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September 17, 2011 8:08 PM

Regional Seminar for Asian Parliaments concludes

The regional Seminar for Asian Parliaments on preventing and responding to Violence against women and girl concluded today in New Delhi. The three day seminar spread over eight sessions discussed issues related to creation of an environment to prevent Violence against women and girl including approp...

September 17, 2011 7:54 PM

National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2011 concludes

The two-day National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2011 concluded in New Delhi today with a resolve to accord high priority to boost food production. The aim is to achieve the target of 245 million tonnes of food grains in the next Rabi season.According to an official release, the conf...

September 17, 2011 7:50 PM

Congress slams Modi’s fast

Congress today criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's fast and said that it is a confession. The party spokesman Rashid Alvi told reporters in New Delhi, it cannot change anyone's character.

September 17, 2011 6:22 PM

Syrian opposition figures meeting to unite anti-govt forces

More than 300 opposition figures in Syria are meeting in Damascus in an effort to unite anti-government forces. The meeting has not been sanctioned by Syria's authorities but so far they have not intervened. Both older members of the opposition, many of whom spent years in prison and representa...

September 17, 2011 6:21 PM

Shinde to visit to US to tap investment in power sector

Union Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shinde is to embark on a 5 day visit to the United states to tap investment in power sector in India. He is leaving for Chicago and New York on Monday. An official release issued in New Delhi today, said the power sector of India will require 232 billion US doll...

September 17, 2011 5:54 PM

National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2011 concludes

The two-day National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2011 concluded with a resolve to accord high priority to boost food production. The aim is to achieve the target of 245 million tonnes of food grains in the next Rabi season.According to an official release, the conference reviewed pro...

September 17, 2011 5:52 PM

Gujarat today witnessed two fasts by political leaders

Chief Minister Narendra Modi began his three-day fast in Ahmedabad this morning for what he called peace, unity and communal harmony in the state. His fast under `Sadbhavna Mission' coincided with his 62nd birthday.To counter his fast, Gujarat Congress leaders Shankarsinh Vaghela and Arjun Modh...

September 17, 2011 4:51 PM

PM phones Azharuddin to express condolence over son’s death

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today telephoned Mohd. Azharuddin to express condolence over the death of his son Ayazuddin. PMO sources said Dr.manmohan Singh spoke to Azharuddin and condoled the death of his son - Ayazuddin. 19-year-old Ayazuddin died yesterday in a hospital in Hyderabad succumbed t...

September 17, 2011 2:05 PM

981 hectares of Indian Railways land under encroachment

About 981 hectares of land belonging to Indian Railways is under encroachment. This constitutes 0.23 per cent of the total land holding of 4.31 lakh hectares of the Railways. Official sources said there has been no increase in encroachments during the last three years ending 31st of March 2011. The ...

September 17, 2011 1:58 PM

Lokpal: First meeting of parliamentary panel on 23- 24th Sept

The first meeting of the reconstituted Parliamentary Standing Committee going into the Lokpal Bill will be held on the 23rd and 24th of this month. Chairman of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice Abhishek Singhvi told PTI in New Delhi last night that comimittee...

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