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May 5, 2012 2:05 PM

Odisha's Plan for 2012-13 finalized over 17 thousand crore

The Planning Commission has finalized Annual Plan of over 17 thousand crore to Odisha for the year 2012-13. It has been sanctioned in a meeting between Deputy Chairman of the Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik in New Delhi. On this occasion, Mr Ahluwalia said the p...

May 5, 2012 11:38 AM

Moon to be closest to earth tomorrow

The moon will be closest to the earth tomorrow than it will be on any other night in 2012 and will appear significantly larger. The phenomenon, called supermoon, this year coincides with `Buddha Purnima'. Arvind Paranjpye, Director of Mumbai-based Nehru Planetarium, said, it is very interesting...

May 5, 2012 11:22 AM

Pranab Mukherjee elected Chair of ADB Governors’ Board

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was today elected as Chair of the ADB's Board of Governors and the country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in New Delhi next year. Speaking at the closing business session of the 45th annual meeting of the ADB board of governors ...

May 5, 2012 8:54 AM

Women get top two positions in Civil Services Examination

Women get top two positions in Civil Services Examination 2011. Shena Aggarwal of Haryana, an MBBS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, has topped the examination. Rukmani Riar from Punjab, a Master of Arts from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, has got the second ...

May 4, 2012 7:17 PM

RS passes Aministrators-General bill 2011 by voice vote

Rajya Sabha today passed the Aministrators-General (Amendment) bill 2011 by voice vote. The bill further amends the Aministrators-General Act, 1963 owing to decrease in money value and eascalatin of prices of properties. Before the House adopted the bill the Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid ...

May 4, 2012 7:16 PM

LS takes up Indian Medical Council Bill-2012 for consideration & passing

The Lok Sabha today took up the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill-2012 for consideration and passing. The Bill seeks to extend the tenure of the Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI) by one more year beyond the 14th of May this year. Earlier, the tenure of the Board was two ...

May 4, 2012 7:15 PM

Salman Khurshid introduces TN Legislative Council bill 2012 in RS

The Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid today introduced the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council (repeal) bill 2012 in Rajya Sabha. The bill seeks to the repeal of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act, 2010. After repeal of the bill there would be no need to amend article 168 of the Constitution a...

May 4, 2012 7:12 PM

Govt to write to states for zero tolerance towards crime against NE people

Governement today said it will write to all states asking them to have zero tolerance towards crime against people from North East.Responding to a calling attention notice by Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley in the wake of deaths of two students from North East in Gurgaon, Haryana and Bengaluru...

May 4, 2012 6:59 PM

NCTC issue: Mamata Banerjee reiterates she will not support it

Ahead of tomorrow's crucial meeting of the Chief Minister's on National Counter Terrorism Centre,NCTC, in New Delhi, the West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee reiterated that she will not support it as this is an attempt of interference in the federal structure of the country. Talk...

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