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January 19, 2012 4:43 PM

Govt: Policy initiatives taken for infrastructure building in ports

The government today said that appropriate policy initiatives are being taken for infrastructure building in ports. Inaugurating the Maritime week in New Delhi today Shipping Minister G K Vasan said the government is committed to the promotion and development of the maritime sector. He said the capa...

January 19, 2012 4:13 PM

Chargesheet filed against Bhatt in false affidavit case

Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who has alleged complicity of Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots, has been slapped with charges of wrongful confinement and fabricating evidence in the false affidavit case.The chargesheet against Bhatt and his lawyer V H Kanara in the case where a...

January 19, 2012 4:06 PM

Govt: Policy initiatives taken for infrastructure building in ports

January 19, 2012 2:00 PM

BSF jawans suspended for illegal & violent conduct

New Delhi has ordered suspension of BSF jawans involved in illegal and violent conduct along the India- Bangladesh border.The MEA spokesman said full investigation has been ordered into the matter. AIR Correspondent reports that the action is taken after a video clip surfaced showing three to four m...

January 19, 2012 1:39 PM

Textiles exhibition Tex-Trends kicks start in New Delhi

Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma today stressed the need to promote cluster approach for development of the textiles sector.He said the approach will help empower the weavers by imparting them the necessary training to adapt to the new technology. Mr Sharma was speaking at the i...

January 19, 2012 12:47 PM

Food inflation remains in negative zone

Food inflation remained in the negative zone for the third consecutive week. For the week ended 7th of this month, it was minus 0.42 per cent. The fall in prices of onion and other vegetables have been attributed for inflation downward trend. Food inflation was at minus 2.90 per cent in the previous...

January 19, 2012 12:08 PM

PM assures private players of viable solution to power sector problems

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh assured the private players in the power sector that a practical, pragmatic and viable solution will be found to the plethora of problems facing the power generation and distribution sector.The captains of industry led by Mr. Ratan Tata met Dr. Singh at his residence...

January 19, 2012 11:02 AM

Children born out of inter caste marriages cannot be denied quota benefits: SC

The Supreme Court has ruled that children born out of inter-caste marriages cannot be denied the benefits of reservation on the mere ground that one of the parents belonged to upper caste.A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai passed the ruling upholding an appeal filed by a person...

January 19, 2012 11:01 AM

Indians rescued from Costa Concordia coming home today

Indian nationals rescued from Costa Concordia cruise ship are returing home today.The Ministry of External Affairs has set up help desks at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata airports for the convenience of the passengers. Help line numbers are:Delhi Mr. Maurice 0981-8173-549Mu...

January 19, 2012 11:00 AM

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