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July 29, 2010 6:24 PM

Govt. to provide loans for rehabilitation of manual scavengers

Government today said nearly 1.18 lakh manual scavengers and their dependents have been identified for rehabilitation under a centrally sponsored scheme. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for Social Justice D Napoleon said 18 states and union territories have identified them f...

July 29, 2010 6:24 PM

CBI summons Johri & Pandey in Sohrabuddin case

Senior IPS officer Geetha Johri and former Gujarat DGP P C Pandey have been summoned by the CBI for questioning in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. The summons were issued to the two officers even as the CBI grilled former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah inside the Sabarmati ...

July 29, 2010 6:24 PM

Cochin Shipyard delivers another PSV to Vroon Offshore Division

The public sector Cochin Shipyard today delivered one more platform supply vessel to Vroon Offshore Division, a leading maritime offshore services supplier, based in the Netherlands. The protocol documents of the vessel named VOS Premier, was signed by representatives of the two companies in Kochi. ...

July 29, 2010 6:20 PM

Security heads of 31 nations take stock of CWG security

Security heads of 31 countries, including Pakistan, participating in the Commonwealth Games on Thursday inspected security arrangements at the Games village and the main sporting venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal accompanied the officials and briefed them about the...

July 29, 2010 2:55 PM

India-Britain to further strengthen existing partnership

Britain has sought to further strengthen the existing strong partnership with India. Talking to All India Radio in New Delhi this morning, the visiting British Prime Minister, David Cameron said , the purpose of his visit was to deepen all the aspects of relationship in the area of business, commerc...

July 29, 2010 2:41 PM

Govt. takes number of steps to boost tourism

The government today is taking a number of steps to boost tourism in the country. This includes development and promotion of caravan and heliport tourism. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said a pilot project is already on for a period of one year visa on arrival ...

July 29, 2010 2:40 PM

Govt. constitutes empowered group for development of Naxal affected areas

Government has constituted an empowered group to suggest measures for accelerated development of Naxal affected areas. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mr. V. Narayan Swami informed the House that a multi prolonged approach is already in pl...

July 29, 2010 2:35 PM

Parliament gives seal of approval to President's Rule in Jharkhand

Parliament has given its seal of approval to the President's Rule in Jharkhand with both the Houses adopting statutory resolutions to this effect today. While the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr Ajay Maken moved the resolution in the Lok Sabha, his colleague, Mr. Mullapally Ramachandran ...

July 29, 2010 2:33 PM

Indian and British firms make multi million pounds deals

A series of deals worth multi million pounds were announced in New Delhi today between British and the Indian firms. Welcoming the deals, the British Business Secretary Dr. Vince Cable said that this shows that there is enormous potential by partnering with firms in India which is predicted to be th...

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