UK slides back into recession in first double dip since 1970s
Posted Date : 25-Apr-2012 , 05:26:03 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Britain's economy slid into its secondrecession since the financial crisis after official data unexpectedly showed a fall in output in the first three months of 2012, piling pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron's embattled coalition government. The Office for National Statistics s...
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133 government websites hacked in January-March: Sachin Pilot
Posted Date : 25-Apr-2012 , 05:21:28 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As many as 133 government websitesfell prey to hackers in the first three months of 2012, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot has said.
As per incidents reported to and tracked by theIndian Computer Emergency Response team (CERT), a total number of 92, 204...
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2G case: SC extends deadline for licence cancellation to September 7
Posted Date : 24-Apr-2012 , 03:59:56 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant 400 days to the government to complete the process of fresh auctioning of the 2G spectrum licences but extended the deadline for it from June 2 to August 31, 2012. A bench of justices G S Singvhi and K S Radhakrishnan also said the exis...
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Petrol pump dealers defer nationwide strike; govt to consider demands
Posted Date : 22-Apr-2012 , 09:52:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol pump dealers have deferred a nationwide strike from Monday after Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy has agreed to consider their demands that include levying charges for providing facilities such as air pressure checking, drinking water and toilets, dealers Federation said.
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Tea to be declared national drink: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Posted Date : 22-Apr-2012 , 09:03:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said tea would be declared as national drink by April next year. "The drink would be accorded national drink status by April 17 next year to coincide with the 212th birth anniversary of first Assamese tea planter and Sepoy Mutiny le...
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India seeks membership of nuclear export control regimes
Posted Date : 21-Apr-2012 , 03:52:11 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Citing its non-proliferation record, India told the UN Security Council that given its ability and willingness to promote global non-proliferation objectives, its membership of the four nuclear export control regimes should be "the next logical step."
India's Permanent Representative to t...
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Ailing aviation industry can raise funds through ECBs: Fin Min
Posted Date : 20-Apr-2012 , 08:34:42 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a move to help the ailing aviation sector of its immediate financing concerns, the Government has allowed aviation sector to raise one billion dollars to manage its working capital through External Commercial Borrowing, ECB route.However, the limit for individual companies has been fixed at 300 m...
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India successfully test fires Agni-V, takes a giant stride
Posted Date : 19-Apr-2012 , 01:22:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
India today conducted a successful test-fire of its indigenously developed nuclear capable "Agni-V" ballistic missile with a strike range of over 5,000 km from a test range off Odisha coast. Chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), V K Saraswat said, the mission was successful....
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MCD polls: BJP ahead in all three municipal corporations of Delhi
Posted Date : 17-Apr-2012 , 11:28:22 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
BJP was today ahead in all the three municipal corporations of Delhi as counting of votes progressed for the polls held two days ago. The counting for 272 wards is taking place in 33 centres across the city. Polling for all the 272 wards spread in three civic bodies -- East, South and North ...
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Petrol pumps strike on April 23
Posted Date : 17-Apr-2012 , 08:20:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Over 40,000 petrol pumps across the country will shut their outlets on next Monday to press their demand for raising their commission on petrol by about 27 paise per litre and diesel by 14 paise per litre as recommended by an official panel.
The association wants the government to implement th...
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Enforcement Directorate calls Vodafone for 2001-07 spectrum details
Posted Date : 14-Apr-2012 , 08:47:02 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Vodafone India managing director Marten Pieters and sought a lengthy list of documents from the company as part of its probe into the alleged irregularities and losses in the allocation of airwaves when BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was in power.It...
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Infosys holds back pay hikes, for now
Posted Date : 14-Apr-2012 , 02:25:59 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Infosys, the IT bellwether, delivered a shocker on Friday when it announced to its shareholders that there would not be any increment for the time being for its 149,000 employees.Infosys failed to meet its own growth guidance for the just concluded quarter and has given a lower-than-expec...
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Jan IIP data revision totally baffling: Finance Minister
Posted Date : 13-Apr-2012 , 03:43:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Terming sharp revision in the industrial production data as "totally baffling", Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee today said he has asked the authorities concerned to look into the issue. "I can understand if there is error in calculating 0.1 per cent of 0.2 per cent, but from...
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Cabinet okays Public Procurement Bill to bring transparency and efficiency in mechanism
Posted Date : 13-Apr-2012 , 07:47:27 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The United Progressive Alliance government has given its go-ahead to a law that seeks to regulate all state purchases above 50 lakh to bring transparency and efficiency in graft-laden procurement mechanism.
