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April 11, 2010 5:28 PM

644 sikh devotees leave for Pak to participate in Baisakhi celebrations

A jatha of 644 sikh devotees today left for Pakistan to participate in Baisakhi celebrations at gurudwara Panja Sahib (Hasan Abdal) by four special trains from Amritsar. <br/><br/>The Jatha will stay at gurudwara Panja Sahib From 12th to 14th April and also visit gururdwara Nanka...

April 11, 2010 2:30 PM

Nearly four lakh seventy thousand students appear in IIT-JEE

Nearly four lakh seventy thousand students today appeared in the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination for admission to prestigious 15 IITs, ISM Dhanbad and IT-BHU. <br/><br/>The Organising Chairman of JEE Prof T. S. Natarajan said that the number of candidates has gone up to 4 lakh72 t...

April 11, 2010 2:18 PM

FM hints at further roll back of stimulus measures

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has hinted further roll back of stimulus measures announced in back drop of the global financial crisis. Speaking at a function in Kolkata yesterday, he said economic recovery has offered room for such a move.<br/><br/>Mr Mukherjee said, he is ho...

April 11, 2010 11:10 AM

Hefty allocation for defence is necessary: Home Minister

Home Minister P Chidambaram has said hefty allocation for defence is necessary and inevitable as neighbours like Pakistan not having a friendly attitude towards India.<br/><br/>Speaking at a meeting organised by Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee last night, he said had the ne...

April 10, 2010 9:11 PM

Prez calls upon PSUs to work as partners with agro sector

The President has called upon the public sector units to work as partners with the agricultural sector to boost the country's farm productivity. <br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion of public sector day celebrations in New Delhi, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil asked the PSU CEO...

April 10, 2010 9:03 PM

CIJ terms poverty as greatest violation of human rights

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has termed poverty as the greatest violation of human rights in the country.<br/><br/>He was inaugurating a project for Promotion of Women Empowerment and Rights to end Violence Against Women, in Kochi this evening.<br/><br/&...

April 10, 2010 8:51 PM

Madhuban Forensic centre to submit report on BSNL relay box blast

Madhuban Forensic centre will submit report on powerful blast in the relay box of the BSNL in Nahar House area close to a Police Post at Ambala late last night. The blast was so powerful that a wall of the Police post collapsed and two persons were injured. <br/><br/>The blast to...

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