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December 18, 2011 11:59 AM

Ajit Singh sworn in as Cabinet Minister

The Rashtriya Lok Dal Chief Ajit Singh has been inducted into the Union Cabinet. This is the third expansion of the Union Cabinet in the second term of the UPA government. The President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at a brief function at Rashtrapat...

December 18, 2011 10:10 AM

Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor's ancestral homes in Pak to get heritage

The ancestral homes of film stars Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar will be given the status of national heritage sites. This was disclosed by Information Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Mian Iftikhar Hussain yesterday. He said, both actors were a sour...

December 18, 2011 9:59 AM

Union Cabinet to be expanded on Sunday

The Union Cabinet will be expanded today. A Rashtrapati Bhavan Spokesperson said the swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for 11.30 AM. Media reports say the probables include RLD Chief Ajit Singh. His party had recently joined the UPA.

December 18, 2011 9:50 AM

CBI books 20 policemen in Ishrat Jahan encounter case

The CBI today registered a case against 20 policemen in Ishrat Jahan encounter case. All of them have been charged with murder and destruction of evidence.AIR correspondent quoting official sources reports, the fresh FIR was registered by the probe agency after the Special Investigation Team, probin...

December 18, 2011 9:49 AM

Union Cabinet to be expanded on Sunday

The Union Cabinet will be expanded today. A Rashtrapati Bhavan Spokesperson said the swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for 11.30 AM. Media reports say the probables include RLD Chief Ajit Singh. His party had recently joined the UPA.

December 18, 2011 9:48 AM

PM: Govt making all efforts to pass Lokpal Bill in winter session

The Prime Minister says, his government will make every effort to pass the Lokpal bill in this session of the parliament.Dr Manmohan Singh said the Lokpal bill will come before the cabinet by tomorrow and the government is sincere about taking it to parliament.He was talking to news persons on board...

December 17, 2011 9:07 PM

Tea industry’s turnover likely to touch 33k cr by 2015

The total turnover of the tea industry in the country is likely to touch 33,000 crore rupees by 2015.A press release issued by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, ASSOCHAM, in Guwahati today said that the industry has at present a turnover of 19,500 crore rupees.India is the w...

December 17, 2011 9:00 PM

Cabinet to be expanded

The Union Cabinet will be expanded on Sunday. A spokesman of Rashtrapati Bhavan said the swearing-in ceremony is scheduled at 11.30 AM. Media reports say the probables include RLD chief Ajit Singh. He recently joined UPA.

December 17, 2011 8:59 PM

Cabinet expected to take up Food Bill on Sunday

The Union Cabinet is expected to take up the National Food Security bill for approval tomorrow. The bill aims to provide legal entitlement to subsidised food grains to 63.5 per cent of the country's population.Food Minister K V Thomas said that he has explained the provisions of the Bill to all...

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