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March 6, 2010 9:05 AM

Govt to arrange for bringing back toddler's body from Aus

Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur has said that the government will extend all support to bring back the body of three-year-old Gurshan Singh Channa who was killed in Australia. Gurshan's body was found on the side of a road in Melbourne's northern suburbs six hours after...

March 6, 2010 9:03 AM

President to Participate in golden jubilee celebrations of IIT Kanpur

The President Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil will be reaching this morning at Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh to inaugurate the golden jubilee celebrations of Indian Institute of Technology IIT Kanpur.<br/><br/>AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that during her visit besides delivering a ...

March 6, 2010 9:02 AM

Noted industrialist G P Birla dies at 86

Noted industrialist G P Birla has died at his residence in Kolkata. He was 86. Family sources said, Birla had been ill for some time with various ailments and took his last breadth late last night.<br/><br/> G P Birla, the father of C K Birla, was the head of GP-CK Birla group of...

March 6, 2010 8:56 AM

Attack on Indians in Kabul will not bend our will to help Afghan people: PM

The Prime Minister has said that the recent 'cowardly' act of terrorists to target Indians will not bend India's will to help the people of Afghanistan. Dr Manmohan Singh said the entire nation is outraged by the Kabul incident in which seven innocent Indian lives were lost. Replying to the debate i...

March 5, 2010 9:08 PM

Menon discusses security of 6K Indians with Karzai

The National Security Adviser Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon today met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and discussed the issue of security of about 4,000 Indians in that country. Mr. Menon also carried some proposals.<br/><br/>Mr. Menon, who arrived in Kabul this morning on a two-day visit...

March 5, 2010 9:06 PM

UP stampede: PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia; Rahul likely to meet victims

In Uttar Pradesh the National General Secretary of Congress Mr. Rahul Gandhi will be visiting this evening at Mangarh in Pratapgarh district where in a stampede about 63 persons mainly women and children were killed on Thursday. He is likely will be meeting with persons injured in the incident and n...

March 5, 2010 8:13 PM

‘LS passes motion of Thanks to Presidents address

Replying to the debate on the motion of Thanks to the President's address in Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said, the way India dealt with the impact of the global economic crisis and failure of the South-West monsoon was praise worthy. He said that macro-economic fundamentals of ...

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