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  • Delhi govt to rationalise social welfare schemes

    In an effort to streamline social welfare initiatives, Delhi Govt is planning to trim the list of over 40 schemes being implemented by various departments into 12 comprehensive programmes so that their delivery mechanism could be monitored effectively. Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta said the government is in the process of “complete rationalisation of all schemes […]

    Metro services to close 3 hours before time on Diwali day

    Metro services in the national capital will close three hours before normal time on Friday on the Diwali day, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said on Wednesday. On account of ‘Bhai Duj’ on Sunday, Delhi Metro will run 33 extra trains which will make as many as 453 additional trips to cater to the festival […]

    Capacity building, technology needed to tackle crime rates: PC

    Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram on Wednesday stressed the need for Capacity building by providing adequate police personnel to man the police stations in the country, and said adequate funds should be provided with matching technology to tackle crime rates in the country. To confront crime, every police force requires adequate number of police personnel. […]

    Indian-American researcher wins top innovation award

    Indian-American researcher Amit Goyal has been named the ‘2010 Innovator of the Year’ by leading technology publication R&D Magazine, whose awards are touted as the ‘Oscars of Innovation.’ An IIT Kharagpur alumnus, Goyal is a researcher at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. Widely regarded as an international leader […]

    Delhi govt vows action against those guilty in bridge collapse

    Delhi Government on Wednesday promised action against anyone found guilty by a probe panel for collapse of a foot overbridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium days before the Commonwealth Games. “We are examining the report…Action is always taken whenever somebody is found to be involved in any deficiency,” Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta said replying to […]

    Earthquake rattles Serbia

    A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck Serbia early Wednesday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake hit at (0056 GMT) with its epicentre at 10 kilometres north of the central city of Kraljevo, the Serbian seismological institute said. It was felt across the country, including the […]

    AICC accuses RSS of involvement in terror acts

    The AICC has accused the RSS and its sister organisation of being involved in terrorism and held that Allahabad High Court verdict does not condone the demolition of Babri Masjid. At a day-long session of the AICC, which comes after the election of Sonia Gandhi as Congress President, leaders, including Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]

    States equally responsible for curbing price rise: Sonia

    With the central government coming under persistent attack over inflation, Congress President Sonia Gandhi  made it clear that states could not escape the blame as they have equal responsibility in controlling price hike. She said the galloping stock market and rising investments do not convey the real problems that common people face in day-to-day lives […]

    Rahul takes floor at AICC session, only poor can take country forward

    Asking party members to work for the weaker sections who can take the country forward, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it was only Congress which could unite the “two Hindustans”-one for the rich and the other for the poor. After getting a pat from the Congress top brass, Rahul Gandhi today took the floor at the AICC […]

    Interlocutors submit report to HM, hopeful of solution

    The interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday submitted their report to Home Minister P Chidambaram after their maiden visit to the state, with their leader Dileep Padgaonkar saying he is “hopeful” of a solution of the issue but did not have a “magic formula”. The three-member group today briefed Chidambaram about its visit to […]