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July 31, 2012 8:14 PM

Tejinder Singh: Adarsh building not security threat to defence installations

Retired lieutenant general Tejinder Singh today told the two-member inquiry commission that the scam-tainted Adarsh building in south Mumbai was not a security threat to defence installations in the vicinity. Singh had applied for membership in Adarsh society in November 2006 when he was the General...

July 31, 2012 7:40 PM

Govt committed to modernising armed forces: PM

The Prime Minister has warned that India cannot afford to rest on technological advancements as there is net deterioration in the international strategic and security environment.Dr. Manmohan Singh asserted that the political uncertainties in the immediate and extended neighbourhood, civil strife an...

July 31, 2012 7:40 PM

Chidambaram is FinMin, Shinde gets Home

In a reshuffle of portfolios in the Union Cabinet, Home Minister P Chidambaram has been again given the charge of Finance Ministry. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will be the new Home Minister .Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily has been give...

July 31, 2012 7:22 PM

S M Krishna welcomes Anna Hazare to participate in coming election

The External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has welcomed Anna Hazare to participate in the coming election. Speaking to the media persons in Bangalore today, he asked Anna Hazare and his team to work for the Government of their choice. He was reacting to a statement that Anna will campaign for the bes...

July 31, 2012 6:47 PM

US launches $20 mln clean energy development prog in New Delhi

The United States today launched a 20 million dollar clean energy development programme in New Delhi. The objective of the programme is to help India's transition to a high performing, low emissions and energy secure economy. The programme was launched by the US Ambassador to India, Nancy J. Po...

July 31, 2012 6:43 PM

Chidambaram given charge of Finance Ministry, Shinde gets Home

In a reshuffle of portfolios in the Union Cabinet, Home Minister P Chidambaram has been again given the charge of Finance Ministry. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will be the new Home Minister .Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily has been give...

July 31, 2012 6:16 PM

RBI Qly monetary policy review:Key rates unchanged

The RBI in its first quarterly monetary policy today for the current fiscal kept all key rates unchanged. The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), the money parked by banks with the RBI has also been kept unchanged at 4.75 per cent, while the repo rate, the rate at which RBI lends to banks has been retained at...

July 31, 2012 6:12 PM

CBI files closure report in case involving former PB CEO Lalli

The CBI has filed a closure report in a Delhi court in a case involving former Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli. The Agency said it found no substantive evidence against him on charges of committing fraud and conspiracy in awarding of broadcasting rights for Commonwealth Games.The agency has filed the cl...

July 31, 2012 6:03 PM

Nation pays tribute to Shaheed Udham Singh on 73rd martyrdom day

Nation is paying tributes to Saheed Udham Singh on his 73rd martyrdom day today. He was hanged on July 31st 1940 in London for assassination of Michael O'Dyer who had ordered massacre of Jallian Wala Bagh, Amriitsar on April 13,1919.Udham Singh described the assassination as an avenge of the Jallian...

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