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October 10, 2011 9:04 PM

Jaipal expresses concern over impact of weakening rupee over crude prices

Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Mr. Jaipal Reddy has expressed concern over the impact of weakening rupee over the crude prices and their impact on the under recoveries of the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Addressing the Meeting of the Consultative Committee of MPs attached to his M...

October 10, 2011 7:56 PM

India, Turkey to exchange views on developments

The Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari today said India and Turkey will exchange their views on the developments in the region besides achieving a more viable commercial relationship during his visit to Turkey. Speaking to reporters on board special aircraft en route to Ankara from New Delhi, Mr. ...

October 10, 2011 7:51 PM

Rare Mahatma Gandhi’s collection preserved

The rare collection of Mahatma Gandhi preserved by the National Archive of India was inaugurated in New Delhi today. The collection comprises forty thousands items including Gandhiji papers, photographs and original letters in print and digital form. It also contains about 400 microfilms relating to...

October 10, 2011 7:50 PM

Ghazal Maestro Jagjit Singh passes away; PM, Soni condole legend’s death

One of the most beloved voices in the Ghazal genre of Indian music Jagjit Singh breathed his last this morning in a Hospital in Mumbai. He had developed complications as he ailed from Hypertension, diabetes and heart ailment. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2003.In his condolence message, ...

October 10, 2011 6:47 PM

Ghazal Maestro Jagjit Singh passes away; PM, Soni condole legend’s death

One of the most beloved voices in the Ghazal genre of Indian music Jagjit Singh breathed his last this morning in a Hospital in Mumbai. He had developed complications as he ailed from Hypertension, diabetes and heart ailment. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2003.In his condolence message, ...

October 10, 2011 6:18 PM

Ghazal Maestro Jagjit Singh passes away; PM, Soni condole legend’s death

One of the most beloved voices in the Ghazal genre of Indian music breathed his last today morning. More than two weeks after being admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai , veteran Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away on Monday morning. He was 70. The singer had undergone an emergency surgery for...

October 10, 2011 6:09 PM

EC raises cap of min votes for political parties to obtain State party status

The Election Commission of India has raised the cap of minimum votes a political party must secure in election to get the status of a State party or maintain it further. The new minimum limit is 8 per cent of total valid votes polled in State Assembly or Lok Sabha polls. Earlier, the limit was 6 per...

October 10, 2011 5:02 PM

Countdown for launch of PSLV C18 begins

The Indian Space Agency ISRO would launch the core-alone four stage PSLV C18 on Wednesday at 1100 hrs from Sriharikota. The launch vehicle would put into space a Megha Tropiques satellite and three nano satellites.ISRO Spokesperson Dr.Ravi Gupta said in New Delhi that the countdown that began at nin...

October 10, 2011 5:00 PM

Sibal to leave for Washington tonight

Union Minister for Human Resource and Development Kapil Sibal will leave for Washington tonight to attend the First Indo-U.S. Higher Education Summit. The summit will be held from 13 th of this month.Our correspondent reports the objective of the summit is to further strengthen the collaboration in ...

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