives, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Piolt said Saturday.
"IT is playing an ... Read more...
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Kirpans out as Canadian Sikh divsions deepen over scripture
April 12th, 2010 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 12 (IANS) Divisions among Canadian Sikhs over the ongoing controversy about the Dasam Granth reached a flash point with hardliners using kirpans to attack supporters of former Akal Takht head ... Read more...
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Mayawati government’s budget focuses on infrastructure
February 4th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 4 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government's annual budget of Rs.153,000 crore, tabled in the state assembly here Thursday, provides a major thrust to infrastructure, energy, information technology, rural employment and ... Read more...
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Official accountability: City clerks to be fined for not complying
January 24th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayank Aggarwal
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Delhi government 'babus' can no longer afford to procrastinate on citizens' problems. From April 1, authorities will levy a fine of Rs.10 per day ... Read more...
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