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  • SC reopens Bhopal Gas leak case

    The Supreme Court’s decision to examine CBI’s plea for restoration of the grave charge of culpable homicide against 1984 Bhopal gas leak case accused has been welcomed by the social activists and top law officer said his sincere efforts would be to get the petition heard by the apex court. Founder of Gas Pidit Mahila […]

    New Delhi decides to increase its assistance by five times for Pakistan flood relief

    India has decided to increase by five times its assistance to Pakistan for flood relief from five million US dollars announced earlier to 25 million US dollars. In a Suo Moto statement in Lok Sabha today, the External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna said that 20 million US dollars out of the total assistance will […]

    Clinton meets Abbas, Netanyahu on Mideast Peace

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday met separately with Palestinian and Israeli leaders before they begin a fresh round of direct peace talks in Washington on Thursday, the State of Department said. Clinton first met with Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at his hotel near Washington, and is scheduled to meet […]

    Panama, Singapore Complete Talks on Avoiding Double Taxations

    Panama and Singapore have concluded negotiations on an agreement on avoiding double taxations, Panama’s Vice Economy Minister Frank de Lima said Tuesday. He said Panama has signed 12 similar agreements and reached the target set by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which will allow the country to be removed from the “blacklist” […]

    Sensex rebounds, up 120 points in opening trade

    The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Wednesday opened higher by almost 120 points, after Tuesday’s losses, on emergence of fund buying in auto, oil, gas, realty and metal stocks, coupled with a firming trend in the other Asian markets. The 30-share index rose by 119.90 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 18,091.02 points in […]

    Britain, France Plan to Share Aircraft Carriers

    Britain and France are preparing to reveal unprecedented plans to share the use of their aircraft carriers in a bid to cut military spending, according to a report released by the Times on Tuesday. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are expected to outline the proposal in a November summit, which […]

    Pakistani PM: Speedy Assistance Required for Flood-hit People

    Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday said that speedy assistance is required in the forthcoming rehabilitation phase of the flood-hit people. “The affected population would very soon require compensation to reconstruct their houses and the government would like to adopt the same effective and transparent strategy,” said Gilani when talking to Danish Minister […]

    Diversion of funds for SC/ST to Commonwealth Games wrong: HM

    Government has admitted in the Rajya Sabha that diversion of funds meant for the welfare of SC/STs to Commonwealth Games projects by the Delhi govt was “wrong” and efforts would be made to bring them back to the SC/ST Fund. “In my view prima facie that using Rs 678.91 crore out of Schedule Caste Sub […]

    Decision taken on including caste in census: Pranab

    Bowing to demands by several political parties, govt has said it has decided to include caste in census and the formality of endorsing it is expected at the next Cabinet meeting. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that all political parties had supported the idea of including caste in census and […]

    Frequent disruptions show alarming trend: Meira Kumar

    Parliament’s Monsoon Session concluded on Tuesday amid concerns over loss of five days of work on account of disruptions and warnings that the “alarming” trend could lead to unforeseen consequences. Speaker Meira Kumar used her valedictory remarks at the end of the month-long session to disapprove the ‘mock Parliament’ held by some parties noting that […]