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June 16, 2010 12:28 PM

CPI(M) criticizes DoTs discriminatory order over license fee for 3 G

<br/>The CPI(M) has criticized the alleged discriminatory order of the Department of Telecommunications to BSNL directing it to pay higher license fee for 3 G spectrum than the private operators.<br/><br/>Party's Polit Bureau in a release on Wednesday said, while t...

June 16, 2010 11:01 AM

Govt to withdraw proposed amendment in Nuclear Liability Bill

<br/>The government has informed a parliamentary panel that it is withdrawing the proposed amendment from the nuclear Liability Bill. This proposed amendment is considered heavily loaded in favour of the Nuclear reactor suppliers.<br/><br/>The Department of Atomic Energ...

June 16, 2010 10:47 AM

405th martyrdom day of Sikh Guru Shri Arjun Dev being observed today

<br/>The 405th martyrdom day of the fifth Sikh Guru, Shri Arjun Dev ji is being observed today at home at abroad with devotion.<br/><br/>It was on this day in 1606 AD that the Guru was tortured to death at Lahore in Pakistan during the reign of Mugal Emperor Jahangir.&#...

June 16, 2010 9:12 AM

Eight Maoists killed in West Bengal encounter

<br/>At least eight Maoists including three women have been killed in an encounter with security forces at Saloboni village in west Midnapore district of West Bengal. The bodies of the ultras have been recovered.<br/><br/>Quoting police sources AIR correspondent reports...

June 16, 2010 9:09 AM

Govt to withdraw proposed amendment in Nuclear Liability Bill

<br/>The government has informed a parliamentary panel that it is withdrawing the proposed amendment from the nuclear Liability Bill. This proposed amendment is considered heavily loaded in favour of the Nuclear reactor suppliers.<br/><br/>The Department of Atomic Energ...

June 16, 2010 9:07 AM

All 105 Indians, stranded in violence-hit Kyrgyz towns, evacuated

<br/>All the 105 Indians, stranded in violence-hit Southern Kyrgyz towns of Osh and Jalal-Abad, have been evacuated to capital Bishkek and will return to India in the next few days. The death toll in five days of ethnic clashes in the country climbed to 124.<br/><br/>Th...

June 15, 2010 9:14 PM

Monsoon arrives in Gujarat's Saurashtra region and M’rashtra

In Gujarat, official monsoon has reached to the South, Central and Saurashtra region of the state.<br/><br/>Quoting official sources, AIR Bhuj correspondent reports that 25 mm to 100 mm rain were recorded at Gondal, Amreli, Bhavnagar and other parts of Saurashtra this evening.&#0...

June 15, 2010 9:04 PM

Govt making all out efforts bring back Indians from riot-torn Kyrgyz

Government is making all out efforts for immediate back home journey of the evacuated students from strife-torn town of Osho in Kyrgyzstan. <br/><br/>An External Affairs spokesperson said in New Delhi that the stranded students will be brought back by commercial or chartered flig...

June 15, 2010 9:03 PM

Asia Cup: AIR to broadcast live commentary on 3 India specific matches

All India Radio will broadcast Ball by Ball Commentary alternately in Hindi and English on 3 India specific matches and final match of the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament which will be relayed by 66 identified station on media wave. This broadcast will also be relayed on FM Gold but this will not be car...

June 15, 2010 9:02 PM

Govt drops contentious proposals from Direct Taxes Code

In a sigh of relief to the salaried class, the government today dropped the contentious proposal to tax provident and pension funds withdrawls and decided to continue with the major tax incentive on housing loans.<br/><br/>In the revised Draft Taxes Code or DTC, which will replac...

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