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January 12, 2012 8:52 PM

Problems with allies will be solved amicably: Chidambram

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

January 12, 2012 8:37 PM

Slowdown will basically end during Q 3 of financial year: Montek

Describing the about 6 per cent growth in industrial production in November as a good sign, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today indicated that the government could take some proactive steps to boost the economy.He told reporters in New Delhi that the Election Commission has imposed a Model Code ...

January 12, 2012 8:37 PM

Problems with allies will be solved amicably

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

January 12, 2012 7:47 PM

Develop a mechanism to check objectionable content: HC to websites

The Delhi High Court today 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 and G...

January 12, 2012 7:23 PM

Jarawa tribe exploitation: FIR lodged against videographers

The Andaman and Nicobar police today 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 children in v...

January 12, 2012 6:14 PM

National Counter-Terrorism Centre gets Cabinet nod

A mechanism to effectively counter terrorism and to create a National-Counter Terrorism Centre, NCTC, was today approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security.Briefing reporters after the meeting the Home Minister Mr. P Chidambaram said the government will soon notify for the appointment of Directors...

January 12, 2012 5:31 PM

Govt approves national policy on NDPS to combat drug abuse

The government today approved the National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) to re-assert India's commitment to combat the drug menace in a holistic manner.The decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. The po...

January 12, 2012 5:29 PM

50 per cent decline in HIV/AIDS cases in last decade

The government today launched the third phase of HIV awareness train, the Red Ribbon Express which will travel across the country.It was jointly flagged off by Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Flagging off the Express on the National Yo...

January 12, 2012 5:19 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 today 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, AIIMS, is...

January 12, 2012 5:13 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...

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