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January 19, 2012 7:35 PM

Krishna concludes his four day visit to Sri Lanka

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna today concluded his four day visit to Sri Lanka. Before flying back to India this afternoon, he announced a substantial expansion in the scholarships currently being offered by India to meritorious Sri Lankan students. Under this initiative, the number of scholar...

January 19, 2012 6:48 PM

Pranab: growth rate will be around 7.2 % during current year

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that the growth rate will be around 7.2 percent during the current year. He said due to current uncertainity in global economy, as the problems in euro -zone is still unresolved and volatility in international commodity prices especially fuel, it may be d...

January 19, 2012 6:39 PM

Guj govt challenges HC order on Lokayukta in SC

The Gujarat Government today approached the Supreme Court challenging the state High Court order upholding the appointment of Justice R A Mehta as the Lokayukta by the governor.The Gujarat High Court had yesterday upheld the appointment of Justice (Retd) Mehta as the Lokayukta while sharply criticis...

January 19, 2012 6:21 PM

3 warships of Indian Coast Guard decommissions

Three warships of the Indian Coast Guard were decommissioned at the Coast Guard Jetty in Visakhapatnam at sunset this evening by Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command and former Director General, Indian Coast Guard. Our correspondent reports that the three...

January 19, 2012 6:07 PM

PM: Censorship on media is not an option

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said censorship on media is not an option and there should be complete independence of media from external control. Dr Singh called upon the Journalists to exercise self regulation to combat the ills like paid news in the media. Addressing a function to commemo...

January 19, 2012 5:19 PM

JD(U) opposes govt's move to allow upto 49% FDI in aviation

JD(U) today opposed the government's move to allow upto 49 per cent Foreign Direct Investment, FDI in the aviation sector. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, the Party President Sharad Yadav said, this will jeopardise national security and create labour problems. He also demanded the government t...

January 19, 2012 5:19 PM

Pankaj Pachauri appoints as PM Advisor

Pankaj Pachauri has been appointed as the Communications Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office with immediate effect. According to a statement, Mr Pachauri will advise the PMO on communicating the Government's programmes, policies and achievements to the media andthe public at large, particula...

January 19, 2012 5:10 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 4:47 PM

196 lakh tonnes of rice procured in Kharif Season

More than 196 lakh tonnes of rice has been procured so far in the Kharif Marketing Season 2011-12. According to an official release, the total procurement till today, this season is more than one lakh tonne above the procurement on the corresponding day last season. The maximum procurement has been ...

January 19, 2012 4:43 PM

FM on pre budget consultations

In his series of pre budget consultations, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today held a meeting with the representatives of the banking and financial institutions. The representatives from various banking and financial institutions discussed the issues relating to fast tracking of project clearanc...

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