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February 8, 2012 6:10 PM

India successfully test fires indigenously developed Lakshya-1

India today sucessfully test flown indigenously developed micro-light pilot-less target aircraft 'Lakshya-1' from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha, as part of a routine trial. Lakshya, a sub-sonic, re-usable aerial target system is remote controlled from...

February 8, 2012 5:30 PM

Implementation of Food Security Bill needs massive investment: Pranab

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that massive investments are needed in the agriculture sector to meet the requirements for implementation of the Food Security Bill. The Minister said this while addressing the two day conference of Food and Agriculture Ministers of States and Union...

February 8, 2012 3:28 PM

Green Signal for CRPF's own intelligence network in Maoist heartland

The home minister P Chidambaram today said that the Central Reserve Police Force should have its own intelligence cell. Speaking at the inauguration of the first ever Intelligence training School for CRPF personnel at Kadarpur in Gurgaon, the Home Minister said that the role of CRPF has significantl...

February 8, 2012 2:54 PM

India to give $250 mln Line of Credit to Mauritius

India has announced a new economic package of a 250 million dollars line of credit and a 20 million dollars grant for Mauritius. The package was unveiled during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Mauritian counterpart Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam in New Delhi last evening.Th...

February 8, 2012 1:57 PM

K'tka Governor accepts resignation of 3 tainted ministers

Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj today accepted the resignation of three tainted ministers, who quit in the wake of a controversy over allegedly watching porn video clippings in the state Assembly. Agencies quoting Raj Bhavan sources said that the resignation of Minister for Cooperation Laxman Savadi...

February 8, 2012 1:46 PM

India to give $250 mln Line of Credit to Mauritius

India has announced a new economic package of a 250 million dollars line of credit and a 20 million dollars grant for Mauritius. The package was unveiled during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Mauritian counterpart Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam in New Delhi last evening.Th...

February 8, 2012 1:37 PM

India assures Maldives of continued support & cooperation

India has assured Maldives of continued support and cooperation. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today wrote to the new President of Maldives Dr. Mohamed Waheed and assured him of continued support to the Maldivian people and cooperation with the Government of Maldives. Dr. Singh in his felici...

February 8, 2012 1:22 PM

Prez inaugrates Audio Visual gallery on Mahabharta & Geeta at Kurukshetra

In Haryana, President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil today inaugurated an Audio Visual gallery on Mahabharta and Geeta in Shri Krishan museum at Kurukshetra. She was accompanied by Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia and Chief Minister Bhupender Singh Hooda. The government has spent around 4 crore 66 lakh...

February 8, 2012 12:49 PM

India, Iran reach arrangement on oil payments

India has reached an arrangement with Iran for payment for crude oil imports as US and European Union sanctions disrupted regular payment. IANS news agency quoting Iranian ambassador to India Syed Mehdi Nabizadeh reported that Indian Oil companies would pay for 45 per cent of the crude imported from...

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