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June 15, 2012 2:04 PM

Country first: TN Info Commission to print RTI replies in Braille

For the first time in the Country, the Tamil Nadu State Information Comission will print RTI replies in Braille.The State Information Comissioner Mr.K.S.Tripathi said that more than seven lakh visually challenged people would be benefitted through this initiative.Every time the Information Commissio...

June 15, 2012 1:36 PM

Action plan to combat Japanese Encephalitis plaguing Eastern UP for 34 yrs

The Uttar Pradesh, Government has made an elaborate action plan to curb Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, AES that are prevailing in the eastern part of the state for past 34 years. The Japanese Encephalitis occurs due to mosquito bites while AES is caused by the viruses present...

June 15, 2012 1:21 PM

NHRC notice to HP govt & SEB in boy's electrocution incident

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has issued notices to Himachal Pradesh government and superintendent state Electricity Board directing them to submit within four weeks a detailed report on an incident in which both arms of a boy had to be amputated after he was electrocuted on 18th March...

June 15, 2012 1:20 PM

Kharif season agri produce MSP raised

The government has substantially raised the Minimum Support Price of agricultural produce for the Kharif season.The minimum Support price- MSP - of oilseeds and pulses has been raised sharply by 37 per cent. MSP of paddy has gone up by about 16 per cent.Announcing the decision of the Cabinet Committ...

June 15, 2012 1:17 PM

First Ladakh International Festival gets underway

For the first time a 3-day Ladakh International Film Festival began in Leh today. It was inaugurated by the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Our Leh correspondent reports that other prominent presonalities were present at the inaugural Our correspondent reports that during the 3-day L...

June 15, 2012 1:16 PM

Action plan to combat Japanese Encephalitis plaguing Eastern UP for 34 yrs

The Uttar Pradesh, Government has made an elaborate action plan to curb Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, AES that are prevailing in the eastern part of the state for past 34 years. The Japanese Encephalitis occurs due to mosquito bites while AES is caused by the viruses present...

June 15, 2012 9:10 AM

India's exports fall by 4.16 %

India's exports has fallen by 4.16 per cent. Imports too declined by 7.36 per cent last mont.Director General of Foreign Trade Anup Pujari said exports came down to 25.68 billion US dollars in May compared to 26.7 billion US dollars in the same month last year. Slowdown in demand from the Weste...

June 14, 2012 7:13 PM

Govt defers proposal to raise income ceiling of OBC creamy layer

Government today deferred a proposal by the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry to raise the income ceiling from 4.5 lakh rupees per annum to six lakh rupees for the creamy layer. Other Backward Castes, OBC candidates for government jobs and admission into premier educational institutions. The r...

June 14, 2012 7:13 PM

Govt defers Fertiliser Ministry's proposal to hike urea prices by 10%

The government today deferred the Fertiliser Ministry's proposal to hike retail prices of urea by 10 per cent to 5,841 rupees per tonne for the 2012-13 fiscal. Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs, CCEA meeting that the proposal on urea pric...

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