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November 12, 2012 1:30 PM

Retail inflation moves closer to double digit mark at 9.75% in Oct

The retail inflation moved closer to the double digit mark at 9.75 per cent in October due to rising prices of food items such as sugar, pulses and vegetables.According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released today, it was 9.73 per cent in the previous month.The highest rise in prices during...

November 12, 2012 1:29 PM

IIP declines by 0.4% in Sept

The industrial production declined by 0.4 per cent in September. Growth in overall factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), was 2.5 per cent in September last year. According to the official data released today, Industrial output in the April-September period this fis...

November 12, 2012 12:05 PM

Karzai holding talks with PM in New Delhi

Visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai is holding talks with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi today. A range of key issues of mutual interest including the India-Afghanistan strategic dialogue on bilateral and regional matters are likely to be discussed during the meeting. India will al...

November 12, 2012 10:01 AM

Karzai given ceremonial reception at Rastrapati Bhawan

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was given ceremonial reception today at Rastrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. On this occasion he said friendship of India and Afghanistan will have new depth and new scope. Mr Karzai also visited Rajghat and offered floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.Mr Karzai, who arrive...

November 12, 2012 9:38 AM

Public Service Broadcasting Day being observed today

The Public Service Broadcasting Day is being observed today in the country. This day is observed on November 12 every year to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's maiden visit to All India Radio studio at the Broadcasting House in New Delhi. It was on this day in 1947, that Gandhiji spoke on radio to the re...

November 11, 2012 7:28 PM

Independent, powerful media must for strong democracy:

Tewari Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari said that an independent and powerful media is must for a strong democracy.Talking to the media during the felicitation ceremony at Ludhiana organised in his honour by the Ludhiana District Congress for his becoming the minister, Tewari ...

November 11, 2012 7:06 PM

Centre to begin auction of telecom spectrum tomorrow

The government will begin auction for the telecom spectrum tomorrow. The spectrums were freed from the cancellation of 122 telecom licenses by the Supreme Court in February this year. Instead of auctioning entire spectrum freed from cancellation of licences, the government is auctioning a maximum of...

November 11, 2012 5:05 PM

Floral tributes paid to eminent freedom fighter Maulana Azad

Parliamentarians led by Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj have paid floral tributes to eminent freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his 124th birth anniversary. The parliamentarians paid their tributes in the central hall of Pa...

November 11, 2012 5:04 PM

AIR to re-launch FM Gold on Monday

FM Gold is being re-launched tomorrow. The timings of some of news and news related programmes have been changed. Hindi and English bulletins of five minute duration will be broadcast every alternate hour. The duration of Mid-Day bulletin will be reduced to 15 minutes from 30 minutes. The English bu...

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