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January 16, 2012 9:06 PM

India-China border talks begin

India and China today resumed their 15th round of boundary talks in New Delhi to decide on a framework for delineating the border on the map. The Indian side is being led by National Security Adviser Shivshanker Menon while the Chinese team is headed at the talks by state councilor Dai Bingguo.AIR c...

January 16, 2012 8:59 PM

Govt to launch upgraded low-cost tablet Aakash-II in April

The Government will launch a new version of the tablet personal computer named 'Aakash-II' in the month of April this year. The Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibbal, while talking to reporters in the capital on Monday, said that Aakash-II is the improved version of the ex...

January 16, 2012 8:51 PM

India, Myanmar Home Sec-level talks to be held on Thursday

A joint strategy to deal with North-east insurgent groups, checking of drug smuggling, arms and ammunition will be high on the agenda during the Home Secretary-level talks between India and Myanmar to be held on Thursday in Myanmarese capital of Naypyitaw.Home Secretary R K Singh will travel to Nayp...

January 16, 2012 8:50 PM

India, Nepal to share terror-related info on real-time basis

India and Nepal have decided to join hands in sharing terror-related information on a real-time basis, check circulation of fake Indian currency notes and drugs besides cooperation in police training.New Delhi will also help Kathmandu in modernising immigration facilities at the Tribhuvan Internatio...

January 16, 2012 7:09 PM

Govt declares 2012 as year of intensification of routine immunization

The Health Ministry has declared 2012 as the "Year of Intensification of Routine Immunization" in children against various diseases. The objective of the initiative is to bring all children under the enhanced immunization coverage, particularly in remote and backward areas as well as in urban slums....

January 16, 2012 6:11 PM

External Affairs minister SM Krishna reaches Colombo

External Affairs minister SM Krishna has reached Colombo on a four day visit to Sri Lanka. He was received at the airport by his Sri Lankan counterpart G L Peires.This is his second visit to the island nation in the last 14 months. Political solution to the ethnic question, the issue of reconciliati...

January 16, 2012 6:09 PM

No proposal to hike urea price by 40 pc: Govt

Rejecting media reports about 40 per cent hike in urea prices, the government on Monday clarified that no such proposal is under consideration and termed the reports baseless and factually incorrect.The Chemical and Fertilizer Minister Srikant Jena in a statement has said that the retail price of Ur...

January 16, 2012 6:09 PM

No shortage of funds for developmental activities in naxal-hit areas: Ramesh

The Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that there will be no shortage of funds for developmental activities in the naxal-hit areas.The Minister said that the state and the Central government are trying to find ways to solve the naxal problem. Mr. Ramesh was in Chhattisgarh on Mo...

January 16, 2012 6:08 PM

Govt declares 2012 as year of intensification of routine immunization

The Health Ministry has declared 2012 as the year of intensification of routine immunization in children against various diseases.The objective of the initiative is to enhance immunization coverage and bringing all the children under its ambit particularly in remote and backward areas as well as in ...

January 16, 2012 5:18 PM

SC extends Sukh Ram’s bail

The Supreme Court today extended the interim bail to former Union Minister Sukh Ram till August 7th in a 1993 telecom scam case. A Bench headed by Justice P. Sathasivam also extended the bail to former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh and Hyderabad-based businessman P Rama Rao, the co-accused in the case.On Ja...

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