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November 18, 2012 9:02 AM

Dalit colony in Andhra renamed after Myanmar leader Suu Kyi

A Dalit Colony in a remote village of Papasanipalli in Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh has been named after the visiting Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to mark her visit. The Nobel laureate has visited the tiny village yesterday to examine the implementation of the Rural Development...

November 18, 2012 8:56 AM

Shinde won’t be able to attend Thackeray’s funeral due to work exigency

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will be unable to attend Bal Thackeray's funeral in Mumbai today as he will have to stay in Delhi due to work exigency. Official sources said, an order was issued recently that in absence of the Prime Minister from Delhi due to his foreign visit, either De...

November 17, 2012 9:05 PM

PM leaves for Phnom Penh tomorrow for India- ASEAN & East Asia summits

Strengthening maritime security and enhancing trade with ASEAN countries will figure prominently in the 10th India-ASEAN and 7th East Asia Summits in the Cambodian capital Phonem Phen. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is leaving New Delhi on Sunday to participate in the three-day summit. Official so...

November 17, 2012 8:37 PM

Future belongs to India, if dynamism & pluralism come : Economists

Leading economists on Saturday favoured future belongs to India, not China if dynamism and pluralism come. Professor Stephen Chan, OBE, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University of London, said, the future belongs to both India and China and one can expect a shift in the econ...

November 17, 2012 8:24 PM

Wakf Board Amendment Bill to be taken up in Winter Session

The Wakf Board Amendment Bill which proposes to give directive powers to Central Wakf Council and prescribes penal provisions against encroachment on Wakf land, will be tabled in Parliament during the Winter Session starting next week. Briefing reporters in New Delhi after the 61st meeting of the Ce...

November 17, 2012 8:06 PM

Congress says ready to face no-confidence motion

Congress says, it is ready to face the threat of no confidence motion being made by Trinamool Congress Chief Mamta Banerjee. Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said the UPA has majority in Parliament. He said Trinamool needs 50 MPs to move no confidence motion and it cannot muster this strength without ...

November 17, 2012 8:03 PM

Antony inaugurates HAL's strategic electronics factory in Kerala

Defence Minister A K Antony inaugurated Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd's strategic electronics factory at Seetamgoli in Kasargode District in Kerala on Saturday. The Factory will produce advanced Avionics for Aircraft and Helicopters in the Defence Sector.The first phase of the factory has been set up at...

November 17, 2012 8:03 PM

Govt planning to launch Urban Health Mission on terms of NRHM

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Manish Tewari has said that the Central government is working on a plan to launch Urban Health Mission on the terms of National Rural Health Mission . This would benefit people living in cities. He said the Centre is committed to provide best heath fa...

November 17, 2012 8:02 PM

Mid-term polls expected in near future : BSP

Bahujan Samaj Party has said that keeping in view the political scenario in the country, mid-term polls are expected in the near future.Party National Secreatry, Narinder Kashyap told AIR in Jalandhar on Saturday, that his party Supremo has supported Congress at the Centre to refrain BJP from coming...

November 17, 2012 5:29 PM

Like to see more women at forefront of people's empowerment: Suu Kyi

Nobel Peace Laureate and Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says, she would like to see more women at the forefront of people's empowerment in India.Suu Kyi, now on a tour of India, said economic power by itself cannot necessarily get rid of gender discrimination, but certainl...

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