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January 13, 2012 7:23 PM

Lohri being celebrated in North India

Lohri is being celebrated in north India. The festival has a special significance in Punjab. Farmers celebrate Lohri to have a good yield of wheat crop. For those who had been recently married or blessed with a child, Lohri is full of excitement.People are celebrating the festival by sitting around ...

January 13, 2012 5:50 PM

India to host meeting of 49 countries ahead of Seoul Nuclear Security Summit

India will host a preparatory meeting of officials from 49 countries next week to set the agenda for the second Nuclear Security Summit to be held in Seoul in March this year.An External Affairs Ministry release said in New Delhi that a meeting of the officials for the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit ...

January 13, 2012 5:36 PM

CVC asks depts to beef up e-procurement system security

The Central Vigilance Commission, CVC, has asked government departments to strengthen security of e-procurement system to ensure transparency and plug-in loopholes to check corruption. The anti-corruption watchdog has also asked all central government departments and public sector enterprises among ...

January 13, 2012 4:28 PM

Cold wave continues in North India

Biting chill and icy winds continued to trouble north India as temperatures remained below normal in most places across the region.National capital Delhi, where the mercury has plummeted since the past few days, settled at a low of 5.3 deg C, two notches below normal. In Uttar Pradesh, bitter cold c...

January 13, 2012 3:56 PM

Govt. formulates scheme for construction of storage godowns

The government has formulated a scheme for construction of storage godowns through private entrepreneurs, Central Warehousing Corporation and State Warehousing Corporations. According to an official release issued in New Delhi, a capacity of about 151 lakh tonnes is to be created under the scheme in...

January 13, 2012 1:53 PM

Khurshid denies violating model code of conduct during UP poll campaign

Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has submitted his reply to the Election Commission to the notice served on him for alleged violation of model code of conduct. In his reply, Mr. Khurshid said that he did not violate model code of conduct by promising nine percent quota to Muslims, if his party is ...

January 13, 2012 1:39 PM

World bodies laud India’s effort on polio eradication

The United Nations and the World Health Organisation have lauded India for remaining polio free for a whole year. Talking to All India Radio, Chief of the Polio Programme of UNICEF in India, Lieven Desomer attributed the success to the government's sustained efforts and added that routine immun...

January 13, 2012 1:15 PM

Delhi High Court grants interim protection to Swami

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy was today granted interim protection till January 30 by the Delhi High Court against his possible arrest for writing an allegedly inflammatory article.Justice M L Mehta granted interim protection to Swamy on an undertaking by him that he would not write such arti...

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