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July 15, 2012 8:29 PM

Vice Prez candidature: NDA to meet on Monday

The National Democratic Alliance, NDA partners will meet tomorrow to discuss its Vice Presidential poll candidate. BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar said that party has decided to contest the Vice-Presidential election. Talking to reporters after the BJP Core Group meeting in New Delhi yesterday he...

July 15, 2012 8:29 PM

Sangma arrives in Guwahati for support

The Opposition- supported Presidential candidate P A Sangma on Sunday arrived in Guwahati to canvass support for his candidature. He thanked various political parties along with NGOs, civil society organizations of the North East region particularly for extending support to him. The opposition Asom ...

July 15, 2012 8:26 PM

NCPCR askes media to refrain from publishing child victims’ identity

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked media organisations to refrain from publishing the identity of children who are victims of violence or those who are in conflict with the law. The latest directions of the NCPCR have come in the wake of the case of a Class V st...

July 15, 2012 7:31 PM

Wheat procurement crosses 38 million tonnes against the targeted 31.8 million

Wheat procurement has crossed 38 million tonnes in the current marketing year so far as the government's wheat purchase drive is coming to close in most of the growing states. According to the official data, maximum 12.8 million tonnes of wheat has been procured from Punjab followed by Haryana,...

July 15, 2012 5:19 PM

Programme on ragging to be aired tomorrow

The News Services Division of All India Radio in its weekly "PUBLIC SPEAK" programme tomorrow night will bring you a discussion on "Problem of ragging in Institutes of Higher Education".This can be heard on FM Gold Channel and additional frequencies at 9.30 p.m. Listeners can ask questions to the ex...

July 15, 2012 5:00 PM

BJP to launch agitation against rising fertilizer prices soon

BJP president Nitin Gadkari said that his party will soon launch a nationwide agitation against rising prices of fertilizers. Addressing BJP's Kisan Panchayat at Bhopal on Sunday, he said that if NDA comes in power in the centre, it will provide interest free loans to farmers across the country...

July 15, 2012 4:59 PM

S-W monsoon seen vigorous after delayed onset

After its delayed onset in the northern part of the country, the Southwest Monsoon has been vigorous over Assam and Meghalaya and Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and active over Bihar. During the last 24 hours, rainfall occurred at most places over the north-eastern states, the hilly parts of...

July 15, 2012 1:46 PM

Khap mahapanchayat seeks IPC amendment to book foeticide culprits

A Mahapanchayat of over 150 khaps (village bodies) of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan has passed a resolution seeking an amendment in the Indian Penal Code to book people indulged in female foetecide on charge of murder. At present they can be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of five ...

July 15, 2012 1:40 PM

Hamid accepts UPA’s decision to nominate him for second term as VP

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has said that he accepts the UPA's decision to nominate him for the second term with all humility. Talking to media persons after his name was endorsed at the meeting of UPA partners in New Delhi, he thanked Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the UPA Chairper...

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