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August 24, 2012 12:26 PM

Parl adjourned till noon on coal block allocation issue

Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till noon following uproar by BJP-led Opposition demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the CAG report on coal block allocation . As the Lok Sabha started its business for the day BJP members rushed to the well of the House a...

August 24, 2012 12:18 PM

Twitter bans six accounts similar in appearance to PMO account

Social media site Twitter has banned six accounts similar in appearance to the Prime Minister's Office account. The move by twitter came after the Department of Information Technology served an ultimatum to the social media site for failing to block the offending and inflammatory web pages. Gov...

August 24, 2012 10:08 AM

Twitter bans six accounts similar in appearance to PMO account

Social media site Twitter has banned six accounts similar in appearance to the Prime Minister's Office account. The move by twitter came after the Department of Information Technology served an ultimatum to the social media site for failing to block the offending and inflammatory web pages. Gov...

August 24, 2012 10:01 AM

SC expresses shock at magnitude of illegal mining

The Supreme Court has expressed shock at the magnitude of the alleged illegal export of 35 lakh metric tonnes of iron ore by private firms in Karnataka. The apex court said, it wants to explore the possibility if the guilty could be punished within six months. A three-judge forest bench, headed by J...

August 24, 2012 9:58 AM

Parl standoff:Centre hopes Opp will join in ensuring functioning of House

After the standoff between the main opposition and the government on CAG's report on Coal block allocation continued on the third day yesterday, the Centre has expressed the hope that the opposition will join in ensuring proper functioning of Parliament. Law Minister Salman Khurshid hoped that ...

August 23, 2012 9:21 PM

CBI files fresh case against Suresh Kalmadi

The CBI has filed a fresh case against Suresh Kalmadi for allegedly awarding a dubious contract to Switzerland-based Events Knowledge Services, for consultancy in recruitment of manpower for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.The firm was the technical consultant for the Commonwealth Games that we...

August 23, 2012 7:51 PM

RBI urges govt to cut subsidies, boost capital expenditure

RBI today released its annual report for 2011-12 fiscal that ended on June 30. Attributing economic slowdown to a combination of domestic and global factors, the report says that the investment climate has worsened due to structural impediments, policy uncertainties, inflation persistence and rising...

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