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March 23, 2012 7:10 PM

No proposal to ban beggary at present: centre

Government says, there is no proposal for banning beggary at present. Minister of State for Social Justice and Employment D Napoleon said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha that the government has implemented a number schemes for the welfare of aged, persons with disabilities, orphans, abandoned ...

March 23, 2012 6:45 PM

Environment activist Aggarwal calls off his fast

Environment activist Swami G D Aggarwal on Friday called off his fast-unto-death after the Government assured him of extending all possible help in his Save Ganga Campaign. Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanaswamy met him at the All I...

March 23, 2012 5:35 PM

Land allotment to Ghai: SC refuses to stay Bombay HC judgment

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay a Bombay High Court judgment in connection with a case involving allotment of 20 acre land to filmmaker Subhash Ghai's institute. Responding to a petition filed by former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, the apex court said that the case...

March 23, 2012 1:58 PM

Nation pays tribute to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev

A grateful nation is paying tribute to national martyrs Shaeed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on their 80th martyrdom anniversary. It was on this day, these martyrs were hanged to death in Lahore Central Jail in 1931. At a state-level function on the memorial of martyrs at Hussainiw...

March 23, 2012 1:44 PM

Pak seeks immediate supplies of petrol form India

Soon after removing restrictions on import of goods from India, Pakistan has sought immediate supplies of petrol from the country to meet widening deficit. On the sidelines of the 7th Asia Gas Partnership Summit in New Delhi, Pakistan Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaud...

March 23, 2012 1:26 PM

Hostage issue: 2nd round of talks begin

The second round of talks between the government and the Maoist- sponsored interlocutors have begun in Bhubaneswar. As the first round of talk remained inconclusive on Thursday, the representatives of the ultra group had put 13-point demand including release of Maoist cadres who are in different jai...

March 23, 2012 1:23 PM

Hostage issue: 2nd round of talks begins

The second round of talks between the government and the Maoist- sponsored interlocutors have begun in Bhubaneswar. As the first round of talk remained inconclusive on Thursday, the representatives of the ultra group had put 13-point demand including release of Maoist cadres who are in different jai...

March 23, 2012 1:14 PM

Porn gate issue: Congress suspended from Guj Assembly

In Gujarat, the entire opposition Congress has been suspended for a day for the third consecutive day today from State Assembly over the issue of porn clippings allegedly watched by two BJP MLAs. As the house begins this morning, the opposition Congress had started shouting slogans for immediate dis...

March 23, 2012 1:04 PM

Hostage crisis: 2nd round of talks to resume

The second round of talks between the government and the Maoist- sponsored interlocutors will resume in a short while from now in Bhubaneswar. As the first round of talk remained inconclusive on Thursday, the representatives of the ultra group had put 13-point demand including release of Maoist cadr...

March 23, 2012 11:58 AM

PM to leave on 4 day visit to S. Korea tomorrow

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh leaves tomorrow on a four day visit to South Korea. He will hold bilateral discussions with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Dr. Singh will also attend the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul scheduled on the 26th and 27th of this month.The visit to Sou...

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