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February 26, 2012 9:23 AM

CBEC to issue Bio-metric cards soon to check fraud

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) will soon issue bio-metric cards to custom house agents to check fraud and misuse of services. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai yesterday, CBEC chairman SK Goel said Bio-metric smart cards will be issued first in Mumbai in all the three Customs zones. He...

February 25, 2012 9:44 PM

UP NRHM scam: CBI carries out raids at 23 locations

The CBI on Saturday carried out fresh searches 23 locations in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. PTI quoting CBI sources said that the searches are being carried out across 12 districts, including Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Meerut, Jhansi, at the residen...

February 25, 2012 8:51 PM

UP NRHM scam : CBI carries out fresh searches at 23 locations

The CBI today carried out fresh searches 23 locations in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. PTI quoting CBI sources said that the searches are being carried out across 12 districts, including Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Meerut, Jhansi, at the residences of...

February 25, 2012 8:16 PM

Call CMs’ meet on Anti-Terror Centre: BJP to PM

The BJP has demanded that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should call a Chief Ministers' meeting on setting up of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) to discuss threadbare and ally the fears of the states on the issue.Senior party leader and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee...

February 25, 2012 8:14 PM

Chinese delegation hold talks with India to step up tourism

A Chinese delegation led by Vice Chairman of China National Tourism Administration Wang Zhifa, called on Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai on Saturday. They discussed ways to step up tourism between the two countries.Speaking on the occasion Sahai said, efforts are on by the two friendly neig...

February 25, 2012 7:37 PM

WHO removes India from polio endemic countries’ list

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that health and education will be the key priorities of the 12th Five-year plan. He said that the public expenditure on health had been increased from less than one per cent of GDP in 2006-07 to an estimated 1.4 per cent of GDP by the end of the Eleventh Fi...

February 25, 2012 6:57 PM

Kishore Chandra Dev inaugurates Nakshtra exhibition

Union Minister of Tribal Affairs and Panchayti Raj V. Kishore Chandra Dev on Saturday inaugurated 9-day Exhibition of the Nakshtra in New Delhi. It will showcase Indian wisdom in the field of astrology, vastu and allied sciences.Dev pointed out that India's ancient wisdom is based on a long res...

February 25, 2012 6:57 PM

Violation of code: EC issues show cause notice to Jaiswal

The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on his alleged violation of model code of conduct by his remarks of president's rule in Uttar Pradesh. The Commission has asked him to explain why action should not be initiated against him.In the n...

February 25, 2012 6:56 PM

Vedanta to merge businesses into single entity

Indian Firm Vedanta Resources has proposed to merge all its businesses in India and abroad except the African copper mine into a single entity Sesa Sterlite. Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal said in New Delhi on Saturday that the move aims at simplifying the group structure.This move will pla...

February 25, 2012 6:16 PM

Violation of code: EC issues show cause notice to Jaiswal

Holding prima facie that the remarks of Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal about President's Rule in Uttar Pradesh is violation of Model Code of Conduct, the Election Commission of India has issued a show-cause notice asking why action should not be initiated against him.The ECI in its noti...

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