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October 5, 2012 12:15 PM

SC refuses to accept new material on Mullaperiyar Dam row

A five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court today declined to accept any fresh material other than what has been submitted by the expert panel on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The apex court said, it would not accept any fresh material as otherwise th...

October 5, 2012 12:02 PM

LMOs-management & safety issues dominate UN biosafety meet in H'bad

Socio-economic concerns and risk assessment of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) have dominated the deliberations at the ongoing Bio-safety conference in Hyderabad. The 6th edition of Meeting of the Parties, being held as prelude to the UN conference on Bio-diversity, witnessed elaborate discussions ...

October 5, 2012 9:18 AM

IT returns,employee peformance cannot be divulged under RTI : SC

The Supreme Court has ruled that the details of a person's income tax returns and performance of an employee are personal information which cannot be divulged under the provisions of the Right to Information Actunless a larger public interest is involved.A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan an...

October 5, 2012 9:18 AM

Ailing carrier Kingfisher Airlines extends partial lockout

Ailing Kingfisher Airlines has extended its partial lockout upto October 12th, as talks between its management and employees failed to break the deadlock over non-payment of salaries for the last seven months. The partial lock-out commenced on Monday evening. Concerned over the worsening crisis, Kin...

October 5, 2012 9:17 AM

Govt clears second round of reforms; FDI in pension and insurance sectors

In a major push to second wave of economic reforms, the Centre government has approved amendments to important bills to attract foreign investment into insurance, pension sectors, accelerate infrastructure projects and given the go ahead for steps to ensure faster and inclusive growth. The decisions...

October 4, 2012 8:54 PM

India sucessfully test-fires Prithvi-II ballistic missile

India today sucessfully test-fired surface-to-surface Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur of Balasore district off Odisha coast. The missile, was launched at 9.07 this morning from Launch Complex Number-III of the ITR by personnel of the Strategic Force Com...

October 4, 2012 8:31 PM

Govt approves 49% FDI in insurance, pension sectors

The Union Cabinet today approved necessary amendments to the Insurance Laws Amendment Bill, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill and the Companies Bill. Briefing newsmen on the cabinet decisions in New Delhi this evening, Finance Minister, Mr. P.Chidambaram said the foreign equity ...

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