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February 4, 2011 9:01 PM

NRIs can now cast votes in their home constituencies

The Non-resident Indians (NRIs) can now cast votes in their home constituencies. Centre has notified rules in this regard. The rules make it clear that the NRIs would have to register as voters and be physically present with their passport on the polling day to exercise their franchise. There is, ho...

February 4, 2011 8:57 PM

Justice has to be done by bringing to book 26/11 attackers: Rao

The Foreign Secretary Mrs. Nirupama Rao has asserted that justice will be done only when the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks are brought to the book. Mrs. Rao told this to newsmen in reply to a query whether she will raise this issue when she meets her Pakistani counterpart in Bhutan. She was ...

February 4, 2011 8:56 PM

India ,Finland decide to expand cooperation in Energy

India and Finland have decided to expand cooperation in Energy: This was decided at a meeting between Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Minister of the Environment of Finland, Ms. Paula Lehtomaki, in New Delhi today. During the interaction with Ms. Lehtomaki, Dr. Ab...

February 4, 2011 8:31 PM

Centre to build eight state of Art sports complexes in JNV

Centre will build eight state of Art sports complexes in Jawahar Navodyaya Vidyalayas in the country. Speaking after laying foundation stone of First Navodaya sports complex at Jawahar Nvoday Vidyalay at Balla in Raebareli today, the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said that, the centre has decided to ...

February 4, 2011 8:25 PM

Deputy EC reviews WB election preparedness

The Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi who is now on tour to West Bengal, today held video conference with the SP's and DM's of 6 districts of North Bengal. Besides this Mr. Zutshi also held meetings with the state Home Secretary Mr. Gyandutt Goutam, the state Police Chief Mr. Naparajito Mukh...

February 4, 2011 8:24 PM

SC directs TRAI to evolve new revenue sharing norms

The Supreme Court today directed telecom regulator TRAI to evolve a new set of revenue sharing norms and other regulations on interconnectivity among operators for carrying calls of one network through others.A bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to bri...

February 4, 2011 8:24 PM

India releases 7 Pak prisoners

In a goodwill gesture India released Seven Pakistani prisoners, today. The BSF handed over them to Pakistani Rangers at the ATTARI joint check post. All These Prisoners were Releases From Delhi, Varanasi, Amritsar And Agra Jails. All of them were released after imprisonment of 2 to 15 years.

February 4, 2011 8:23 PM

NDA to blame for flawed 2G policies : Sibal

The Shivraj Patil Committee has concluded that there were procedural lapses in the allocation of 2G Spectrum from 2003 when NDA was in power and later this continued during the UPA regime. The committee was set up to look into the procedural lapses in allocation of 2G spectrum licenses. The report s...

February 4, 2011 7:43 PM

CBI Director told to respond to leak of Aseemanand’s testimony

A Delhi court today asked the CBI Director to explain how the confessional statement of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Ajmer dargah blast case, was leaked to the media.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal asked the probe agency to file its response on February 15.The court&#03...

February 4, 2011 7:42 PM

Jayadeva Hospital conducts free Heart surgery on two Pak children

Extending an arm of friendship towards Pakistan, the government run Jayadeva Hospital in Bangalore has conducted free heart surgery on two Pakistani children. The children are from the Sindh province of Pakistan. Speaking to media persons, the Director of the Institute Dr. C N Manjunath said that if...

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