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February 16, 2012 12:51 PM

New Rail Coach manufacturing unit to produce 400 coaches annually

Centre has approved the setting up of a new Rail Coach Manufacturing unit at Palakkad in Kerala to manufacture 400 coaches per annum.It will be a Joint Venture in which Railways shall contribute 26% of the equity. The estimated cost of project is Rs 550 crore excluding the cost of land. The decision...

February 16, 2012 10:06 AM

Freedom fighter Bibhudendra Mishra passes away

In Odisha, eminent freedom fighter and former Union minister Bibhudendra Mishra has passed away at a private hospital in Cuttack due to old age-related ailments. An associate of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, Mr. Mishra (93) is survived by a son and a daughter. His wife had predeceased him in 2000. Bor...

February 15, 2012 10:33 PM

No evidence about individual, entity or country in Israeli car attack: MEA

India on Wednesday said, it has no evidence about any individual, entity, organisation and country involved in the attack which left an Israeli diplomat critically injured in New Delhi.Official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin refused to speculate on any involvement.H...

February 15, 2012 10:32 PM

Israeli car blast: 'Potassium chlorate, nitrate found in blast material'

Investigators probing the explosion of a Israeli diplomat's car on Wednesday said preliminary forensic examination of the blast material showed traces of potassium chlorate and nitrate.Officials monitoring the probe said that the quantity of explosive material used in the probe was very less.Ac...

February 15, 2012 10:31 PM

Custody row: India summons Norway ambassador

India on Wednesday summoned Norwegian Ambassador Ann Ollestad seeking expeditious solution to the custody row involving two NRI children, who have been kept in foster care by the authorities of that country.Official spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin told reporters in New ...

February 15, 2012 10:30 PM

Israel satisfy over probe into embassy car attack

Israel has expressed satisfaction over the progress in the probe of a suspected terror attack on Israeli diplomat in Delhi this month.The Israeli Ambassador in India, Mr. Alon Ushpiz told reporters in New Delhi after meeting External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna at his residence that the meeting w...

February 15, 2012 10:26 PM

EC not to take any further action against Khurshid

The Election Commission of India has decided not to take any further action in the alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct by Union Law Minister, Salman Khurshid. The Commission took note of the fact that Mr. Khurshid has regretted the statement that he had made during the course of the elect...

February 15, 2012 9:33 PM

44th Session of Indian Labour Conference concludes

The two day 44th Session of Indian Labour Conference which ended on Wednesday, has recommended national minimum wages applicable to all employments throughout the country.Briefing reporters in New Delhi after the end of the Conference, the Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Mallikarjun Kharge ...

February 15, 2012 8:59 PM

57 per cent turnout in third phase of UP polling

In Uttar Pradesh, above 57 per cent votes have been cast in phase three Assembly elections in 56 constituencies spread over 10 districts from Faizabad, Varanasi, Allahabad and Vindhyachal Dham divisions.Chief Electoral Officer of the State, Umesh Sinha told our Lucknow correspondent that maximum 67 ...

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