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February 24, 2011 8:55 AM
The Prime Minister's council on Climate Change has approved 46,000 crore rupees programme to increase forest cover in the country. The programme known as Green India Mission is aimed at increase in the forest cover by 5 million hectares over next ten years. The programme will be executed by the Mini...
February 23, 2011 9:01 PM
Ministry of Mines has amended Mineral Conservation and Development Rules to check illegal mining. According to an official release, this will strengthen the monitoring mechanism for end-to-end accounting of minerals produced, traded or exported or finally consumed in the country. Some of the importa...
February 23, 2011 8:48 PM
The Human Resource Development Ministry has constituted a Task Force to examine applications from institutions that need to take corrective measures to several criteria for satisfying the Deemed University status. The Centre had constituted a Committee of Experts to review the functioning of the exi...
February 23, 2011 6:56 PM
The government on Wednesday said that the modern aircrafts will soon replace the MiG which is to be phased out by 2017. Defence Minister A. K. Antony said while replying supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha that Light Combat Aircraft, LCA is being soon inducted. 126 Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft a...
February 23, 2011 6:02 PM
The Congress will take up the issue of a separate Tengana state after presentation of the Union Budget. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Party spokesman, Dr Shakeel Ahmed said this assurance was given by the Leader of the Lok Sabha, Mr Pranab Mukherjee to a group of party MPs from Telangana, who m...
February 23, 2011 6:00 PM
The two top executives responsible for organising the Commonwealth Games , Lalit Bhanot and V K Varma were on Wednesday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The duo were arrested after they were summoned to the CBI headquarters and subjected to questioning. AIR correspondent quoting CBI ...
February 23, 2011 5:45 PM
Lakhs of workers, including men and women, participated in a march to Parliament on Wednesday protesting price rise. This march was called by the Central Trade Unions and national federations of employees. The march was called to heap pressure on the government to help the inflation-hit poor in next...
February 23, 2011 5:39 PM
BJP today urged the government to announce formation for separate Telangana state without delay. Talking to reporters in New Delhi BJP spokesman Mr. Shahnawaz Hussain suggested the government to bring a bill in the Budget Session of Parliament. He said his party will extend all support to the govern...
February 23, 2011 5:35 PM
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab has decided to challenge the verdict of his death sentence in the Supreme Court. This was disclosed by Kasab's lawyer Farhana Shah who went to meet Kasab in Arthur Road jail to explain the verdict. The Bombay High court verdict confirmed Kasab's death sentence by...
February 23, 2011 5:01 PM
In Odisha, abducted Malkangiri District Collectror R Vineel Krishna and Junior Engineer will be freed by the Maoists by tomorrow. Talking to AIR Bhubaneswar correspondent, Prof G Haragopal, who is acting as one of the mediators on behalf of the Maoists, said the return process of Krishna and Majhi i...
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