Khurshid did not violate model code: Congress tells poll panel
January 20th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday told the Election Commission that party leader Salman Khurshid did not violate the model code of conduct by promising nine ... Read more...
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Unfair to let Jarawas live in beastly conditions: Minister
January 13th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Tribal Affairs Minister V.Kishore Chandra Deo Friday indicated that the Jarawa tribes people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands could be gradually exposed to modern ... Read more...
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Bring Jarawas to the mainstream, says BJP
January 12th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said the Jarawas and other tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands should be included in the mainstream ... Read more...
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BJP questions Sonia’s silence on FDI in retail
December 6th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked why Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi were silent on Foreign Direct Investment ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka’s rupee depreciates 3.2 percent
November 23rd, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka's currency depreciated by about 3.2 percent Wednesday for the second successive day on new government policy, the island's central bank said here.
The exchange ... Read more...
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Have broken no laws, say Airtel, Vodafone
November 19th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Even as the CBI Saturday raided the offices of telecom service providers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone for alleged irregularities in additional spectrum allocation, the firms ... Read more...
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Pakistani provincial minister quits
November 19th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Sharjeel Inam Memon, information minister of Pakistan's Sindh province, has resigned, a media report said Saturday.Memon tendered his resignation from the provincial cabinet to President Asif ... Read more...
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Supreme Court not to meddle in fuel pricing (Lead)
November 18th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea challenging the deregulation of prices of petroleum products, saying fixing of petroleum prices was a matter ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s primary schools lacking in sanitary workers: Report
November 15th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) More than two-thirds of 152 boys' primary schools in 89 districts across Pakistan are without non-teaching staff like peons, sanitary workers and security guards, according to ... Read more...
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Government assures availability of coal to power plants
October 13th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The government said Thursday it would take appropriate measures to ensure greater availability of coal to power plants as electricity shortage worsened across the country."To ... Read more...
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BJP, Congress in nexus over illegal mining: Goa activists
September 23rd, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Citing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) inability to take on the Congress-led ruling coalition on the issue of illegal mining in Goa, anti-mining activists say ... Read more...
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Advancing application cut-off date justified: 2G accused (Lead)
September 7th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told Wednesday by an accused in the 2G case that advancing the cut-off date for the receipt of applications for licences ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves defence land transfer to central school
June 16th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved the lease transfer of a 15.19 acre of defence land to a central school in Haryana's Gurgaon, adjacent to the ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan continue to disagree on Siachen; to meet again (Lead)
May 31st, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) At the end of two days of talks on Siachen Tuesday, India and Pakistan failed to arrive at any common ground on the lingering 27-year-old ... Read more...
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CAG briefs JPC on 2G loss figures, but questions remain (Second Lead)
May 30th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was within its "mandate" to calculate the notional Rs.1.76 lakh crore loss in the allotment of 2G spectrum, ... Read more...
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CAG within mandate to calculate 2G loss: Chacko (Lead)
May 30th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was within its "mandate" to calculate presumptive loss of Rs.1.76 lakh crore in the allocation of 2G spectrum, ... Read more...
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Court notice to state, centre on fixed wages
May 5th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 5 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday issued notice to the union labour ministry and the state government in a case challenging the state's policy of paying its ... Read more...
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No aid to 2002 riots-damaged religious places: Gujarat government
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 22 (IANS) The Gujarat government Friday told the state high court that it would not give any financial aid or assistance to the religious places damaged in the ... Read more...
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Tibetans go on hunger strike in Delhi to protest Chinese atrocities
April 22nd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 22(ANI): Tibetans in exile went on a hunger strike in New Delhi on Friday to protest the atrocities of Chinese troops imposing a severe lockdown on Tibet's Kirti Monastery.Tibetans ... Read more...
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UK Cycling Minister doesn’t want to wear helmet while on road!
April 10th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 10 (ANI): Britain's Cycling Minister has revealed that he does not wear a helmet while cycling because he likes to 'feel the wind in his hair' - an admission that ... Read more...
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Manufacturing sector records faster growth
March 27th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) India's manufacturing industry grew faster in the current fiscal compared to last year with a majority of the sectors growing at more than 10 ... Read more...
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Now a solar lamp scam in Bihar, village heads in trouble
March 5th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 5 (IANS) Over 200 outgoing village body heads, or 'mukhiyas', are in deep trouble in Bihar in connection with a scam in the purchase of solar lamps at ... Read more...
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Be cautious of Internet mercenaries: China
March 2nd, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 2 (IANS) China should be cautious about "Internet mercenaries", who are a group of people posting comments online to manipulate public opinion, a party official said.Zhao Qizheng, spokesman ... Read more...
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Government effectiveness key to competitive advantage: Top official
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The government's effectiveness is the key determinant of a country's competitive advantage in the increasingly globalised world and citizens should get services in time and with courtesy, ... Read more...
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Internet campaign alleges George VI ‘had Nazi sympathies’
January 17th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 17 (ANI): An online campaign has said that George VI, the father of the Queen, had Nazi sympathies.According to the Hollywood email, which is based on a recent entry on ... Read more...
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CBI perpetuated fraud in Bofors pay-off case: Jaitley (Lead)
January 3rd, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Accusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of perpetuating a fraud in the Bofors gun deal pay-off case, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley ... Read more...
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Sale of Goa land to foreigners, mafia in 2010 RTI hall of fame
December 22nd, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS) Goa politician Rajan Ghate's expose of a multimillion rupee scam involving the purchase of high value coastal land by foreigners, including the Russian mafia, has made it ... Read more...
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Orissa villagers want village crèches to be more responsive to their needs
December 2nd, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by ANI
By Sarada LahangirBolangir (Orissa), Dec.2 (ANI): Scores of villagers accompanied by their malnourished children expressed their problems at the public hearing organised by the district social welfare office in Orissa's Bolangir District ... Read more...
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Bangladesh minister draws flak for ‘transit’ remark
November 4th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 4 (IANS) Bangladesh Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith has drawn flak for reportedly terming as "fools" the opponents of the government policy of providing transit facilities to South Asian neighbours ... Read more...
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Delhi HC asks Centre to fix age limit for ‘Heads of Sports Federations’
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to implement its National Sports Policy under which the upper age limit for the 'Heads of Sports ... Read more...
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Sports federation chiefs can’t be over 70 years: Court
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the central government to implement its national sports policy under which the upper age limit for the heads of sports federations ... Read more...
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UP hikes sugarcane support price by Rs.40 a quintal
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 2 (IANS) In a bid to woo sugarcane growers across the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday announced an unprecedented hike of Rs.40 per quintal in the support price ... Read more...
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Animation sector yet to get support, rues industry
October 28th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) The animation industry in India has been termed the sunrise sector for nearly a decade but little has been done for it, said speakers at a conference on ... Read more...
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Gadkari, Dikshit trade charges on Bihar development
October 28th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Patna (Bihar), Oct. 28 (ANI): Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress continue to trade charges over the state of development in Bihar.The latest salvo was fired by ... Read more...
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Disinvestment to bring in Rs.40,000 crore by 2010-11
October 18th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) Disinvestment Secretary Sumit Bose Monday said the government would mop up the targeted Rs.40,000 crore through disnvestment in public sector units in fiscal 2010-11 as proposed in the ... Read more...
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