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June 28, 2012 12:40 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 12:06 PM

CPI not to support either Pranab or Sangma for Prez poll

The CPI has decided not to support either the UPA nominee Mr Pranab Mukherjee or the BJP-backed Mr P A Sangma for the July 19th Presidential poll. Senior CPI leader, Mr. D Raja said in New Delhi that his party has taken a political decision not to support any of them in the given economic situation ...

June 28, 2012 11:55 AM

Govt, IITs agree on compromise admission formula

The government and Indian Institute of Technology, IITs have resolved their differences on the entrance exam row by agreeing on a compromise formula over holding the common exam from next academic year. As per the agreement, admission to the IITs from 2013 will be based only on the rank achieved in ...

June 27, 2012 9:23 PM

Planning Commission approves Annual Plan outlay for Bihar

The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved an Annual Plan outlay of 28,000 crore rupees for Bihar for the current fiscal. The state's annual Plan outlay for 2012-13 was finalised at a meeting in New Delhi between the Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Bihar Chief Mi...

June 27, 2012 9:14 PM

India requests Pak to release Sarabjit Singh

The External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Delhi has requested Islamabad to release all Indians languishing in Pakistani jails including Sarabjit Singh. Mr Krishna told media persons that the government of India has consistently urged the government of Pakistan on several occasions to take a sympathet...

June 27, 2012 9:05 PM

IITs agree to implement new admission format from 2013

The row between government and IITs over entrance test was resolved on Wednesday with the Directors of all the 15 Indian Institute of Technology-IITs having agreed to implement the new admission format from next academic year-2013. At a meeting of IIT Council held in New Delhi today, it was decided ...

June 27, 2012 9:04 PM

Govt should ask Pakistan to review Sarabjit;s case :BJP

BJP on Wednesday demanded that the government should ask Pakistan to review the case of Sarabjit Singh. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Party spokesman J P Nadda said, Centre should take an aggressive and offensive stand on the issue of release of Sarabjit Singh, who is lodged in Pakistani jail f...

June 27, 2012 9:04 PM

Moily criticizes rating firms for downgrading India's outlook

Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily has strongly criticised the global rating firms for downgrading India's credit outlook. On the sidelines of a function organised by Assocham, Mr. Moily said, there was no economic tsunami in the country and they should redesign their assessment paramete...

June 27, 2012 9:03 PM

Pakistan free 315 Indian fishermen

Pakistan on Wednesday freed 315 Indian fishermen, including over 20 juveniles, from a prison in Karachi as a goodwill gesture. Officials said that they have been sent to Lahore to be repatriated via the Wagah land border crossing. They said that one prisoner who had recently undergone surgery, was u...

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