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March 22, 2010 12:06 PM

Parl committee criticises Air India for rationalizing manpower costs

<br/>A parliamentary committee has criticized the national carrier Air India for focusing more on rationalizing manpower costs. It adds that its costs are lower than expenses on other heads like fuel.<br/><br/>Observing that as many as 34 per cent of the airline's ...

March 22, 2010 10:46 AM

1st convocation of JIPMER today

<br/>The first convocation of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduage Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry is being held on Monday. <br/><br/>The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad will deliver the Convocation address and give aw...

March 22, 2010 9:49 AM

Today is World Water Day

Today is the World Water Day. The aim of this year's World Water Day is 'a clean water for healthy world'. AIR Bhuj correspondent reports that every year 18 lakh people die due to the water borne diseases and death of five thousand children reported due to inadequate water infrastruct...

March 22, 2010 9:46 AM

Modi not appear before SIT in 2002 riots case

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not appear before the Special Investigation Team -SIT on Sunday. Mr. Modi was summoned by the SIT in connection with a Gulberg massacre of the 2002 Gujarat riots.<br/><br/>According to sources, the Chief Minister Narendra Modi is consideri...

March 22, 2010 9:34 AM

World Water Day to be celebrated today

<br/>Today is the World Water Day. The aim of this year's World Water Day is 'a clean water for healthy world'. AIR Bhuj correspondent reports that every year 18 lakh people die due to the water borne diseases and death of five thousand children reported due to inadequate wa...

March 22, 2010 9:12 AM

India becomes first to have 'manoeuverable' supersonic cruise missile

India today became the first country to have a 'manoeuvrable' supersonic cruise missile when it successfully test-fired the vertical-launch version of 290-km range BrahMos from a warship in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast. <br/><br/>The missile was launched from ...

March 21, 2010 9:10 PM

India likely to get access to Headley

India is likely to get access to the LeT operative and Mumbai terror attack suspect David Coleman Headley jailed in the US in a few weeks time.<br/><br/>National Investigation Agency (NIA) is fast preparing the chargesheet against him and his accomplice, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a ...

March 21, 2010 8:50 PM

Navroz celebrated with traditional fervour & and gaiety

Parsis in India and all over the world celebrated Navroze on saturday, marking the first day of spring. In Mumbai, the Parsi community celebrated the most important day in the calendar Jamshed-e-Navroz with enthusism.<br/>

March 21, 2010 8:07 PM

Ten-year ceiling on tenure of officers working as personal staff of Ministers

Government announces a ten-year ceiling on tenure of officers working as personnel staff of Union Ministers. Concerned over officers of all India services like IAS and IPS being out of their cadres for long, the government has fixed a ceiling of ten years for them to work in the personnel staff of U...

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