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February 25, 2011 11:07 AM

India interested in cooperation with Zimbabwe in mining, agro fields

India has expressed interest in cooperation with Zimbabwe in sectors like mining, power generation and agriculture. The Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. Anand Sharma conveyed India's interest for cooperation when the visiting Finance Minister of Zimbabwe Mr. Tendai Biti called upon him in New...

February 25, 2011 9:24 AM

SC says nothing wrong in providing quality education to 25 % EWS

The Supreme Court said private educational institutions cannot complain about Government's decision to reserve 25 per cent of seats for economically weaker sections (EWS) under the Right to Education (RTE) Act as it is an investment for the country's future prosperity. A three-judge bench ...

February 25, 2011 9:11 AM

Govt enhances election expenditure of candidates

Government enhanced the election expenditure of candidates . A Law Ministry notification said the "maximum limit" of election expenses now stood at 40 lakh rupees for parliamentary constituencies and 16 lakh rupees for assembly constituencies. So far, the maximum limit for parliamentary constituenci...

February 25, 2011 8:32 AM

PM says everything will be done to root out corruption from public life

Dismissing Opposition's allegations that liberalised economic policies were responsible for reported scams, the Prime Minister called for setting up sound and effective regulatory mechanism to check the leakages. Replying to the debate in both Houses of Parliament on the Motion of Thanks to the...

February 24, 2011 8:59 PM

CWG scam : Bhanot & Verma remanded to five-day CBI custody

Former top CWG Organising Committee officials Lalit Bhanot and V K Verma were on Thursday remanded in CBI custody for five days in connection with alleged irregularities in the 107 crore rupee deal with a Swiss firm. The CBI submitted before the court that both the accused persons abused their offic...

February 24, 2011 8:50 PM

PAC expresses unhappiness over quality of assets created under MNREGA

A Parliamentary Committee has expressed concern over the quality of assets created under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. The Committee said that they were by and large sub-standard, non-durable and non-productive. The observations were made by the Public Accounts Committee Chief and senior BJP leader Murl...

February 24, 2011 8:03 PM

SC seeks CBI report in Nandigram firing

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the CBI to place its investigation report in the 2007 Nandigram firing incident before it to decide on initiating criminal proceedings against the erring police officials in the case. A Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik directed the agency t...

February 24, 2011 7:13 PM

Govt. charters ferry to evacuate Indians in Libya

The government has chartered a passenger ferry with a capacity of 1200 seats to evacuate Indians in Libya. The ship "Scotia Prince" is already in Egypt and is getting ready to sail to Benghazi from where initially the evacuation operations will begin. Medical teams as well as officials of the Extern...

February 24, 2011 6:41 PM

India calls for increased economic cooperation with Uruguay

India called for increased economic cooperation with Uruguay in sectors like agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles, automobiles, machineries and IT to enhance bilateral trade. An official release said that in 2009-10, two-way commerce between India and the South American nation Uruguay amounted to ...

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