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February 1, 2011 9:14 PM

BJP led NDA directs its CMs, senior leaders to declare assets

Pledging to set an example in the fight against black money, BJP-led NDA on Tuesday said it would direct its chief ministers and seniormost leaders to declare their assets. It also asked the government to make all efforts to bring Indian slush funds stashed in tax havens. Senior NDA leaders held a p...

February 1, 2011 8:51 PM

Hit by overbridge 9 youths get killed in UP while travelling on train roof

At least nine youths, travelling atop a train were killed when they were hit by an overbridge, in Shahjahanpur district on Tuesday. Inspector General of Police, B.P.Singh told AIR Correspondent that they were returning from Bareilly after submitting documents for jobs in ITBP. Several other ITBP asp...

February 1, 2011 8:37 PM

MGNREGA conference in New Delhi on Wednesday

A conference on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will be held in New Delhi on Wednesday to mark five years of the completion of this flagship programme. It was on this day that the scheme was launched in Anantpur district in Andhra Pradesh five years ago.Under the scheme, 10...

February 1, 2011 8:37 PM

Seniormost NDA leaders to declare their assets

Pledging to set an example in the fight against black money, BJP-led NDA on Tuesday said it would direct its chief ministers and seniormost leaders to declare their assets. It also asked the government to make all efforts to bring Indian slush funds stashed in tax havens. Senior NDA leaders held a p...

February 1, 2011 8:32 PM

Budget Session of Assam Legislative Assembly begins on stormy note

The week-long Budget Session of the Assam Legislative Assembly began at Dispur on Tuesday morning on a stormy note. AIR Guwahati Correspondent reports that as soon as the Governor J. B. Patnaik started his customary speech, the Opposition parties, led by the Asom Gana Parishad and BJP rushed to the ...

February 1, 2011 7:47 PM

Sahai calls for promoting ethnic tourism

Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai has called for promoting ethnic tourism in the country. Inaugurating the 25th edition of Surajkund Crafts Mela at Faridabad in Haryana on Tuesday, Mr Sahai said that fairs like this, project the country's rich cultural heritage in a proper perspective.AIR corr...

February 1, 2011 6:47 PM

Infrastructural projects in coal bearing belts: Centre cautions state Govts

Centre has asked the state governments not to come up with infrastructural projects in the coal bearing areas in the country. In a letter to chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Tuesday s...

February 1, 2011 6:46 PM

Cancellation of 2G spectrum allocation: CAG report not the sole basis, says SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that the CAG report cannot be the only basis for cancellation of allocation of the 2G Spectrum and said all government decisions, including regularisation of the licences of erring telecom companies, would be scrutinised by it. It said that any decision tak...

February 1, 2011 6:45 PM

Race for power, pelf: Sonia Gandhi expresses anguish

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday expressed anguish over the race for power and pelf which, she said, after a certain limit translates into mere pursuit of greed.Speaking at a function to release a stamp in the memory of freedom fighter Chaudhary Ranbir Singh, Mrs Gandhi said the sacrifices...

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