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June 5, 2012 7:02 PM

Railways increases parcel, luggage rates by 25 %

Railways have increased the parcel and luggage rates by 25 per cent on all goods with immediate effect. With the action, railways aims to mop up 370 crore rupees as additional revenue in the current fiscal. Railways have earned 1600 crore rupees from parcel and luggage in 2011-12.The last revision o...

June 5, 2012 5:56 PM

Vice Admiral D K Joshi to be new Navy chief

Vice Admiral D K Joshi will be the new Navy chief. At present he is Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command. He will take over the charge from the present Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral NK Verma, who retires on 31st of August this year. According to an official release, during h...

June 5, 2012 5:53 PM

Leon Panetta meet PM, Shivshankar Menon in New Delhi

The visiting US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta today met the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon in New Delhi. The Ongoing defence co-operation and regional security situation is believed to have figured prominently during the discussion. They are also b...

June 5, 2012 5:42 PM

Prez awards first prize to 15-yr-old Robin for Logo design in New Delhi

President Pratibha Patil today awarded first prize to 15-year-old Robin Singh for his Logo design at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi today. The function was organised to award the winners of a logo design competition of the Rashtrapati Bhavan's green initiative 'Roshni&#...

June 5, 2012 5:41 PM

Monsoon arrives in Kerala

The south-west monsoon today hit Kerala bringing much-needed relief to farmers. Monsoon generally arrives on Kerala coast on 1st June, but it got delayed due to cyclonic pressure over the Arabian Sea this year. Talking to AIR, Director weather forecasting of the Met Department Dr BP Yadav said, it h...

June 5, 2012 4:54 PM

Special train flagged off from Delhi to create awareness on bio-diversity

A special train was flagged off from Delhi today to create widespread awareness on unique bio-diversity of the country on the world environment day today. Speaking on the occasion, Environment Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan urged the people to play a pro-active role to save the planet and the nature. ...

June 5, 2012 4:51 PM

Special train flagged off from Delhi to create awareness on bio-diversity

A special train was flagged off from Delhi today to create widespread awareness on unique bio-diversity of the country. Speaking on the occasion, Environment Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan urged the people to play a pro-active role to save the planet and the nature. The train named as Science Express ...

June 5, 2012 2:35 PM

CBI continues questioning Jagan Reddy in assets case

The CBI is questioning Kadapa Lok Sabha Member Y S Jaganmohan Reddy who was arrested in connection with the disproportionate assets case against him, on the third day today in custody. The Central Investigating Agency has brought the Kadapa MP from Chanchalguda Central Jail to the CBI Office in Hyde...

June 5, 2012 2:35 PM

Chidambaram confident that Indian economy will bounce back

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today exuded confidence that Indian economy will bounce back. Highlighting the achievements of the UPA government to media in Bhopal today, he said that due to its inherent strength and resilience India will overcome the challenges of financial crisis. He said that ...

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