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December 3, 2010 9:11 PM

Defence, nuclear power issues to dominate Sarkozy's India visit

Defence, nuclear power and sustainable development will dominate the agenda of talks between the Indian leaders and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy who reaches Bangalore tomorrow. In his four-day visit to India, Sarkozy is accompanied by seven of his key ministers and a business delegation. His...

December 3, 2010 8:08 PM

President stresses need for 2nd Green Revolution

The President Mrs Pratibha Devisingh Patil has stressed the need for a second Green Revolution that maximizes productivity and generates income and employment opportunities for the rural population. Inaugurating a seminar in New Delhi, Mrs Patil said the outcomes of first green revolution need to be...

December 3, 2010 8:08 PM

US support India for permanent UNSC membership, Krishna welcomes the move

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has welcomed the statement made in US Parliament by President Barrack Obama that they support India for a permanent membership of UN Security Council. Speaking to reporters in Mandya, Karnataka today, Krishna noted that US support has enormously strengthened Ind...

December 3, 2010 8:05 PM

Maharashtra Govt sends notices to 15 top bureaucrats

The Maharashtra government has sent notices to 15 top bureaucrats whose kin own flats in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in south Mumbai asking them to explain the source of funds. Speaking to AIR, State Chief Secretary JP Dange said that 11 officers have already been served the notices whi...

December 3, 2010 7:00 PM

BJP has no right to talk about corruption: Pranab

The Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee hit out at the BJP saying that it does not have the moral right to talk about corruption when their own former President was caught on camera taking bribe. Speaking to reporters Mr. Mukherjee that the people should not forget what the BJP led NDA did during ...

December 3, 2010 6:55 PM

Parliament adjourned for 16th day

Proceedings in both the houses were disrupted for the 16th day today as the unrelenting opposition continued to raise pitch over its demand for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum allocation. This led to repeated adjournments of both the houses. However, Parliament completed its financial business for ...

December 3, 2010 6:54 PM

Karnataka minister Katta Subramanya Naidu and his son resign

The Karnataka IT-BT Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu and his Corporator son Katta Jagadish resigned today after an FIR was issued against them by Karnataka Lokayuktha on charges of cheating, conspiracy and fabrication of documents in a land deal. The Chief Minsiter accepted their resignation and forw...

December 3, 2010 5:24 PM

BJP urges PM to personally intervene on climate change issue

Expressing serious concern over the reported deviation from India's earlier position on climate change, the BJP today urged the Prime Minister to personally intervene in the matter. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Arun Jaitley said that Dr. Manmohan should prevent the Environment Minister from shift...

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