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August 2, 2010 9:12 AM

PM to discuss Babhli project issue with AP, Maharashtra CMs today

The Prime Minister has convened a meeting with the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra today to discuss Babhli project issue. On the eve of the meeting, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah held an all-party meeting in Hyderabad last night. Telugu Desam and other opposition parties...

August 1, 2010 9:02 PM

Speaker urges judiciary to keep pace with changing times

The Lok Sabha Speaker, Mrs. Meira Kumar today urged the judiciary to keep pace with the changing times to ensure access to justice especially to socially and economically backward sections of the society. She was addressing the concluding session of two-day seminar on Reforms in Judiciary in New Del...

August 1, 2010 1:58 PM

Doyen of Indian media industry K.M. Mathew passes away

Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama daily and a doyen of Indian media industry K.M. Mathew passed away in Kottayam in Kerala this morning. He was 93. Mathew was a former Chairman of Press Trust of India. He also served as President of Indian Newspaper Society and Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulatio...

August 1, 2010 1:52 PM

Curfew continues in main towns of Kashmir, situation tense

In Kashmir valley, curfew continued in Srinagar and 12 other towns for the second consecutive day today and the situation remained tense. Yesterday, two people died in firing by security forces at Baramullah and Naid Khai in north Kashmir. 50 people also injured in the clashes across the valley. A p...

August 1, 2010 10:58 AM

Gujarat to form Marine Commando Wing for coastal area

In Gujarat, the Marine Commando Wing will be formed by the State Police to provide more security to the coastal area of the state. The State Director General of Police Shabbir Khandwala told this while opening Kutch East Police District last night at Gandhi Dham. He said that Special Industrial Batt...

August 1, 2010 10:57 AM

AIMTC calls off its proposed strike from 6th August

The Truckers body, All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) last night called off their proposed indefinite strike from the sixth of this month. The AIMTC president G R Shanmugappa said in New Delhi that the decision to defer the strike till further notice was taken following an assurance by the M...

July 31, 2010 9:10 PM

Premchand is remembered on his birthday

Haryana Chief Parliamentary Secretary Ms Sharda Rathore has urged the young writers to take inspiration from legendary Story writer Munshi Prem Chand. Ms Sharda Rathore was speaking at a function organized by Haryana Sahitya Akademy to celebrate 131st birth anniversary of Munshi Prem Chand at Chandi...

July 31, 2010 8:59 PM

HRD minister sets target of sending 30 per cent students to university by 2020

Stressing for collaborations in the field of education, Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal said he had set a target of 30 per cent students reaching university level in India by 2020. Sibal was inaugurating the Indo-US summit on higher education organised by the Indo-American Society i...

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