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May 3, 2012 6:03 PM

No plan for roads in tribal areas with 250 people: Govt

Government has informed the Lok Sabha that there is no provision under the Bharat Nirman Scheme or the Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojana to connect tribal villages having a population of less than 250 people.Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh said only unconnected habitations having a populat...

May 3, 2012 5:23 PM

Govt in touch with SC,ST forum on promotional aspects

Government has been in touch with the Forum of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on their promotional aspects in the service following the recent Supreme Court judgement. This was stated by Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid, while intervening in a Short Duration discussion in the Rajya Sa...

May 3, 2012 5:23 PM

Kingfisher yet to clear over 279 crores dues of AAI

Kingfisher owes over 279 crores rupees towards landing, parking and licence fee to Airport Authority of India. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told the Rajya Sabha today that the Authority is continuously monitoring the situation to ensure that private airlines pay their dues in time. In cases of...

May 3, 2012 5:21 PM

Congress terms Ramdev's remarks on Parliamentarians unfortunate

The Congress has termed Yoga Guru Ramdev's remarks on Parliamentarians as unfortunate and improper. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today, Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said that the language used by the Yoga Guru is a disrespect to Parliament and the Constitution. He called upon the media not...

May 3, 2012 5:13 PM

10 out of 18 ongoing Railway projects in NE declared as National Projects

The Railways has fixed a target of planting one crore saplings on its land in the current financial year. In the last three years, about two crore and sixty-one lakh saplings were planted. This drive is part of the Railways' commitment to improve the environment as also to safeguard its land fr...

May 3, 2012 4:24 PM

Chinese helicopter's violated Indian airspace in March :Antony

China says, it is verifying Defence Minister A.K. Antony's charge that Chinese helicopters violated Indian airspace twice last month. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Weimin told the media in Beijing today that his government has seen the press reports but it still need to verify the info...

May 3, 2012 4:20 PM

Scheme for pregnant women to be extended after pilot project

The central scheme to provide cash incentive to pregnant and lactating women will be extended all over the country after assessing results of the pilot project in 52 districts. This was stated by Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath in the Rajya Sabha today during Questio...

May 3, 2012 4:20 PM

IITs to post answer keys of entrance exam JEE 2012 on websites

Indian Institute of Technologies, IITs have decided to post the answer keys and the answer copies of students of the Joint Entrance Examination 2012 on their websites. The answer keys of the examination will be displayed tomorrow and the evaluated response sheets of all the candidates will be displa...

May 3, 2012 4:01 PM

SC refuses judicial probe in Naxalite leader's case

The Supreme Court has declined to order judicial inquiry or a probe by a Special Investigation Team into the alleged fake encounter killings of top Naxalite leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and a Delhi journalist Hemchandra Pandey.A bench of justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad said there is no re...

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