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May 11, 2010 8:53 PM

Montek meets Chidambaram on food security Bill

The Plan panel yesterday made a presentation to the Home minister P Chidambaram on the structure of proposed food security law that promises to supply adequate quantity of wheat or rice at 3 rupees per kilogram to all BPL families every month. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwal...

May 11, 2010 8:00 PM

Sarosh Homi Kapadia to take over as 38th CJI tomorrow

Streamlining the Supreme Court's functioning will be the priority of Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia when he takes over as the 38th Chief Justice of India tomorrow.<br/><br/>In a letter written to former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer, Justice Kapadia said, he hopes to fulfill ...

May 11, 2010 7:43 PM

No privatisation of AIIMS: Azad

The government today reiterated that there will be no privatisation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS.<br/><br/>This was stated by the Union Health Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad while addressing the AIIMS Institute Body meeting held in New Delhi. He said that the ...

May 11, 2010 7:42 PM

India ,Finland sign MoC on road infrastructure devt

India and Finland have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for the development of road infrastructure. Under the MoC, an Indo-Finnish Joint Working Group (JWG) has been established to promote and activate institutional cooperation. <br/><br/>The Memorandum signed between the...

May 11, 2010 7:00 PM

Pranab plays down rift with Trinamool Congress

Playing down the breakup of the alliance between Congress and Trinamool Congress for May 30 Kolkata civic body poll, Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today indicated it would not affect the possibility of the two parties aligning for next year's assembly election in West Bengal. <br...

May 11, 2010 6:59 PM

US cooperating at highest level to provide India’s access to Headley

The US today reiterated that it is cooperating at the highest level to provide India access to Mumbai attack accused David Headley. <br/><br/>US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer also said that Pakistan has to do more to fight terror. He was talking to reporters after paying t...

May 11, 2010 6:56 PM

Sarosh Homi Kapadia to take over as 38th CJI tomorrow

Streamlining the Supreme Court's functioning will be the priority of Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia when he takes over as the 38th Chief Justice of India tomorrow.<br/><br/>In a letter written to former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer, Justice Kapadia said, he hopes to fulfill ...

May 11, 2010 5:33 PM

Sarosh Homi Kapadia to take over as 38th CJI tomorrow

Streamlining the Supreme Court's functioning will be the priority of Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia when he takes over as the 38th Chief Justice of India tomorrow. He said this while talking to the apex court staff members at a function organised by them to bid farewell to outgoing chief justice KG Bal...

May 11, 2010 5:32 PM

Naxal-affected states cooperating with Centre: Pillai

Government today said that the Naxala will agree to talks once they feel the heat of the ongoing security operations against them. <br/><br/>Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said, governments of Naxal-affected states are cooperating with the Centre with regard to the ways and mean...

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