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May 17, 2012 6:08 PM

BJP demands Lokpal Bill in RS during current session

The BJP on Thursday demanded to bring the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha during the current session of Parliament.Briefing reporters in New Delhi, party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain said that it is improper for the government to delay it further.Mr Hussain said an effective anti corruption law will b...

May 17, 2012 6:08 PM

India to raise Mumbai blasts mastermind Hafiz Sayeed’s issue

India says it will take up handing over of mastermind of Mumbai Blasts Hafiz Sayeed with Pakistan in the forthcoming Home Secretary level talks with Pakistan. The talks are scheduled to be held on 24th and 25th of this month in Islamabad.Home Secretary Mr. R. K. Singh who was on a visit to Jammu and...

May 17, 2012 5:49 PM

National Co-op Dev Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2012 tabled in Lok Sabha

The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. It aimed at empowering the National Cooperative Development Corporation to extend loans to companies run by farmers.The bill, introduced by Minister of State for Agriculture Harish R...

May 17, 2012 5:49 PM

Power demand in Delhi increasing 8 per cent annually: Sheila Dikshit

Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit has said the demand of power in national capital has been increasing at an annual rate of around 8 per cent. Inaugurating a new power sub-station in the national capital, Mrs. Dikshit said to keep pace with the rising demand, the power companies have to strengthe...

May 17, 2012 2:23 PM

Khurshid concern that several laws in the country are in semi-redundancy state

Minister of Law and Justice, Salman Khurshid today expressed concerned over the fact that several laws in the country are in the state of semi-redundancy. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha today, he said some laws are neither in public knowledge nor they are being used.He supported the idea of...

May 17, 2012 2:06 PM

Prez releases Postage Stamp to commemorate Birth Centenary of Karmayogi Kadadi

President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil today released a special Postage Stamp to commemorate the Birth Centenary of Karmayogi M. B. Appasaheb Kadadi at a function. The function was organised at Rastrapati Bhawan. On this occasion Power Minister Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde and Human Resource Development...

May 17, 2012 2:05 PM

Ambika Soni justifies TRAI's recommendation to cap duration of TV adv

The Information and Broadcasting Minister Mrs Ambika Soni today justified the TRAI's recommendation to cap the duration of advertisements on television at 12 minutes per clock hour. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Mrs Soni said the government is aware of the concern of the broadcasters...

May 17, 2012 1:50 PM

FinMin: To soon resolve non-implementation of wage revision of IDBI employees

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that he will soon try to resolve the issue of non-implementation of wage revision of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) employees. Replying to a calling attention notice in the Lok Sabha raised by Basudev Acharia, CPM, the Minister assured that h...

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