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August 1, 2012 9:00 PM

Environment and Forests Ministry not responsible for power outage: Jayanthi

The Ministry for Environment and Forests today clarified that it is not responsible for power outages or any energy shortage in the country. In statement issued in New Delhi, the Ministry denied media reports that main reasons for the failure of the power grids are lack of environmental clearance to...

August 1, 2012 8:31 PM

President, Vice president, PM greet nation on Raksha Bandhan

President, Vice president and Prime Minister today greeted the nation on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan which will be celebrated tomorrow. The President Pranab Mukherjee in his message has said that Raksha Bandhan is the celebration of the unique relationship that exists between brothers and sisters...

August 1, 2012 8:24 PM

India may allow Pak Commission to cross examine witnesses

India may allow cross examination of witnesses by a Pakistani Judicial Commission set up for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Home Secretary R K Singh said, New Delhi may consider such a request from Islamabad as it wanted conviction of those involved in 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and are now in Pak...

August 1, 2012 8:14 PM

Pawar asks Maha CM to submit revised proposal on drought

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to submit a revised proposal related to drought. Mr. Pawar assured the Chief Minister that the revised plan would be favourably considered by the Union government. As part of their 3-day tour of India's ...

August 1, 2012 7:37 PM

TN Express fire: Railway Ministry to held statutory enquiry tomorrow

A statutory enquiry will be held into the Tamil Nadu Express fire accident at Nellore tomorrow and the day after. The Commissioner of Railway Safety Dinesh Kumar Singh will hold the enquiry at Nellore Railway Station Premises. The railway authorities have appealed to those people who possessed infor...

August 1, 2012 7:37 PM

Power supply restored fully: Moily

The Power Minister Veerappa Moily today said that power supply has been restored completely as the Grid is functioning normally now. Speaking to mediapersons at his first press conference in the capital after assuming charge of the Power Ministry, Mr.Moily assured the nation that there will be no fu...

August 1, 2012 7:33 PM

HC notice to Govt on plea for removal of mobile phone towers

The Centre and the Delhi government were asked today by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea for stopping installation of cell phone towers on residential buildings due to alleged health hazards to people in the vicinity from their radiation. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri a...

August 1, 2012 7:33 PM

Centre Reviews Procurement, Storage Arrangements for Kharif Season

The Centre today reviewed procurement and storage arrangements for kharif marketing season (KMS) 2012-13 in a meeting with the States. Advance actions need to be taken for procurement for paddy and coarse grains in producing States, particularly in decentralized procurement States and other non-trad...

August 1, 2012 6:11 PM

SC acquits 3 in 1999 BMW hit-and-run case

The Supreme Court today acquitted three persons sentenced to varying jail terms for tampering with evidence in the infamous 1999 BMW hit-and-run case,involving former Naval chief Admiral S M Nanda's grandson Sanjeev Nanda. A bench of Justices Deepak Verma and K S Radhakrishnan set aside the tri...

August 1, 2012 6:10 PM

Police tell Team Anna to hospitalise fasting activists

Delhi Police today advised Team Anna to immediately hospitalise fasting activists including Arvind Kejriwal and two others and warned that the organisers will be responsible if anything untoward happens to them.Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat told AIR that a letter has been written to Neeraj,...

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