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September 30, 2011 2:10 PM

BJP meets to assess political situation of country

The BJP national executive committee meeting began on Firday in New Delhi to take stock of the political situation in the country and to formulate a strategy to take on the ruling Congress on the issue of corruption. Barring Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and former Karantaka Chief Minister B ...

September 30, 2011 1:56 PM

India successfully test-fires Agni-II ballistic missile

India today sucessfully test-fired ballistic missile, Agni-II, from Wheeler Island in Dharma village off Odisha coast. The missile was fired at 9.30 on Friday morning from the launch complex number 4 in Wheeler Island. Agni-II has been test-fired after two consecutive successful test-firing of Shour...

September 30, 2011 1:41 PM

Food grain stocks above six hundred 40 lakh tones: Thomas

The Food and Public Distribution Ministry has said that food grain stocks in the country with the government procurement agencies are well above six hundred 40 lakh tonnes. In a statement released in New Delhi, the ministry on Friday said that food grain stocks comprise about two hundred 70 lakh ton...

September 30, 2011 1:25 PM

CBI court sentences 3yrs jail to siblings in SSLC paper leakage case

In Kerala, the CBI Special Court in Kochi on Friday sentenced two sisters to three years imprisonment in connection with the leakage of the SSLC question paper in 2005. The court also imposed a fine of 30,000 rupees each on them. AIR correspondent reports that the prosecution case was that the siste...

September 30, 2011 1:23 PM

President Patil leaves Delhi for Switzerland, Austria

The President Pratibha Devisingh Patil left New Delhi on Friday on a two nation tour of Switzerland and Austria. In her departure statement, Mrs. Patil said the Swiss Confederation and the Republic of Austria are two important partners of India in Central Europe with whom India share core values of ...

September 30, 2011 12:41 PM

Pranab seeks civil society help in tackling corruption

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked private players and civil society to shoulder some responsibilities in achieving zero tolerance on corruption. Finance Minister said this while addressing the concluding session of three-day Regional Conference of the ADB-OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative fo...

September 30, 2011 12:39 PM

Pranab seeks civil society's help in tackling corruption

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked private players and civil society to shoulder some responsibilities in achieving zero tolerance on corruption. Finance Minister said this while addressing the concluding session of three-day Regional Conference of the ADB-OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative fo...

September 30, 2011 12:26 PM

Two automation systems as part of e-governance launches by Antony

The Defence Minister A.K. Antony today launched two automation systems as part of e-governance initiative in Defence Accounts Department in New Delhi. Under Project Vishwak, Defence construction accounts will be stored into a Centralised Data Base. This will provide for analysis and control over pro...

September 30, 2011 12:15 PM

2G note doesn’t reflect my views: Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has clarified that a note issued by his Ministry on 2G spectrum allocation, did not reflect his views. In a joint press conference with Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi on Thursday, Mr. Mukherjee said that the note was part of an inter-ministerial backgroun...

September 30, 2011 10:03 AM

CBI opposes monitoring of 2G probe by experts

The Central Bureau of Investigation opposed the plea for setting up a committee of experts for effective monitoring of the probe in 2G spectrum scam case. Senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for CBI in Supreme Court, told a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly that the agency has done ...

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