Air India pilots send legal notice to management
September 17th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Labour trouble is brewing again for Air India as a pilots' union has sent a legal notice to the national carrier for implementing new flight ... Read more...
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Government asks Air India to follow duty time limitations
September 11th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) To improve staff utilisation of the national carrier, the government Tuesday directed Air India to immediately implement the flight duty time limitations (FDTL) for pilots ... Read more...
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Key Indian Army, IAF commanders meet; talk synergy
July 16th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) In the first such effort, the commanders of the Indian Army's and the IAF's swordarms that defend most of the western frontiers with Pakistan ... Read more...
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South Korea to join India-China-Japan anti-piracy patrols (Lead)
June 12th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) South Korea will soon become the fourth nation to join an India-China-Japan effort at coordinated anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, in ... Read more...
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South Korea to join India-China-Japan anti-piracy patrols
June 12th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) South Korea will soon become the fourth nation to join an India-China-Japan effort at coordinated anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, in ... Read more...
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Coast Guard to get more funds for 2012-27
December 9th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) With the manifold increase in the Indian Coast Guard's (ICG) responsibility since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the government has decided to enhance its budgetary ... Read more...
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Fiscal consolidation needs priority, stresses PM
August 20th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the process of fiscal consolidation needs to be given priority even if it limits the availability of resources ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves National Water Mission charter (Lead)
April 6th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) In an effort to conserve water and ensure its optimum utilisation in the country, the union cabinet Wednesday approved a comprehensive charter for the ... Read more...
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Haryana now has a library policy
December 1st, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 1 (IANS) For the first time, a library policy has been formulated in Haryana for the proper management and organisation of the reading material among students, a senior official said ... Read more...
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Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad ask people to donate organs to save lives
November 27th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday asked people to donate organs to help the noble cause of saving precious lives.Speaking at ... Read more...
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‘Stiff penalties mooted for unethical practices in organ grafting’
November 27th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said stiff penalties have been proposed for unethical practices related to organ donation in an amendment to the existing law.Speaking at ... Read more...
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2,200 flats to be added to Delhi’s government colony
October 13th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) To counter the shortage of government houses in the capital, the union cabinet Tuesday approved a proposal for building about 4,550 flats in place of the existing ... Read more...
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Plan panel steps in to tackle Bundelkhand’s drought miseries
September 5th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Planning Commission has set up a high-level panel to devise ways and means to tackle the drought in Bundelkhand, a region spread over Uttar Pradesh and ... Read more...
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Gujarat seeks hike in centre’s share in rural water supply
August 27th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) Gujarat's Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Narottambhai Patel Thursday called for raising the central government's share in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation scheme.
Inaugurating the western ... Read more...
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Unitech Wireless to offer post-paid connections this year
May 3rd, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 3 (IANS) Unitech Wireless, which entered the mobile telephony market late with only prepaid tariff plans, will offer post-paid connections this year, a company official said here Monday.
"Our focus ... Read more...
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All Haryana water bodies to be full this summer
April 22nd, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) The Haryana government has directed irrigation officials to fill up ponds and other water bodies in the state on a priority basis to avoid problems in the sweltering ... Read more...
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Air Asia to link five more Indian cities
March 11th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) Malaysia-based low-cost airline Air Asia is all set to fly to five more Indian cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai - this year, a company official ... Read more...
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Demand for separate time zone in northeast gathers momentum
January 23rd, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) A group of opinion makers Saturday decided to lobby the central government for a separate time zone for the northeast so that there is ... Read more...
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Chandigarh government offices to have jail-made furniture
September 25th, 2009 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) Government offices in Chandigarh will soon get new furniture - not from any ordinary furniture shop but from the model jail factory here.
The Chandigarh administration Friday ordered all ... Read more...
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Noida to reserve plots for weaker section
September 23rd, 2009 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Sep 23 (IANS) The administrative board of Noida, the capital city's suburb, has decided to reserve 18 percent residential plots for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) applicants, officials said Wednesday.
The ... Read more...
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Andhra Pradesh floats joint venture to enter oil and gas sector
August 19th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 19 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has floated an exploration company to commercially tap the hydrocarbon resources in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin off its coast.
The company, Andhra Pradesh Gas Infrastructure ... Read more...
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CBI chief exhorts agency sleuths to meet nation’s expectations
January 1st, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ashwani Kumar, in his New Year message to the agency's personnel, has asked them to change themselves to fulfil expectations of ... Read more...
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Gujarat firm acquires Hong Kong mining company
June 9th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, June 9 (IANS) Sadbhav Engineering Ltd, which is into mineral prospecting and infrastructure development, has acquired a 74 percent stake in the Hong Kong-based mining company Ocean Bright Corporation Limited (OBCL), ... Read more...
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‘India-Nepal cooperation in water resources to strengthen ties’
April 26th, 2008 - 8:48 pm ICT by admin
Patna, April 26 (IANS) India and Nepal should join hands to improve management of shared water resources for strengthening people-to-people relations, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said here Saturday. The two countries ... Read more...
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Parliamentary panel finds anomalies in minority ministry
April 21st, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has come down heavily on the ministry of minority affairs for under utilisation of funds, poor implementation of welfare schemes and not possessing data ... Read more...
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