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June 18, 2010 9:26 AM

Govt to issue strict guidelines to check corporal punishment

<br/>HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said tough guidelines will be issued to check corporal punishment in schools. The statement came in the backdrop of a 13-year-old student in Kolkata allegedly ending his life after being caned by his principal.<br/> <br/>Mr Sibal has asked ...

June 17, 2010 9:14 PM

Fully prepared to deal with food inflation, reasserts Centre

Government has reasserted that it is fully prepared to deal with food inflation. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Minister of State for Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Prof. K V Thomas said that government is also revamping Public Distribution System, PDS so that the poor and the vulnerable secti...

June 17, 2010 8:47 PM

Defence Minister Antony to visit Ladakh next week

Defence Minister A K Antony is visiting Ladakh next week to inspect an IAF advancedlanding ground on the Sino-Indian border. <br/><br/>This will be Antony's first visit to the Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground, just 23 km from the borders with China, that was activated last year...

June 17, 2010 8:45 PM

Defence Minister Antony to visit Ladakh next week

Defence Minister A K Antony is visiting Ladakh next week to inspect an IAF advancedlanding ground on the Sino-Indian border.<br/><br/>This will be Antony's first visit to the Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground, just 23 km from the borders with China, that was activated last year....

June 17, 2010 8:36 PM

India-S Korea reiterate to bolster strategic partnership

India and South Korea today discussed a host of bilateral issues and reiterated to bolster the strategic partnership.<br/>External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who is on a official visit to South Korea suggested that Korean satellites could be launched by Indian launch vehicles. <br/...

June 17, 2010 8:28 PM

Food Inflation falls by 0.62 per cent

Annual food inflation fell by 0.62 percent to 16.12 per cent for the week ended June 5. The fall in food inflation is due to softening of prices of fruits and vegetables, and tea during the week. <br/> <br/>The annual rate of price rise of food items in the previous week was 16.7...

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