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September 24, 2012 8:23 PM

Cabinet clears 7% hike in DA for Central Govt employees

The Union Cabinet today approved a 7 per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance, DA, for central government employees. In its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, the cabinet give its nod to hike in DA. The approval will benefit 80 lakh central government employees and pens...

September 24, 2012 8:21 PM

Cabinet clears 7% hike in DA for Central Govt employees

The Union Cabinet today approved a 7 per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance, DA, for central government employees. In its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, the cabinet give its nod to hike in DA. The approval will benefit 80 lakh central government employees and pens...

September 24, 2012 7:54 PM

CVC asks CBI to probe coal block allocations since 1993

The Central Vigilance Commission, the corruption watch dog in the country today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe all coal block allocation cases since 1993. Last week, Coal Minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal wrote to Central Vigilance Commission seeking a CBI probe into all the co...

September 24, 2012 7:46 PM

CVC asks CBI to probe coal block allocations since 1993

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will start an inquiry into allotment of 195 coal blocks to captive miners including state government entities. The inquiry will cover the period starting 1993. AIR correspondent reports, the Central Vigilance Commission has referred the matter to CBI after a...

September 24, 2012 1:41 PM

Roaming charges to be removed from next year: Kapil Sibal

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said that mobile phone subscribers would be freed from paying roaming charges from the next year. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi today, the Minister said, there would be no roaming charges from the coming year.Our Correspondent re...

September 24, 2012 1:37 PM

Pawar allays fears of delayed monsoon hitting Kharif crop

The country is hopeful to achieve the target of 249.52 million tonnes of foodgrain production during 2012-13. The first estimates of crop production released today, put the figures of food grains at 117.18 million tonnes and 85.59 million tonnes of rice. It said, despite poor rain rice production in...

September 24, 2012 1:31 PM

Pawar allays fears of delayed monsoon hitting Kharif crop

The country is hopeful to achieve the target of 249.52 million tones of food grains production during 2012-13. Addressing a function in New Delhi today, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar allayed fears of shortage of food grains in the country due to the delayed onset of monsoon. He, however said tha...

September 24, 2012 1:03 PM

Safety of passengers top priority: new Railway minister

Newly-appointed Railway Minister C P Joshi today said that safety of passengers will be his top priority, along with modernisation and improvement in passenger amenities. Mr. Joshi who has been given additional charge of Railways after Trinamool Congress withdrew support to the UPA government, said ...

September 24, 2012 12:30 PM

Embassy seeking consular access to Indians held in Kuwait

The Indian Embassy in Kuwait is seeking consular access to Indian workers detained in an alleged case of visa misuse. Charge de Affaires at the Indian Embassy in Kuwait, Vidhu P Nair told All India Radio that the Embassy has been able to track down around 715 Indians so far. Five teams of Consular o...

September 24, 2012 11:36 AM

Britain, France & Germany officially call for new Iran sanctions

Britain, France and Germany have officially called for new European Union sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.Diplomats said, the foreign ministers of the three countries wrote to EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton last week calling for tougher measures as the showdown with Iran ...

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