Tamil Nadu sets up expert committee on Kudankulam
February 9th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Thursday announced a four-member expert committee to look into the safety aspects of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and the ... Read more...
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Workers’ welfare boards’ accounts to be audited: Apex court (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that accounts of all state welfare boards set up for collecting cess and disbursal of funds under schemes meant for ... Read more...
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Invest India inks deal with Mauritian board
February 8th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Invest India, a joint venture of the government and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Wednesday signed an agreement with the ... Read more...
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Government rolls out plan to help domestic airlines (Roundup)
February 7th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) To help cash-strapped Indian airlines, a group of ministers (GoM) led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday rolled out a plan for the carriers ... Read more...
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Aviation stocks rally after direct jet fuel import allowed
February 7th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Scrips of three listed domestic carriers -- Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet -- rallied after the government Tuesday allowed airlines to import jet fuel ... Read more...
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Government approves direct jet fuel import, Air India debt plan (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday allowed domestic airlines to directly import fuel and approved Air India's ... Read more...
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Amazon to launch a retail store
February 7th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is planning to open a retail store in America's Seattle city as a pilot test to see if a chain ... Read more...
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India introduces new policy to curb drugs trafficking
February 7th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) India Monday introduced a comprehensive national policy to help curb trafficking in narcotic drugs."The national policy released today, presents evidence of India's strong commitment ... Read more...
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Pranab praises Mamata for improving food supplies
February 6th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for checking inflation by improving foodgrain supplies in the state."The essential parts ... Read more...
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Awards for social scientists soon: HRD minister
February 6th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The government proposes constituting an award for social scientists who excel in their field on the lines of the Bhatnagar awards for scientists, Human Resource ... Read more...
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State ministers meet to discuss PDS reforms
February 6th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Food and agriculture ministers from states will meet here this week to discuss reforms in the public distribution system (PDS).Senior union cabinet ministers and ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to encourage ‘green’ industrial projects
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra government is taking measures to boost green and environment friendly industrial projects in the state to protect the environment, an official said Friday."Projects with ... Read more...
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States warned against infringing on press freedom
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken strong note of the recent attacks on the media, including the editorial offices of Maharashtra Times, and warned ... Read more...
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Long way to go to ensure probity in public life: PM (Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Amid constant attack by the opposition on the issue of corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the government had taken several measures in ... Read more...
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Solve Kudankulam row in national interest, urges DMK
February 3rd, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) The DMK Friday urged the central and Tamil Nadu governments to find an early solution to the stalled Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) coming up in ... Read more...
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Long way to go to ensure probity: PM
February 3rd, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the government had taken several legal and administrative measures to curb corruption in the past year but there ... Read more...
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PM concerned over delayed NREGA wages, Sonia suggests reforms (second lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Delayed payments of wages under the rural job scheme are a cause of concern, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday as Congress chief Sonia ... Read more...
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Delayed wages, corruption in MNREGA worry PM, Sonia (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Payments under the MNREGA rural jobs scheme get delayed and should be given within 15 days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday as Congress ... Read more...
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Railways plan to modernise stations with SPV
February 1st, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) In order to pursue its four year old ambitious plan to create world class stations, the Indian Railways Wednesday announced the creation of a dedicated ... Read more...
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Standards made mandatory for consumer items
January 31st, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Manufacturers and traders of consumer items like mineral water, baby food, tea, coffee and soap, besides other articles, will have to sell the products only ... Read more...
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ISRO to release reports on Antrix-Devas deal
January 31st, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) Indian space agency chief K. Radhakrishnan Tuesday indicated he will soon release reports of two committees on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, which led to the ... Read more...
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Kudankulam deadlock likely to continue
January 30th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 30 (IANS) The fourth round of talks at Tirunelveli between the central government's expert panel on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and the Tamil Nadu government's panel ... Read more...
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Gram sabhas above assemblies, parliament, says Hazare (Lead)
January 26th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Stating that gram sabhas (village councils) were above state assemblies and parliament, activist Anna Hazare Thursday called for legislation to empower local bodies and ... Read more...
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Village councils above parliament, says Anna
January 26th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Stating that gram sabhas (village councils) were above state assemblies and parliament, activist Anna Hazare Thursday called for legislation to empower local bodies and ... Read more...
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Congress refutes Rushdie remarks
January 26th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday refuted remarks by Salman Rushdie that the party's desire to garner Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh elections was the reason for
his not ... Read more...
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Congress brought equal change in Bengal: Jairam
January 25th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) Urban Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday said the credit for bringing a "revolutionary change" in West Bengal goes to Congress as much as to ... Read more...
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Thwart farmers’ suicides: Bengal governor
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee denied that farmers' suicides in the state were linked to farm debts, Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday said ... Read more...
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Submit second Green Revolution projects, Pranab urges eastern region
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) Asking the governments of India's eastern states to quickly prepare projects under the Second Green Revolution, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said the central ... Read more...
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Africans want to emulate Indian model of development: Pitroda
January 21st, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Impressed by the efforts of social entrepreneurs to make the public delivery service more effective, five African countries want to emulate the Indian ... Read more...
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Government can inspect books but timing suspect: Kudankulam activist
January 20th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The central government has the right to inspect the accounts of NGOs but the timing and motives were suspect, said an activist protesting the Kudankulam Nuclear ... Read more...
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Fuel shortage can hit power sector: Report
January 19th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Low fuel availability and a rise in input prices caused by dependence on imported coal could continue to bog the Indian power sector in ... Read more...
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Law panel study on backlog of cases sought (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will ask the Law Commission to undertake a study on the additional courts and judges needed ... Read more...
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Western slowdown squeezes funds for Indian NGOs
January 18th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) The debt crisis in Europe and slowdown in the US have created ripples in the remotest of Indian towns and villages, with NGOs feeling the pinch ... Read more...
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Karat slams farmer suicides in Mamata rule
January 18th, 2012 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist Tuesday blamed the "anti-peasant neo-liberal polices" of the central and state governments for the spate of farmer suicides in India ... Read more...
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Complacent bureaucracy India’s bane, says British professor
January 16th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Bigotry, centralised power of some chief ministers and a complacent and non-responsive bureaucracy are some of the negatives of the Indian state, a British professor ... Read more...
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