Indian Medical Association calls for nationwide strike today
Posted Date : 25-Jun-2012 , 09:30:11 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Indian Medical Association has called for a nationwide strike on Monday, protesting amendments made to Acts relating to clinical establishment and private practise. However, they have assured that emergency services will not be hit.
Medical services in Rajasthan are likely to rem...
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Mehdi Hassan passes away in Karachi
Posted Date : 13-Jun-2012 , 02:52:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
India-born Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan, the melodious voice behind evergreen hits like 'Patta patta, boota boota' and 'Kab ke Bichhare', died today following multiple organ failure at the age of 84.Hassan, who had millions of fans in India and Pakistan, had been admitted to the Agha Khan Hospita...
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V. S. Sampath is new Chief Election Commissioner
Posted Date : 07-Jun-2012 , 07:33:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Election Commissioner V S Sampath was on Wednesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner who will preside over the next Lok Sabha general elections in 2014. 62-year-old Sampath will take over as CEC after incumbent S Y Quraishi demits office on June 10. Our correspondent reports, President P...
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Govt offers sops to boost exports
Posted Date : 06-Jun-2012 , 02:08:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government on Tuesday unveiled a sevenpronged strategy, including subsidized loans and other sops, to boost exports, which are expected to rise a minimum 20% during the current financial year.
While retaining its focus on boosting exports to nontraditional markets in Latin America and Af...
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Foreign trade policy: Govt announces steps to raise exports
Posted Date : 05-Jun-2012 , 05:18:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Faced with uncertain global environment, government on Tuesday announced a slew of measures, including extension of 2 percent interest subsidy by one year, as part of 7-point strategy to achieve 20 percent increase in exports to USD 360 billion in the current fiscal.
Unveiling the ann...
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Petrol prices slashed by Rs. 2.2 a litre
Posted Date : 03-Jun-2012 , 08:42:23 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol prices have been cut by 2 rupees and 2 paise a litre. The Petrol in Delhi will now cost 71.16 paise a litre from midnight tonight as against 73.18 paise at present. This includes reduction of taxes also. Minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Mr.R.P.N.Singh said that the decision has...
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Economy hits 9-year low growth in FY'12; prospects dim
Posted Date : 31-May-2012 , 10:32:35 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reflecting the current economic woes, India's GDP growth rate slipped to 6.5% in 2011-12, the worst in nine years, on account of decline in almost all segments including agriculture and manufacturing.
For the quarter ended March, 2012, the economy expanded at 5.3%, again the slowest since 200...
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New Telecom policy approved: Roaming charges to go, one-nation-one-number cleared
Posted Date : 31-May-2012 , 01:28:16 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The cabinet on Thursday approved a new telecoms policy, Ambika Soni said, which will replace more than a decade-old rules. The cabinet approved the new policy with some changes from what was proposed earlier, Soni, the minister for information and broadcasting, told reporters after a ...
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Viswanathan Anand crowned World Chess Champion for fifth time
Posted Date : 30-May-2012 , 08:55:34 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand showed immense resilience to beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker to win the World Championship crown for the fifth time and fourth in a row here today.
Anand won the second game and drew the other three to win the tit...
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Joint Entrance Exam for IITs, NITs & IIITs from 2013
Posted Date : 28-May-2012 , 09:51:43 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Government has announced a Joint Entrance Examination, JEE from 2013 for admission into the central funded engineering institutions such as Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) , National Institutes of Technolgy (NITs) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs).Joint Councils of these i...
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Andhra HC strikes down minority sub quota
Posted Date : 28-May-2012 , 06:05:58 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a significant development, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday rejected the Centre’s move to create a sub-quota for minorities on religion basis.
A division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar said that there was no rationale...
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Facebook smartphone to be 'released next year'
Posted Date : 28-May-2012 , 05:45:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Social networking giant Facebook is to launch its own smartphone by next year, reports have suggested.
The New York Times cited unnamed sources, including Facebook employees, suggesting that the network had been hiring several smartphone engineers.
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New Study Reveals That Facebook Caused A Third Of Divorces In 2011
Posted Date : 24-May-2012 , 08:15:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg got married on Saturday to his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan, but if the happy couple wants to stay together, they might want to consider staying off of Facebook.
According to a U.K. survey by Divorce Online, a legal services firm, more than a third of divo...
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Govt raises interest rate on GPF to 8.8% for 2012-13
Posted Date : 23-May-2012 , 05:34:49 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a move which will benefit millions of employees, the government has hiked interest rate on contributions to general provident fund (GPF) and other similar funds to 8.8 per cent for 2012-13.
The benefit of increased interest rate will be available to subscribers of &nb...
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Govt tables White Paper on black money in Parliament
Posted Date : 21-May-2012 , 06:10:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government today tabled a White Paper on black money in Parliament as promised by the Finance Minister at the beginning of the Budget session. Tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha,the White Paper, made a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with the me...
