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February 11, 2010 9:10 AM

BJP to rake up price rise issue in Budget Session

Top BJP leaders today announced to take up the issue of price rise with vigour in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament. Addressing a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi the Party president Mr Nitin Gadkari and the Leader of Oppossition in the Lok Sabha Mrs Sushma Swaraj said ...

February 11, 2010 9:10 AM

Essential commodity prices to ease in near future: Congress

Congress said that prices of essential commodities will come down in the near future. Briefing mediapersons in New Delhi today, Congress spokesman, Mr Abhishek Singhvi said that government is very serious and making all efforts to ease the hardships of common man being affected by the rise in prices...

February 10, 2010 9:21 PM

No request by CBI for prosecution of Justice Nirmal Yadav: SC

The Supreme Court today said that there is no request made by the CBI to Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan seeking sanction to prosecute Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the 'cash-at-judge's door scam'. A statement issued by the Secretary General of a...

February 10, 2010 9:17 PM

Agni 5 to be tested within Year

Government has said that Agni-5 ballistic missile with a range of over 5,000km is fast on track and will be tested within a year. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi this evening, DRDO Chief V K Saraswat said, after Agni-3 and Agni-5, all the cities in China and Pakistan will be in India&#039...

February 10, 2010 9:14 PM

Eminent economist Dr Raj passes away

Eminent economist Dr K N Raj, who made significant contributions as an academic and planning expert since 1950s, died at a private hospital in Thiruanathapuram. Family sources said, 86 year old economist was undergoing treatment for old age-related problems for quite some time. He is survived by two...

February 10, 2010 8:59 PM

Eminent economist Dr Raj passes away

Eminent economist Dr K N Raj, who made significant contributions as an academic and planning expert since 1950s, died at a private hospital in Thiruanathapuram. Family sources said, 86 year old economist was undergoing treatment for old age-related problems for quite some time. He is survived by two...

February 10, 2010 8:58 PM

Pan India mapping of urban slums in two years

The government says, the mapping of urban slums through out the country will be completed in the next two years. Interacting with mediapersons in New Delhi today,on the progress of Rajiv Awas Yojna, the Union Minister of Housing and Poverty Alleviation, Kumari Selja said that slum dwellers will be p...

February 10, 2010 8:58 PM

Agni 5 to be tested within Year

Government has said that Agni-5 ballistic missile with a range of over 5,000km is fast on track and will be tested within a year. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi this evening, DRDO Chief V K Saraswat said, after Agni-3 and Agni-5, all the cities in China and Pakistan will be in India&#039...

February 10, 2010 8:57 PM

Six new Gyanwani channels launched

Six New Gyanwani channels were launched today to impart better education to the poor and downtrodden. 31 channels were already in operation across the country. Today the Gyanwani channels started functioning in Srinagar, Agra, Chandigarh, Julandhar, Trichi and Thrianantpuram. Lunching the stations t...

February 10, 2010 8:57 PM

Centre includes 10 Assam districts under pulses component

The union Ministry of Agriculture has included ten districts of Assam under pulses component of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) for the year 2010-11. This was conveyed by the Union Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar through a letter to Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi recently. Mr Pawa...

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