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August 23, 2012 1:11 PM

Govt to install mobile radiation detection systems in Police vehicles

The government has decided to install mobile radiation detection systems in Police vehicles of selected police station of major cities in the country. The Radiation Detection Systems installed in a mobile platform will have the capability to search and detect gamma emitting radio nuclides. This was ...

August 23, 2012 1:04 PM

Consumer helpline receives more than 11 thousand calls in July

The National Consumer Helpline received more than eleven thousand calls during July this year. Besides this, around one thousand complaints were received through an online complaint system on its website. An official release says, the maximum calls were received from Delhi followed by Uttar Pradesh,...

August 23, 2012 11:59 AM

Bodoland Peoples’ Front MLA arrested for his role in ethnic violence

Assam Police have arrested Bodoland Peoples Front, BPF MLA Pradeep Kumar Brahma last night from Dotma in Kokrajhar district for his alleged involvement in ethnic violence. State Law and Order IGP L R Bishnoi said that seven cases were registered against Brahma.BPF is the coalition partner of the rul...

August 23, 2012 10:00 AM

Indian Govt, UNDP announce to establish ICHD

An International Centre for Human Development, ICHD will be set up in India to support efforts by the government to integrate human development approaches and ensure improved development outcomes for poor and marginalised people. An official release in New Delhi said that an agreement to this effect...

August 23, 2012 9:56 AM

Housing finance firms permitted to raise funds through ECBs

The government has allowed housing financing companies to raise funds through external commercial borrowings, ECBs route to finance low-cost housing projects. A Finance Ministry statement said it has been decided that entities like National Housing Bank ,NHB and Housing Finance Companies, HFC will b...

August 23, 2012 9:54 AM

Ramdev's aide Balkrishna booked in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna. The agency registered the case acting on the CBI FIR which had charged Balkrishna with violations of the Passport Act.The ED suspects that Balkrishna, who has been looking after ...

August 22, 2012 9:36 PM

Govt ready to discuss any issue on the floor of the House: Chidambaram

Government said that it is ready to discuss any issue on the floor of the House. Talking to reporters after the UPA coordination committee meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, the Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram said that there was a unanimous view on allowing Parliament to run smoothly.

August 22, 2012 9:00 PM

Govt making arrangements for NE people to return to work places

In Assam, around 15 thousand people who have returned home from other states expressed willingness to return to their places of work or study. Official sources in Guwahati said that railways will start running additional trains from September First to meet the requirement of passengers returning bac...

August 22, 2012 8:59 PM

Maharashtra to arrange chartered flights to bring back NE students

Maharashtra government will make arrangements for chartered aircraft to bring students of Northeast back to educational institutions in Pune or Mumbai from Guwahati. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told a goodwill team from Arunachal Pradesh, led by Takan Sanjoy MP, on Tuesday that conc...

August 22, 2012 8:55 PM

Centre allowed to reply by Sep 5 on PIL against Sachin's nomination

The Delhi High Court has granted more time to the Centre to file its reply on a PIL which challenged the nomination of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to Rajya Sabha.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw granted time till September 5 after Additional Solicitor ...

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