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June 28, 2012 6:22 PM

Bhopal tragedy: US court clears Union Carbide, Warren Anderson of liability

In a setback to 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims, a US court has held that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at the firm's former chemical plant in Bhopal.US District Judge John Keena in Manhattan d...

June 28, 2012 5:39 PM

Ambika Soni says, there are many as 14,000 vacancies in Prasar Bharati

The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mrs. Ambika Soni has said there are as many as 14,000 vacancies in Prasar Bharati. Of these vacancies 3500 will be filled this year. Mrs. Soni told this to reporters at Thiruvananthapuram yesterday after GoM meeting. She said an online media policy is o...

June 28, 2012 5:34 PM

Plan Panel extends completion period of Singhpur barrage by 2 yrs

The Planning Commission has extended by two years completion period of Singhpur barrage new medium irrigation project in Madhya Pradesh. An official release says, the project has to be executed as per the approved outlays in the state plan be completed by March 2015. AIR correspondent, the Madhya Pr...

June 28, 2012 5:31 PM

DGAD initiates investigations into dumping of chemical from China

The Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD), under the Commerce Ministry, initiated theinvestigations into alleged dumping of a chemical -Meta Phenylene Diamine from China on the basis of an application from the domestic industry. The chemical is mainly used in photography and m...

June 28, 2012 5:29 PM

Indian spice exports register 9% increase over previous yr

The country exported 5,75,270 metric tonnes of spices worth 9783 crore rupees during last fiscal, registering an increase of nine per cent in volume and 43 per cent in rupee terms over the previous year.According to figures released by the Spices Board in Kochi, India exported 5,25,750 metric tonnes...

June 28, 2012 4:19 PM

Plan Panel extends completion period of Singhpur barrage by 2 yrs

The Planning Commission has extended by two years completion period of Singhpur barrage new medium irrigation project in Madhya Pradesh. An official release says, the project has to be executed as per the approved outlays in the state plan be completed by March 2015. AIR correspondent, the Madhya Pr...

June 28, 2012 2:45 PM

Sangma files nomination for Prez post

The BJP-backed presidential candidate PA Sangma has filed his nomination papers for the post of President today . Chief ministers of Odisha Naveen Patnaik, his Punjab counterpart Prakash Singh Badal along with top BJP leaders including LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh were p...

June 28, 2012 2:00 PM

S M Krishna welcomes release of Surjeet Singh

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today welcomed the release of Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh. Talking to reporters on a sidelines of a function in New Delhi Mr Krishna said that India will further renew its request to the President of Pakistan to release Sarabjit who has been in custody for wel...

June 28, 2012 1:44 PM

Sangma to file nomination for Prez post today

The BJP-backed presidential candidate PA Sangma will file his nomination papers for the post of President today . Addressing a news conference in New Delhi, 64-year-old Sangma said that he will file his nomination papers at 2.31 this afternoon. He said Chief ministers of Odisha and Punjab along with...

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