May 8th, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Endorsing the scheme for high-security number plates for vehicles, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government and the states to work out the modalities to implement it in six months. A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat sought making high-security, tamper-proof number plates compulsory to ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by admin
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Shimla, May 8 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's income tax department has failed to achieve its target of collecting tax worth Rs.4.8 billion ($120 million) during 2007-08, said officials. The IT department officials said here Thursday that they were able to collect only Rs.4.1 billion during the period, Rs.700 million short of ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) There were jubilant scenes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Thursday after the Supreme Court reinstated P. Venugopal as the director, with doctors and students distributing sweets and flowers as they gathered at the residence of the renowned cardiologist who was ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government to explore the possibility of sparing the Ram Setu and adopting an "alternative alignment" to build a shorter navigational route around the Indian peninsula. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan also asked the government to have ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Thursday said there was no question of his resigning following the Supreme Court order reinstating P. Venugopal as director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and declaring the AIIMS amendment act "unconstitutional". "There is no question of resignation ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
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London , May 8 (ANI): Shocking as it may seem, but every year Britons throw away edible foodstuff worth a whopping 10 billion pounds, a survey has revealed.
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) said that an average UK household throws out one-third of all food bought, and wastes ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by admin
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Kozhikode, May 7 (IANS) The price of natural rubber touched Rs.120 per kilogram Wednesday in Kochi, the highest price recorded so far for the RSS-4 (Ribbed Smoked Sheet-4) grade in the Indian market. The other grades of natural rubber also recorded corresponding increase in prices Wednesday. "The price of rubber ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 11:00 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party had threatened to destabilise the central government if the services of Justice A. Ashok Kumar were not confirmed as a Madras High Court judge, senior advocate Shanti Bhushan told the Supreme Court Wednesday. Bhushan told a bench of Justices Arijit ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 10:58 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) The Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) has welcomed the central government's decision to extend by one year till March 31, 2010, tax exemption available to the IT companies under the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme. ESC chairman Sanjiv Narayan said the ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by admin
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Kathaunda (MP)/Agra, May 7 (ANI): Civic authorities faced stiff resistance in Kathaunda village in Madhya Pradesh while trying to acquire 35-hectares of land for a sewage treatment plant.
The villagers turned violent against the authorities when they started to tear down houses in the area.
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May 6th, 2008 - 9:33 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Delhi High Court Tuesday deferred hearing a petition by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) alumni association to restrain the central government from providing quota for Other Backward Classes students in higher educational institutions. The court will hear the petition Wednesday, as senior lawyer Harish ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 7:06 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 6 (ANI): Two main constituents of the new coalition government in Islamabad the PML-N and the ANP have expressed strong reservations against the Pakistan Election Commissions decision to postpone the by-polls by two months, to August 18.
Sources close to the two parties said that the government could ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by admin
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Kochi, May 6 (IANS) The rising value of the rupee from 2003-04 onwards has been inflicting a silent but hard blow on Keralites living abroad by reducing the rupee realisation of their foreign currency remittances to Kerala, according to a new study. The study by K.K. George and S. Remya ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 6:01 pm ICT by admin
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Kochi, May 6 (IANS) The rising value of the rupee from 2003-04 onwards has been inflicting a silent but hard blow on Keralites living abroad by reducing the rupee realisation of their foreign currency remittances to Kerala, according to a new study. The study by K.K. George and S. Remya ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, May 6 (ANI): China has insisted that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama must show sincerity if talks over Tibet are to continue.
"I want to stress that this current contact is only a beginning,'' The Australian quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang as saying in reference to ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 9:04 am ICT by admin
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Chennai, May 6 (IANS) A complaint has been registered against N.A. Kone, former Samata Party Tamil Nadu unit chief, alleging that he had cheated the party and party workers to the tune of Rs.3.5 million, a Samata Party official said Monday. S.A. Rajashekhar, the newly appointed treasurer of Samata Party's ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government to consider keeping Bangalore's old airport open taking into account possible problems citizens might face as the new airport is 40 kilometres away from the city. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice R.V. Raveendran, ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 8:47 pm ICT by admin
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) A committee of state finance ministers Monday asked the central government to reduce the central sales tax (CST) from three to two percent. After a day-long meeting of the empowered committee of state finance ministers here, West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Das Gupta told media persons ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 5 (ANI): Pakistan has finally acquired a piece of land near the airport from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development, on which it will build its consulate.
Pakistan had shut down its consulate in the metropolis in 1992, following a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.
