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August 31, 2012 1:47 PM
Pakistani national Mohammad Hussain, who was awarded death sentence in a 1997 Delhi blastcase in which four people had died, will have to face trialagain with the Supreme Court today directing re-trial after setting aside his conviction and capital punishment.A three-judge bench gave this order on t...
August 31, 2012 1:24 PM
The government proposes to launch a Short Message Service facility by which patients can get information about affordable alternative to the medicine prescribed by the doctors. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad gave this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. He said the Department of...
August 31, 2012 1:22 PM
The government has prepared Contingency plans for 353 districts across the country for implementing location specific interventions to sustain agriculture production to tackle drought like situation. Minister of state for agriculture Harish Rawat today said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha that...
August 31, 2012 1:19 PM
The government today said that various initiatives have been taken to enhance participation of minority women in the national education system. Minister of human resource development Kapil Sibal said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha that 88 districts with concentration of minority population ar...
August 31, 2012 1:19 PM
The government today said that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has not taken a decision to introduce open book exam for its Board examination from academic session 2013-14 so far. Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal gave this information in a written reply in the Rajya...
August 31, 2012 1:16 PM
The Supreme Court today directed digitisation of a voluminous expert committee's report on safety aspects of Mullaperiyar dam which would be the basis for determining validity of an Act passed by Kerala Government to allegedly circumvent the apex court's earlier direction on the issue.The ...
August 31, 2012 1:11 PM
The government has planned to award 9,500 kilometres of national highways for widening and upgradation in the current fiscal for creating better road infrastructure in the country. Addressing a function in New Delhi today, Minister for Road and Highways, Mr C P Joshi said, Centre is making all effor...
August 31, 2012 12:32 PM
In a major setback to the Sahara Group, the Supreme Court today directed two of its companies to refund around Rs 17,400 crore to their investors withinthree months with 15 per cent interest.A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar directed SEBI to take action against the companies of Sa...
August 31, 2012 12:31 PM
In a major setback to the Sahara Group, the Supreme Court today directed two of its companies to refund around Rs 17,400 crore to their investors withinthree months with 15 per cent interest. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar directed SEBI to take action against the companies of S...
August 31, 2012 12:09 PM
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi today took over as the new Chief of Naval staff. He succeeds Admiral Nirmal Verma. Admiral Joshi is an anti-submarine warfare specialist and was the Western Naval Commander. He has commanded the tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Island Command and also headed the Integrat...
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