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August 4, 2012 1:36 PM

Cabinet sets 14,000-cr base price for 2G auction

The Union Cabinet has fixed a minimum or base price of Rs 14,000 crore for the Supreme Court mandated auction of 2G-telecom spectrum. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh decided to fix a reserve price at Rs 14,000 crore for 5 Mhz pan India in 1800 MHz band.Breifing newsm...

August 4, 2012 1:15 PM

Shinde visits blast-hit sites in Pune today

Home Minster Sushil Kumar Shinde is visiting Wednesday's blast-hit areas of Pune today. He will review the security situation in the city. The Police have made sketches of two of the suspects. However, according to Additional Police Commissioner Shahaji Solunke, they will not release these to t...

August 4, 2012 1:14 PM

Iran test fires Fateh 110

Iran has tested its 4th generations Fateh 110 missiles. Iran's Fars News Agency quoting the Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the missiles were able to neutralise targets from 300 km.He said the previous generation missiles had great destructive power and great speed, while the fourth gener...

August 4, 2012 12:08 PM

Prez congratulates shooter Vijay Kumar

President Pranab Mukherjee today congratulated Indian shooter Vijay Kumar for winning a silver medal in the 25m rapid-fire pistol event of the Olympic Games in London. Mukherjee said by getting the second medal at the Olympics, Kumar had made the country proud.The 26-year-old army subedar from Himac...

August 4, 2012 11:05 AM

Jairam in Dhaka to discuss ‘Creating Jobs for All’

Union Minister of Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Ramesh is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today on a three-day visit to Bangladesh. Ramesh will be visiting Dhaka at the invitation of the Bangladesh Government to participate as a Special Guest in the International Conference on...

August 4, 2012 10:29 AM

India to train Myanmar defence personnel

India has assured its support to Myanmar in training its defence personnel. The assurance was given to the visiting Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces Vice Senior General Miu Aung Hlaing during discussions with Defence Minister AK Antony, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, IAF Chief Air...

August 4, 2012 8:58 AM

Prez congratulates shooter Vijay Kumar

President Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated shooter Vijay Kumar for winning a silver medal in the 25-m rapid-fire pistol event of the Olympic Games in London. A Rashtrapati Bhawan official quoted the President as saying that by getting the second medal at the Olympics, Kumar has made the country pr...

August 4, 2012 8:33 AM

Govt go-ahead to satellite launch to Mars next year

After a successful moon mission, the Union Cabinet gave the go-ahead to the launch of satellite next year to the Mars. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch a Mars Orbiter as early as November next year with a 25kg scientific payload.The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by...

August 3, 2012 9:15 PM

President’s re-designed website launched

The re-designed website of the President was launched at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. The re-designed website has some new features, which include direct connectivity from the website to social networking media like Facebook and You-Tube. These two features have been initiated after assumption of charg...

August 3, 2012 8:46 PM

Minimum Support Prices for Arhar ,Moong approved

The Government has approved the Minimum Support Prices -MSPs for Arhar and Moong for 2012-13 season. The decision to this effect was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs at meeting in New Delhi. The MSP for Arhar or Tur has been fixed at 3850 rupees per quintal and of Moong at 4400 rup...

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