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February 20, 2011 9:18 PM

Rahat Ali Khan, manager fined Rs 15 lakh each

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof have been slapped with a penalty of 15 lakh rupees each in connection with recovery of huge amount of foreign currency from them which stands confiscated. Official sources said today, the duo were to board a Dubai flight when the sleuths o...

February 20, 2011 7:51 PM

Kalmadi demands JPC probe into all CWG related issues

Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today demanded a JPC probe into all issues relating to the mega sporting event. In a statement on the eve of the start of the Budget Session of Parliament, Kalmadi claimed that he would resign as Member of Parliament in case any ...

February 20, 2011 7:50 PM

CWG Scam: CBI requests UK to send details of Ashish Patel’s financial dealing

The CBI has sent a request to the United Kingdom seeking details of financial dealing of London- based Ashish Patel, the owner of AM Films and AM Vans, who is named as an accused in Commonwealth Games corruption cases. The agency has sent a Letters Rogatory to Britain.Official sources said, the sleu...

February 20, 2011 7:50 PM

A Malaysian Airlines plane makes emergency landing at IGI airport

A Malaysian Airlines plane with 158 passengers and crew on board had to land under emergency conditions at the IGI airport in Delhi today after one of its engines developed a technical problem.Airport sources said that the airline's Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight MH 173 took off from IGI airport at ...

February 20, 2011 1:51 PM

G-20 Finance Ministers reach compromise deal to correct economic imbalances

G-20 Finance Ministers have reached a compromise deal to correct global economic imbalances and expressed concern over excessive commodity price volatility impacting the world food security, placed by India. After two days of hard bargain by their finance ministers, major economies reached a text in...

February 20, 2011 1:50 PM

Task force to crack down on coal mafia

Government will set up a task force to crack down on coal Mafia operating in the country. The move comes after the Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal pledged to wipe off coal pilferage by the Mafia. Official sources say, Director Vigilance of the Coal Ministry will be the nodal officer for the task fo...

February 20, 2011 1:49 PM

Govt to spend huge money to make cities slum-free

Six thousand crore rupees are being earmarked to make cities slum-free across the country. The funds to be given under the Government's Rajiv Awas Yojana, RAY, will be used for construction of over two lakh houses. According to officials in the Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation, the t...

February 20, 2011 1:43 PM

G20 Finance Ministers express concern over food prices

G20 Finance Ministers have expressed concern over excessive commodity price volatility impacting the world food security, an issue pressed by India. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee stressed the need for a coordinated approach to tackle food, commodity and oil price volatility, which make emerging ...

February 20, 2011 1:40 PM

ICC World Cup: India records an emphatic 87 run victory over Bangladesh

Opener Virender Sehwag's scintillating 175 helped India launch their Cricket World Cup campaign with an emphatic 87-run victory over Bangladesh yesterday. Put in to bat, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, India piled up an imposing 370 for four in the inaugural match of the tourna...

February 20, 2011 9:51 AM

Centre to create additional storage capacity

The Centre has plans to create additional storage capacity of twenty lakh tonnes through modern silos. This will be part of the 150 lakh tonnes new storage capacity being created under the Public Entrepreneurs Guarantee Scheme of Food Corporation of India. Speaking at a conference on food grain stor...

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