India, Pak optimistic about taking dialogue process forward

A day after their meeting aimed at restoring the dialogue process, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistan counterpart Salman Bashir struck a note of optimism and talked about taking the engagement process forward through a "vision" for the bilateral relationship. Both Rao and Bashir described their 90-minute meeting as useful and expressed satisfaction over ...

Priority to be given to implementation of Right To Education by UPA Govt.

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has declared that a provision of around Rs.2.25 lakh crore for the next five years for implementing the Right to Education Act. Sonia Gandhi said “For successful implementation of the Right to Education Act, our government is making every effort to assist the state governments. For Uttar Pradesh this year our ...

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Tuesday closed marginally lower by 12.52 points at 20,104.86 points on profit booking by investors

Brokers said profit-booking emerged at existing higher levels as investors indulged in reducing their portfolios ahead of the expiry of September month contract in the derivatives segment on Thursday. In volatile trading, the 30-share index shuttled between 19,981.96 and 20,157.51 points during the day. The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell 6.15 point to close at ...

Munda ministry in cabinet expansion on 8th Oct

In a fax message to the Raj Bhavan from Delhi, Munda said he would give a list of ministers on 7th October and the swearing-in ceremony could be held the next day. Munda, along with Sudesh Mahto and Hemant Soren who were made deputy chief ministers, took the oath on 11th September. Munda who is now in ...

Congress announces “List of 77 candidates for Bihar polls “

While Kaiser, who was appointed the PCC chief a few months back, will be contesting from Simri Bakhtiarpur segment, Ram will fight the elections from Kusheshwar Asthan seat. Congress is putting up candidates for all the 243 seats in the state where the JD(U)-BJP and the RJD-LJP are its main opponents. Lovely Anand, wife of former MP ...

CCTV footage submitted to HC showing Kasab hitting jail staff

The high court is hearing confirmation of death sentence awarded to Kasab for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai in which 166 people were killed. The Government counsel Ujjwal Nikam presented the CCTV footage to a bench headed by Justice Ranjana Desai which will view the CD in chambers on Tuesday evening and ...

Prime Minister says “People should protect and preserve Delhi”

"It is rightly said that the city of Delhi is a living museum. We have the obligation to preserve, protect, study and document the rich legacy of one of the great cities of the world," Dr. Singh said on Monday releasing a book on "Monuments of Delhi". The book, brought out by the Archaeological Survey of ...

Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Governor N N Vohra,briefs him about security measures

During an over hour-long meeting, Omar briefed the Governor about developments consequent to the visit of the all-party delegation to Srinagar and Jammu and measures underway for restoration of normalcy in the Valley, particularly regarding functioning of educational institutions. Schools, colleges and universities reopened in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley on Monday after remaining ...

Delhi under heavy security for CWG

Apart from security personnel manning observation posts for unidentified aircraft, UAVs and para gliders, the IAF will also place fighter jets such as the front line Sukhois and MiG-21 Bisons at nearby air bases to deal with any eventuality such as a hijacked plane or a fast flying aircraft. Two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles of the IAF ...

Surinder Koli sentenced to death in Rachna rape-murder case

Judge A K Singh said the crime was in the rarest of rare category and awarded death penalty to 38-year-old Koli for murdering Rachna, the third case related to killing of young children and women in which he has been awarded capital punishment, CBI counsel J P Sharma said. "The judge awarded life imprisonment to Koli ...

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