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October 16, 2012 8:47 PM

Ajit Singh to AAI: Infuse more equity in Mumbai, Delhi Airport

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has directed Airports Authority of India (AAI) to infuse more equity in Mumbai and Delhi Airport with a view to abolish Airport Development Fee, ADF by January 1st of next year. The move aims to make the air travel affordable and to ensure that the passengers are n...

October 16, 2012 8:40 PM

World Food Day being observed today

Various programmes including debates and seminars are being organised across the country to raise awareness on food security issues marking the World Food Day today. Celebrations are also on across the globe to create awareness and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition a...

October 16, 2012 8:40 PM

Antony: No country should allow territory to be used for terrorism

Defence minister AK Antony today said, no country should allow its territory to be used for any form of terrorism, directed against any other country. Talking about the countries where terrorists are free to launch their operations against other countries, he said this cannot be tolerated as the wor...

October 16, 2012 8:37 PM

GoM clears Land Acquisition Bill

A Group of Ministers, GoM today cleared the Land Acquisition Bill, paving the way for its introduction in the forthcoming Winter Session of Parliament . The Bill will have a provision for consent of two-third of land owners for acquiring land but no contentious retrospective clause as per the draft ...

October 16, 2012 8:20 PM

26/11 attack case: Charge sheet name Jundal as key conspirators

The Mumbai police today filed a supplementary charge sheet in the 26/11 terror attack case naming LeT operative Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal as one of the key conspirators. According to Joint Commissioner Himanshu Roy The Crime Branch filed a voluminous 14,676 page charge sheet in the court of ...

October 16, 2012 8:16 PM

India, Russia to double bilateral trade in next 3 yrs

India and Russia are to double their bilateral trade in the next three years. Both the countries today said that there is a huge potential in both the countries to boost bilateral trade. Both traditional parternes target 20 billion dollars bilateral trade by 2015, which is about 10 billion dollars a...

October 16, 2012 8:15 PM

GoM clears Land Acquisition Bill

A Group of Ministers, GoM today cleared the Land Acquisition Bill, paving the way for its introduction in the forthcoming Winter Session of Parliament . Talking to media after the meeting, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the GoM has finalised the draft. He added that members of GoM have succe...

October 16, 2012 8:00 PM

Navaratra festival kicks off today

A spirit of enthusiasm has engulfed the entire country as nine-day Navaratra festival kicked off today. It is a festival dedicated to the worship of nine forms of Godess Durga and each form has special significance. The first day, Goddess Shailputri is worshipped. In the national capital Delhi, big ...

October 16, 2012 7:58 PM

17 people killed,16 injured in MP road accident

In Madhya Pradesh, seventeen persons were killed and sixteen injured in a road accident in Chhatarpur District today. The condition of nine injured persons is stated to be serious. According to District Collector Rajesh Bahuguna, the accident occurred due to head-on collision of a passenger bus and ...

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