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February 23, 2012 2:40 PM

Antony expresses profound grief over loss of Army personnel

Defence Minister AK Antony has expressed profound grief at the loss of several precious lives of Army personnel in the line of duty in the massive avalanches at the Army Post in SonaMarg and the Brigade Headquarters forward post at Gurez in Jammu and Kashmir late last night.In a message, the Ministe...

February 23, 2012 2:39 PM

No position taken on homosexuality, clarifies Centre

The Central government today clarified that the Ministry of home Affairs has not taken any position on homosexuality as is being reported in the media. It said in a press release that it will not file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the High Court judgment on decriminalization of gay sex. It ...

February 23, 2012 2:24 PM

Thane cyclone affected farmers to get free quality tree crop seedlings

Thane cyclone affected farmers in the districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram districts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will get 15 lakh quality tree crops seedlings like Casuarinas free of cost. Inaugurating the Tree Growers Mela 2012 in Coimbatore today Smt.Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of Environment a...

February 23, 2012 2:24 PM

Tribal death due to silicos: NHRC issues notice to MP Govt

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has issued notice to Madhya Pradesh government on a death of a tribal due to silicos in Panna district. A press release said, the commission took cognizance of the incident on a complaint by an NGO. The commission has directed that the district authorities ...

February 23, 2012 2:24 PM

Actor Saif defends charges of assault against him

The Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has defended charges of assault against him and said he acted in self-defence. The actor said he had been hit and verbally abused first during the ugly incident at a five-star hotel on Tuesday night in Mumbai. Yesterday, police registered a case against the actor fo...

February 23, 2012 2:23 PM

Centre to make efforts to achieve economic growth rate of 7.5-8%: Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government will endeavour to raise the economic growth rate to 7.5 -8 per cent in the next fiscal from about 7 per cent currently. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr Mukherjee said, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has pegge...

February 23, 2012 2:22 PM

Ramlila Maidan crackdown: SC blames Ramdev, Delhi Police

The Supreme court today blamed both Baba Ramdev and Delhi Police for the mid- night crackdown at Ramlila Maidan last year. It said Police and the state could have avoided the violent incident.The court said it was Ramdev's legal and moral duty to leave the venue when asked for. It further said ...

February 23, 2012 1:51 PM

Avalanche tragedy: Antony expresses profound grief over loss of Army personnel

Defence Minister AK Antony has expressed profound grief at the loss of several precious lives of Army personnel in the line of duty in the massive avalanches at the Army Post in SonaMarg and the Brigade Headquarters forward post at Gurez in Jammu and Kashmir late last night.In a message, the Ministe...

February 23, 2012 1:50 PM

Italian authorites’ claim unacceptable, says Ramachandran

Minister of state for Home Mullappalli Ramachandran has said that the claim of Italian authorities that the murder of two Indian fishermen took place in the international waters off Kerala coast is incorrect and unacceptable to India. Interacting with media persons in Thiruvananthapuram he said the ...

February 23, 2012 1:50 PM

Italian authorites’ claim unacceptable, says Ramachandran

Minister of state for Home Mullappalli Ramachandran has said that the claim of Italian authorities that the murder of two Indian fishermen took place in the international waters off Kerala coast is incorrect and unacceptable to India. Interacting with media persons in Thiruvananthapuram he said the ...

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