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January 20, 2012 10:13 AM

Pak judicial commission to arrive in Mumbai in Feb

A Pakistani judicial commission, which has been allowed to record the statements of key persons involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attack investigation, will arrive in Mumbai in the first week of February.The delegation will include Khalid Qureshi, the head of the Federal Investigation Agency's Speci...

January 19, 2012 8:51 PM

Guj govt challenges HC order on Lokayukta in SC

Gujarat Government today moved the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict upholding the appointment of Justice (retd) R A Mehta as the Lokayukta by the Governor on the ground that it was unconstitutional as it was done without the consent of the state government. In a hurriedly filed petit...

January 19, 2012 8:45 PM

Dense fog affects air & rail traffic

Dense fog in the early hours affected air and rail traffic for the second day today in the capital even as the maximum temperature rose up by a couple of notches. The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.8 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal and down from the previous day's 5.6 degrees. O...

January 19, 2012 8:35 PM

PM: central ministries to scale up their skill development prog

The Prime Minister has asked the key central ministries to scale up their skill development programmes to bridge a gap between the requirement and the supply which unless checked will constrain the economic growth of the country. Chairing the meeting of PM's National Council on Skill Development in ...

January 19, 2012 8:29 PM

Bamboo plantation exceeds target

The plantation of bamboo in an area of 1.89 lakh hectare across the country has exceeded the target set for five years, up to the current fiscal. An official release said, under the National Bamboo Mission 1.76 lakh hectare area was targeted to be covered from 2006-07 to 2011-12. Out of 1.89 lakh he...

January 19, 2012 8:11 PM

NRHM scam: CBI raids 40 places including ex-UP Health Secy office

The CBI today conducted raids at 40 places including New Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Noida after three new cases were filed in the National Rural Health Mission, NRHM, scam.The raids were conducted at residences and offices of former health secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Pradeep Shukla and fi...

January 19, 2012 7:50 PM

PAC questions top officials of AI

The Public Accounts Committee, PAC , today questioned some top officials of Air India and erstwhile Indian Airlines on merger fallout, fleet acquisition and complaints of poor passenger services. Air India has been asked to submit all documents on merger and acquisition from the conceptual stage onw...

January 19, 2012 7:49 PM

HC to hear pleas of Google & Facebook

The pleas of Google India and social networking site Facebook, challenging a trial court summons to them for allegedly webcasting objectionable material, would be taken up for hearing by the Delhi High Court on 23rd of this month. Justice Suresh Kait, who was to hear the arguments on behalf of the t...

January 19, 2012 7:48 PM

Costa Concordia Ship: First batch of 12 Indians returns

The first batch of 12 Indians rescued from the ill-fated cruise ship 'Costa Concordia', which sank off the Tuscan coast in Italy on the 14th of this month, returned to New Delhi today with 60 others headed to other cities. They said, they were lucky to have survived and relieved to be back...

January 19, 2012 7:48 PM

Suresh Kalmadi granted bail

Delhi High Court today granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee chairman, Suresh Kalmadi in a 2010 Commonwealth Games-related graft case.Kalmadi was given bail after remaining behind bars for nearly nine months.The court also granted bail to Former Director General of CWG Organ...

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