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September 3, 2012 9:35 AM

No mobiles for more than 3 months to foreigners

The government has asked telecom service providers not to give mobile connection for more than three months to any foreign tourist visiting India. New guidelines issued by Department of Telecom recently said that the proof for issuance of a mobile connection to any foreigner will be the passport hav...

September 2, 2012 9:11 PM

Smart cards for train passengers on Delhi, Mumbai,Howrah routes

Passengers will soon be able to use smart cards for buying train tickets on the busy Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes and also in the Kolkata Metro. A senior Railway Ministry official said that a pan-India multi-purpose smart card is going to be launched by railways in two most sought after rout...

September 2, 2012 9:10 PM

Chinese Defence Minister visits Mahatma Gandhi's memorial in Mumbai

Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie today visited Mahatma Gandhi's memorial 'Mani Bhawan in Mumbai. Speaking to mediapersons after the Chinese defence minister's visit Mani Bhawan executive secretary Ghanshyam Ajgaonkar said that the Minister was keen to know about Gandhiji and...

September 2, 2012 8:26 PM

PM to review country’s security with top police brass

The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will review security situation in the country with top police officers next week in New Delhi at a high-level conference. The meet will focus on growing activities of terror groups and Naxal violence.Recent violence in Assam and subsequent exodus of north eastern...

September 2, 2012 8:26 PM

All nuclear installations put on alert after a multi-state terror crackdown

The Central Industrial Security Force, CISF, has put all nuclear installations in the country on alert after a multi-state terror crackdown indicated that nuke facilities were on the radar of terror suspects. The alert came after the Karnataka terror probe was widened and Anti-Terror Squads (ATS) ar...

September 2, 2012 7:33 PM

Coal allotment: act against Chhattisgarh CM, Congress tells BJP

Congress today asked the BJP to act against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh for alleged irregularities in mining coal from a block allotted to the state by the Centre. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, party spokesman Manish Tewari said the BJP is spreading anarchy across the country using ...

September 2, 2012 7:31 PM

Rain lashes most parts of North India

Most parts of North India today had good rain as monsoon again picked up pace in the region bringing down the overall rain deficit in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab.Rajasthan recovered from drought like situation with satisfactory rain in most of the districts.The state has recorded 9.73 per cent abo...

September 2, 2012 7:02 PM

MGC Meet to start on Monday

The 6th Mekong Ganga Cooperation, MGC Meet will be beginning tomorrow in New Delhi . This would be the first time that the MGC meeting is being hosted by India. An official release issued by the External Affairs Ministry said that a meeting of senior Officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietna...

September 2, 2012 6:58 PM

My statement on people from Bihar misinterpreted: Raj Thackeray

The Maharashtra Navanirman Sena(MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today said that the media has interpreted his statement against people from Bihar in an incorrect manner. Speaking at a Party meet in Mumbai today Thackeray clarified his stand taken against Biharis. He also warned the Hindi news channels that...

September 2, 2012 6:56 PM

PM's statement on coal-gate 'unconvincing': Advani in blog?

The senior BJP leader L K Advani today said that the NDA has offered to resolve the deadlock in parliament on coal block allocation but government is not ready for this. He wrote in his blog that the NDA has offered to resolve the deadlock if all the allotments made are cancelled and the process whe...

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