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March 27, 2012 2:22 PM

Mission on Seeds in 12th Plan: Pawar

The Centre has formulated a National Mission on Seeds and Planting Materials. In a written reply in Lok Sabha today, Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar said, the Planning Commission has approved inclusion of Mission on Seeds in the restructured National Mission for Agriculture Extension and Techn...

March 27, 2012 2:18 PM

Both Houses of Parliament resume business

Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have resumed discussion after lunch and are now discussing the Union budget 2012-13.Earlier the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 P.M. on the Telangana issue. As soon as the House assembled for the day, members from the ruling Congress from the Telangana region ru...

March 27, 2012 2:07 PM

Rice & Wheat production sufficient to meet demands: Agri Min Pawar

The demand for rice and wheat in the country is estimated at nearly 200 million tonnes for the year 2016-17. In a written reply in Lok Sabha today, Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar said these estimates are made as per the Working Group on Crop Husbandry, Agricultural Inputs, Demand and Supply P...

March 27, 2012 1:55 PM

Telengana issue rocks LokSabha

The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 P.M. on the Telangana issue. As soon as the House assembled for the day, members from the ruling Congress from the Telangana region rushed to the well shouting slogans for the creation of a seperate Telangana state. Members from the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti,...

March 27, 2012 1:40 PM

I&B Min Soni takes exception to Team Anna language

The Information and Broadcasting Minister Mrs. Ambika Soni today took serious exception to the language used by the Team Anna at the day long hunger strike in Delhi on Sunday. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Mrs. Soni alleged that the Anna Team is violating law and order by using intemperat...

March 27, 2012 1:09 PM

Odisha govt examining Maoist demands for MLA release

The Odisha government isexamining the demands made by abductors of ruling BJD MLA Jhina Hikakaka, which includes release of jailed ultras, amid indication that talks with Maoist mediators for release of the second Italian will soon yield positive results.Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today held an e...

March 27, 2012 1:05 PM

All Gram Panchayats to be made open defecation free: Ramesh

The Government has chalked out a programme to make all the Two Lakh 60 thousand Gram Panchayats in the country free from open defecation in the next ten years. This was stated by the Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Mr Jairam Ramesh while replying to questions in the Rajya Sabha today. He ...

March 27, 2012 1:00 PM

India supports early commencement of negotiations on FMCT: PM

India has warned that nuclear terrorism will remain a potent threat as long as there are terrorists seeking to gain access to atomic materials and technology. Addressing the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh asserted that the best guarantee for nuclear securit...

March 27, 2012 12:58 PM

Shortage of medics & paramedics in rural areas: Health Min

The Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad said the professional standard of Indian doctors is far better than their counterparts in the world. Replying to questions in the Rajya Sabha today, Mr Azad said the health care systems in the US and UK are being carried out by the Indian do...

March 27, 2012 12:09 PM

Progress in talks for foreigner release in Odisha abduction

In Odisha, significant progress has been made in the on going talk between the representatives of Maoists and government to release the foreign national. The state home Secretary U N Behera said the talk is going on in cordial atmosphere and the state government is optimistic that soon they would re...

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