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December 10, 2010 2:42 PM

Opposition accuses Govt. of hiding facts about Emergency

The opposition has accused the government of trying to hide facts about the emergency period. Reacting to reports of missing papers about emergency, the BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that the misplaced papers or improperly produced documents from National Archives are a sensitive issue.The...

December 10, 2010 2:41 PM

Tax collection grows by 3%

The government today said the country has registered an average three per cent growth rate in the tax collection. Giving this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee said that a total of Rs. 6,27,250 crore rupees has been collected under direc...

December 10, 2010 2:40 PM

Govt. likely to achieve target of polio eradication programme

The government today said that the country is all set to achieve the target of polio eradication in the near future with a sharp decline in the number of fresh cases this year. The Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that only 40 fresh cases of Polio have been reported till the ...

December 10, 2010 1:48 PM

Retired SC Judge to probe spectrum allocation system from 2001

The Department of Telecommunication is to set up a one-man Committee to go into the spectrum allocation from 2001. Announcing this at a press conference in New Delhi yesterday, the Communication and IT Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal said that the retired Supreme Court Judge S. Patil will be appointed for ...

December 10, 2010 1:34 PM

Investigating agencies hunting for leads to Varanasi blast

In Varanasi, investigations are on by Forensic Experts who arrived from Delhi to examine the nature of explosive material used in Tuesday's bomb blast. A girl child wad killed and 38 persons were injured in the explosion. The State Addl. Director General Police, Law and Order, Mr. Brij Lal said...

December 10, 2010 1:31 PM

Investigating agencies hunting for leads to Varanasi blast

In Varanasi, investigations are on by Forensic Experts who arrived from Delhi to examine the nature of explosive material used in Tuesday's bomb blast. A girl child wad killed and 38 persons were injured in the explosion. The State Addl. Director General Police, Law and Order, Mr. Brij Lal said...

December 10, 2010 1:27 PM

India successfully test fires Agni-II plus missile

India today test-fired the Agni-II plus missile from the Wheeler Island of Dhamra in Odisha Coast. Our correspondent reports, the maiden missile test-fire was conducted at 10 this morning from the launch complex number 4 of the Wheeler Island under Chandipore Integrated Test Range. The new series Ag...

December 10, 2010 12:48 PM

Govt. comes down heavily on pvt. hospitals for not treating poor

The government has come down heavily on private hospitals for not treating poor patients in accordance with their commitments to get land at subsidised rates. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, the Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that several complaints have been rece...

December 10, 2010 12:47 PM

Indian economy getting back to higher growth: Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said India's economy is getting back to higher growth, but faced some irritants. He was addressing the parliamentary consultative committee for his ministry in New Delhi. The minister listed trade imbalances, volatility in portfolio investments, current account ...

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