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Bank account nominee not legal heir: Gujarat high court
Posted Date : 16-May-2012 , 08:38:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In an important verdict, the Gujarat high court has ruled that the nominee to a bank account does not have the rights of a legal heir of the original account holder. Hence, he cannot claim money or deposits lying with the bank on the death of the original account holder.
A bench of justice Akil Kur...
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Bharti Airtel under Enforcement Directorate scanner for money laundering
Posted Date : 15-May-2012 , 07:04:26 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Authorities are investigating top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel under provisions of the country's money launderingand foreign exchange rules, a minister said, sending its shares down as much as 5.1 per cent.The Directorate of Enforcement is investigating cases against Bharti...
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A Raja gets bail in 2G spectrum case
Posted Date : 15-May-2012 , 03:41:46 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Over 15 months after his arrest, former telecom minister A Raja was on Tuesday granted bail by a Delhi court in the 2G spectrum case.
"The bail application is allowed," Special CBI Judge O P Saini said.
The court granted bail to the DMK MP on a personal bond of Rs 20 lakh a...
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Khullar appointed new Trai chairman
Posted Date : 14-May-2012 , 04:05:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for a three-year term. Khullar, a 1975 batch IAS officer of Delhi cadre, will succeed J S Sarma, whose tenure ended today. The tenure of Khullar, who w...
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Facebook: 10 little-known facts
Posted Date : 11-May-2012 , 04:37:23 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Facebook: 10 little-known facts
Facebook Inc is all set to hit US stock markets. The world's largest social networking website is seeking as much as $96 billion in its initial public offering.
According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Facebook, co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 in a Harv...
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Facebook launches its own app store
Posted Date : 10-May-2012 , 02:45:23 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Facebook has created its own ‘App Centre’, in which it will showcase the best apps across the web, all mobile platforms and on the social network.
The App Centre will be rolled out over the coming weeks and aims to display the finest Ios, Android, mobile and web apps.
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Visa fee hike: India plans to take US to WTO
Posted Date : 09-May-2012 , 05:10:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
India proposes to take the US to WTO against the latter's visa fee hike, which discriminates Indian software companies from American firms.
"Department of Commerce proposes to seek consultations with the USA under the Dispute Settlement Understanding of WTO," Minister of State for Commerce and ...
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Good news: Portable provident fund account numbers coming soon
Posted Date : 07-May-2012 , 05:56:23 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
New Delhi: Here's some good news for people employed in the organised sector. Retirement fund body EPFO is reportedly planning to provide portable numbers to salaried individuals.
The move might stem the trend of premature withdrawal which most people prefer over getting their account...
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Pension regulator empanels six life insurers for National Pension Scheme
Posted Date : 05-May-2012 , 03:09:02 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) has empanelled six life insurers for providing annuity services to subscribers of the National Pension Scheme (NPS). The NPS was extended to all citizens from May 1, 2009. After retirement at the age of 60 years, an employee ca...
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Mobile tariffs to rise marginally on Trai plan
Posted Date : 05-May-2012 , 08:12:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Angry mobile operators have slammed the telecom regulator's recommendations on auction of spectrum and have said they would be forced to shut shop if these are accepted but independent estimates show that the impact on tariff would be marginal - small enough for the operators to bear the costs. A...
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Govt to infuse Rs 30,000 cr in Air India over 9 years
Posted Date : 04-May-2012 , 07:45:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government will infuse about Rs 30,000 crore in cash-strapped Air India over the next nine years as part of a turn around plan for the state-run airline, Parliament was informed Thursday.To a question on whether the government has decided to infuse Rs 30,000 crore into Air India till 2020, Civil...
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Employers can now submit EPF subscription on line
Posted Date : 01-May-2012 , 07:58:28 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Ending hassles of employers in payment of EPF subscription of employees, the government today started an electronic mechanism that promises to bring transparency and accessibility.
The initiative, launched by Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, offers an opportunity to emplo...
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IRCTC plans to start air ticket booking
Posted Date : 28-Apr-2012 , 10:16:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Divested of catering services, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is now focusing more on online ticket booking system across the country.
Encouraged by sudden increase in the online ticket booking, the IRCTC has chalked out various steps to provide better servic...
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EPF interest rate raised to 8.6% for current fiscal
Posted Date : 27-Apr-2012 , 06:58:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Interest rate on employees' provident fund will be increased to 8.6 per cent in the current fiscal from 8.25 per cent now. Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said in the Rajya Sabha while replying a debate on working of Labour Ministry. He said next time, it will be 8.6 per cent.The Employees' Provi...
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Sachin Tendulkar as Rajya Sabha MP? Prime Minister recommends nomination
Posted Date : 26-Apr-2012 , 05:59:07 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Sachin Tendulkar has reportedly been recommended to be nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha. Sources say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to the President on this matter. The letter is expected to be forwarded by the Home Ministry. Sources have told NDTV that ...
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