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October 27, 2010 8:32 PM

HRD ministry & UIDAI signs MoU to access benefit of educational schemes

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Human Resources Development and Unique Identification Authority of India aiming to access the benefit of various educational schemes to the students. The MoU was signed in presence of the HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal and the UIADI Chie...

October 27, 2010 7:57 PM

SC asks WB govt. to comply with its order? in Nandigram firing incident

The Supreme Court today ticked off the West Bengal Government for dilly-dallying payment of compensation to those injured in the Nandigram firing incident in March 2007. It also directed the state government to comply with its order. The apex court made it clear that it had only stayed the Calcutta ...

October 27, 2010 7:55 PM

Veerappa Moily urges for joining hands to fight terrorism

Law and Justice Minister Veerappa Moily today urged people to join hands to fight the menace of terrorism. He said it is a challenge to national integration of the country. Delivering the annual Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture for All India Radio, he recalled Sardar patel's contribution to the na...

October 27, 2010 7:02 PM

Abhay Chautala appointed as India’s chef-de-mission for Asian Games

Indian Boxing Federation President Abhay Singh Chautala has been appointed the chef-de-mission of the country's contingent for next month's Asian Games in China. The IOA said in a statement on Wednesday that Mr. Abhay Singh Chautala, Vice-President of the Indian Olympic Association and Pre...

October 27, 2010 7:01 PM

All India Conference of State Sanitation Ministers’ begins on Oct 28

The Ministry of Rural Development has convened an All India Conference of State Ministers in charge of Sanitation in New Delhi on Thursday. The meeting will review the current status of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), identify gaps, share the best innovative practices and sanitation models. It will...

October 27, 2010 7:00 PM

Smart Card project to be launched soon to check leakages in PDS

A Smart Card project will soon be launched throughout the country to check leakages and diversion in the Public Distribution System. A pilot project to this effect was first started in Haryana earlier. The Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar disclosed this while addressing the con...

October 27, 2010 6:56 PM

Income Tax dept asks Geelani to file Rs 1.73 cr

Income Tax department has asked hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to file one crore 73 lakh rupees. The IT sleuths, which had swooped on residences of Geelani and his family members in 2002 and seized valuable items including a diamond-studded watch gifted by Pakistan Governm...

October 27, 2010 5:30 PM

Double storey train between Howrah- Dhanbad to start by next week

Indian Railways will introduce a double storey train between Howrah and Dhanbad by next week. Talking to media persons in New Delhi, the Railways Minister Mamta Banerjee said, the train will have eight coaches with the passenger capacity of 128 in each of the coaches. She said, similar trains will b...

October 27, 2010 5:29 PM

Prez Patil urges for exploring Public private partnership, energy revolution

President Pratibha Patil today called for exploring public private partnership model for energy revolution and nation's development. Inaugurating a power, energy and telecom summit in Mumbai, She said, the success of public private partnerships, in creating critical infrastructure should also b...

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