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September 10, 2012 8:22 PM

Shinde: CMs to be taken into confidence on formation NCTC

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said that Chief Ministers of all States would be taken into confidence on the formation of National Counter Terrorism Centre, NCTC. He said that he will discuss the issue with all States and will try to resolve their apprehensions. In his first ever press conf...

September 10, 2012 8:21 PM

Cash at judge's door scam: SC no to quash Nirmal Yadav's trial

The Supreme Court today refused to quash criminal proceeding against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav in the 2008 cash-at-judge's door scam. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad, however, allowed Yadav to raise all her objections before the trial court and asked t...

September 10, 2012 7:56 PM

Congress: One more Parl session wasted unfortunate, BJP & CAG responsible

The Congress today said, it is unfortunate that one more session of Parliament was wasted and Bharatiya Janata Party and the CAG is equally responsible for it. Speaking to reporters, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said that CAG tabled a report based on presumptive assumptions and BJP used it to...

September 10, 2012 7:20 PM

April-Aug net direct tax collections registers growth of 28.15%

Net direct tax collections during April to August this year registered a positive growth of 28.15 per cent and stood at more than one lakh, twenty three thousand crore rupees as against over ninety six thousand crore rupees in the same period last fiscal. A Finance Ministry release said, gross direc...

September 10, 2012 7:20 PM

EPF Office planning to allocate unique account number to subscribers

The Employees Provident Fund Office is planning to allocate a unique account number to EPF subscribers, that will last for full span of service. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner in Bangalore, K.Nayayana informed that this will help the subscriber at the time of transfer and change of job. Th...

September 10, 2012 7:13 PM

NSIC launches specialised incubation programme for unemployed girls, women

National Small Industries Corporation, NSIC, has launched a specialised incubation programme for unemployed girls and Women to take up their own ventures. Speaking at the 12th Global Conference on Trade Liberalization and its impact on women Entrepreneurs, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NSIC, Dr....

September 10, 2012 6:55 PM

K’taka agrees to release 10K cusecs of water from Cauvery river to TN

In a goodwill gesture, the Karnataka government today agreed before the Supreme Court to release 10,000 cusecs of water from Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu till September 20. In the wake of Karnataka's gesture, a Bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan Lokur refused to pass any order on Tamil Nadu&#0...

September 10, 2012 6:05 PM

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi sent to judicial custody till Sept 24

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested for mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, has been sent to judicial custody by a Mumbai Court till September 24. The Police did not seek Aseem's custody and Mumbai's Bandra Court sent him to judicial custody as he did not apply for bail. He will now...

September 10, 2012 6:03 PM

Indian Airspace to soon have full Radar coverage above 30 thousand feet

Indian Airspace will soon have full Radar coverage above 30 thousand feet with the completion of installation of 9 Mono-Pulse-Secondary-Surveillance-Radars with the existing Radar infrastructure. This was stated by the Civil Aviation Minister, Ajit Singh while addressing the 42nd General Assembly of...

September 10, 2012 6:02 PM

K’taka agreesto release 10K cusecs of water from Cauvery river to TN

In a goodwill gesture, the Karnataka government today agreed before the Supreme Court to release 10,000 cusecs of water from Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu till September 20. In the wake of Karnataka's gesture, a Bench of Justices D K Jain and Madan Lokur refused to pass any order on Tamil Nadu&#0...

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