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  • Expand social security net: Govt tells ESI officers

    The government on Saturday asked the social security officers, who ensure efficient implementation of Employees State Insurance (ESI) schemes, to aim at bringing more working employees under their ambit. “The corporation has taken several initiatives to make ESI schemes more user-friendly which also includes IT roll-out plans for smooth delivery of the benefits. We also […]

    Karat visits fasting Naidu; calls for more aid to AP farmers

    CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Saturday met TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu on the second day of his indefinite hunger strike launched to demand enhanced aid for rain-hit farmers and artisans in the state. Expressing solidarity with Naidu, Karat demanded that the government immediately enhance relief for farmers who were suffering untold misery this […]

    Scientific innovations needed to meet global challenges: Sibal

    New frontiers of science will have to be conquered to overcome challenges posed to humans in the 21st century and nations will have to collaborate to achieve the goal, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said. “The solutions of the past cannot resolve the challenges of the present…If we have to succeed and conquer these […]

    Tejas successfully completes drop tank jettison trial

    India’s light combat aircraft Tejas has successfully completed the ‘drop tank jettison trial’ over the recently commissioned air-to-ground range of National Flight Test Centre at Chitradurga. The 1,200-litre drop tank jettison trial was conducted on Friday at a critical point in the jettison envelope on Tejas LSP-3 aircraft, piloted by Group Captian Suneet Krishna, P S Subramanyam, […]

    US felt removal of Shivraj Patil inevitable after 26/11

    After 26/11, the US felt that the removal of “spectacularly inept” Shivraj Patil as Home Minister was inevitable although he had been “protected” by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi despite being found “asleep on the watch” during earlier terror strikes in various cities. According to a US diplomatic cable made public by Wikileaks, the then Ambassador […]

    US wants India, Pak to reduce tensions: White House

    The US wants India and Pakistan to reduce tensions between them, the White House has said, insisting that the Obama Administration would continue to encourage the two countries to improve their ties. “The tensions between the two countries are something that the President discusses with each country when he’s visited leaders in India or called leaders in Pakistan. […]

    Netanyahu reaffirms support to India in fight against terror

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to promote Indo-Israel cooperation in fighting terrorism in all its manifestations. Netanyahu told the visiting BJP President, Nitin Gadkari on Friday that Israel shared India’s security concerns and was cooperating with New Delhi in this regard. The Israeli Prime Minister spoke to Gadkari over phone and thanked him for visiting Israel at the […]

    Wikileadks: BJP condemns Rahul remarks

    BJP on Saturday condemned Congress leaderRahulGandhi”s remarks that radicalised Hindu groups could pose a “bigger threat” to India than the LeT and said “in one stroke”, he has given a “big leverage” to the propaganda of all terror groups in Pakistan. Strongly objecting to the remarks made to US ambassador Timothy Roemer, as claimed by a WikiLeaks cable, […]

    Russian rocket docks with space station

    A Russian Soyuz space rocket carrying three astronauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia’s mission control has said. “The automatic docking passed off successfully,” said spokesman Valery Lyndin, quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax on Friday. The Soyuz TMA-20 rocket, with a Russian, an Italian and an American aboard, blasted off Wednesday from […]

    K’taka Governor seeks detailed report from CM on land scams‎

    Firing a fresh salvo at the BJP government in Karnataka, Governor H R Bhardwaj on Friday charged that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has “failed” to check illegal mining in the state, accusing his administration of being “totally blind” to corruption. Bharadwaj’s comments were quickly condemned by the BJP with its State unit BJP President […]