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British varsity confers honorary degrees on Pranab, Jaitley
University of Wolverhampton, one of Britain’s leading universities, Thursday honoured Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley with honorary degrees in recognition of their service to public
Read More »Communal violence prevention bill to be taken ahead: Sibal
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was determined to take forward the communal violence prevention bill despite objections from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sibal
Read More »Making Singur land accord public will take time: Bengal minister
Shying away from its earlier promise to make public the 2007 agreement on the Tata Nano project in Singur, the West Bengal government Thursday said it will take more time to bring the document
Read More »BSNL to be turned around in six months: Sibal
Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday said that the government is committed to the betterment of the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and will turn it around in the next six months. “I am
Read More »Etihad to fly to the Seychelles
UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways has announced that it will commence operations to the Seychelles’ largest island of Mahe from Nov 1. Etihad will operate four return services weekly from Abu Dhabi to Seychelles
Read More »26/11 trial unravelling terror conspiracy: Indian envoy
India’s envoy to the US, Meera Shankar, Thursday said the ongoing trial in America on the 2008 Mumbai attack was unveiling the details of the conspiracy behind the terror strike that killed 166 people.
Read More »Bengal to have six more languages for official use
West Bengal has decided to recognise six languages, other than Bengali, as official languages, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Thursday. “Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Oriya, Santhali and Gurumukhi will be used for official purposes wherever
Read More »India asks Africa to fight piracy, backs its democratic upsurge
Giving a contemporary and strategic cast to India’s growing relationship with Africa, Manmohan Singh, in the first address by an Indian prime minister to the Ethiopian parliament, Thursday pushed for democratic change in the
Read More »BJP leader’s son named in fake pilot scam
Rajasthan Police Thursday named Pawan Dilwar, son of a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former minister Madan Dilwar, as an accused in the fake pilot scam, an official said. The anti-corruption bureau
Read More »Samajwadi Party leader stopped from meeting jailed farmers
The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday stopped opposition Samajwadi Party leader Shiv Pal Yadav from meeting farmers jailed after a violent protest against land acquisition in Bhatta-Parsaul village earlier this month. Shiv Pal Yadav, leader
Read More »Seer assaults Agnivesh for Amarnath remark
Social activist Swami Agnivesh was assaulted at a public meeting here Thursday by a seer, angry at his recent comments on the Amarnath shrine. The seer was later arrested. The man slapped Agnivesh during
Read More »Prime Minister accorded red carpet welcome in Tanzania
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday touched down here to a red carpet welcome to begin a two-day visit to Tanzania that is expected to boost economic and strategic ties with the vibrant East
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