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October 3, 2011 12:07 PM

Montek Singh Ahluwalia to discuss BPL cap with Planning Panel members

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is meeting Planning Panel members and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today on the per capita Below Poverty Line, BPL cap. He would also take a decision on filing another affidavit to clear the wind regarding the controversy.The Pla...

October 2, 2011 9:56 PM

India decides to double expenditure in R & D

India has decided to double the expenditure in Research and Development. Major initiatives were being taken by India in super computing, material sciences, genomics, nano sciences and plan breeding techniques and synthetic biology. The Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology and Earth...

October 2, 2011 9:12 PM

Durga Puja festival gets off to a colourful start

Durga Puja, the biggest of the Bengali festival gets off to a colourful start on the Maha Shasti day on Sunday. The five day long festivity kicks off with the invocation of Devi Durga this evening. AIR Kolkata correspondent reports that the entire metropoli is hit by Puja fever as brilliantly decora...

October 2, 2011 9:12 PM

Durga Puja festival gets off to a colourful start in Kolkata

Durga Puja, the biggest of the Bengali festival gets off to a colourful start on the Maha Shasti day on Sunday. The five day long festivity kicks off with the invocation of Devi Durga this evening. AIR Kolkata correspondent reports that the entire metropoli is hit by Puja fever as brilliantly decora...

October 2, 2011 7:40 PM

Telangana statehood issue: Azad appeals employees to call of their strike

Union Health Minister and Congress party Andhra Pradesh State Affairs in charge Gulam Nabi Azad appealed to employees who are on general strike for the past 20 days to call of the stir. Stating that the consultation process over Statehood for Telangana yet to be completed at national level, he said ...

October 2, 2011 6:16 PM

Over 3 crore Aadhaar cards generated till Sept

Around 3.12 crore Aadhaar cards have been generated in the country by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) till last month. The mandate of the UIDAI is to cover 600 million people by March 2014. Official sources said Aadhaar aims at providing a soft identity infrastructure which can ...

October 2, 2011 5:19 PM

Durga Puja festival gets off to a colourful start in Kolkata

Durga Puja, the biggest of the Bengali festival gets off to a colourful start on the Maha Shasti day on Sunday. The five day long festivity kicks off with the invocation of Devi Durga this evening. AIR Kolkata correspondent reports that the entire metropoli is hit by Puja fever as brilliantly decora...

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