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February 22, 2012 8:48 AM

Lady RPF to be deployed in all evening trains, says Trivedi

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said that special lady Railway Protection Force, RPF, will be deployed in all the evening trains in the country. He also said that safety of passengers, especially women passengers, is the upper most priority of the Railways.Mr Trivedi said that we need to modernise R...

February 22, 2012 8:46 AM

PM reviews progress made in preparing 12th Five Year Plan document

The Prime Minister reviewed the progress made in preparing the 12th Five Year Plan document, which envisages 9 per cent annual economic growth during the 2012-17 period.This was disclosed by the Planning Commission Member Abhijit Sen in New Delhi. Mr Sen said, Dr Manmohan Singh called a meeting of t...

February 21, 2012 9:08 PM

Pawar calls for creation of cold storage capacity; Seeks coops' support

Union Minister for Agriculture, Mr Sharad Pawar has called upon the cooperative institutions to contribute to creation of storage and cold storage capacity in the country. Addressing the 72nd Meeting of General Council of National Cooperative Development Corporation -NCDC, Mr Pawar said that coopera...

February 21, 2012 9:08 PM

India eager to learn from Sweden in the field of Public Health, says Azad

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday held discussion with his visiting Swedish counterpart Mr. Goran Hagglund and his delegation in New Delhi. On this occasion Mr. Azad said that India has a lot to learn from Sweden in the field of Public Health. Sweden has suc...

February 21, 2012 9:00 PM

Govt to digitize legacy data of driving licenses, registration certificates

Government will digitize the legacy data of driving licenses and registration certificates throughout the country. It will make data available online. The data will also enable Real Time Operating Systems, RTOs to verify the validity of driving license and identify other fake documents. According to...

February 21, 2012 8:22 PM

No abrupt hike in air fare, says DGCA

The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday said, there had been no unprecedented hike in fare as a result of large-scale cancellation of Kingfisher flights. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, DGCA Mr. Bharat Bhushan said, it has been keeping a close watch on air-fares since December 2...

February 21, 2012 7:53 PM

Akashvani Annual awards fuction held in Mumbai

The Akashvani Annual awards for 2010 were given away at a function in Mumbai Tuesday evening. The Best Correspondent award was conferred on K.K. Lal, AIR Correspondent, Patna. The Bold and Courageous Reporting award was bagged by M.A. Tantray, AIR, Srinagar Correspondent. Best News Editor of the yea...

February 21, 2012 7:45 PM

Campaigning for 5th phase of Assembly elections ends in UP

In Uttar Pradesh, campaigning for the fifth phase of Assembly elections, ended Tuesday evening. The elections are going to take place on Thursday in 49 constituencies spread over 13 districts. These districts are mainly covering Central UP, Bundelkhand and some parts of western UP. In this phase, ab...

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