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November 1, 2012 2:48 PM

Centre makes standardized packaging of 19 commodities of daily use mandatory

The Centre has made mandatory the standardized packaging of 19 commodities of daily use, including bread, biscuits and tea, from today. An official release said, manufacturing, packing or import of these commodities in non-standard packs will invite penal action. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Fo...

November 1, 2012 2:20 PM

Punjab and Haryana High court grants bail to Bibi Jagir Kaur

Former Punjab Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court about seven months after her conviction in a case for conspiring in forcible abduction, kidnapping and wrongful confinement and killing of her daughter.Handing down the orders, a division bench of the ...

November 1, 2012 1:46 PM

Cyclone Nilam claims 11 people dead in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

Cyclone Nilam, which hit the Tamil Nadu coast near Mahabalipuram last evening, has weakened. The cyclone left 11 people dead in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. A crew member of a stranded ship drowned after a life boat carrying him and 21 others capsized in choppy waters off Besant Nagar locality in ...

November 1, 2012 12:54 PM

TV sets without set top boxes go blank in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata

Television sets without set top boxes (STBs) in hundreds of households across Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata went blank as the deadline for switch over to cable TV digitisation ended last midnight.People watching various programmes faced blackout when the clock struck zero hour. However, in some areas of...

November 1, 2012 12:54 PM

PM asks Ministers to strengthen Govt.’s initiatives to boost growth

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today asked his Ministers to strengthen the Government's initiatives to boost the country's economic growth.Addressing a meeting of the full Council of Ministers in New Delhi, he said the country has enjoyed sustained and robust economic growth despite glob...

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