Steps soon to check fiscal, curent account deficits: Chidambaram (Lead)
July 11th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 10 (IANS) In a bid to reboot the economy and return to the high growth path, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government would take proactive measures to ... Read more...
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Sensex tanks 244 points as RBI keeps rates unchanged (Roundup)
June 18th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets fell 244 points after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left benchmark rates unchanged in its mid-quarter monetary ... Read more...
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TTD to conduct mass marriages in US
April 4th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has decided to conduct mass marriages of Hindus in the US.The TTD board, which met at Tirumala Tuesday, decided to ... Read more...
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Gujarat governor seeks Modi fast details
September 26th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 26 (IANS) The political spat between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Governor Kamala Beniwal has intensified with the latter seeking details from the state government on ... Read more...
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CBI awaits report on CWG village lapses
September 6th, 2011 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is awaiting the home ministry's response on alleged lapses found in the awarding of contracts for construction of the ... Read more...
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Delhi PWD slammed for wasteful expenditure on hospital
September 5th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Inadequate planning on a project to construct a hospital in west Delhi's Dwarka by the Public Works Department (PWD) led to wasteful expenditure of Rs ... Read more...
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Auditor slams Lok Nayak Hospital for wastage
September 5th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Delhi government's Lok Nayak hospital carried out "wasteful expenditure" totalling Rs.14.88 lakh, apart from Rs.75 lakh lost due to unused surgical instruments, according to the ... Read more...
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New secretariat in Chennai to be made a hospital
August 19th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Friday announced the new complex built by the DMK government to house the assembly and the secretariat, will be converted into ... Read more...
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CWG were a success despite hurdles: Dikshit
August 15th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Even as the CAG has slammed the Delhi government for lapses in awarding contracts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday ... Read more...
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Dikshit nailed by CAG, opposition demands resignation (Third Lead)
August 5th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government was Friday indicted by the government auditor for various irregularities during the Commonwealth Games (CWG), but the chief minister ... Read more...
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Does CAG report indict Sheila Dikshit?
August 5th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) There seems to be some confusion in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) whether its report on the Commonwealth Games has indicted ... Read more...
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CAG blames Dikshit, Kalmadi for ‘enormous bungling’ in CWG (Second Lead)
August 5th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Behind the "phenomenal success" of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) was a saga of "enormous bungling", "highly irregular" practices and massive waste of public money, India's ... Read more...
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CAG slams Dikshit, Kalmadi for ‘enormous bungling’ (Lead)
August 5th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was in the knowledge of wasteful expenditure to the tune of Rs.30 crore related to the Commonwealth Games (CWG), the ... Read more...
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CAG report on Games ignites calls for Sheila to go (Second Lead)
August 5th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The opposition called for Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's resignation after the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report tabled in parliament Friday alleged she ... Read more...
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CAG slams Dikshit, points to ‘enormous bungling’
August 5th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Contract management ahead of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) was "highly irregular", the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said while stating that there was Rs.30 ... Read more...
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Trinamool ally SUCI-C opposes legislative council revival
June 27th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress' bid to revive the West Bengal Legislative Council has been opposed by its ally Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist), which feels ... Read more...
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AIADMK government’s new measures welcomed
June 3rd, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government's new schemes and proposals, outlined by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala in his address Friday to the newly constituted assembly's first session, were ... Read more...
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At 88, Karunanidhi gets bitter present from Jaya
June 3rd, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) Muthuvel Karunanidhi's troubles are unending.After seeing his DMK nearly wiped out in elections and his daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi in prison, Tamil Nadu's new ... Read more...
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What happened to small ministry promise, CPI-M asks Mamata
May 22nd, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday took pot shots at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for failing to "keep her word" of forming ... Read more...
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Mass marriages in Andhra; 12,000 enter into wedlock
May 20th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Kiran Kumar Reddy lauded the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) trust for organizing mass marriages for poor people. About 12,000 couples ... Read more...
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PM should reveal action on Shunglu panel report: BJP
April 1st, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the V.K. Shunglu panel report, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said he should spell out the action ... Read more...
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Shunglu panel submits interim report
February 1st, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The V.K. Shunglu committee, probing financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games, Monday submitted an interim report on alleged irregularities in awarding of broadcasting rights during the ... Read more...
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PML-N blasts PPP-led Pak govt over unprecedented corruption and price-hike
November 20th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 20 (ANI): Unprecedented corruption and the price-hike have become top concerns of the people of Pakistan, and their sufferings have multiplied after the PPP came to power, PML-N spokesman ... Read more...
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Manpreet Badal to launch awareness campaign
November 14th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Nov 14 (IANS) Punjab's sacked finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, a nephew of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Sunday announced the launch of a "Jago Punjab Yatra" to create awareness on ... Read more...
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Will not probe only financial fraud, says Shunglu (Lead)
October 26th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Suhas Munshi
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) V.K. Shunglu, head of the committee probing financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games, Tuesday said that misappropriation of funds will not be the only focus ... Read more...
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Wide-ranging scope for Shunglu panel; Consul second member (Second Lead)
October 25th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The government Monday appointed Shantanu Consul, secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training, as the second member of the V.K. Shunglu Committee probing financial irregularities in ... Read more...
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Shantanu Consul on CWG probe panel (Lead)
October 25th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The government Monday appointed Shantanu Consul, secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training, a member of a panel probing financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games.Consul ... Read more...
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People will unseat Mayawati soon: Sibal
July 26th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow,July 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's "days in power are now numbered as the people of the state are going to unseat her soon", Human Resource Development Minster Kapil Sibal ... Read more...
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Dhumal walking towards austerity
July 15th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal walks his way to his office as an austerity measure following the hike in petrol prices.
"I prefer to go to the ... Read more...
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Awami National Conference seeks arrears payment to employees
March 20th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 20 (IANS) The opposition Awami National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday criticised the state government for not paying employees the arrears due to them under the Sixth Pay ... Read more...
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Working Saturday this week for Himachal assembly
December 17th, 2009 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 17 (IANS) As part of the state government's austerity drive, the Himachal Pradesh state assembly will work on Saturday instead of taking a holiday, a minister said Thursday.
"The winter session ... Read more...
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Austerity drive during Himachal assembly’s winter session
December 14th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Dharamsala, Dec 14 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has proposed a huge cut in "wasteful expenditure" during the six-sitting winter session of the state assembly starting Monday in ... Read more...
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Air India pilots call off strike (Lead)
September 30th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Air India pilots called off their five-day strike Wednesday following assurances from the civil aviation ministry that there would be no salary cuts.
"We have received official communication ... Read more...
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Delhi’s tax collection falls by Rs.168 crore
August 27th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Delhi government's revenue collection for the first fiscal quarter has fallen by Rs.168 crore (Rs.1.68 billion) or 3.88 percent compared to last year, Finance Minister A.K. Walia ... Read more...
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Air India plans Rs.500-crore annual salary cut
June 22nd, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) State-run carrier Air India has targeted slashing annual salary costs by Rs.500 crore, it said here Monday.
Air India has appointed a four-member committee to examine existing wage agreements, ... Read more...
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