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August 19, 2012 7:38 PM
The 20th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was presented today to D.R. Mehta, the founder and Chief Patron of the organization that popularised the Jaipur Foot, for his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill. The function was organised on the eve ...
August 19, 2012 7:19 PM
After delegations from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministers of Nagaland met Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Home, R Ashoka in Bangalore today. Nagaland's Power Minister Doshe Y Sema and Parliamentary Secretary and incharge of Social Welfare, Chotisuh Sazo spoke to Mr.Asho...
August 19, 2012 6:12 PM
An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the entire north eastern region today. The earthquake having a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale, shook the region for more than 10 seconds at 2:55 pm with its epicentre being 35 km underneath the earth at Tezpur in Assam, officials at the Regional Seismo...
August 19, 2012 1:51 PM
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Dr Karan Singh will today present 20th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award to the founder and Chief Patron of the organization that popularized the Jaipur Foot Mr D R Mehta at a special ceremony in New Delhi. The award is being given to Mr Mehta fo...
August 19, 2012 1:47 PM
Saudi Arabia, Gulf countries, U.S. and Europe are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr today. Gulf countries including United Arab Emirates and European countries including Britain offered Eid prayers today and are celebrating Eid. Huge Eid prayer congregations were also held in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine, ...
August 19, 2012 1:37 PM
The Central Vigilance Commission has given an approval for setting up a National Association of central and state level anti-corruption bodies to suggest the best ways to check corruption in the country.The proposed body will be closed on the lines of International Association of Anti-Corruption Aut...
August 19, 2012 1:36 PM
The government is contemplating levying heavy penalties on states overdrawing electricity that results in grid failure and possible imprisonment of chief secretaries to check the menace. This was disclosed by Power Minister Veerapa Moily in an interview to a private news channel. Citing the report o...
August 19, 2012 1:36 PM
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has announced rescheduling of farm loans in drought affected states. Briefing the media after meeting the Chief Executives of Public Sector Banks and Financial institutions in New Delhi, he said credit will be provided to farmers for fodder and to maintain their cattl...
August 19, 2012 10:09 AM
The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said, the present slowdown was not inevitable or irreversible. Addressing Convocation ceremony at IIT Bombay, Dr. Singh said, after half a century of zero rate of economic growth, from 1900 to 1950, India managed to register 3.5 per cent growth for three dec...
August 19, 2012 9:57 AM
The President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee congratulated India's Olympic medal winners at a felicitation ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Mr Mukherjee called for the creation of sports infrastructure across the country, nurturing of talent at grass root level and promotion of a sporting culture. The...
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