APN News

  • Thursday, April, 2024| Today's Market | Current Time: 04:35:53
  • SC to hear Binayak Sen’s bail plea tomorrow

    The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the bail plea of civil rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition and links with Naxalites. Sen, 61, has challenged the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court, which had rejected his bail plea on 10th February. A professional doctor and […]

    EGoM to finalise food security bill on 25th April

    The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is likely to finalise the much-awaited draft of the food security bill at its meeting on 25th April, even as the issue related to the number of poor households remains unresolved. According to a formula being worked by EGoM for sharing the subsidy, the centre would bear the burden […]

    Prez calls for urgent steps to improve ‘pathetic’ sex ratio

    President Pratibha Patil on Saturday described the low sex ratio in the country as “pathetic” and called for urgent corrective steps in this regard and further emphasised that this imbalance is the result of social prejudices. “The 2011 provisional Census figures have just been released. The picture shows that the female ratio of our population […]

    Govt. to revise its classification on `Go, No-Go` regions

    Environment Ministry has proposed to revise its 2009 classification of the country’s heavily forested regions into ‘Go’ and ‘No-Go’ regions. Under the classification, a ban was imposed on coal mining in No-Go zones. The new norms provides for 71 percent of areas free for mining in the nine coalfields across the country which are located […]

    Left party is on wrong side of history: PM

    Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh says, in a fast changing world the left parties of the country continue to follow irrelevant policies. Addressing a rally of the Congress led UDF at Kollam, Dr Singh said that the Left party is on the wrong side of history. He said that thirty years of Left rule in […]

    Congress may join Govt if DMK wins: Pranab

    Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee has said that party would take a call on joining the Government if the DMK alliance returns to power. Speaking to newsmen in Chennai this morning, he said both the parties were presently working on winning a majority in the Assembly poll. He said the coalition has worked satisfactorily and […]

    2G: ED files charge sheet against 4 telecom firms

    The Enforcement Directorate has filed charge sheet against 4 telecom firms for FEMA violation involving 4,300 crore rupees in 2G scam case. PTI quoting sources says, the Directorate has named Swan telecom, Loop Mobile, Loop Telecom and S-tel in its charge sheet filed in Delhi court. The Dirctorate also suspected FEMA violation by Virgin Mobile, […]

    Sathya Sai Baba continues to be stable

    Sathya Sai Baba, who is undergoing treatment for multi-organ dysfunction on Saturday continued to show signs of recovery with doctors attending on him expressing satisfaction over his response to treatment. “Sathya Sai Baba, who entered his 13th day of treatment in this hospital, had a fairly stable night as regards to his vital parameters,” the […]

    Govt intends to introduce Lokpal Bill in Monsoon Session: PM

    Terming the joining of hands of civil society and government on the Lokpal Bill issue as a step that augurs well for democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government intends to introduce the “historic legislation” in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. “I am happy that the government and representatives of civil society have reached […]

    Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line to operate for 18 hours from Sunday

    Good news for passengers who take morning and late night flights from the national capital. From Sunday(10th apr), Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line will operate for 18 hours instead of the current 16 hours thus enabling morning fliers to travel to the airport by the high-speed corridor. A spokesman of Reliance Infra, which operates the […]