National

October 1, 2012 10:59 PM

Appointed: (Attention General, Metro & Bangla News)

Commodore Rabi Ahluwalia took over the charge of Naval Officer In-Charge (NOIC), West Bengal and Commanding Officer INS Netaji Subhash, on Sunday in Kolkata. Cmde Ravi Ahluwalia was commissioned in July 1986 as a Naval Officer. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College (...

October 1, 2012 10:40 PM

SC grants 2 weeks to J & K govt. for Amarnath safety measures

The Supreme Court today granted two weeks' time to Jammu and Kashmir government to take a decision on measures to be adopted for making the annual Amarnath Yatra safe.A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the state government to take a decision on the various recommendations...

October 1, 2012 10:36 PM

Minister calls for strengthening Khadi & rural industry

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh today called for strengthenning the Khadi and rural industry to create more jobs and livelihoods in the rural areas. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the Khadi and Malka Exhibition at the National Archives in New Delhi today, Mr. Ramesh said...

October 1, 2012 10:32 PM

Smart Card can be used to take ration

The smart card of National Health Insurance Scheme can now also be used to take ration under Public Distribution System. This new scheme today started from Chhattisgarh. The Additional Secretary of in the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri Anil Swarup, today distributed these new cards in...

October 1, 2012 10:29 PM

Punjab Police arrest terrorist organisations’ sympathiser

In Punjab, Jalandhar Commissionerate Police has arrested one Jaswant Singh Azad, a sympathiser of Chiefs of banned terrorist organisations including Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), Khalistan Zindabad Force and Khalistan Tiger Force, for criminal conspiracy, waging war against the state and unlawf...

October 1, 2012 10:25 PM

Govt. suggests Public-Private partnership models in infrastructure sector

The government has suggested Public-Private-Partnership models to encourage private funding in the infrastructure sector. The suggestion was made by the Minister for Urban Development Minister Mr Kamal Nath while inaugurating Infrastructure Conclave-2012 in New Delhi today. He expressed concern over...

October 1, 2012 10:23 PM

Processing fee on top-up vouchers should not exceed 10% -TRAI

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI today said that processing fee levied on top-up vouchers should not exceed 10 per cent of maximum retail price of coupon or 3 rupees whichever is less. The move will provide relief to prepaid users recharging with lower denomination top-up vouchers. TR...

October 1, 2012 10:22 PM

GSAT-10’s orbit level raised

In the second orbit-raising exercise, GSAT-10 satellite was successfully raised to 31,822 km from 16,427 km today afternoon by using Liquid Apogee Motor on board the Satellite. The first critical orbit-raising manoeuvre was conducted on Sunday morning when the satellite was successfully raised from ...

Most Read

View All arrow-right

No posts found.