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August 25, 2012 5:08 PM

Food security, energy issues to dominate in NAM meet

Food security, Energy issues and sustainable development are among the major issues to be discussed during the sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement meet to be held at Iranian capital Tehran next week. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi on Saturday, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said Prime minister Dr Ma...

August 25, 2012 1:59 PM

India-Iran trade ties improving: Mathai

Food security, Energy issues and sustainable development are the major issues to be discussed during the sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement meet to be held at Iranian capital Tehran next week. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi today, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said Prime minister Dr Manmohan will ...

August 25, 2012 1:41 PM

Panel to study business scene in country

The Centre has set up a 21-member committee to suggest ways for reforming regulatory environment for doing business in India. The panel, headed by former SEBI Chairman M Damodaran, will prepare a detailed report within six months and submit the same to the Government.The members of the committe incl...

August 25, 2012 1:41 PM

Coal not mined, loss is flawed: PC

The Government has said the presumptive loss shown by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was flawed as the coal has not been actually mined. In a joint press conference of Group of Minister on Media in New Delhi on Friday, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said loss could arise only if the coal ...

August 25, 2012 1:34 PM

Coming soon: Solar-based water systems in Naxal-hit areas

The Government will install 10 thousand solar-based water systems in the Naxal-affected districts to meet the challenges of drinking water scarcity. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said the solar-based system would go a long way in solving the drinking w...

August 25, 2012 1:29 PM

Security along sensitive coast vital: Antony

Union Minister for Defence AK Antony inaugurated the Static Sensors Project of the Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN) of Coast Guard in Mumbai today. The 'Maharashtra and Gujarat cluster of chain of static sensors' has been envisaged at improving real time surveillance cover along India's sensitive ...

August 25, 2012 1:29 PM

Rlys to carry out rolling stock safety audit

Railways will carry out a safety audit of its rolling stock like coaches and other movable assets and track infrastructure to prevent mishaps and loss of lives. Addressing the two-day conference of General Managers of all-Zonal Railways in New Delhi, Railway Minister Mukul Roy said a multi-functiona...

August 25, 2012 9:05 AM

Twitter to PMO: Action taken against fake twitter handles

Twitter today conveyed to the Prime Minister's office that action has been taken against the fake PMO twitter handles. The Prime Minister's Office had requested Twitter to take appropriate action against six persons impersonating the PMO. When they did not reply for a long time, the Govern...

August 25, 2012 9:01 AM

Coastal security gets a punch with new project

The coastal security of the country will receive a new shot in the arm today. Defence Minister AK Antony will inaugurate the Static Sensors Project of Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN) of the Coast Guard at Mumbai and Porbandar. The project on the mainland and the island territories is to be comple...

August 25, 2012 9:01 AM

Court extends Abu Jundal custody till Sept 3

A Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court (MCOCA) has extended the police custody of LeT operative and key 26/11 handler Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal till September 3 in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. The court also rejected Jundal's request to talk to his parents. Th...

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