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November 30, 2012 9:38 AM

TN demand for power surrendered by Delhi: SC says have to hear other states too

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the Tamil Nadu claim over the additional power surrendered by Delhi during winter cannot be decided without hearing other states.Centre told a bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J Chelameswar that Power Utilities of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, J&amp...

November 30, 2012 9:31 AM

India China trade through Nathu La concludes; notches record import figures

In Sikkim, the border trade between India and China through Nathula Pass has concluded for the year with record import figure of 72. 68 lakh. The official sources yesterday said that this figure which was nil in last two years gone up due to revision in trade items list by Directorate General of For...

November 30, 2012 9:11 AM

North India experiences season's first snowfall

Some parts of North India experienced their first heavy snowfall of the season . Our Srinagar correspondent reports that the temperature has come down substantially and roads from Srinagar to Kargi, Kupwara to Karna and Sophiyan to Rajouri via Mogal road have been closed.In Himachal Pradesh, cold wa...

November 30, 2012 9:11 AM

43rd Int’l Film Festival of India concludes today at Panaji, Goa

The 43rd International Film Festival of India is coming to a close today at Panaji in Goa. The 10 day festival screened some of the best films from around the world.Over three hundred movies across India and world cinema were screened.More than ten thousand delegates attended the event.

November 29, 2012 8:55 PM

Govt creating system to detect corporate frauds & protect small investors

Corporate Affairs minister Sachin Pilot today said that the government is creating a system to detect corporate frauds and protect small investors. In an exclusive interview to AIR, Mr Pilot stressed that his immediate priority is to ensure expeditious investigation so that people are brought to jus...

November 29, 2012 8:50 PM

Govt issues new guidelines to stop misuse of section 66(a) of IT Act

The government today issued new guidelines to stop misuse of a particular section of the Information Technology Act. Now the cases dealing with spreading messages of reported hatred by electronic medium will be decided by a senior police officer not below the rank of DCP in rural and urban areas. An...

November 29, 2012 8:29 PM

SAT dismisses appeal by 2 Sahara group firms against SEBI

The Securities Appellate Tribunal, SAT, today dismissed an appeal by two Sahara group firms against SEBI in the case involving refund of about 24,000 crore rupees with interest to about 3 crore investors. Sahara firms in their appeal had sought the tribunal's intervention in refund of investors...

November 29, 2012 8:15 PM

Govt to continue export of wheat, non-basmati rice

The government has decided to continue the export of wheat and non-basmati rice. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA, this evening. Talking to media in New Delhi after the CCEA meeting, Information and Broadcasting minister Manish tewari said the decision was ta...

November 29, 2012 8:05 PM

2 day review meet on Plan Performance of NE kicks off

A two-day review meeting on Plan Performance of NE Region began in NEDFi House from today. It was held under the chairmanship of B.K. Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission . All the NE States are participating in the meeting.Adviser of Planning Commission for North East Region S.N. Brahma Choudhur...

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