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July 17, 2012 5:29 PM

Prez Poll: TMC to support UPA’s Candidate Pranab

Trinamool Congress has decided to support UPA Candidate, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential poll. An announcement to this effect was made by the Party Chief and the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Ms. Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata this afternoon. The votes for the poll will be cast on Thursday. Th...

July 17, 2012 2:20 PM

Cong Chief Sonia Gandhi holds meet with State MPs on Prez poll

Congress President Mrs Sonia Gandhi today held interactions with party MPs from all states on the issue of the Presidential election for which voting will take place on Thursday. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Union Minister Harish Rawat said that discussions took place about the process and pro...

July 17, 2012 12:54 PM

UPA nominee for VP poll Ansari to file papers tomorrow

The ruling United Progressive Alliance, UPA, candidate for Vice Presidential Polls Mohammad Hamid Ansari will file his nomination papers tomorrow. Mr Ansari will file the paper at 11 AM before Returning Officer and the Secretary General of Lok Sabha T K Vishvanathan in New Delhi. Our correspondent r...

July 17, 2012 12:25 PM

SC concern on rising Amarnath pilgrim death: JK Health Min team visits camps

A team led by Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma visited camps of pilgrim, on their way to the holy shrine of Amarnath, to review medical facilities provided to them.The step comes after the rising number of deaths of devotees en route the cave shrine of Amarnath were reported this ye...

July 17, 2012 12:17 PM

Jo'Burg to host 9th World Hindi Conference

The 9th World Hindi Conference, WHC will be held in South African city Johannesburg from 22 to 24 of September this year. The main theme of the conference is Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh. An official release says that a Steering Committee headed by the Minister of State for Extern...

July 17, 2012 12:15 PM

Railways register 27% increase in revenue from commodity-wise freight traffic

The Indian Railways have registered an increase of over 27 per cent on revenue earnings from commodity-wise freight traffic during April-June this year. An official release says, the Railways generated over twenty one thousand crore rupees of revenue between April to June this year as compared to mo...

July 17, 2012 11:04 AM

Civil nuke co-operation & bilateral trade on Indo- Russian talks agenda

Civil nuclear cooperation, bilateral trade will be high on the agenda during India Russia talks in New Delhi today . Visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin will co-chair with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission (IRIGC). Russian Deputy P...

July 17, 2012 9:26 AM

CBI closes probe against Arun Shourie in 2G case

CBI has closed probe against Arun Shourie in the 2G case, after nearly 19 months of its preliminary enquiry into telecom spectrum allocation during 2001-07. Arun Shourie was the Telecom Minister during that period. After registering the preliminary enquiry in January, 2011, the CBI had found alleged...

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