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September 30, 2012 6:04 PM

Centre proposes to set up BRVA for flood management

The Centre has proposed to set up Brahmaputra River Valley Authority (BRVA) in place of the Brahmaputra Board to deal with water management, flood and related issues in the north-east. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told this while speaking to newspersons in Guwahati. Gogoi said that as per propos...

September 30, 2012 5:49 PM

Political parties should think about peoples’ development: Soni

Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Ambika Soni has said all the political parties, irrespective of their political relations, should think about the development of the people of the country and bring some bills in the sessions of Parliament and Vidhan Sabhas for them.Speaking at the 1...

September 30, 2012 5:42 PM

Programme on role of Anganbadi to be aired tomorrow

The News Services Division of All India Radio in its weekly "PUBLIC SPEAK" programme tomorrow night will bring you a discussion on "Role of Anganbadi in the Integrated Development of Children".This can be heard on FM Gold Channel and additional frequencies at 9.30 p.m. Listeners can ask questions to...

September 30, 2012 4:38 PM

EC contemplating methods to check misuse of EVMs

The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that it is contemplating foolproof methods to ensure that electronic voting machines (EVMs) are not misused or tampered with as is being feared in some quarters.Appearing for the poll panel before a bench of justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi, a...

September 30, 2012 1:37 PM

Parthasarathi Shome panel likely to submit final report to Finmin

The Parthasarathi Shome panel, looking into the taxation issues relating to General Anti-Avoidance Rules , GAAR is likely to submit its final report to Finance Minister P Chidambaram tomorrow. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July had set up a committee under tax expert Parthasarthi Shome to address...

September 30, 2012 1:22 PM

India favours immediate phasing out of sanctions against Myanmar

India has called for immediate phasing out of sanctions against Myanmar. Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said at the United Nations that the international community should extend all possible support to Yangon's new civilian government to help speed up economic development in the country which ...

September 30, 2012 1:22 PM

All parameters on GSAT 10 Satellite function normally

All parametres on India's Advanced Communication Satellite, GSAT 10, are functioning normally. The satellite will take about another four days to reach its Geo Synchronous orbit and will be operational by November this year. GSAT-10 was successfully launched early yesterday on board Ariane-5 ro...

September 30, 2012 1:21 PM

No early elections, reforms are not once-for-all process: PM

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has ruled out early general elections. Responding to queries by newspersons on the sidelines of the swearing in ceremony of Chief Justice of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on the reservation of some of the UPA allies regarding the recent decisions of t...

September 30, 2012 1:21 PM

Karnataka releases Cauvery water to TN as per SC directive

Complying with the Supreme Court directive, Karnataka today began release of Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu. It triggered widespread protests across the Mandya district and disrupted vehicular movement. Irrigation authorities said, about 5000 cusecs of water was being released from Krishnarajasag...

September 30, 2012 10:37 AM

Elaborate security arrangement for Telangana March in Hyderabad city

In Andhra Pradesh, elaborate security arrangements have been made in Hyderabad city in view of the Telangana March to be held in Hyderabad today following conditional permission from the police. Demanding statehood for Telangana, the Telangana Joint Action Committee, the leaders of various political...

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