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December 8, 2010 2:22 PM

CIC launches special drive to clear pending cases

The Central Information Commission, CIC has launched a special drive to clear cases pending before it. The drive was launched on 2nd of last month. The Commission has also introduced hearing of cases through tele conferencing and video conferencing by the Constitution of benches to ensure speedier d...

December 8, 2010 2:11 PM

BJP delegation urges PM to create separate Telengana state

A BJP delegation of MLAs and MPs from Andhra Pradesh today met the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to press their demand for creation of separate state of Telangana. Speaking to reports outside Parliament, the BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu said that the process for carving out a separate state for Tel...

December 8, 2010 1:41 PM

CIC launches special drive to clear pending cases

The Central Information Commission, CIC has launched a special drive to clear cases pending before it. The drive was launched on the 2nd of last month. The Commission has also introduced hearing of cases through tele conferencing and video conferencing by the Constitution of benches to ensure speedi...

December 8, 2010 1:39 PM

Parliament condemns Varanasi blast; adjourns till Thursday

Both Houses of Parliament have been adjourned for the day as the standoff over the opposition demand for JPC probe into 2G spectrum scam continues. This is the 19th working day in a row that proceedings in Parliament have been disrupted over the issue. Except for laying of papers, no other work coul...

December 8, 2010 12:57 PM

Govt. considering formulating National Employment Policy

The government is considering formulation of a National Employment Policy. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, the Labour and Employment Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge said the objective of the policy is to provide a holistic framework towards the goal of remunerative ...

December 8, 2010 12:57 PM

Registration of death and birth not 100%: Makan

The government today admitted that the target of cent per cent registration of deaths and births in the country has not been achieved because of several reasons. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ajay Maken said at national l...

December 8, 2010 12:11 PM

BSF arrests six Pak nationals near Kutch border

In Gujarat, six Pakistani nationals have been apprehended by the Border Security Force in the bordering district of Kutch late last night. Quoting BSF sources, AIR Bhuj Correspondent reports that six Pakistanis alongwith mobile phones and other items were nabbed by the BSF patrol party from the Indi...

December 8, 2010 12:03 PM

Sarkozy rounds off his visit to India

French President Nicolas Sarkozy today rounded off his visit to India with a call for an international cooperation to combat terrorism. Condemning the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, he asked Pakistani authorities to show that they are resolute in combating terrorism. He said Pakistan must take action ...

December 8, 2010 9:38 AM

Third Science conclave begins at Allahabad today

The country's third Science Conclave begins at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad from today in order to give a new shape to Indian fundamental science subjects. A spokes person of IIITA told our Lucknow correspondent that around 50 scientists including four Nobel scientists will ...

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