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October 15, 2012 9:14 PM

Costlier diesel pushed up inflation to 7.81% in Sept

Costlier diesel lifted inflation to a 10-month high of 7.81 per cent in September, this year. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index, had stood at 7.55 per cent in August this year, and at 10 per cent in September last year.For the fuel and power category, inflation increased to 11.88 p...

October 15, 2012 9:13 PM

Coal scam: CBI registers two fresh cases

CBI has registered two fresh cases against an infrastructure and a steel company for alleged forgery and cheating in connection with its probe in the coal block allocation scam.CBI sources said in New Delhi, the agency after registration of cases, launched search operations spread across 16 location...

October 15, 2012 9:12 PM

Navy helicopter crashes in Goa , 3 killed

A Naval Chetak helicopter crashed today while landing at Naval Air station Goa at about 1000 hrs.The helicopter on transit from Mumbai to Bangalore was to make a scheduled re-fuelling halt at Goa. All three personnel onboard have died in the crash.Naval spokesperson said in New Delhi that a Board of...

October 15, 2012 8:40 PM

SC gives Centre 6-weeks to take stand on Sethusamudram

Supreme Court has granted another six weeks to government to apprise it of its stand on the controversial Sethusamudram project . A high-level committee has said that an alternative alignment, other than the one through mythological Ram Sethu, is not economically and ecologically feasible.A bench of...

October 15, 2012 8:39 PM

SC directs States, UTs to conduct fresh survey to identify bonded labour

The Supreme Court today directed all states and union territories to conduct fresh surveys to identify bonded labour problems in the country and regretted that a large number of children continue to work as domestic help even after the enactment of the Right to Education Act.A bench of justices K S ...

October 15, 2012 8:38 PM

Govt revives 1150 posts in Prasar Bharti in first phase

Government has revived 1150 posts in Prasar Bharti in the first phase against 3452 essential category of posts. The proposal for the second phase has already been moved.The vacancies have been notified in various categories pertaining to engineering, programme and administration.The Public service b...

October 15, 2012 8:00 PM

SC notice to Centre, Odisha on coal block allocation irregularity

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the stands of the Centre and the Odisha government on allegations that authorities had indulged in corruption in giving a coal block, allocated to the state mining corporation in 2003, to a private firm.The PIL has also sought a CBI probe into divesting Odisha Mini...

October 15, 2012 7:15 PM

India, Aus to announce launch of bilateral civil nuclear cooperation

India and Australia are set to announce the launch of negotiations for a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement during the three-day visit of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard starting today. She arrived in New Delhi this evening.Gillard, who will call on President Pranab Mukherjee and ...

October 15, 2012 7:10 PM

Govt revives 1150 posts in Prasar Bharti in first phase

Government has revived 1150 posts in Prasar Bharti in the first phase against 3452 essential category of posts. The proposal for the second phase has already been moved.The vacancies have been notified in various categories pertaining to engineering, programme and administration.The Public service b...

October 15, 2012 6:55 PM

NSG shifts 900 commandos rendering VIP security

National Security Guard - NSG has shifted around 900 of its commandos rendering VIP security duties for training in specialist counter-terror operations as part of its original charter.A Home Ministry official said on Monday in New Delhi, the commando force, for the first time in many years, has de-...

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