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October 6, 2013 9:27 PM

Bihar’s food grain & food subsidy to be doubled: Ramesh

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that Bihar's food grain and food subsidy allocation would be doubled under the National Food Security Act. Addressing a press conference in Patna on Sunday Ramesh said that Bihar's allocation of foodgrain will increase from 28 lakh tones to 56 lakh...

October 6, 2013 9:14 PM

Rail fares to go up by about 2% from tomorrow

Rail fares will go up by about two per cent from on Monday. The fare for Second class ordinary( Non- Suburban) will go up by a maximum of Rs. 5 in select distance slabs while in other distance slabs there would be no change in existing fares. According to an official release, there will however be n...

October 6, 2013 2:38 PM

Banks to disburse 7 lakh 50 thousand crore rupees as agriculture loan: FM

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that the Centre is committed to give increased support price for food grains like paddy, wheat to farmers. He was inaugurating the 1459th branch of Vijaya Bank in Thayamangalam in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu today. He said that in the last ten years the minim...

October 6, 2013 9:54 AM

India, Russia to expand civil nuclear cooperation

India and Russia are to strengthen coooperation in civil nuclear energy and reach commercial agreements for the third and fourth reactors of Kudankulam atomic power plant in Tamilnadu. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said in Moscow that the first reactor of Kudankulam plant will start prod...

October 6, 2013 9:54 AM

Suspected fundamentalists arrested after 10-hour-long encounter in AP

Two terrorists belonging to Madhurai based, Islamic Liberation Force were nabbed at Puttoor town in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh yesterday. Bilal Malik and Panna Ismail, suspected in several terrorist activities were nabbed from a private house. Along with two others, they were wanted in conn...

October 6, 2013 9:53 AM

AP Bifurcation: Curfew in Vizianagaram

Curfew has been clamped In Vizianagaram town in Andhra Pradesh following violence with mobs indulging in large scale destruction and arson during their demonstrations opposing the union cabinet's decision to bifurcate the state. The pro-united Andhra demonstrations turned violent on the second day y...

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