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April 23, 2010 6:56 PM

Nalini made calls to Britain and Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu Law Minister Mr. Duraimurugan has said analysis of the cell phone recovered from the prison cell of life convict, Nalini, undergoing sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination has revealed that she had made a number of overseas calls besides calls within the state.<br/><br/...

April 23, 2010 6:54 PM

Court permits CBI to quiz Ketan Desai in bribery case

A Delhi Court today allowed CBI to quiz Ketan Desai, President of Medical Council of India, for five days in its custody in a bribery case.<br/><br/>Earlier CBI arrested Ketan Desai and two others for allegedly accepting a bribe of two crore rupees to grant recognition to a medic...

April 23, 2010 6:01 PM

No bilateral meeting between PM and Gilani in Bhutan: Rao

Foreign Secretary says no meeting fixed between Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart during SAARC Summit in Bhutan.<br/> <br/>Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said that no bilateral meeting has been fixed so far between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and hi...

April 23, 2010 1:56 PM

Rajiv Shukla briefs Finance Minister on IPL controversy

BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla on Friday briefed Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the ongoing IPL controversy. Mr Shukla, a Congress MP, met Mukherjee in his Parliament office to discuss the IPL issue and briefed him on the latest developments. <br/> <br/>He had called on P...

April 23, 2010 1:14 PM

MCI President arrested on bribery charges

CBI has arrested President of Medical Council of India Ketan Desai and two others for allegedly accepting a bribe of two crore rupees to grant recognition to a medical college in Punjab. <br/> <br/>Mr Desai was arrested late last night after the CBI conducted searches at his offi...

April 23, 2010 1:09 PM

CCEA approves 1000 model schools in educationally backward blocks

The CCEA has given its green signal for the setting up of one thousand additional model schools in educationally backward blocks in the country. Each of the Model Schools to be set up as benchmark of excellence will have 560 students. <br/> <br/>According to an official release t...

April 23, 2010 12:55 PM

BJP seek explanation on diversion of Air India flight for IPL team

The BJP on Friday sought explanation from government on the reported diversion of a flight by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel's daughter for an IPL team. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters outside Parliament, BJP spokesman Prakash Javdekar alleged that the Civil Aviation Mi...

April 23, 2010 12:54 PM

MCI President arrested on bribery charges

CBI has arrested President of Medical Council of India Ketan Desai and two others for allegedly accepting a bribe of two crore rupees to grant recognition to a medical college in Punjab. <br/> <br/>Mr Desai was arrested late last night after the CBI conducted searches at his offi...

April 23, 2010 12:45 PM

Govt approves Rs 473 crore to promote use of renewable energy in Ladakh

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved a project to promote use of renewable energy in the Ladakh region at a total cost of 473 crore rupees. <br/> <br/>An official release says the project envisages of 30 small and micro hydel projects aggregating to 23.5 Mega Watt...

April 23, 2010 12:41 PM

CCEA approves 1000 model schools in educationally backward blocks

The CCEA has given its green signal for the setting up of one thousand additional model schools in educationally backward blocks in the country. Each of the Model Schools to be set up as benchmark of excellence will have 560 students. <br/> <br/>According to an official release t...

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