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July 14, 2012 1:05 PM

Akhilesh against forced acquisition of land from farmers

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that farmers should not be forced to vacate their land for development projects. Speaking at a function in Lucknow, he said, land acquisition should be done with the consent followed by adequate compensation and rehabilitation of affected family i...

July 14, 2012 1:03 PM

Train services partially restored on Delhi -Howrah route

Rail traffic on the busiest New Delhi Howrah route has been restored with one of the tracks becoming operational. Movement of trains on this route was badly affected due to derailment of 26 coaches of Kanpur bound goods train between Bhabhua and Durgawati railway stations on Thursday night under Mug...

July 14, 2012 1:03 PM

Govt. to prepare fresh norms by 30th September on GAAR

The Centre has constitued an expert committee on General Anti Avoidance Rules, GAAR, which will receive comments from stakeholders and general public and finalise the guidelines for GAAR. According to an official release in New Delhi, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has approved the constitutio...

July 14, 2012 9:34 AM

Animation Centre of Excellency to be set up in Mohali: Ambika Soni

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Mrs Ambika Soni has said that an Animation Centre of Excellency is being set up at Mohali in Punjab. The state government has already given 12 acres of land for it. She said in Chandigarh yesterday that the Union cabinet has approved the setting up of t...

July 14, 2012 9:33 AM

Govt. to announce new policy for judicious use of water

Union Water Resource Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has said that most of the members of the Consultative committee of Parliament constituted to form a new water policy cutting across party lines were unanimous to have water related issues in the concurrent list. He said in Chandigarh that government h...

July 13, 2012 9:11 PM

DA case: ED completes first day of questioning Jagan

The Enforcement Directorate has completed the first day of questioning of Kadapa Lok Sabha Member Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with the Disproportionate assets case against him and it will be resumed tomorrow. A team of ED officials from Delhi and Hyderabad have begun recording the statement of th...

July 13, 2012 8:52 PM

Prez Poll: 13 persons file nominations, 2 rejected

Even as major parties are yet to firm up their choice for the Vice-Presidential poll candidate, 13 persons have filed their nominations so far for the post and papers of two of them have been rejected forthwith. Lok Sabha Secretary General and Returning Officer for the Vice-Presidentidal Poll, Mr. T...

July 13, 2012 8:42 PM

Chidambaram: Measures to be taken to put country back on high growth rate

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that measures would be taken to put back the country on high growth rate. He said, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, after taking over the charge of Finance Ministry, has identified certain issues like fiscal deficit and current account deficit etc. in th...

July 13, 2012 8:39 PM

Delhi HC sets aside 200 SMSes cap per day

The Delhi High Court today set aside the order of the Telecom sector regulator capping SMSes at 200 per day per person for personal communications. The court however, upheld the curb for unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) SMSes, saying that the UCC massages disturb the recipients, intrude in...

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