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August 21, 2012 6:18 PM
Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Mr Kapil Sibal today dedicated Automated Mail Processing Centre, AMPC, Delhi to the nation. The AMPC is capable of sorting 10 lakh mails per day compared to the first class and speed post mail of Delhi which was earlier handled at more tha...
August 21, 2012 6:17 PM
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre's plea for additional four-month extension of its August 31 deadline for the government to complete the process of fresh auctioning of 2G spectrum licences, cancelled by the court in February.A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi slated August 2...
August 21, 2012 6:15 PM
The government has adopted a strategy to phased saturation approach for creation of Nirmal Grams in the country. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Jairam Ramesh said that under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, toilets are being constructed. He, however sai...
August 21, 2012 6:15 PM
The second indigeneously built pollution control vessel of the Indian Coast Guard, Samudra Paherdar was given a warm welcome by the Coast guard fraternity at Chennai Port today. The ship which was commissioned on 20th July this year will be based at Vishakapatnam. The ship is specially designed to m...
August 21, 2012 6:15 PM
Six states including, Rajasthan Maharashtra and Gujarat, which have been badly affected by rainfall deficiency, sought a total assistance of 43,461 crore rupees from the Centre to tide over the crisis. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, minister of state for Agriculture Charan Das Mahant said Karnatak...
August 21, 2012 6:14 PM
Centre has sought the Supreme Court's permission to review existing guidelines for conservation of tigers in the wake of its order banning tourism in core areas of tiger reserves across the country. Citing concerns expressed by the States, Centre's affidavit virtually urged the apex court ...
August 21, 2012 6:12 PM
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said there is enough evidence of the involvement of anti -social elements using social media networking sites from Pakistan to whip up communal sentiments and create scare among people of north eastern region living across India.Talking to media outside ...
August 21, 2012 2:40 PM
The government today said it is taking various measures to address the problems of agricultural co-operative societies in the country. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said framing of national policy on cooperatives, assistance for cooperative education and trai...
August 21, 2012 2:38 PM
India is the only nuclear weapon state which has practical plans for a time bound nuclear free world . Addressing the National Outreach Conference on Global Nuclear Disarmament to mark the 68th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, late Rajiv Gandhi, the National Security Advisor, Shiv Shankar...
August 21, 2012 2:35 PM
The government today said that steps are being taken to prevent pneumonia and Diarrhoea in the country. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of state for Health Sudip Bandyopadhyay admitted that these two diseases are the leading causes of death among children below five years in India. T...
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