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August 7, 2010 1:57 PM

Committed to reactivate dialogue in Valley: PC

Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the Government was committed to reactivate the political process in Jammu and Kashmir. He said he would be happy if the hardline Hurriyat joins the dialogue process.Chidambaram was responding to the clarifications in the Rajya Sabha on Friday on his statemen...

August 7, 2010 1:55 PM

Must work to stop brain drain: Ansari

Providing affordable and applicable learning and closing the gap between policy intent and actual delivery should be the focus for achieving educational excellence in the country. This was highlighted by Vice-President Hamid Ansari at the 41st convocation of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi tod...

August 7, 2010 1:51 PM

Pak need to work on trust deficit: Rao

New Delhi has said that a serious and sustained dialogue with Islamabad can thrive only in a climate free of terrorism directed against India from Pakistan. In an interview to a journal, the Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said otherwise, the trust deficit and public alienation towards Pakistan would...

August 7, 2010 1:06 PM

Nitish wants Rs 5k-cr help to fight flood

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi and sought an immediate financial assistance of over Rs 5,000 crore from the Centre to tackle the drought situation in his state. After the meeting, Kumar told reporters that the Prime Minister has assured him tha...

August 7, 2010 1:05 PM

Amit Shah into CBI custody

The CBI today took custody of former minister Amit Shah after the Gujarat High Court accepted the agency's plea for his two-day remand in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. The central investigating agency team accompanied by doctors reached the Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad, early this ...

August 7, 2010 8:56 AM

Ready for CBI probe in Games’ scandal: Reddy

Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy has said the Government was willing to ask the CBI to look into charges of irregularities by state agencies involved in Commonwealth Games' projects. Talking to media outside Parliament, Raddy said each of the allegations would be looked into. He also s...

August 6, 2010 8:44 PM

New IIMC centres to start functioning from April 2011: Soni

Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mrs. Ambika Soni today said that four new Indian Institute of Mass Communication Centres, IIMC, will start their inaugural session from 2011-2012. New IIMCs will be at Aizawal- Manipur, Kerala, Vidarbha and Jammu and Kashmir. An amount of 52 crore rupees will b...

August 6, 2010 8:43 PM

Govt. ready for CBI probe into irregularities in CWG projects

The governmen today said that it is willing to ask the CBI to look into charges of irregularities by state agencies involved in Commonwealth Games projects . The Minister of Urban Development Mr Jaipal Reddy also accused the Opposition of projecting incorrect figures on the expenditure incurred for ...

August 6, 2010 7:49 PM

Pranab visiting Dhaka on Saturday

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is visiting Dhaka tomorrow to review the implementation of agreements reached between the two countries earlier. Official sources said that a credit package will be made available to Bangladesh for development of communications and other infrastructure facilities. M...

August 6, 2010 7:00 PM

Dasgupta meets FM on const amendment bill on GST

The head of the State Finance Ministers' panel Asim Dasgupta today met Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to find a common ground on the proposed constitutional amendment bill for roll out of Goods and Services Tax from next fiscal.The meeting assumes significance given Mr. Mukherjee'...

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