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Meira Kumar meeting leaders of political parties

November 21, 2012 1:42 PM

Meira Kumar meeting leaders of political parties

The Lok Sabha speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar is meeting the leaders of all political parties ahead of winter session of parliament beginning tomorrow. The meeting has been convened for seeking cooperation from all political parties for smooth functioning of Parliament so that important legislations could ...

Meira Kumar meeting leaders of political parties

November 21, 2012 1:25 PM

Meira Kumar meeting leaders of political parties

The Lok Sabha speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar is meeting leaders of all political parties ahead of winter session of parliament beginning tomorrow. The meeting has been convened for seeking cooperation from all political parties for smooth functioning of Parliament so that important legislations could be t...

PM leaves for home after attending ASEAN, East Asia Summits

November 20, 2012 8:37 PM

PM leaves for home after attending ASEAN, East Asia Summits

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has left for home after attending the ASEAN and East Asia Summits besides holding talks with his Japanese and Chinese counterparts and interacting with the US President, Mr. Barack Obama. Dr. Singh congratulated US President Obama on his re-election. Obama, who...

NDA to move a motion against govt's decision on FDI in retail

November 20, 2012 8:28 PM

NDA to move a motion against govt's decision on FDI in retail

The National Democratic Alliance will bring a motion under the voting provisions against the government's decision to allow FDI in Retail during the ensuing winter session of parliament. Briefing media persons after a meeting of the NDA leaders in New Delhi, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasa...

Prez rejects in SC plea of P A Sangma against his election

November 20, 2012 7:48 PM

Prez rejects in SC plea of P A Sangma against his election

President Pranab Mukherjee today rejected in the Supreme Court the plea of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma that he was holding an office of profit on the day of filing nomination for President's election. Mr. Mukherjee said he ceased to be the Leader of the Lower House as a result of his re...

P L Punia to write to centre to increase reservation for SCs

November 20, 2012 7:41 PM

P L Punia to write to centre to increase reservation for SCs

National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Dr P L Punia today said that he would write to the centre to increase the reservation for SCs to 16 per cent on the basis of proportion of their population. While talking to reporters in Raipur he said at present the quantum of reservation fixed for ...

Railways earn over Rs 47,063 cr from freight traffic during April-Oct 2012

November 20, 2012 7:20 PM

Railways earn over Rs 47,063 cr from freight traffic during April-Oct 2012

Railways have earned 47,063.59 crore rupees from freight traffic during April-October 2012 as compared to 373,92. 97 crore rupees during the corresponding period last year. This increase witnessed an increase of 25.86 per cent.Railways carried 565.37 million tonnes of freight during April-October 20...

Domestic air passenger traffic grows by over 13%b in Oct

November 20, 2012 7:13 PM

Domestic air passenger traffic grows by over 13%b in Oct

Domestic air passenger traffic grew by more than 13 per cent in October with airlines carrying more than 45 lakh passengers during the month as against over 40 lakh carried in September. However, the number of passengers carried by the domestic carriers between January to October this year fell by o...

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