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April 4, 2012 2:08 PM

President gives away Padma Awards

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today gave away Padma Awards to 50 personalities at an investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. The country's second highest civilian honour after the Bharat Ratna--the Padma Vibhushan was given to eminent cartoonist Mario de Miranda posth...

April 4, 2012 1:41 PM

Odisha Assembly urges CMAS to release abducted persons

In Odisha state assembly jointly today appealed urging them to release the two abducted persons. They are one BJD MLA and an Italian national. This proposal was moved by the chief minister Naveen Patnaik and was supported by all the members in the state assembly cutting across party lines.Earlier th...

April 4, 2012 1:34 PM

President gives away Padma Awards

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today gave away Padma Awards to 50 personalities at an investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. The country's second highest civilian honour after the Bharat Ratna--the Padma Vibhushan was given to eminent cartoonist Mario de Miranda posth...

April 4, 2012 1:16 PM

CAG: Loss of over 1000 cr rupees to govt in coal block allotment

The Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG, has estimated a loss of more than 1000 crore rupees to the exchequer of Chhattisgarh government in a faulty allotment of coal blocks to a private company in the state. This was disclosed in the CAG reports for the year 2010-11 tabled in Chhattisgarh assembly...

April 4, 2012 1:16 PM

Punjab mass cremation:NHRC recommends monetary compensation

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended 27.94 crore rupees as monetary relief to the families of 1,513 people who were killed and cremated during militancy period in Punjab.The recommendation comes following NHRC investigation into Punjab Mass Cremation case in which illegal kill...

April 4, 2012 1:02 PM

N-Submarine INS Chakra inducted in Indian Navy

Nuclear powered attack submarine INS Chakra was today inducted in the Indian Navy. Addressing the induction ceremony at Vishakhapattnam Naval Dockyard the Defence Minister, Mr. A.K.Antony said that with the growing economic interests of India in the Indian ocean, Indian Navy has to have a credible p...

April 4, 2012 12:57 PM

SC upholds HC order, quashes land allotted for Ghai’s film institute

The Supreme Court today upheld the Bombay High Court order quashing the 20 acre land allotted to film producer Subhash Ghai for his film institute. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad also pulled up former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who had alloted land to Ghai in 2004, s...

April 4, 2012 12:47 PM

Govt: Media report on army forces moving to Delhi rubbish

The Government has rubbished the report published in a major newspaper which said that two units of strategic armed forces moved to Delhi in the month of January with some ill motives. Talking to newsmen on the sidelines of a function in Vishakhapattnam today the Defence Minister, Mr. A.K.Antony war...

April 4, 2012 12:26 PM

N-Submarine INS Chakra inducted in Indian Navy

India today inducted the Russian-origin nuclear-powered submarine 'Nerpa' rechristened as INS Chakra into the Navy.With its induction India has joined the elite league of nations having suchsophisticated warships.Defence Minister A K Antony formally commissioned the submarine into the Navy...

April 4, 2012 12:10 PM

HRD Ministry forms committee, roll out community colleges

The Human Resource Development Ministry has constituted a 10-member committee to prepare an ambitious plan to roll out community colleges in the country. The committee is headed by the School Education Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Archana Chitnis. It will submit its report within two months, spelling...

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