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June 19, 2010 12:38 PM

UNDP hails NREGA

<br/>The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has highlighted India's rural employment guarantee scheme, popularly known as NREGA, for its impact on reducing poverty and reversing inequality. The UN agency said this in its progress report on Millennium Development Goals. It sai...

June 19, 2010 12:11 PM

No thank you: Bihar returns Gujarat’s Kosi relief fund

<br/>The Bihar Government has returned Rs 5 crore given by the Gujarat Government for Kosi flood relief. The decision is believed to have been taken after local papers carried advertisements about this help by the Gujarat government prior to the BJP national executive meeting in Patna last...

June 19, 2010 9:27 AM

PM visits Pantnagar today

<br/>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is today visiting Pant Nagar in Utara Khand. He is the Chief Guest for the Annual Conobocation of the Govind Balapant University of Agriculture and Technology. On this occasion Prime Minister will be awarded honorary degree Doctor of Science by the Univer...

June 19, 2010 9:22 AM

DGCA tightens norms for expat pilots

<br/>The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) tightens rules for foreign pilots. It will now be mandatory for foreign pilots wanting to fly in India to be well-versed in spoken English and get medical fitness certificates from Class-I Indian doctors.<br/><br/>Ti...

June 18, 2010 9:14 PM

India, Korea ink three accords to enhance economic & cultural ties

India and Korea have inked three accords to enhance economic and cultural ties. They also decided to commence negotiations on forging nuclear energy cooperation soon.External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, currently on an official visit there, co-chaired the 6th meeting of India-ROK Joint Commission ...

June 18, 2010 8:41 PM

CBI unearths Railway Recruitment Scam; RRB Mumbai chairman suspended

S M Sharma, Chairman of Railway Recruit Board of Mumbai has been placed under suspension by Railway in connection with recruitment exam scam. His suspension came after CBI unearthed Railway Recruitment Scam running into several crores of rupees. The investigating agency spokesperson told All India R...

June 18, 2010 8:32 PM

CBI unearths Railway Recruitment Scam; RRB Mumbai chairman suspended

The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, has unearthed Railway Recruitment Scam running into several crores of rupees. The investigating agency spokesperson told All India Radio that it was done by conducting simultaneous raids at Mumbai, Bangalore, Raipur, Kolkata & Hyderabad. He said, this sc...

June 18, 2010 8:15 PM

States to set up NEFC to promote higher education

States have given their nod to set up National Education Finance Corporation. This is an important decision to give impetus to higher education in the country. The proposed corporation will provide loans at 4 per cent interest to the students whose parental income is less than 4.5 lakh rupees a year...

June 18, 2010 8:00 PM

India successfully test fired ballistic missile Prithvi-II

India has successfully test-fired indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipore-on-Sea off Orissa coast. The missile was blasted off from launch complex no 3 in the ITR about 6.50 on Friday morning.<br/>&#060...

June 18, 2010 7:32 PM

CBI unearths Railway Recruitment Scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, has unearthed Railway Recruitment Scam running into several crores of rupees. The investigating agency spokesperson told All India Radio that it was done by conducting simultaneous raids at Mumbai, Bangalore, Raipur, Kolkata & Hyderabad. He said, this sc...

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