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November 18, 2011 2:26 PM

SC refuses to grant bail to Vishal Yadav

The Supreme Court today refused to grant bail to Vishal Yadav, who along with his cousin Vikas, is serving life term for killing Nitish Katara in 2002. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and T S Thakur, however asked the Delhi High Court to decide expeditiously the appeals filed by Vishal and his cousi...

November 18, 2011 2:15 PM

Patna HC asks Bihar govt to file report on measure to control encephalitis

The Patna High Court has asked the state government to submit a detailed report on measures taken to control encephalitis cases. The Bihar government has to file its reply within two weeks.The Bihar government has sought Centre's help in fighting Japanese Encephalitis which has taken a virulent...

November 18, 2011 2:10 PM

SC refuses to quash proceedings against Sanjiv Bhatt in custodial death case

The Supreme Court today refused to quash proceedings against suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 21-year-old alleged custodial death case.A bench of justices B S Chauhan and T S Thakur refused to grant any relief to the Gujarat-cadre officer against the state high court's order, which had d...

November 18, 2011 2:10 PM

Bihar seeks centre’s help in tackling Japanese Encephalitis

The Bihar government has sought Centre's help in fighting Japanese Encephalitis which has taken a virulent form in Gaya and adjoining districts. The State Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey told AIR that the Bihar Government has written a letter to the Centre in this regard. He said, unless ...

November 18, 2011 12:24 PM

Indo-Bangladesh JWG in session to prepare Home-Secretary level talks' agenda

The Joint Working Group of India and Bangladesh is in session in New Delhi today to prepare agenda for the two day Home Secretary level talks beginning tomorrow. The working group will focus on the implementation of the pact on demarcation of land boundary. In the Secretary level talks the Indian si...

November 18, 2011 12:21 PM

Indo-Bangladesh JWG in session to prepare Home-Secretary level talks agenda

The Joint Working Group of India and Bangladesh is in session in New Delhi today to prepare agenda for the two day Home Secretary level talks beginning tomorrow. The working group will focus on the implementation of the pact on demarcation of land boundary. In the Secretary level talks the Indian si...

November 18, 2011 11:42 AM

Train on longest-ever route to be flagged off on Saturday

The North-East Frontier Railway has introduced the country's longest-ever train route with induction of a new weekly train between Dibrugarh and Kanyakumari. It will cover a distance of 4286 kilometers in 82.30 hours. The new train, christened as "Vivek Express" will be formally flagged off by the U...

November 18, 2011 11:27 AM

Cities having more than 20 lakh population to get metro rail

The government has said that all cities having a population of more than 20 lakhs will soon have metro rail facility.Briefing reporters in New Delhi, Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath said that Detailed Project Reports, DPRs for the projects in Ludhiana, Pune, Ahmedabad and Lucknow have already ...

November 18, 2011 10:03 AM

NLEM drugs to come under strict price control regime

The Centre has said that it will make all-out efforts to put under strict price control regime all the 348 drugs included in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), 2011. In an affidavit to Supreme Court, the ministry of health and family welfare had promised that to make affordable healthc...

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