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March 9, 2010 3:56 PM
The CPIM today said that it is ready to support the Women's Reservation Bill with or without debate in the Rajya Sabha. Briefing Media persons in New Delhi, party leader Sitaram Yechury said that the CPIM's consistent stand on the issue is that the Bill must be adopted.<br/><...
March 9, 2010 3:39 PM
The BJP on Tuesday appealed to the government to pass the Women's Reservation Bill as soon as possible. Talking to reporters after the Parliamentary Party Meeting, senior leader Gopinath Munde said that they want debate on the Bill. He however added that the party will vote in favour of the Bil...
March 9, 2010 2:56 PM
In Uttar Pradesh, at least nine passengers were killed and 12 others injured in a rail accident on Tuesday morning when a passenger train hit a tractor-trolley in an unmanned railway crossing between Uttarpura and Barrajpura Railway Stations under Ijjatnagar Railway Division. <br/> <b...
March 9, 2010 2:45 PM
The Core Group of the ruling Congress Party had another round of discussion on the Women Reservation Bill issue. <br/><br/>The meeting was held at the Parliament House complex in which apart from the Prime Miniser, Mr. Manmohan Singh and and the Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gan...
March 9, 2010 2:40 PM
The number of custodial deaths in the country dropped last year from 2288 in 2007-08 to 1677 till February this year. Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of 329, followed by 208 Maharashtra and 110 in Andhra Pradesh.<br/><br/>In a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, ...
March 9, 2010 2:39 PM
Kissan Union President Chaudhary Mahender Singh Tikat demanded government to immediately withdraw the provisions of future trading. He reiterated the union's long standing demand of reducing the interest rate on agricultural loans to 4 per cent and crop insurance to compensate farmers in case o...
March 9, 2010 2:23 PM
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik has said that Indian Air Force is taking strong measures to reduce accidents of aircraft. Addressing a press conference in Jodhpur on Tuesday, he said that IAF is concentrating on reducing human error during flights and started audit of safety prob...
March 9, 2010 1:47 PM
India says the Copenhagen Accord on Climate Change is a political document having no legal binding. <br/> <br/>Making a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh said that India became part of the document ...
March 9, 2010 1:46 PM
The government has ruled out possibility of extending the term of Investment Commission. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, the finance minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee said the commission has submitted to reports which carry multi sectoral recommendations in important sectors. They include infrastr...
March 9, 2010 1:20 PM
The Centre is in the process of regulating rules regarding lotteries. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the Home Minister, Mr P Chidambaram said that consultations are taking place within the concerned ministries and state governments for finalizing the new rules. <br/> &...
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