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September 21, 2012 12:18 PM
The government has issued a formal notification over allowing Foreign Direct Investment, FDI in multi brand retail, civil aviation, broadcasting sector and power exchanges. It said that the decision comes into immediate effect. According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, with this notificati...
September 21, 2012 12:09 PM
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh met the visiting Sri Lanka President Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa at his residence in New Delhi yesterday. Dr Singh pressed for an early solution to the decades-long ethnic issue and stressed the need to fast-track rehabilitation of displaced Tamils. External Affairs Ministr...
September 21, 2012 12:04 PM
The government has constituted a Group of Ministers, GoM headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to examine certain provisions of the Land Acquisition Bill. The 14-member GoM includes Defence Minister AK Antony, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy, and Commerce Minist...
September 21, 2012 9:59 AM
The Haj pilgrims from India have started arriving in Madina and Jeddah. The first batch of Hajis arrived in Madina from Kolkata and in Jeddah from Ranchi on Monday. About 45,000 pilgrims will come through private tour operators. Around 400 flights would be ferrying the Indian pilgrims from different...
September 21, 2012 9:41 AM
The government has approved nine road projects worth 11,597 crore rupees. These projects with a total length of 1,226 KM belong to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. A Finance Ministry statement said yesterday that the relevant Empowered Committee cleared these projects. The Viabi...
September 21, 2012 9:35 AM
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai and his team of officials will brief the Public Accounts Committee, PAC on the auditor's findings on coal block allocation today. After the CAG's presentation, officials of the Coal Ministry will face the PAC on the issue.In its August 23...
September 21, 2012 9:35 AM
The Inter-Ministerial Group, IMG which met in New Delhi yesterday has recommended the de-allocation of two more coal blocks, Dahegaion Makardhokra and Bhaskarpara in Chattisgarh as the allottees failed to operationalise the coal blocks. With this the number of de-allocation has gone up to 13 out of ...
September 21, 2012 9:26 AM
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre as to what would be the guarantee that no radioactive substance will be present in the spent fuel to be stored at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. Posing a host of queries to the centre on the functional safety of the power plant, a bench of ju...
September 21, 2012 9:20 AM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to explain to the nation today the reason behind the decision on FDI in retail and the benefits it would entail. PMO sources said, the Prime Minister's explanation could be in the form of a written message or a televised address. Dr. Singh is expected to ...
September 21, 2012 9:15 AM
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has said that the land belonging to scheduled castes or tribes cannot be bought by non-dalits, including companies as such transactions are unconstitutional. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra gave the verdict on an appeal by the Rajasthan...
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