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May 5th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by admin
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Santa Cruz (Bolivia), May 5 (IANS) At least one person has been killed and 35 injured in clashes during an autonomy referendum in this eastern Bolivian province, Spain's EFE news agency reported quoting hospital sources. President Alvaro Morales' government called Sunday's referendum illegal and that it would not recognise autonomy, ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by admin
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Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) The new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Andhra Pradesh will commence classes from this academic year (2008-09) at a makeshift campus in Medak district, the state government announced Monday. The decision was taken after a high-level meeting of officials from the departments of higher and ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 4 (IANS) In a dressing down to Madhya Pradesh - which complains that the central government is discriminating against it, the union power ministry has told the state to stop overdrawing and clear dues worth Rs.2.98 billion ($74.5 million) or face disconnection from the power grid. Central Energy ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 9:34 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday said that he was open to hold talks with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists who had gone on indefinite fast to protest denial of permission to hold public meetings in Siliguri town in Darjeeling district. GJM supporters ended ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The central government has approved the proposal of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to double their fees, a official said Sunday. Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, who is also the chairperson of the IITs' Council, cleared the fee hike Saturday.
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May 3rd, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 3 (IANS) The Congress Saturday blamed hoarders for the rising prices of food grains and other essential commodities and said the states had been directed to raid their stocks. "Hoarders are responsible for rising prices and the states have been directed to conduct raids on them," Science and ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 6:29 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters Saturday decided to end their fast unto death after the West Bengal government gave them permission to hold political rallies and meetings in Siliguri town in Darjeeling district. "West Bengal Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb and Home Secretary Asoke Mohan Chakrabarty ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by admin
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Raipur, May 3 (IANS) With assembly polls due in November, the Chhattisgarh government will soon be sending a list of 10 groups to the central government for inclusion among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. "The state government will soon send a list of about 10 castes presently being clubbed under ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 12:44 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Experts here have stressed the need for government agencies to judiciously spend allocated funds and asked the Finance Commission to ensure this aspect. A meeting of the 13th Finance Commission with members of its preceding body Thursday was advised by the predecessors to judiciously look ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 8:21 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Eight days ahead of the Karnataka elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sought to extract mileage from the widespread discontent over rising food prices and organised a nationwide strike Friday as inflation hit a 42-month high of 7.57 percent. But the response was muted except ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by admin
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Chandigarh, May 2 (IANS) With the wheat procurement season just half way through, Punjab has already surpassed the eight million tonne target set for this year. Through one central government (Food Corp of India) agency and five state agencies, the state had procured 8.66 million tonnes of wheat by Thursday ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by admin
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Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) The nationwide strike Friday called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to protest spiralling food prices hit life in Assam Friday with shops and businesses remaining closed and traffic going off the roads in many parts. "The strike is total across the state with people spontaneously ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
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Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu), May 2 (IANS) The Kanchi Shankara Math has no official link to the proposed Shankara television channel and the pontiffs would not comment on any debatable issue, sources at the monastery told IANS. Highly placed sources in the Math, situated 70 km west of capital Chennai, were ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Patriarch of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu expressed concern Friday over the fast unto death programme of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters at Darjeeling. "It's already the second day of their fast. If steps are not ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
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Hyderabad, May 2 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh police have booked Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president and former central government minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao for 'concealing information related to national security'. The case was registered Thursday at a police station in Khammam town on the direction of a local court.
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May 1st, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 1 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government would soon establish IT-enabled Common Service Centres at villages, state Information and Technology Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said Thursday. Talking to newspersons, Vijayvargiya said the government would form a cluster of five villages and the Common Service Centre in each cluster would provide ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) A British AIDS patient, serving a 10 year term for drug peddling in the Tihar jail here since 2004, was to fly back Thursday to his country and spend the remaining years of his sentence in a prison there. However, his journey has been delayed ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, Apr 30 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday sat on a day-long fast along with his cabinet colleagues to protest against Central Governments biased policies.
Chouhan was also joined by several state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and hundreds of workers in the protest ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 7:31 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Tourists should not visit Darjeeling - the popular hill station of West Bengal - this summer due to unrest, the state's Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Ashok Bhattacharya said here Wednesday. "We are anticipating political unrest revolving around the fast-till-death resolution of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, April 30 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Wednesday afternoon sat on a 24-hour fast at the state capital's main Roshanpura crossing to protest against the central government's alleged discriminatory attitude. Chouhan was joined by several state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and hundreds of workers in ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin
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Patna, April 30 (IANS) The national commission for denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes will submit its report on the problems faced by them to the central government in July. "The commission, which is carrying out a survey across India to collect information about their socio-economic condition and problems faced by ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear a petition against the controversial Sethusamudram project today.
On April 15, the apex court had fixed April 30 as the next date for the hearing of the petition.
Earlier, the Centre had filed a fresh affidavit in the apex court ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 6:55 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday gave assurances that the Reserve Bank of Indias monetary policy and fiscal measures would help to control inflation.
The 25 basis points hike in the Cash Reserve Ratio by the RBI, the steps taken in the last three ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): The procurement of wheat by the government agencies touched 13.49 million tonne mark on Tuesday.
During last year, the procurement as on April 29 was 7.77 million tonne with total procurement being at 11.12 MT, a government release said.
The government agencies have procured 7.26 ...
