Who says cheap Indian generic medicines are fake? Not WHO
September 14th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A senior official in the union health ministry Friday said the World Health Organisation's (WHO) India Representative Nata Menabde had written to the ministry denying ... Read more...
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Ramadoss, eight others get bail in graft case
August 4th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss and eight other accused in a corruption case of illegally giving ... Read more...
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High-level panel formed to resolve defence pay disparity
July 13th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The government Friday set up a high level committee headed by Cabinet Secretary Ajith Seth to resolve pending issues concerning defence personnel and ex-servicemen, ... Read more...
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Government panel wants natural resources’ auction, SC told
July 11th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) Wednesday told the Supreme Court that while the government was resisting auctioning of natural resources, its own high-powered ... Read more...
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Army chief slaps show cause notice on Lt. Gen.
May 24th, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Ahead of his retirement May 31, Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh has slapped a show cause notice on a lieutenant general, who may be ... Read more...
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CBI seeks time to submit sanction against public servant
May 16th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday requested a Delhi court to provide it with more time to submit proper sanction of prosecution against ... Read more...
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Bihar ministers to have IDs
May 10th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 10 (IANS) Bihar has decided to issue identity card to all its ministers."The cabinet secretariat has began the process," an official said. Such cards were until now made ... Read more...
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CBI files chargesheet against Ramadoss
April 27th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday filed a chargesheet against former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss for abusing his official position in favouring ... Read more...
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Department of IT gets new name
April 20th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The department of information technology (DIT) was Thursday formally named department of electronics and information technology by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil ... Read more...
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Department of IT will now be DeitY
April 18th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has been renamed Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) to give importance to the electronics sector.The department will ... Read more...
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Thank you India, says Japan with an exhibition
March 16th, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, March 16 (IANS) A year after being ravaged by a devastating tsunami, Japan is organising an exhibition here called Japan Next to thank India for its support.The three-day exhibition ... Read more...
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2G note: Pranab meets PM, Sonia
November 2nd, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi following revelations that his ministry's Match note on 2G ... Read more...
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Bansal is named new BSF chief
September 29th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) U.K. Bansal, at present secretary (internal security) in the home ministry, was Thursday appointed the new director general of the Border Security Force.Bansal, a ... Read more...
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2G note: BJP dismisses Pranab’s clarification
September 29th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday dismissed as "untenable" Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's explanation that the controversial note from his ministry on the 2G ... Read more...
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Details of Mamata’s travel as union minister to be shared
June 22nd, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the railway ministry to furnish details of the domestic and foreign travel by former minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Seth assumes charge as cabinet secretary (Lead)
June 13th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Ajit Kumar Seth, a 1974-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, Monday assumed charge as the new cabinet secretary. He took ... Read more...
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Seth takes over as cabinet secretary tomorrow
June 13th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Ajit Kumar Seth, a 1974-batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, will Tuesday take over as the new cabinet secretary.The ... Read more...
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Ajit Seth is new cabinet secretary (Lead)
May 24th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Known as one of the most punctilious bureacrats in India, Ajit Kumar Seth, who strictly follows the rules, would be the next cabinet secretary after ... Read more...
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Ajit Kumar Seth to be new cabinet secretary
May 24th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the appointment of 1974 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Ajit Kumar Seth as the next cabinet secretary, the ... Read more...
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No information about oil rigs safety: RTI activist
May 16th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Indian government has failed to provide information about the department tasked with ensuring safety of oil rigs in the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ... Read more...
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Coming soon, new faces at top of bureaucratic pyramid
May 15th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A near overhaul of the top brass of the Indian bureaucracy is on the anvil as a spate of retirements of top secretaries starts at ... Read more...
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Pranay Sahaya appointed to cabinet secretariat
May 8th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 8 (IANS) Pranay Sahaya, a special director general in the Border Security Force (BSF) has been appointed secretary (security) in the cabinet secretariat in New Delhi, an official ... Read more...
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Keep central record of ministers’ air travel: CIC
April 1st, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has suggested that records of the domestic and international travel of union ministers could be maintained centrally by the cabinet ... Read more...
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Notice to government on plea for appointments in RTI ambit
March 28th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday sought the central government's response on a petition challenging a single judge's ruling that information pertaining to the appointment of ... Read more...
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‘Burgle and burn’ gang strikes again in Delhi
March 6th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A gang of burglers, who rob houses and then set them on fire, struck again in the national capital targeting a government official's house, police ... Read more...
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Group of ministers to consider farmers’ issue
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 22 (IANS) The union government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the issue of relief package to Madhya Pradesh's farmers, a statement from the chief ... Read more...
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S.K. Tripathi to take charge of RAW Thursday (Lead)
December 28th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The government Tuesday announced the appointment of S.K. Tripathi as the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the country's external intelligence agency.Sanjeev Tripathi, who headed ... Read more...
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S.K. Tripathi to be new RAW chief
December 28th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) S.K. Tripathi will take charge Dec 30 as the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on a two-year tenure, an official statement said Tuesday."The appointments ... Read more...
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Kashmiri jihadis won’t run out of money: Osama bin Laden
December 17th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 17 (IANS) Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden reportedly pledged his support to jihadis fighting in Jammu and Kashmir and said they will "not run short of funds", reveal ... Read more...
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26/11 report review panel inactive: Maharashtra opposition leader
November 25th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 25 (IANS) A year after the Maharashtra government appointed a high-level committee to examine the details of a probe panel's report in the 26/11 terror attack, the entire issue seems ... Read more...
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Bid for CWG was secretive, hasty: RTI query
November 2nd, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Prathiba Raju
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The decision to bid for the just concluded 19th Commonwealth Games (CWG) was taken secretively and hurriedly before the then youth affairs and sports minister ... Read more...
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TRAI issues consultation paper on mobile banking
October 28th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The telecom regulator Thursday floated a discussion paper inviting suggestions on the delivery of basic financial services through mobile phones.The Telecom Regulatory Aauthority of India has stressed ... Read more...
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Harassed IAS officer quits job in Uttar Pradesh
September 27th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 27 (IANS) An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer tendered his resignation here alleging harassment by the Uttar Pradesh government, an official said Monday.
The 1982 batch officer of UP cadre Raju ... Read more...
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PMO gets CIC notice over ministers’ assets
September 6th, 2010 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has been issued a show cause notice by the Central Information Commission (CIC) over "non-compliance" of its order for disclosure of union ... Read more...
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Now, ministers need PMO approval for foreign visits
August 31st, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Union ministers will now require the prime minister's prior approval before proceeding on official foreign tours and they will also have to keep the Prime Minister's Office ... Read more...
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