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November 8, 2011 1:52 PM

16 killed in Haridwar Ashram stampede

In Haridwar,sixteen persons were killed and several others injured when a stampede broke out at an ashram in Chandidweep area. Officials said, the stampede broke out when a large number of followers tried to enter the gate of the Shantikunj Ashram to take part in a 'yagya' as part of the c...

November 8, 2011 1:46 PM

16 killed in Haridwar Ashram stampede

In Haridwar,sixteen killed persons were killed and several others injured when a stampede broke out at an ashram in Chandidweep area. Officials said, the stampede broke out when a large number of followers tried to enter the gate of the Shantikunj Ashram to take part in a 'yagya' as part o...

November 8, 2011 1:42 PM

Centre to launch Credit Guarantee Fund for home loan access to poor

The Centre will soon launch a Credit Gurantee Fund to ease the access of home loans to the lower income groups. According to an official release, the fund will be provided under the Rajiv Awas Yojana. It will be used as guarantee to lending agencies for small housing loans to the Economically Weaker...

November 8, 2011 12:19 PM

Tourism Ministry sets plan target of creating 20 million jobs

The Tourism Ministry has set an ambitious target of creating over twenty million jobs during the 12th five year plan to increase the sector's growth. Speaking at a conference, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai said the government's plan is to create tourism as a poverty elimination sector...

November 8, 2011 12:18 PM

Tourism Ministry sets plan target of creating 20 million jobs

The Tourism Ministry has set an ambitious target of creating over twenty million jobs during the 12th five year plan to increase the sector's growth. Speaking at a conference, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai said the government's plan is to create tourism as a poverty elimination sector...

November 8, 2011 12:09 PM

Former K'taka CM Yeddyurappa gets bail in a corruption case

Karnataka High Court today granted bail to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in a corruption case. Our correspondent reports that the High Court today heard Yeddyurappa's application for bail and hearing is on, on another application for anticipatory bail. Out of five complaints in the Loka...

November 8, 2011 12:08 PM

Meeting of PM appointed GoM on Japanese Encephalitis soon: Azad

The Prime Minister has constituted a Group of Ministers, GoM, to suggest ways to tackle Japanese Encephalitis at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Talking to media persons after an award ceremony of the Indian Coucil of Medical Research, ICMR, in New Delhi today, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, a n...

November 8, 2011 11:33 AM

Rly Min Trivedi denies reports of TMC pulling out of UPA alliance

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said that the meeting of his party MPs with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is to convey the concern over rising petrol prices. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr. Trivedi denied reports of the TMC pulling out of the...

November 8, 2011 10:07 AM

Food inflation matter of concern: Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee says, food inflation is a matter of great concern for India. He said in Navi Mumbai that the growing demand for food items such as eggs, meat, vegetables, and milk is responsible for the rising rate of inflation. Mr Mukherjee said, a rapid rise in inflation over the...

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