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October 2, 2011 5:18 PM

Naval War Room leak case: CBI seeks extradition of Shankaran

The CBI is sending its team, along with a cyber expert, to London to assist the UK's law officers in seeking extradition of Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the Naval War Room leak case. A Westminster court has fixed October 10th as the next date of hearing on India's plea for seeking e...

October 2, 2011 5:04 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 5:02 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 2:29 PM

Southwest monsoon completely withdraws from NW parts

The southwest monsoon has withdrawn completely from north-western parts of the country including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. According to the Met department, it will start withdrawing from central and north eastern regions during the coming week. The country has so far received four percen...

October 2, 2011 2:28 PM

Blanket ban on usage & manufacturing of plastic bags in Delhi soon

Delhi government will impose a blanket ban on the usage and manufacturing of plastic bags in the next two months. A draft notification in this regard has been issued by the State Government. The notification says those violating the ban could face imprisonment up to five years and fine of up to one ...

October 2, 2011 2:19 PM

Bengali celebration of Durga Pooja starts today

Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Bengalis, starts on the Maha Sasti day today. The invocation of Devi Durga will take place in the evening. The State Government has made eleborate arrangements to maintain law and order. Our Kolkata Correspondent reports, around thirty-three thousand police person...

October 2, 2011 2:15 PM

Flood situation continue to girm in several districts of Bihar

In Bihar, the flood situation in Darbhanga, Madhubani, Sheohar, Sitamarhi and Bhagalpur districts is still critical. The rise in the water-level of Adhwara river has inundated many villages of Darbhanga district. However, Darbhanga town is reported safe so far. District Magistrate R. Lakshmanan has ...

October 2, 2011 2:02 PM

Rural development: PM stresses need for Govt-NGO partnership

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has stressed the need for Government-NGO partnership for the development of rural areas in the country. He was addressing the Silver Jubilee celebration of 'Vanrai' an NGO working in the field of integrated rural development in Pune on Friday. He said, NGOs can ...

October 2, 2011 12:30 PM

More consultation needed on Telengana: Centre

The Government says, more consultations with various parties are needed to resolve the Telengana issue and the exercise may take some more time. The issue figured at a high level meeting of Union Ministers in New Delhi on Friday. Those who attended the meeting include Finance Minister Pranab Mukherj...

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