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February 8, 2014 7:15 PM

President calls for increased investment in higher education

President Pranab Mukherjee has called for increased investment in higher education. He said it should be affordable and accessible. He was speaking at the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Kishinchand Chellaram College of Mumbai. Mukherjee quoted Banjamin Franklin and Otto Van Bismark to reiterate ...

February 8, 2014 2:22 PM

My statement on Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case was misquoted: CBI Director

Central Bureau of Investigation, director Ranjit Sinha today clarified that the agency has done a fair investigation in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.His clarification came after an English daily quoted Sinha saying the UPA government would have been very happy if CBI had charged Amit Shah in...

February 8, 2014 2:22 PM

Ten thousand new bank branches to be opened by next month, says FM

Finance Minister has also said that ten thousand new bank branches will be opened by next month. He was inaugurating 108 new bank branches of Indian Bank in 14 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odissa West Bengal through online at Tirubhuvanam in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu today.Ch...

February 8, 2014 12:34 PM

India,US should deal with differences in constructive manner: Susan Rice

The US, in an apparent reference to the Devyani Khobragde issue, today said that such challenges should not be allowed to derail the future of its important relationship with India and the two countries needed to deal with differences in a constructive manner.US National Security Advisor Susan Rice ...

February 8, 2014 9:16 AM

Economy likely to grow by 4.9% in current fiscal

Economic growth in the current fiscal is estimated to rise by 4.9 per cent as compared to the growth rate of 4.5 per cent in 2012-13, with good performance of the farm sector. According to advanced estimates released by the Central Statistics Office, CSO in New Delhi, the growth rate in the manufact...

February 8, 2014 9:16 AM

Delhi government orders probe into another CWG project

Delhi government has ordered a thorough and impartial investigation by its Anti-Corruption Bureau, ACB into the alleged irregularities worth 184 crore rupees in the construction of Ring Road bypass ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. An official release said, the decision has been taken on the bas...

February 7, 2014 8:50 PM

SC refuses to stay tabling of Telangana Bill in Parliament

Supreme court today refused to stay the tabling of Telangana bill in Parliament. The Apex court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by L. Payyavulu Keshav, Telugu Desam Party MLA, and several others.The petitioners said, the process of bifurcation of the State into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh wa...

February 7, 2014 8:49 PM

Delhi CM asserts that Jan Lokpal Bill approved by his cabinet is contsitutional

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asserted that the draft Jan Lokpal Bill approved by his Cabinet is constitutional. In a letter to Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, Mr Kejriwal questioned how the Lt. Governor sought opinion from Solicitor General about the bill which reached his office only last eve...

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