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December 8, 2012 10:30 AM

31-year-old rioting case comes to haunt AP High Court judge

The Supreme Court has sought assistance of the Attorney General G.E.Vahanvati in deciding a 31 year old case pending against a Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Desai hearing the petition filed by two advocates said, a criminal case was pending against him o...

December 7, 2012 8:54 PM

Govt earmarks additional Rs 2,000 cr for infusion in Air India

The government today earmarked an additional 2,000 crore rupees for infusion in Air India as part of the state-carrier's financial restructuring.There will be equity infusion of 2,000 crore in Air India Ltd as part of turn around plan and financial restructuring plan, as per the Supplementary D...

December 7, 2012 8:17 PM

11 convicted in Assam molestation case

In Assam Chief Judicial Magistrate court of Kamrup today convicted 11 persons including the main culprit Amarjyoti Kalita in the G S Road molestation case of 9th July this year. The court sentenced all of them two years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of two thousand rupees each. The court acqui...

December 7, 2012 8:09 PM

Chidambaram: Govt demonstrates majority in Parl on FDI

Reacting to the outcome of the vote on FDI in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the government has demonstrated its majority in both the Houses on the issue. Talking to the media outside Parliament House, Mr. Chidambaram said after winning the vote in the Lok Sabha, there was no ...

December 7, 2012 8:01 PM

Ansari suggests fourfold approach to deal with corruption & promote probity

The Vice President, M. Hamid Ansari has suggested a fourfold approach to deal with corruption and promote probity in the country. These are ethical training, protection of human rights, legal frame work and regulatory practice that enforce clash of interest rules and laws that forbid nepotism in all...

December 7, 2012 8:01 PM

IPS officer Arun Choudhary appointed as DG of SSB

Senior IPS officer Arun Choudhary has been appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) which guards India's border with Nepal and Bhutan. Mr. Choudhary, a 1977-batch officer of Bihar cadre, is presently serving as the Special Director General in CISF . He will hold the top SSB po...

December 7, 2012 7:23 PM

CMC to K’taka: Provide TN with 12 TMC of Cauvery water during Dec

The Cauvery Monitoring Committee today asked Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 TMC of Cauvery water during December even as it asked both the states to be more efficient in using available water. The meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) came after the Supreme Court on Wednesday as...

December 7, 2012 7:18 PM

EGoM on telecom lowers base price 30% for unsold spectrum in 4 circles

After poor response to last month's 2G spectrum sale, a ministerial panel on telecom today decided to lower the base price by 30 per cent for radiowaves in 1800 Mhz band in four circles, which attracted no bidders, for fresh auction this fiscal.These four circles Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka and Ra...

December 7, 2012 7:01 PM

WB Governor: Food security, employment generation matters of concern to India

West Bengal Governor Mr. M.K. Narayanan said today that food security and employment generation are matters of concern to India. Mr. Narayanan said this while addressing a session at the Pan IIT Alumni Global Conference that began in Kolkata today. He said Food security is a crucial issue and Employ...

December 7, 2012 6:14 PM

IAF signs MoU with CII to set up vocational training centre

Indian Air Force, IAF, today signed an MoU with Confederation of Indian Industry, CII, to set up a vocational training centrefor placement of retiring Airmen in the civil sector. The centre named as Happy Landings is intended to equip the Airmen with requisite skills enabling them to seek sustainabl...

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