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February 28, 2012 1:37 PM

MP govt relief to silicosis victims on NHRC notice

Around 304 victims of silicosis in Madhya Pradesh have been given relief and rehabilitation by the state government. The move comes in the response of the National Human Rights Commission's, NHRCs, notices to the state government on the issue. According to an official release, the state governm...

February 28, 2012 1:35 PM

Pattern & content of AIR programmes to change: DG Mandoli

The AIR Director General L D Mandoli today indicated that the pattern and the content of programmes broadcast on All India Radio will undergo a change for the better during the next fiscal. Addressing the Station Director's conference in Kochi today, he called upon station heads to lay emphasis...

February 28, 2012 1:33 PM

SC pulls up Centre's shifting stand on gay sex

The Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for shifting stand on homosexuality. The Court asked the government not to make a mockery of the system and not to waste it's time. The Centre favoured decriminalisation of gay sex in Supreme Court, contradicting its earlier stand.As the proceedings ...

February 28, 2012 1:28 PM

Grandparents of children in Norway custody row meet Krishna

The grandparents of two Indian children forcibly put into foster care in Norway today met External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in New Delhi. They were accompanied by CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat. Briefing media persons after the meeting, Ms Karat said that the minister assured them that the...

February 28, 2012 1:20 PM

I&B Minister condoles death of journalist

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni today condoled the death of senior journalist George Joseph, who died yesterday following cardiac arrest. In her message, Mrs. Soni said that George Joseph was a veteran journalist whose death has caused an irreparable loss to the glorious profession...

February 28, 2012 12:40 PM

SC pulls up Centre's shifting stand on gay sex

The Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for shifting stand on homosexuality. The Court asked the government not to make a mockery of the system and not to waste it's time. The Centre today said that there is no error in decriminalising gay sex. Today the government, through the Health Mini...

February 28, 2012 11:11 AM

SC directs Centre to implement river interlinking in time-bound manner

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner. Observing that the project has already been delayed resulting in an increase in its cost, a three judge bench, headed by Justice S H Kapadia, appointed a high-powered committee...

February 28, 2012 10:51 AM

German national with alleged links to Kooddankulam stir deported

In Tamil Nadu, in a swift operation officers of the Central and State Intelligence Agencies detained a German national in Nagercoil for his alleged links with the group heading the anti- Kooddankulam agitation. Our correspondent quoting police sources said the German national was brought to Chennai ...

February 28, 2012 10:45 AM

National Science Day today

Every year India celebrates National Science Day on 28thFebruary, to commemorate the day on which eminent physiscist Sir C.V.Raman discovered the Raman effect in 1928. The Raman Effect is a phenomenon in spectroscopy discovered by him while working in the laboratory of the Indian Association for the...

February 28, 2012 9:40 AM

Govt appeals to unions not to go on general strike

Government has appealed to major Central trade unions not to go on countrywide general strike from Tuesday in the interest of the country. Minister for Labour Employment Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said, most of the issues relating to labour raised by the trade unions have already been addressed to...

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