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November 19, 2012 6:09 PM

Delhi High Court denies bail to Kanda in Geetika Sharma case

Delhi High Court today denied bail to Former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who was arrested for his alleged role in air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case. Justice Pratibha Rani dismissed Kanda's bail plea after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defence counsel and said she...

November 19, 2012 5:37 PM

Coal Ministry to resolve differences on bidding norms of coal blocks

The Coal Ministry has said it hopes to resolve differences within next 15 days with ministries like environment and power on the proposed bidding norms for auctioning of captive coal blocks.Coal Secretary S K Srivastava said this today at a conference in New Delhi. The Coal Secretary further said th...

November 19, 2012 5:26 PM

President inaugurates Silver Jubilee celebrations of IGNCA

President Pranab Mukherjee today stressed on preserving the nation's rich heritage and promoting its arts and culture to strike a balance between the inner needs of the people with the rapid scientific and economic progress. Inaugurating the silver jubilee celebrations of the Indira Gandhi Nati...

November 19, 2012 5:20 PM

I&B Ministry asks TRAI for measures to check Cable TV monopolies

The Information and Broadcasting ministry has asked telecom regulator TRAI to come up with measures to check prevalence of monopolies in the cable TV sector. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said, his ministry has asked TRAI specifically as to h...

November 19, 2012 2:00 PM

Deep depression over west central Bay of Bengal moves southwestwards

The deep depression formed over west central Bay of Bengal moved southwestwards and weakened into a depression and lay centred today at 750 Km east-northeast of Chennai. Chennai Met Centre has said that the system would move towards North Tamil Nadu and South Andhra Pradesh coasts and then weaken in...

November 19, 2012 1:29 PM

Nation remembers ex PM Indira Gandhi on her 95th birth anniversary

The nation is remembering former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 95th birth anniversary today. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi were among the prominent leaders who paid homage to the late leader at h...

November 19, 2012 1:22 PM

Govt to stick to decision on 51% FDI in retail

Charging the opposition for its plans to drag the decision on FDI to Parliament, the government said sensationalism over the last few years has caused enormous damage to India's image and hoped the enthusiasm of foreign investors would now be bolstered by the recent firm decisions. Commerce Minister...

November 19, 2012 1:21 PM

SE Asian leaders endorse human rights declaration

Southeast Asian leaders have endorsed a human rights declaration which they called a breakthrough for the region. Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) adopted the joint declaration at the annual summit in Phnom Penh, saying it would enshrine human right protections...

November 19, 2012 1:09 PM

Coal scam: SC issues notice to Centre, CBI on PIL seeking SIT probe

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and the CBI on a PIL seeking Special Investigating Team probe in coal block allocation scam. It refused to stay government's decision by which coal blocks were allocated to companies. The court had earlier posed six questions on coal block all...

November 19, 2012 1:07 PM

Govt: Second phase of digitisation of cable TV to be completed by 31st March

The government today said the second phase of digitisation of cable TV will be completed by 31st of March next year. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari said, consumers in 38 cities, having a population of over 10 lakh, will be benefitted b...

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