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January 13, 2012 1:14 PM

Delhi court issues summons to various foreign-based social networking sites

A Delhi court today issued summons to various foreign-based social networking sites, including Facebook and Google, to face criminal charges for allegedly hosting objectionable contents and directed them to appear before it on March 13. The court has asked the Ministry of External Affairs to get the...

January 13, 2012 12:41 PM

World bodies laud India’s effort on polio eradication

The United Nations and the World Health Organisation have lauded India's effort for not reporting any new polio case for a whole year. In a statement, WHO Director General Margaret Chan termed it as the greatest public health achievement of the country.UNICEF's Executive Director Anthony L...

January 13, 2012 12:30 PM

Govt. formulates a 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 8:57 AM

National Symposium of Poets begins today

The National Symposium of Poets-2012 under the auspices of All India Radio will begin at the Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata today. The symposium will be inaugurated by the Director General of All India Radio MD Mandloi. Poets will recite their own poems in 23 different languages. The Hindi translation of...

January 13, 2012 8:56 AM

Cold wave continues

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 12, 2012 8:57 PM

Jarawa tribe exploitation: FIR lodged against videographers

The Andaman and Nicobar police on Thursday registered an FIR against those allegedly involved in the filming of the video on exploitation of Jarawa women.The Director General of Police S B Deol said, the video was shot by unknown persons on Andaman Trunk Road by enticing the Jarawa women and childre...

January 12, 2012 8:57 PM

Problems with allies will be solved amicably: Chidambram

Home Minister P Chidambram on Thursday expressed hope that problems with some of the UPA allies will be settled amicably. Responding to questions from reporters in New Delhi on Thursday, he said that no ally has problem in opening 100 per cent FDI in single brand. The Trinamool Congress had raised s...

January 12, 2012 8:56 PM

Shehla Masood murder: Forensic expert team begins probe

In Madhya Pradesh, a team of forensic experts from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) began investigations in Bhopal on Thursday in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood.According to CBI sources, the team led by T D Dogra, Head of Forensic Sciences Department, AII...

January 12, 2012 8:56 PM

Food inflation in negative zone for second consecutive week

Food prices fell for the second consecutive week as food inflation remained in the negative. It was minus 2.90 per cent for the week that ended 31 of last month. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index stood at minus 3.36 per cent in the previous week. It was above 19 per cent in th...

January 12, 2012 8:56 PM

Develop a mechanism to check objectionable content: HC to websites

The Delhi High Court on Thursday warned social networking site Facebook India and search engine Google India that websites can be blocked if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages.Justice Suresh Kait said this while asking counsel for Facebook...

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