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May 21, 2012 12:20 PM

Ambika favours ‘reasonable’ check on web

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said the Government does not want censorship over website content. Speaking to a Private Channel, Mrs. Soni, however, justified the need for some sort of a mechanism for reasonable restriction on web content. She said, some content is found to be...

May 21, 2012 8:18 AM

Ajit Singh meets leaders of 13 AI unions today

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh is likely to meet leaders of 13 recognised Air India unions today. It is likely to be attended by representatives of the Indian Commercial Pilots association, cabin crew, ground handlers and other employees.The IPG, which has been derecognised by Air India, has not...

May 21, 2012 8:18 AM

FM presents white paper on black money today

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present in Parliament a White Paper on black money today.In his budget speech, Mukherjee had promised that he would bring white paper on black money in the Budget Session itself. The white paper is likely to contain the report of Black Money Committee set up in...

May 20, 2012 7:41 PM

Center will put mechanism to monitor no effluents released in Ganga river

The Center today said that it would put in place a mechanism to monitor steps to ensure that no effluents are released in the Ganga river. Inaugurating the third phase of river rafting expedition by Indo-Tibetan Border Police Environment Minister Jyanti Natrajan said that government is committed to ...

May 20, 2012 7:00 PM

Air India pilots' strike enters 13th day today

The Air India pilots' strike entered 13th day today. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had yesterday appealed to the agitating pilots to return to work, saying their demands would be considered.He had also said that the ongoing strike has been declared illegal by the Delhi High Court and keepi...

May 20, 2012 6:52 PM

AAI: All state Govts to prepare plans & create inventory of airports

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked all state governments to prepare plans and create inventory of airports, helipads or even unused airstrips which they want to develop and upgrade. AAI aims to operationalise 225 airports across the country by 2020. The country is having 456 airports an...

May 20, 2012 6:39 PM

Anti-Terrorism Day to be Observed on 21st May

Anti Terrorism Day will be observed throughout the country tomorrow. It was on this day in 1991 that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi fell to the designs of terrorists. The Day is observed to generate awareness in the country among all sections of people, about the danger of terrorism, violence an...

May 20, 2012 1:35 PM

One year rural posting mandatory for medical students

Aspiring doctors will have to spend a year working in rural areas before getting their MBBS degrees, as the government has decided to make rural posting compulsory for them. In a letter to the Medical Council of India (MCI), the Health Ministry has asked its Board of Governors to make rural posting ...

May 20, 2012 1:28 PM

Govt promises action on report on AI & IA integration issues in 2 months

As the strike by Air India pilots continues, the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has promised action in two months on a report which deals with some of their problems. He also renewed his appeal to them to return to work. The fresh appeal came even as flights of the state-owned airline's sub...

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