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January 18, 2012 9:12 AM

I&B Ministry declares citizen charter

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has declared a Citizen Charter under which it will deliver services to people within a specified time-frame. The Citizen Charter was declared on Tuesday. As per the Charter, for granting permission to TV Channels for unlinking or down linking, the ministry w...

January 18, 2012 8:54 AM

Cold wave back in north India

Rain and snow brought the chill back in North India. It was a foggy night in Delhi with the visibility falling below 50 meters at one point and people woke up to a chilly morning with icy winds today. Rain had lashed the city over the past two days and were attributed to a western disturbance. The M...

January 18, 2012 8:54 AM

Cold wave back in north India

Rain and snow brought the chill back in North India. It was a foggy night in Delhi with the visibility falling below 50 meters at one point and people woke up to a chilly morning with icy winds today. Rain had lashed the city over the past two days and were attributed to a western disturbance. The M...

January 17, 2012 8:23 PM

Home Secretary-level talks between India & Nepal

Nepal has assured India that it will not allow its territory to be used for activities inimical to India's interests. The Home Ministry said this in a statement after the two-day Home Secretary-level talks between India and Nepal which ended in New Delhi today. New Delhi also assured Kathmandu of it...

January 17, 2012 8:16 PM

49 nations deliberate moves to counter N-terrorism

The threat posed by nuclear terrorism remained at the centre of discussions in the meeting of "Sherpas" or the personal representatives of the Heads of government of 49 countries on Nuclear safety and Security Summit. The meeting that concluded in New Delhi this evening, noted that tough measures ar...

January 17, 2012 8:13 PM

Central Team in Mumbai to examine Drug Resistant TB cases

The Government has sent a central team of doctors to Mumbai to ascertain facts about reported cases of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (TB) cases. According to an official release, the central team comprises of four members led by a Senior Chief Medical Officer.A team from the Indian arm of the World He...

January 17, 2012 8:03 PM

India & Sri Lanka sign 5 MoUs in various fields

Five MoUs were signed between India and Sri Lanka today in the field of housing, railways, agriculture, water supply and telecom. The first MoU specifying the modalities for the next phase of the Housing Project being implemented with India's assistance of approximately 260 million US Dollars was si...

January 17, 2012 7:35 PM

Govt files caveat in SC

Government today filed a caveat in the Supreme Court against any ex-parte order on the petition of Army Chief General V K Singh challenging the decision over hisdate of birth. An application was filed by the Ministry of Defence urging the apex court not to pass any order on General Singh's peti...

January 17, 2012 6:25 PM

Abu Salem files petition in TADA court

Gangster Abu Salem today filed a petition in Mumbai's designated TADA court, seeking immediate closure of the trial against him in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts' case. Salem's Counsel moved an application before special TADA Judge G A Sanap after the Portuguese Supreme Court decided that India ha...

January 17, 2012 5:50 PM

Antony meets PM to discuss Army Chief Age issue

Defence Minister A K Antony today met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to discuss Army Chief General V K Singh's petition before the Supreme Court over his age issue. The meeting came a day after General Singh filed a writ petition in the apex court challenging the Defence Ministry's rejec...

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