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January 28, 2011 1:11 PM

Committee for suggesting modes to procure supplementary nutrition food

The government plans to set up a Committee for suggesting modes to procure supplementary nutrition food to be provided under the Integrated child Development scheme, ICDS scheme as take home ration. The panel will consist of food scientists and experts from the field of nutrition and premier food in...

January 28, 2011 12:44 PM

Tourism sector offers great opportunity for FDI

With growing influx of tourists, the Tourism sector offers great opportunity for foreign direct investment. Inaugurating a Travel and Tourism Event in New Delhi today, the Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai said at present there is a shortage of almost two lakh hotel rooms in the country and it will...

January 28, 2011 11:53 AM

Rahul urges youths to join politics to change system

The All India Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today urged youths to join politics to change the system. Addressing a youth rally in Osmanabad in Maharashtra, he said Youth Congress is providing equal opportunities to all the people to join the organization. The youth leaders are being electe...

January 28, 2011 10:06 AM

Menon arrives in Washington

National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon is in Washington to hold a series of meetings with top officials of the Obama Administration. He is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, his US counterpart Tom Donilon and Under Secretary for Political Affairs, William Burns today.State...

January 28, 2011 9:15 AM

National Lighting Code released

Bureau of Indian Standards released the National Lighting Code aimed to conserve energy and minimize light pollution. Releasing the Code, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rajiv Aggarwal said that efforts should be made to encourage affordable and efficient lighting techniques to provide maximum benefits t...

January 28, 2011 9:14 AM

Minister of Women & Child Devt Tirath to chair Conference of State Ministers

Issues relating to the implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls - 'SABLA' and the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana' (IGMSY )will top the agenda at a conference of the States' Ministers in charge of Women and Child Development, to be held in New Delhi today . ...

January 28, 2011 9:13 AM

170 adulterators arrested during raids in Maharashtra

Malegaon additional district collector Yashwant Sonawane's murder by the oil mafia has spread an outrage across the state.While the government has carried out raids across the state to curb the menace of oil adulterators, 16 lakh employees of Maharashtra government stalled their work yesterday ...

January 28, 2011 9:12 AM

Pranab calls opposition leaders’ meeting to break parliamentary impasse

The Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee has called a meeting of opposition leaders on February 8th to break the parliamentary impasse. In letters sent out to Opposition party leaders, Mr. Mukherjee invited them for mutual consultations in relation to the coming budget session. The winter sessio...

January 28, 2011 8:39 AM

SC asks govt. to go after sources of black money stashed in foreign banks

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to go after the sources of black money stashed in foreign banks. The Apex Court issued notices to the Centre, Reserve Bank of India and Chief Vigilance Commissioner on a petition seeking directions to the government to ratify the UN convention on co...

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