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March 20, 2010 8:44 PM

PM to personally take up issue of tiger vanishing with CMs

The Prime Minister has decided to personally take up the rising death of tigers with state governments, particularly Uttarakhand government about unnatural tiger deaths in Corbett National Park. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in New Delhi on Saturday that Dr. Manmohan Singh is worried over ...

March 20, 2010 8:41 PM

India-B’desh exchange draft agreements on Teesta water sharing issue

India and Bangladesh have exchanged draft agreements on the vexed Teesta water-sharing issue and promised to go ahead expeditiously.<br/><br/>This was disclosed by Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar while briefing newsmen on the two-day ministerial-level meeting of the Joint Ri...

March 20, 2010 8:02 PM

BJP objects on Aiyar’s nomination to RS

BJP has objected to the Nomination of Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar to the Rajya Sabha by the government. <br/><br/>BJP spokesman Ramnath Kovind said it is against the Article 80 of the Constitution which states that people who have special knowledge or experience in the fie...

March 20, 2010 7:35 PM

BJP criticises govt. on wrong Railway advertisement

The BJP has criticised the government for an advertisement of Indian Railways in which Delhi has been depicted in a map as part of Pakistan. BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said the Eastern Railway advertisement shows a map of India which is blatantly wrong. <br/><br/>Kolkata...

March 20, 2010 5:07 PM

CNG prices up by 50 paise per kg

CNG prices goes up by 50 paise per kilogramme. It will cost 21.70 rupees per kilogramme in the capital from Saturday midnight. A statement of Indraprasthan Gas Ltd said, the fuel price has been raised by 50 to 23.50 rupees per kg in Noida and Greater Noida and 25.50 rupees in Ghaziabad.<br/&#06...

March 20, 2010 5:06 PM

Sajjan Kumar to face trial in anti-Sikh riot cases

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar will face trial in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. A Delhi Court on Saturday referred the cases to a Special CBI Court rejecting his plea seeking certain documents related to the chargesheet filed against him in two cases.<br/><br/>Additional Chief ...

March 20, 2010 2:39 PM

Biometric recording of population’s particular to start in few weeks

Work to establish the National Population Register, the unique mechanism in the world to record biometric particulars of the entire populace, will start in April this year and is expected to complete by September. Giving a go-ahead to this Yesterday, Union Cabinet earmarked 3539 crore rupees for the...

March 20, 2010 2:25 PM

US to work closely with New Delhi on counter terrorism

Describing Lashkar-e-Toiba, Taliban and Al Qaeda as common enemy of India and the US, American ambassador Timothy J Roemer said that the two countries are working closely on counter- terrorism. Talking to reporters last evening, he said, both the countries are working shoulder to shoulder, minute to...

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