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  • WB Govt agrees to give more autonomy to hill people

    The West Bengal Government has reached an agreement with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to settle Darjeeling crisis giving more autonomy to hill people. Announcing this in Kolkata this afternoon, the Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee said that an agreement was signed between the West Bengal Government and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha after two day’s Secretary Level talks. Describing […]

    Quality education needed to bring down school drop-outs says Sibal

    Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has emphasized the need for ensuring quality education to children across the country. After inaugurating a meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education in New Delhi today, Mr. Sibal said quality education will help in bringing down school drop-out rates. The minister suggested that the Right to Education needs […]

    CBI chief appears before JPC on 2G scam

    CBI chief A P Singh on Tuesday faced questions from JPC members on various aspects of the probe into the 2G scam with a DMK member asking him not to name any Telecom Minister, apparently to pre-empt him from naming Dayanidhi Maran. Appearing before the Joint Parliamentary Committee, Singh made a presentation to the members […]

    Govt is serious about fighting corruption; Police action against Ramdev and his followers was unfortunate

    Prime Minister Mnmohan Singh said the govt is very serious about fighting corruption but there is no magic wand and further reiterated that police action against Ramdev was very unfortunate and there was no alternative. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave away KC Kulish International Award for excellence in Media and journalism instituted by the […]

    Congress says their party will fight the forces of anarchy, destabilisation

    Congress on Monday launched a no holds barred attack on Ramdev and the BJP is accusing them of trying to destabilise the govt at the centre. General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi declared that Congress would fight tooth and nail the forces of anarchy and destabilisation. He said that the Satyagraha is a weapon to fight injustice […]

    Govt approves assured career progression scheme for Navy sailors

    The government has approved an assured career progression scheme for over 50,000 sailors of the Navy, which will help them to get faster promotions and increased salaries. Defence officials said in New Delhi, the scheme will also result in prolonging the service tenure of non-matric soldiers who now retire after putting in 20 years of […]

    CBI grills Aircel ex-owner Sivasankaran

    The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI on Monday day recorded a statement of the former Aircel owner C Sivasankaran in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. AIR correspondent quoting official sources reports, Mr Sivasankaran was grilled by CBI in New Delhi. Mr Sivasankaran owned Aircel-a telecom company and his requests for mobile network licences […]

    Drafting Committee members boycott Lokpal meeting

    The members of the civil society led by Anna Hazare today boycotted the meeting of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill. Briefing reporters in New Delhi the leader of the group and noted Gandian Anna Hazare said they want certain clarifications from the government on the issue of inclusion of Prime Minister, Judges, Members […]

    CCS clears proposal for buying 10 heavy lift planes from US

    The Cabinet Committee on Security, CCS, on Monday cleared the 18000 crore rupees mega deal to purchase ten C-17 heavy lift military aircraft from the US. This is the biggest-ever defence deal to be entered between the two countries. Defence Ministry officials said in New Delhi on Monday, the CCS meeting chaired by Prime Minister […]

    SC seeks Center’s response on Ramdev’s eviction

    Taking suo motu cognisance of forceful eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi, the Supreme Court today sought the Centre’s response on the incident. A vacation bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatenter Kumar issued notices to the Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of Delhi, […]