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July 25, 2011 8:45 AM

DMK to continue its ties with Congress party

DMK will continue its alliance with the Congress. Party Chief M. Karunanidhi said in Coimbatore on Sunday that status quo will be maintained on this issue. He was talking to newspersons after the two day General Council meeting of the party. Mr. Karunanidhi said, the party will not ask for filling u...

July 25, 2011 8:44 AM

President to hold talks with her South Korean counterpart in Seoul today

Economic and nuclear agreements besides defence and security are likely to top President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's agenda when she holds talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak today. This was disclosed by India's Ambassador to Korea SR Tayal. Mrs Patil arrived in Seoul last evening in...

July 25, 2011 8:42 AM

Work on to establish national environment appraisal authority: PM

The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said that the work is on to establish an independent national environmental appraisal authority. Dr Singh said, the authority will streamline the process of granting environmental clearances to various projects in the country. Addressing an international semi...

July 24, 2011 8:00 PM

India looks forward to finalization of nuclear deal with South Korea

India looks forward to the finalization of nuclear deal with South Korea. Talking to newspersons on board the special aircraft on her way to Korean capital Seoul today, the President Mrs. Pratibha Devi singh Patil said that she will be discussing the matter with the Korean leadership. In reply to a ...

July 24, 2011 7:59 PM

Government firms up draft Land Acquisition Bill

Government has firmed up the draft of Land Acquisition Bill that makes consent of 80 per cent land owners mandatory before purchase of the land. Briefing the reporters after a meeting with Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh in New Delhi today, N C Saxena, member of Sonia Gandhi-led National Ad...

July 24, 2011 7:01 PM

Work on to establish national environment appraisal authority: PM

The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said work is on to establish an independent national environmental appraisal authority. Dr Singh said, the authority will streamline the process of granting environmental clearances to various projects in the country. Addressing an international seminar in ...

July 24, 2011 1:54 PM

India again asks Pak for voice samples of 26/11 accused

India has again asked Pakistan for the voice samples of the seven accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. It also sought speedy trial of the case in that country to bring to justice the perpetrators of the strikes. Home Minister P Chidambaram made the request to his Pakistani counterpart Rehman ...

July 24, 2011 11:32 AM

Govt aims to set up 50 new mega food parks in 12th Plan

The government aims to set up 50 new mega food parks across the country in the 12th Plan to minimise damage to huge amount of fruits and vegetables in the absence of wider network of food processing units. This was disclosed by Minister of State for Food Processing and Agriculture Harish Rawat in an...

July 24, 2011 9:27 AM

One trillion dollars investment target for North-East in next five years

The Centre has fixed a target of one trillion dollars for investment in the North-East in the next five years.This will be done by attracting viable projects on public-private-partnership model where fifty per cent funds will come from the private sector. Talking to newspersons at Tezpur University ...

July 24, 2011 9:27 AM

AP: Speaker rejects resignations of MLAs belonging to Telangana region

Andhra Pradesh speaker N. Manohar has rejected the resignations of MLAs belonging to Telengana region who resigned on the statehood issue. In a statement in Hyderabad, Legislatiive Assembly secretary Raja Sadaram said the resignations were turned down by the speaker on the ground that they were made...

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