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January 2, 2012 8:26 PM

PM to inaugurate in 99th Indian Science Congress tomorrow

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who is on two-day visit to Odisha, will inaugurate the 99th Indian Science Congress (ISC) in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.More than 15,000 delegates, including 500 foreign scientists and 20 Noble laureates will be participating in the five-day long Congress to deliberate...

January 2, 2012 8:12 PM

U.K. police in Pune to meet Anuj Bidve’s family

A team of U.K. police from Greater Manchester has reached Pune to meet the family of Anuj Bidve who was shot dead in the Ordsall district on 26th December.Official sources said that the team will brief the family on the investigation and also facilitate their travel to Manchester to claim the body.E...

January 2, 2012 7:22 PM

Govt aims to increase food grain buffer stock for two years

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prof K V Thomas says the government's aim is to increase the food grain buffer stock in the country that will last up to two years.Addressing a press conference in Kochi today, Prof Thomas said the 63,000 crore rupee subsidy c...

January 2, 2012 7:20 PM

Watch out for Jupiter, Moon conjunction tomorrow

Sky gazers are in for a celestial treat as Jupiter and Moon will converge in a beautiful conjunction, an event which can be seen after sunset on Tuesday.Conjunction, also known as appulse, is a phenomenon in which celestial bodies appear near one another as seen from the Earth.Planetary Society of I...

January 2, 2012 7:06 PM

BJP delegation to meet President over Lokpal issue on 5th Jan

BJP on Monday said that a Party delegation will meet the President on 5th of this month on Lokpal issue.Talking to reporters in New Delhi , Party spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said Congress's allegation that BJP was not interested in passing the Lokpal bill is factually incorrect.

January 2, 2012 6:52 PM

U.K. police in Pune to meet Anuj Bidve’s family

A team of U.K. police from Greater Manchester has reached Pune to meet the family of Anuj Bidve who was shot dead in the Ordsall district on 26th December.Official sources said that the team will brief the family on the investigation and also facilitate their travel to Manchester to claim the body.E...

January 2, 2012 6:50 PM

President advocates need to develop tele-agriculture

President Mrs Pratibha Devi Singh Patil has strongly advocated the need to develop tele-agriculture to improve agricultural production in the country.She called upon the scientific community to develop technologies to educate farmers about rain-fed and dryland farming and help them in better farming...

January 2, 2012 6:24 PM

Cong makes Rasheed Masood special invitee to CWC

Congress on Monday made former Union Minister Rasheed Masood special invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect.This was announced by the party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi in New Delhi . The decision come close on the heels of Mr. Masood joined the Congress last month ahe...

January 2, 2012 6:02 PM

Cong urges BJP not to oppose important legislations like Lokpal Bill

Congress today said that the negative politics practised by BJP had an adverse impact on the investment and growth climate in the country last year.Briefing reporters in New Delhi on Monday, party spokesman Manish Tewari urged the BJP not to oppose important legislations including the Lokpal Bill fo...

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