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February 27, 2011 5:28 PM

JDU wants agriculture and farmer-friendly budget

Ahead of the Union Budget, Janata Dal(U) president Sharad Yadav today said his party wanted an agriculture and farmer-friendly budget. Speaking at a convention of the party's West Bengal unit in Kolkata, he said, the thrust of the budget should not be only on high-tech cities and industries. He...

February 27, 2011 5:27 PM

Country’s first ever campaign against pneumonia launched

In Gujarat, country's first ever campaign against the pneumonia in children has been launched at Gandhidham city of kutch district this afternoon. Under the prevent pneumonia and save the children campaign, free pneumonia vaccines will be given to the urban poor children by the Indian academy o...

February 27, 2011 5:20 PM

LIC exam paper leaked

The question paper of an all-India examination for the post of assistant administrative officer of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was today leaked in the capital ahead of the test. A spokesman of Delhi police said that the main conspirator allegedly involved in it has been arrested. The i...

February 27, 2011 9:39 AM

Cold conditions revive in North India

Fresh snowfall in the hill states revived cold condition there, while rain drenched large parts of plains, where temperature stayed near normal. The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only road link to the Kashmir Valley, was closed for vehicular traffic yesterday following heavy snowfall and rain...

February 27, 2011 9:38 AM

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur arrested in Sunil Joshi murder case

Malegaon-blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur has been formally arrested in Mumbai by Madhya Pradesh police for her alleged role in murder of former RSS worker Sunil Joshi. MP police had moved an application in Mumbai regarding this at the special court set up under MCOCA. The arrest took place on Fri...

February 26, 2011 9:19 PM

Centre to spend 1800 crore to modernise post offices

Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot has said that the centre will spend 1800 crore rupees by 2012 to modernise all post offices in the country.Inaugurating modernised post offices at Villianur and Thirukkanur under PROJECT ARROW through video conferenc...

February 26, 2011 8:55 PM

Centre to spend Rs 1800 crore to modernise post offices

Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot has said that the centre will spend 1800 crore rupees by 2012 to modernise all post offices in the country.Inaugurating modernised post offices at Villianur and Thirukkanur under PROJECT ARROW through video conferenc...

February 26, 2011 8:52 PM

NALCO CMD, three others remanded to CBI custody till March 3

A Delhi court has remanded NALCO Chairman A K Srivastava and three others including his wife to CBI custody till next Thursday in a bribery case. The CBI arrested them on Friday on charges of illegal gratification.10 Kilograms of gold and 30 lakh rupees in cash were also seized from them. Further se...

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