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March 17, 2012 7:16 PM

TMC advises Trivedi for honourable exit

Trinamool Congress chief whip Kalyan Banerjee says, as parliamentary colleague he advised Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi to resign to ensure a honorable exit. He told AIR Kolkata correspondent that he gave the advice in a telephonic talk with Trivedi.Trivedi told reporters that he will not resign u...

March 17, 2012 7:07 PM

Deshmukh, Roy, Jaya B, Katiyar file their RS nominations

Union Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Mukul Roy, Actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan and BJP's Vinay Katiyar were among eight candidates who filed their nomination papers on Saturday for the Rajya Sabha biennial polls. The last day for filing of nominations for the March 30 elections is next ...

March 17, 2012 7:02 PM

TMC advises Trivedi for honourable exit

Trinamool Congress chief whip Kalyan Banerjee says, as parliamentary colleague he advised Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi to resign to ensure a honorable exit. He told AIR Kolkata correspondent that he gave the advice in a telephonic talk with Trivedi.Trivedi told reporters that he will not resign u...

March 17, 2012 6:56 PM

TN will be informed in advance about Sri Lankan VVIP’s visit: PM

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said information regarding private visits of Sri Lankan VVIP's to Tamil Nadu will be shared with the state government. In reply to Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalitha's letter on this issue, Dr. Singh said necessary instructions have been given to the authorities...

March 17, 2012 5:37 PM

Custodial death case: NHRC issues notice to DM, SP

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has issued notice to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh in the alleged beating of two persons in police custody. It resulted in the death of one person and serious injuries to other. Taking a suo motu co...

March 17, 2012 5:18 PM

National Population Register likely to be completed soon

National Population Register is likely to be completed within the next two years. Under the project, the demographic data of more than a billion people has already been completed through a house to house enumeration.According to the information given in the Union Budget, the Government is considerin...

March 17, 2012 4:51 PM

Former Prez Kalam calls for 2nd green revolution

Former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam has called for a second green revolution in India to achieve higher productivity by 2020. He asked scientists to help farmers to achieve higher productivity. He said this is possible by adopting multi-cropping, scientific farming, drip irrigation and other t...

March 17, 2012 2:15 PM

Govt allocates 3100 cr for minorities

Government has allocated 3100 crore rupees in the General Budget for the betterment of minority community in the country. This is an increase of 385 crore rupees over the Revised Budget Estimates for the current Financial Year.The allocation for Pre-Matric Scholarship has been increased upto 810 cro...

March 17, 2012 2:14 PM

Govt allocates Rs 3100 cr for minorities

Government has allocated 3100 crore rupees in the General Budget for the betterment of minority community in the country. This is an increase of 385 crore rupees over the Revised Budget Estimates for the current Financial Year.The allocation for Pre-Matric Scholarship has been increased upto 810 cro...

March 17, 2012 1:48 PM

26/11: Pak panel begins recording witnesses statement

The judicial commission from Pakistan which is recording statements of witnesses related to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case is expected to record statements of investigating officer in the case, Ramesh Mahale, Dr. Shailesh Mohit of Nair hospital and Dr. Ganesh Nitukar, medical officer of the fo...

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