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July 29, 2012 8:27 PM

India, Bangladesh to fast track implementation of various agreements

India and Bangladesh have decided to fast track the implementation of various agreements reached during the visits of the two Prime Ministers to each other's countries in 2010 and 2011. Briefing reporters today in Dhaka about the Foreign Office Consultations held between the two countries in Ne...

July 29, 2012 8:26 PM

Deficient rains may lead to serious situation: Pawar

Expressing a concern over deficient rain Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar stated that the country may face serious situation if it does not rain in the next two months.He said that everything depends on the return of rains in August and September. He said that if it doesn't, the situatio...

July 29, 2012 4:48 PM

Mines, minerals are nation's wealth: SC

The Supreme court has said, mines and minerals are part of the nation's wealth. A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale upheld the Jharkhand government's decision to cancel its recommendation to the Centre to grant mining lease in the state to six private firms. The court gave the ru...

July 29, 2012 4:44 PM

2.5 lakh panchayats to get broadband connectivity by Nov 2013

The government is all set to connect 2 lakh fifty thousand gram panchayats with broadband within 16 months with a view to improving public delivery mechanism. A meeting chaired by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluvalia was held recently to review the government's ambitious p...

July 29, 2012 1:58 PM

Skill-based placement programme forr naxal affected districts: Jairam Ramesh

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said, a skill-based placement programme launched in terrorist-hit Jammu and Kashmir will be replicated in worst affected Naxal districts of the country. In an interview to a news agency, he said, his Ministry has launched Himayat Programme--a 237 crore ru...

July 29, 2012 1:52 PM

Tunnel discovered in Samba district of J&K along Indo-Pak border

In Jammu and Kashmr, a 280 metres long tunnel has been detectd by the Border Security Force at zero line and the international border near the Chechwal village in Rajpura area of Samba district. The tunnel has probably been dug from the Pakistani side. The tunnel is 20 feet below the surface of the ...

July 29, 2012 1:51 PM

India test fires user trial of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile

India today test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. Defence sources said, the missile, developed under an Indo-Russian joint venture project, has a flight range of up to 290 km and is capable of carrying a conv...

July 29, 2012 12:24 PM

User trial of BrahMos missile

India today test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. Defence sources said, the missile, developed under an Indo-Russian joint venture project, has a flight range of up to 290 km and is capable of carrying a conv...

July 29, 2012 12:08 PM

User trial of BrahMos missile

India today test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. Defence sources said, the missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. The cruise missile, a su...

July 29, 2012 10:38 AM

India detects Rs 565 crore worth undisclosed income in France

Income Tax authorities say, undisclosed income of Indians totalling 565 crore rupees has been detected in France. The figure was disclosed in the information that India received from France on Indians having bank accounts, under the exchange of information clause of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agr...

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