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June 10, 2012 7:23 PM

Heat waves sweeps north India after brief lull

After a brief lull, mercury rose again in North India with heat wave sweeping several parts of the region. In Punjab and Haryana, hot weather conditions continued to prevail with maximum temperature hovering around 40 degree Celsius at most of places in the region on Sunday. Rajasthan also continued...

June 10, 2012 6:58 PM

Team Anna converting anti-corruption movement, says Khurshid

Law Minister Salman Khurshid said team Anna is converting the anti-corruption movement to launch a personal campaign. Talking to reporters in New Delhi on Sunday, Mr. Khurshid said that the country will give them a suitable answer when the time comes. His reaction came after Team Anna member Kiran B...

June 10, 2012 6:49 PM

Paid news will be made cognizable offence, hopes outgoing CEC

Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi hoped that paid news will be made a cognizable offence. Mr Quraishi also hoped that some major electoral reforms pending for almost two decades will now become a reality soon. In a wide-ranging interview with PTI, Mr Quraishi also rejected suggestion...

June 10, 2012 6:36 PM

CPI (M) authorizes its Polit Bureau for strategy in Prez polls

CPI(M) Central Committee authorised its Polit Bureau to formulate the party's strategy on Presidential polls after discussing with other Left and like-minded secular parties. This was decided at the two-day meeting of the party's Central Committee, which ended in New Delhi on Sunday.AIR co...

June 10, 2012 6:35 PM

Heat waves sweeps north India after brief lull

After a brief lull, mercury rose again in North India with heat wave sweeping several parts of the region. In Punjab and Haryana, hot weather conditions continued to prevail with maximum temperature hovering around 40 degree Celsius at most of places in the region on Sunday. Rajasthan also continued...

June 10, 2012 6:09 PM

India signs treaties with 37 countries to know black money details

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that India has signed treaties with 37 countries to know the details of black money stashed abroad. Addressing a meeting of Congress workers in Khargram in West Bengal on Sunday Finance Minister said all the money kept by Indians abroad is not black money. ...

June 10, 2012 5:19 PM

15 million Indians suffering from asthma, says ICMR study

A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research says around 15 million people in the country are suffering from asthma but management of the disease continues to remain unsatisfactory.It also found there was huge under-utilisation of inhalers, the mainstay of asthma therapy.It was found ...

June 10, 2012 5:18 PM

Paid news to be made cognizable offence, hopes outgoing CEC

Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi hoped that paid news will be made a cognizable offence. Mr Quraishi also hoped that some major electoral reforms pending for almost two decades will now become a reality soon. In a wide-ranging interview with PTI, Mr Quraishi also rejected suggestion...

June 10, 2012 4:42 PM

Programme on JEE Engineering to be aired on Monday

The News Services Division of All India Radio in its weekly "PUBLIC SPEAK" programme Monday night will bring you a discussion on "Joint Entrance Examination for Engineering Admissions."This can be heard on FM Gold Channel and additional frequencies at 9.30 p.m. Listeners can ask questions to the exp...

June 10, 2012 4:31 PM

Govt gives its nod to high-speed rail corridor

Bullet trains may soon become a reality in the country with the government giving its nod to the proposal of a high-speed rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. This would reduce the travel time between the two financial hubs to two-and-half hours from seven hours.AIR correspondent quoting offi...

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