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January 18, 2011 8:44 PM

Environment Ministry declares Lavasa housing project unauthorized

The Environment Ministry says that the controversial Lavasa housing project near Pune is unauthorized and violates the Environmental Impact Notifications. In an order issued on Tuesday, the Ministry has directed the Lavasa Corporation Limited not to undertake any construction activity and maintain t...

January 18, 2011 8:43 PM

India targets Pak for pursuing terrorism

India has hit out at Pakistan for pursuing terrorism as an instrument of state policy, saying such a strategy is flawed and self-defeating. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who is likely to meet her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir in Thimphu on the margins of a SAARC Committee meeting, said, Some...

January 18, 2011 8:33 PM

Centre expects direct tax collection to exceed target

The government is expecting to exceed the direct tax collection target of 4.30 lakh crore rupees for this fiscal. According to certain estimates, total direct tax collections could be around 4.5 lakh crore rupees .Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman Sudhir Chandra on Tuesday said, it is ba...

January 18, 2011 8:11 PM

Australia urged to revisit its stand on non-selling of uranium to India

India on Tuesday urged Australia to revisit its stand on not selling uranium to it and expressed hope that there will be a change soon. Ahead of the External affairs minister's visit to Australlia, the spokesman of MEA Vishnu Prakash said in New Delhi that enhancing energy cooperation will be h...

January 18, 2011 7:23 PM

Assault on spouse by senior diplomat: Centre to investigate

Government says that assualt by senior Diplomat Anil Verma on his wife will be thoroughly investigated. The spokesman of the External Affairs Ministry Vishu Prakash told reporters in New Delhi that the diplomat is being recalled and the London High Commission is also trying to sort out the marital d...

January 18, 2011 7:01 PM

No direct role in cultivation of perishable items: Pawar

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said his ministry had no direct role in cultivation of perishable items and was mainly concerned with cereals and sugarcane. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr Pawar said Agriculture ministry is concerned with production of foodgrains like rice, wheat...

January 18, 2011 6:59 PM

Controversial Lavasa housing project unauthorized: Environ ministry

The Environment Ministry says that the controversial Lavasa housing project near Pune is unauthorized and violates the Environmental Impact Notifications. In an order issued on Tuesday, the Ministry has directed the Lavasa Corporation Limited not to undertake any construction activity and maintain t...

January 18, 2011 6:44 PM

Dealing with rapid urbanisation: NDC meet on Friday

A sub committee of National Development Council on Urbanisation will meet in New Delhi on Friday to find a way forward to deal issues related to rapid urbanisation. The meeting to be chaired by Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy assumes significance as it is expected to provide vital inputs for...

January 18, 2011 6:32 PM

Black money in Swiss banks: Facts submitted in SC, says Congress

Congress on Tuesday claimed that the current information available about the black money in Swiss banks is the result of the efforts by the UPA government. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Party Spokesperson Manish Tewari said that government has submitted the facts in the Supreme Court and opposi...

January 18, 2011 6:30 PM

Over 30 per cent drop in Indian students going to Australia

There has been a drop of over thirty per cent in the students going to Australia for higher and professional studies in the last two years. The Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Arun Goel told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday that as against 68 thousand students who went for stud...

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