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May 9, 2012 8:21 PM
Parliament has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill, 2012. The Lok Sabha approved the legislation Wednesday which the Rajya Sabha had adopted earlier. Children with severe disability will be its main beneficiary. They will have the option to receive education ...
May 9, 2012 8:19 PM
Minister of State for Rural Development Pradeep Jain Wednesday said that social mobilization and the National Rural Livelihoods Mission, NRLM will play a great role towards poverty elimination in the country. Addressing a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting of his Ministry in New Delhi Wedn...
May 9, 2012 8:17 PM
The Delhi High Court Wednesday restrained over 200 agitating Air India pilots from continuing their illegal strike, reporting sick and staging demonstrations. The strike began yesterday after the airlines management sacked 10 pilots and derecognised their union. The pilots, under the banner of India...
May 9, 2012 8:17 PM
The Supreme Court Wednesday gave bail to former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested last year on February 2 for his alleged role in the 2G case. The bench granted bail to Behura stipulating that he would furnish a personal bond of 10 lakh rupees and surety of 5 lakh rupees. The court also u...
May 9, 2012 6:04 PM
The Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi said that the party is fully committed to strengthen federalism which is a key tenet of the party and the UPA's agenda. Speaking at the Congress Parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, Mrs. Gandhi said, the UPA is committed to working closely with the st...
May 9, 2012 5:48 PM
India today offered Saudi Arabia to assistance in producing good quality generic drugs at affordable prices. In a meeting with Speaker of Majlis Ash Shura of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh in New Delhi today, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said around two million ...
May 9, 2012 2:13 PM
The Government has ruled out any increase in Foreign Direct Investment, FDI limit in defence manufacturing sector. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister A K Antony said defence industry was opened up for Indian Private Sector participation in May, 2001 with ...
May 9, 2012 2:13 PM
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that all steps are being taken for the storage and packaging of food grains in the wake of bumper crops this year. Making a brief statement on the farmers' plight in the Lok Sabha today during Zero Hour, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee admitted a mismatch as go...
May 9, 2012 1:58 PM
The government today called the strike by Air India pilots illegal as no prior notice was given. Talking to reporters outside Parliament in New Delhi, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said the pilots should immediately call off their strike and apologize for the inconvenince caused to passengers. ...
May 9, 2012 1:56 PM
The government has prepared a Strategy Paper for doubling India's merchandise exports to 500 Billion US dollars by 2013-14. Replying to supplementaries during the question hour in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr Jyotiraditya M Scindia said the country&...
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