Delhi’s civic corporation to be split into three (Lead)
May 30th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday decided to split the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) into three smaller units while retaining the number of wards at ... Read more...
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Various measures to solve Bengal’s financial problems: Pranab
May 30th, 2011 - 2:57 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister and Congress stalwart Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said both short-term and long-term measures are necessary to solve West Bengal's critical financial problem."In order ... Read more...
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Chandigarh’s proposed Metro to link three cities
May 26th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) As major roads in Chandigarh get clogged with ever-increasing traffic, a proposal is gaining ground for a Metro rail here. The Punjab and Haryana governments are ... Read more...
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Mamata, Mitra to meet Pranab Sunday for funds
May 25th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Wednesday that she and state Finance Minister Amit Mitra will meet Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday ... 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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Auction natural resources to attract investments: FICCI
May 1st, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Natural resources like iron ore, lignite and bauxite should be allocated on the basis of auctions, instead of the current first-come-first-served system, to attract more ... Read more...
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Nepal braces for more battle over budget
April 29th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) With the major opposition party as well as 10 others threatening to oppose a new budget, Nepal's three-month-old government faces a tough battle in parliament three ... Read more...
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NGO opposes proposed water allocation plan
April 27th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) A central government-appointed panel's proposal of market linked allotment of water will lead to the resource being treated as a commercial commodity and will trigger more ... Read more...
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IMF considers Pak economic policymakers ‘cheaters and liars’: Ex-official
April 26th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 26(ANI): The International Monetary Fund considers the economic policymakers of Pakistan to be 'cheaters and liars', the country's former representative in the IMF board, Dr Ehtisham Ahmad, has said.Addressing a ... Read more...
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Government to stick to fiscal deficit target, borrowing limit
April 9th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Indian government will meet the fiscal deficit target during the current fiscal and not exceed its borrowing limit, top finance ministry officials said ... Read more...
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Public Accounts Committee quizzes Ambani (Lead)
April 5th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday continued quizzing people, including industrialist Anil Ambani, on matters related to the allotment of scarce telecom spectrum by ... Read more...
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Public Accounts Committee questions more people in 2G probe
April 5th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday continued questioning people, including industrialists, in its probe into the allocation of scarce telecom spectrum by former communications minister ... Read more...
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Praveen Tripathi is Delhi’s new chief secretary
April 2nd, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Praveen K. Tripathi, a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's principal secretary since 2006, was Saturday appointed Delhi's ... Read more...
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New Nepal government mired in parliament crises
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 2 (IANS) Less than two months after he became the new prime minister of Nepal, courtesy a controversial deal with the former Maoist guerrillas, communist chief Jhala Nath ... Read more...
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New defence finance secretary takes over
April 1st, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta, a 1974 Indian Defence Accounts Service officer who last year formulated the country's 3G spectrum auction procedures, Friday took over as the ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh gets new chief secretary
March 29th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 29 (IANS) Anoop Misra was Tuesday named the next chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh to succeed Atul Kumar Gupta who retires March 31.A 1978 batch Indian Administrative Service ... Read more...
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Bengal official assures poll panel on model code
March 18th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Secretary C.M. Bachawat Friday certified that no order from any file signed by state Finance Minister Asim Dasgupata violating the model code of ... Read more...
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Parties urge EC to relax poll code in Bengal
March 15th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Mar 15 (IANS) Citing insufficient time for campaigning before the first phase of polling begins in West Bengal, political parties have requested the Election Commission (EC) to soften the ... Read more...
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Direct taxes are major resource for undertaking development work: Pranab Mukherjee
February 26th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 26(ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said that direct taxes are now the major resource provider to the Central Government for undertaking developmental work.Mukherjee said ... Read more...
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‘Wrong to say Govt. made no losses in 2G scam’, says CBI chief to PAC
February 15th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday quoted Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director A P ... Read more...
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2G scam: CBI chief to appear before PAC
February 15th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director A P Singh will appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today to give evidence in connection with the ... Read more...
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Peace talks with Centre were constructive: ULFA
February 10th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which finally began their peace talks with the Central Government here today in a bid to usher in peace ... Read more...
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ULFA to begin peace talks with Centre
February 10th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) will finally begin talks with the Central Government here today in a bid to usher in peace in the insurgency-hit ... Read more...
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First round of ULFA peace talks begins Thursday
February 9th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) The first round of formal peace talks between the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the central government begins in New Delhi Thursday, the outfit suffering ... Read more...
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ULFA leaders meet Assam CM Gogoi, seek cooperation for peace talks
February 9th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Feb 9 (ANI): Ahead of Union Home Secretary G K Pillai's first round of talks with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), top leaders of the separatist group met Assam ... Read more...
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ULFA split, Paresh Baruah rejects Feb 10 peace talks
February 7th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 7 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has vertically split with the elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah Monday rejecting the proposed Feb 10 peace talks between ... Read more...
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ULFA holds meetings for peace talks - without Baruah
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 2 (IANS) The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has secretly held its general council meeting - though without its elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah - to chart out a roadmap ... Read more...
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R Gopalan appointed Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs
January 31st, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 31 (ANI): The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of R Gopalan, an IAS officer of the 1976 batch from the Tamil Nadu cadre, who ... Read more...
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New videos released by Baruah creates confusion over ULFA peace process
January 28th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati (Assam) Jan 28 (ANI): At a time when the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)'s Central Committee is making an effort to return to the mainstream, new videos released by commander-in-chief ... Read more...
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Pak Govt revises economic plan to reduce fiscal deficit, win over IMF
January 22nd, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 22(ANI): The Pakistan Government has prepared a revised economic plan- envisaging a drastic fifty per cent cut in the development programme, scaling down its revenue target by over five per ... Read more...
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Paresh Baruah faction rejects ULFA peace talks
January 21st, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 21 (IANS) The peace process between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) led by its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and the government came under a cloud with the outfit's elusive ... Read more...
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Special category states unhappy with finance panel: Tripura minister
January 20th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) Chief ministers and finance ministers of the 12 'special category states', including those in the northeast, have voiced their discontent over the 13th Finance Commission's (TFC) ... Read more...
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ULFA executive discusses modalities for peace talks
January 20th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Thursday began its central executive meeting aimed at working out modalities for opening formal peace talks with the government.The meet ... Read more...
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CBI arrests event manager in CWG overlays scam
January 18th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday arrested the owner of event management companies Meroform India and GL events, Binu Nanu, for his involvement in the controversy ... Read more...
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ULFA moves towards peace talks with government
January 18th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IANS) In a step towards formal peace talks between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the government, the outlawed separatist group's central executive is set to meet ... Read more...
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