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May 25, 2012 9:33 AM

Sikkim to host Sustainable Mountain Development Summit

Sikkim is set to host the 2nd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit, beginning in Gangtok today. Over 250 delegates from eleven mountainous States and the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal will be deliberating on key issues of the Indian Himalayan region including the North East for two days.The sum...

May 25, 2012 9:21 AM

BJP national executive meet in Mumbai to conclude today

Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP's two-day national executive meeting began in Mumbai yesterday. Many prominent members of the BJP including senior party leaders L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu are attending the meet. The meeting will conclude today....

May 25, 2012 9:20 AM

Aarushi murder case: Ghaziabad court to frame murder charge against parents

A Gaziabad court has ordered framing of charges of murder and destruction of evidence against dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. The couple's daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were found murdered at their residence four years ago. The court also ordered framing of additional charge...

May 25, 2012 9:15 AM

Plan panel constitutes expert group to estimate poverty

The Planning Commission has constituted an expert group headed by noted Economist C.Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty. Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar told reporters yesterday that the expert group is expected to submit its report in 7-9 mon...

May 25, 2012 8:25 AM

Estimating poverty: Expert Group under Rangarajan to review methodology

Planning Commission has constituted an expert group headed by noted Economist C. Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty. Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar told reporters on Thursday that the expert group is expected to give its report in 7-9 months...

May 24, 2012 9:11 PM

Air India pilots welcome Aviation Minister’s talks offer

Softening its stand, striking Air India pilots on Thursday welcomed Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's offer to hold talks with its management. They indicated that they are ready to return to work if the 101 sacked pilots are reinstated.A day after Singh's fresh appeal to them to end the...

May 24, 2012 9:02 PM

CBSE class X result out; Girls outshine boys yet again

Girls once again outshone boys in class X CBSE results announced on Thursday. The result announced by the CBSC recorded a pass percentage of 98.19. The overall pass figure is about two per cent higher than last last year's results. According to a CBSE statement, the pass percentage in Chennai r...

May 24, 2012 8:41 PM

Air India pilots welcome talks offer

Softening its stand, striking Air India pilots on Thursday welcomed Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's offer to hold talks with them. They indicated that they are ready to return to work if the 101 sacked pilots are reinstated.A day after Singh's fresh appeal to them to end their strike ...

May 24, 2012 8:25 PM

Union Cabinet approves restructuring of Bird group of Companies

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the restructuring of Bird group of Companies under the Ministry of Steel. It gave the nod for the proposal for modification of the grant-in-aid instead of waiver of income tax liability arising due to restructuring of Bisra Stone Lime Company Limited (BSLC) of ...

May 24, 2012 8:11 PM

Petrol price hike: No immediate roll back, say oil companies

The Oil companies have ruled out any immediate roll back in the prices of petrol. Briefing the media in New Delhi, IOC chairman Shri R.S. Butola said that the decision to hike the prices by 6.28 Rupees was taken after all the existing options were exhausted and it was done as a last measure in a col...

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