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May 18, 2012 10:43 AM

Govt nod for GAIL agreement with Turkmenistan Oil co on TAPI Gas project

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to permit GAIL to sign the Gas Sale & Purchase Agreement, GSPA, with Turrnen Gas, Turkmenistan's national oil company, for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India, TAPI Gas Pipeline Project. The P...

May 18, 2012 10:40 AM

Govt approves amendments in pending RS bill to give property share to wife

The government has approved fresh amendments in a bill pending in Rajya Sabha to give the wife a clearly defined share in her husband's immovable residential property. A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday, took up new amendments to the Marriage Laws...

May 18, 2012 10:03 AM

EC signs MOU with US Foundation to offer India's electoral expertise abroad

The Election Commission, EC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Washington based International Foundation for Electoral Systems, IFES, for developing and strengthening democratic institutions and processes. The focus of the MOU is making available the knowledge and experience of...

May 18, 2012 9:57 AM

Cabinet approves Bill to set up National Agri Bio-Diversity Authority

The Cabinet has approved a Bill that aims to set up National Agriculture Bio-diversity Authority to keep a check on inflow of external pests while importing agricultural and animal products. The National Agriculture Bio-diversity Bill will replace the Destructive Insects and Pest Act of 1914.The bil...

May 18, 2012 9:42 AM

Govt nod for GAIL agreement with Turkmenistan Oil co on TAPI Gas project

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to permit GAIL to sign the Gas Sale & Purchase Agreement, GSPA, with Turrnen Gas, Turkmenistan's national oil company, for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India, TAPI Gas Pipeline Project. The P...

May 18, 2012 9:36 AM

Delhi HC upholds order terming AI pilot strike illegal

The Delhi High Court has upheld the order of a single judge bench terming Air India pilots strike as illegal. The court came down heavily on the agitating pilots and said that the pilots cannot willfully and frequently disobey its orders. A two judge bench of the court said the striking pilots can b...

May 18, 2012 9:23 AM

No land acquisition for pvt biz: Parl Panel to Govt.

A Parliamentary panel said the government should not acquire land for private businesses and stressed on a clearer definition of public purpose in this regard. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, headed by BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, in its report on the Bill, said public purpose ...

May 17, 2012 10:31 PM

EC signs MoU with Washington based IFES

The Election Commission, EC, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Washington based International Foundation for Electoral Systems, IFES, for developing and strengthening democratic institutions and processes. The focus of the MOU is making available the knowledge and exper...

May 17, 2012 10:30 PM

India, Trinidad ink MoU in coconut sector

Memorandum of Understanding was signed between India and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to encourage and develop technical cooperation in the coconut sector. The Coconut Development Board Chairman T K Jose and Chairman of St Patrick Coconut Growers Cooperative Society, Trinidad and Tobago, Pran...

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