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December 31, 2010 9:09 PM

LS Speaker concludes consultation with opposition on stalemate in 2G scam

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday expressed hope that the budget session of Parliament will function smoothly. Briefing reporters after concluding her consultation process with the opposition parties she said the talks were very positive and all political parties have decided to sit down toget...

December 31, 2010 8:45 PM

LS Speaker hopes 'Budget Session' of Parliament will function smoothly

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday expressed hope that the budget session of Parliament will function smoothly. Briefing reporters after concluding her consultation process with the opposition parties she said the talks were very positive and all political parties have decided to sit down toget...

December 31, 2010 8:44 PM

NHRC recommends centre to impose ban on Endosulfan

National Human Rights Commission on Thursday recommended to the Centre to impose a ban on Endosulfan, the pesticide whose use has led to havoc in Kerala. Taking a serious note of the human rights violation of the people affected by the use of pesticide endosulfan in Kerala's Kasargod district, ...

December 31, 2010 8:44 PM

Chidambaram visits Tawang, says funds no constraint for Arunachal

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday visited the remote town Tawang in Arunachal on the Sino-Indian border. Addressing district officials he said funds will not be a constraint for development of Arunachal Pradesh. He said that the state shares a special place in the hearts of people of the c...

December 31, 2010 8:01 PM

ISRO forms panel to probe failure of GSLV-F06 mission

ISRO has constituted a committee to probe the unsuccessful GSLV-F06 mission. The Failure Analysis Committee formed by ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan will carry out an in-depth analysis of the flight data of GSLV-F06 and the data from the previous six flights of GSLV. It will try to establish reasons ...

December 31, 2010 8:01 PM

Prez, V Prez & PM greet nation on New Year’s eve

President and Vice President and the Prime Minster have greeted the nation on the eve of the New Year. In her message, President Mrs Pratibha Devi Singh Patil has wished for peace, harmony and all round progress in 2011. She also urged the people to make a resolve to meet the challenges of the prese...

December 31, 2010 7:53 PM

Wage Boards recommend three fold hike in basic pay

A three fold hike has been recommended for the Working journalists and other newspaper employees in their basic pay. The Wage Boards for Working Journalist and Non-Journalists and other newspaper employees submitted their recommendations to the Government on Friday. They also recommended 65 years as...

December 31, 2010 7:39 PM

India was not under pressure on transactions with Iran: MEA

Dismissing reports that it is acting under pressure, India today termed as technical the problem in settling the current account transactions with Iran under the Asian Clearing Union, ACU. An External Affairs Ministry press release said that efforts were being made to resolve the issue as soon as po...

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