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November 3, 2012 7:34 PM

Panabaka Lakshmi assumes charge as MoS Petroleum & Natural Gas

Mrs. Panabaka Lakshmi today assumed charge as new Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas in New Delhi. Prior to her present assignment, she was Union Minister of State for Textiles. Mrs Lakshmi is a fourth term Member of Parliament from Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. She was first elected t...

November 3, 2012 7:34 PM

Screening of Bengali film 'Teen Kanya'stopped

The state-run Star Theatre in Kolkata today stopped the screening of Bengali film 'Teen Kanya' on the premise that it sends out an anti-state message. West Bengal Education Minister Mr. Bratya Basu features in the movie. The movie, released yesterday, is a suspense thriller directed by Mr....

November 3, 2012 5:46 PM

Govt to procure 90 lakh bales of cotton to protect growers interest

In the wake of falling domestic prices, the government has said it will procure nine million bales of cotton this year to protect the interests of growers.Commerce and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar discussed about early commencement of government's cotton ...

November 3, 2012 5:38 PM

India ,S Korea discuss possibility of revising DTAC

India and South Korea today discussed the possibility of revising Double taxation avoidance convention (DTAC) at a high level meeting between Finance Minister P Chidambaram and his counterpart Jaewan Bahk. The meeting, which took place yesterday in the South Korean capital of Seoul, discussed expand...

November 3, 2012 5:37 PM

India ,S Korea discuss possibility of revising DTAC

India and South Korea today discussed the possibility of revising Double taxation avoidance convention (DTAC) at a high level meeting between Finance Minister P Chidambaram and his counterpart Jaewan Bahk. The meeting, which took place yesterday in the South Korean capital of Seoul, discussed expand...

November 3, 2012 5:33 PM

Loan to Associated Journals Was Our Political Duty: Cong

The Congress today said, the party has given interest free loan to Associated Journals Ltd for a political purpose to promote the idelogy of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawarharlal Nehru. Briefing media in New Delhi, Party General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi dismissed the allegation of Janata Party Chief Sub...

November 3, 2012 5:32 PM

Meira Kumar to address sixth SAARC Parliamentarians' meet

Lok Sabha Speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar will address the 3-Day sixth conference of Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians in Islamabad tomorrow. Mrs. Kumar is the lead speaker on meaningful Participatory Democracy in South Asia in the conference to be inaugurated by the Pakistan President Asi...

November 3, 2012 1:48 PM

India to showcase Aakash tablet at UN

India, which assumed this month's rotating Presidency of the Security Council, will showcase its low-cost Aakash tablet at the United Nations, highlighting the country's innovation involved in the most competitively priced tablet computer. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ha...

November 3, 2012 1:36 PM

Ten held for illegal mining of sandstones in Bihar

Ten persons were arrested for indulging in illegal mining of sandstones in Rohtas district of Bihar. Superintendent of police Manu Maharaj said in Sasaram that on a tip off, a joint team of police and forest department officials conducted raid at Gopi Bigha mines and arrested 10 persons for illegal ...

November 3, 2012 1:34 PM

Leader of Manipur based banned terrorist outfit arrested in Delhi

Delhi police have arrested a self styled commander-in-chief of a Manipur based banned terrorist outfit from the national capital. His arrest also led to the rescue of two officials of a construction project abducted by his cadres in Manipur for a ransom of 2 crore rupees. Briefing reporters in New D...

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