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September 15, 2011 1:09 PM

CBI to brief JPC on 2G scam probe

The CBI will brief the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G scam on the progress of its investigation into alleged irregularities in the spectrum allocation on the 28th of this month.The JPC Chairman P C Chacko told this to the reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday. He said that the JPC had ...

September 15, 2011 1:01 PM

Delhi HC blast: Death toll rises to 14

Toll in the Delhi High Court blast rose to 14 with one more victim succumbing to his injuries in the wee hours on Thursday at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. According to hospital authorities, 34-year-old resident of Okhla, breathed his last at around 0400 hrs. Most of the seriously injured in the b...

September 15, 2011 12:46 PM

Delhi HC blast: Death toll rises to 14

Toll in the Delhi High Court blast rose to 14 with one more victim succumbing to his injuries in the wee hours on Thursday at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. According to hospital authorities, 34-year-old resident of Okhla, breathed his last at around 0400 hrs. Most of the seriously injured in the b...

September 15, 2011 12:41 PM

IIT council proposes CET for admission to engineering programmes

The Council of IITs have proposed a Common Entrance Aptitude Test for admission to Engineering programmes across the country. The proposal is to begin this pattern by 2013 which will be applicable to all IITs and other Engineering colleges. The Council which met in New Delhi on Wednesday also gave i...

September 15, 2011 12:17 PM

SC directs DIAL to abolish its contract labour system

The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) to abolish its system of contractual labour and asked it to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh to each of its 136 workers who were not reinstated after expiry of their contracts.The Apex court said the Centre's notificat...

September 15, 2011 12:04 PM

Time Bound Delivery of Services Act 2011 comes into affect in Delhi

Driving License, Power connection, Birth or Death Certificate, Domicile certificate are among the 32 services that Delhiites will get within a specified time from today. Delhi Right to Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services Act 2011 came into force from today. Seen as a major reform in service d...

September 15, 2011 11:33 AM

Joint Council of IITs approves CET for IIT& NIT from 2013

The Joint Council of Indian Institutes of Technology, IITs, has proposed a pan-India common entrance test for admission to the IITs and National Institute of Technology, NITs. The Council also proposed to cover State Government run and private engineering colleges across the country, under the commo...

September 15, 2011 11:30 AM

No one should die of starvation & malnutrition: SC

The Supreme Court said no one in the country should die of starvation and malnutrition and it is the responsibility of the government to provide food to the poor. The Apex Court asked all states to specify how much additional food grains under PDS are needed to meet the objective. A bench of Justice...

September 15, 2011 11:17 AM

Meira Kumar inaugurates seminar for Asian Parliamentarians

Mrs. Meira Kumar, today inaugurated a Seminar for Asian Parliaments on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in New Delhi. The three day seminar will deliberate on various issues relating to violence against women and girls, including legislations on it. Eminent parliamentari...

September 15, 2011 9:25 AM

Seminar on preventing violence against women and girls

Lok Sabha Speaker, Mrs. Meira Kumar, will inaugurate a Seminar for Asian Parliamentarians on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in New Delhi on Thursday. The Seminar will deliberate on various issues relating to violence against women and girls, including legislations on i...

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