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August 1, 2012 5:37 PM

Land Acquisition Bill to be placed before Cabinet next week

The government today said that the Land Acquisition Bill will be placed before the Cabinet next week. It aims among other things, to provide a just and fair compensation to land owners. Secretary in the Department of Land Resources in the Ministry of Rural Development, Ms Anita Chaudhary expressed h...

August 1, 2012 5:36 PM

Wind power thrust area in renewable energy: Pradhan

Emphasizing the importance of power from non-conventional sources, the Secretary in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Gireesh Pradhan said that wind power is the thrust area in renewable energy. Speaking at the inauguration of the Round Table on Wind Power Programme in New Delhi today, Mr.Pr...

August 1, 2012 5:30 PM

Govt,Anna on same page: Rawat

The Minister of State for Agricultural and Parliamentary Affairs, Harish Rawat today said that the government and social activist Anna Hazare are on the same page, in principle, to fight corruption but differ on the modality to achieve the objective. Mr. Rawat was talking to reporters in New Delhi o...

August 1, 2012 1:50 PM

Prez, Vice president greet nation on eve of Rakshabandhan

The President and the Vice president today greeted the nation on the eve of Rakshabandhan. The president Pranab Mukherjee in his message said that Raksha Bandhan is the celebration of the unique relationship that exists between brothers and sisters and hoped that the spirit of this festival would st...

August 1, 2012 1:38 PM

Anand Sharma to lead high-level delegation to Lanka from Aug 3-5

Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Anand Sharma will lead a high-level ministerial delegation to Sri Lanka from 3rd to 5th August . The aim of the visit is to double the bilateral trade between India and the island nation from current 4.5 billion dollar to 9 billion dollars by 2017...

August 1, 2012 1:35 PM

Pawar on tour to 4 drought affected states

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar heading a high level central team to tour worst drought affected states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan has reached Mumbai on the first leg of his visit. He is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan later this afternoon to d...

August 1, 2012 1:28 PM

Power restored after India’s big blackout

Power has been fully restored to three electricity grids which had failed causing a blackout affecting more than 600 million people in more than 20 states and union territories. Power System Operation Corporation, PSOC,chief SK Soonee said this morning that power supply has been restored fully .Soon...

August 1, 2012 12:54 PM

Pawar reaches Mumbai on first leg of his visit to drought affected states

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar heading a high level central team to tour worst drought affected states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan has reached Mumbai on the first leg of his visit. He is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan later this afternoon to d...

August 1, 2012 11:10 AM

Pawar begins 3-day tour of 4 worst drought-affected states today

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today begins his 3-day tour of country's four worst drought-affected states Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Pawar will lead a team to drought-affected areas in the four states to assess the rain deficit and water scarcity situation.The Agricultur...

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