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January 5, 2011 5:59 PM

Union Environment Ministry team visits Lavasa Lake

A Union Environment Ministry team today visited the Lavasa lake city near Pune to determine whether promoters of the project had committed any violation of environmental norms. A report will be submitted to the Mumbai High court based on the findings of the five-member committee. The team will under...

January 5, 2011 5:59 PM

50 new NCC units to come up soon

A total of 50 new National Cadet Corps, NCC units will come up soon in the remotest areas of the states. These will be raised at places like Dehradun in Uttarakhand, Jagdalpur in Chhatisgarh, Dumka in Jharkhand, Rayagada in Orissa. With these units, 2 lakh additional cadets will be added in the NCC ...

January 5, 2011 3:14 PM

BJP core committee meets on latest revelations in Bofors deal

A meeting of core committee of the BJP was held on Wednesday in the wake of latest revelations about kickbacks in the Bofors deal in New Delhi on Wednesday. The top brass of the party discussed this and other cases of corruption during the second stint of the UPA. Later speaking to newsmen the leade...

January 5, 2011 2:24 PM

India to head UNSC Committee on counter-terrorism

Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected Chairman of the all important Security Council Committee on Counter-terrorism and two other key committees of this 15-member body. According to PTI a formal announcement in this regard will be made today after the conclusion...

January 5, 2011 1:59 PM

Indian Ambassador HS Puri elected Chairman of UNSC counter-terrorism committee

Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected Chairman of the all important Security Council Committee on Counter-terrorism and two other key committees of this 15-member body. According to PTI a formal announcement in this regard will be made today after the conclusion...

January 5, 2011 1:59 PM

HM expresses concern over situation in naxal-affected states

The Union Minister Home Mr. Chidambaram, said that the situation in the Left Wing-extremism affected states continues to be a matter of grave concern. In his first press conference in the New Year, in New Delhi, Mr Chidambaram said that more than 700 civilians were killed by the naxalites last year ...

January 5, 2011 12:30 PM

CBI reiterates its stand to close case against Quattrocchi

The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, has reiterated its stand to close the case against the Italian businessman Qttavio Quattrocchi in Bofors gun deal in the public interest. Notwithstanding the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's order that stated 41.2 crore rupees was paid as kickbacks to th...

January 5, 2011 12:27 PM

Hero identifies its two more staffs involved in Citibank fraud case

Two more of its own employees have been identified by the Hero Corporate Service company who could have colluded with its former Associate Vice-President Sanjay Gupta and Citibank employees in the 300-crore rupee fraud. The company said on Tuesday, Ganpat Singh and Gaurav Jain, working in the accoun...

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