The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the Public Procuremen...
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SC upholds constitutional validity of RTE Act 2009
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2012 , 02:56:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which mandates 25 per cent free seats to the poor in government and private unaided schools uniformly across the country. The apex court clarified that its judgement will come into force from today ...
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India launches 4G mobile services
Posted Date : 10-Apr-2012 , 07:52:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today launched the country's first ever fourth generation mobile services in Kolkata. Today's launch is a major milestone for India and Bharti Airtel as it will result in India becoming one of the first countries in the world to commercially deploy the cutting-edge techn...
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Tech Mahindra-Satyam aims at 10,000 new hires this yea
Posted Date : 10-Apr-2012 , 03:02:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The combined entity resulting from the merger of Tech Mahindra Ltd andSatyam Computer Services Ltd may hire as many as 10,000 new employees in the current fiscal year, said Vineet Nayyar, CEO of Tech Mahindra.
“We are trying to secure more efficiencies internally, we’ll see how i...
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Bullion traders and jewellers call off 21-day strike on assurance from FM
Posted Date : 06-Apr-2012 , 06:22:17 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Agitating bullion traders and jewellers on Friday called off their 21-day strike after an assurance from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee that the government will consider their demand for rollback of excise duty on unbranded jewellery. "We have decided to suspend the strike till May 10," A...
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10-yr-old files RTI on Mahatma Gandhi's father of the nation status
Posted Date : 03-Apr-2012 , 04:37:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A query posted by a 10-year-old girl under the Right to Information Act (RTI) regarding father of nation status to Mahatma Gandhi has raised a piquant situation before the government.
In February this year, Aishwarya Parashar, a class sixth student, sent an RTI application to the central public i...
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Goa slashes petrol prices by 11 rupees from today
Posted Date : 02-Apr-2012 , 04:02:17 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol has become cheaper in Goa by eleven rupees a litre from today. It will now be available at 54 rupees per litre. A notification to this effect has been issued by the state government. This follows an announcement made by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in the state assembly on March 26 wh...
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Centre stays hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
Posted Date : 28-Mar-2012 , 07:49:08 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Centre on Wednesday stayed the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, reports said. The Chandigarh trial court on Tuesday had returned the death warrant of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for assassinating former Punjab chief minister Beant ...
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Now, have an enemy list on your Facebook account
Posted Date : 27-Mar-2012 , 03:01:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Facebook is not just about reaching out to friends but also foes as a new application allows you to add enemies to your profile.
EnemyGraph is a new application, available for free to all Facebook users, which lets you add enemies to your Facebook profile, including real victims from your friends...
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I was offered Rs 14 crore bribe: Army Chief General VK Singh
Posted Date : 26-Mar-2012 , 09:39:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Startling revelations came from the Indian Army Chief. General VK Singh said that he was offered a bribe worth Rs 14 crore by an equipment lobbyist in order to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a particular made cleared for purchase.
General Singh also said that 7,000 of those of whi...
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Govt not listening to people
Posted Date : 25-Mar-2012 , 11:05:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
With anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare all set to observe a day-long fast at Jantar Mantar on Sunday to press for strong Lokpal and whistle-blower protection bills, all eyes are on Delhiites as to whether they will come forward in huge numbers to support the fight for Lokpal Bill. Before lea...
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Bill seeking to give woman share in husband's property approved
Posted Date : 24-Mar-2012 , 07:30:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday approved a Bill seeking to give a woman a share in her husband's property . Apart from giving women the right to their husband's property, the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010, also aims at giving rights to adopted chil...
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Cabinet clears 7% DA hike for central govt employees
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2012 , 09:45:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Giving relief to its employees and pensioners from inflation, the central government on Friday announced a seven percentage point increase in dearness allowance (DA) which will cost the exchequer an additional Rs 7,500 crore.The new DA rate of 65 per cent of basic pay against 58 per cent earlier wil...
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Divorce to get easier, faster
Posted Date : 22-Mar-2012 , 08:30:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is working to make laws friendlier to help unhappy couples get divorce faster. The government wants changes in the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 and Special Marriage Act of 1954 to provide ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ as a new ground for parting ways. As a now a mini...
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Mukul Roy to be sworn in as Railways Minister today
Posted Date : 20-Mar-2012 , 08:13:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
After forcing the government to secure the resignation of railway minister Dinesh Trivedi, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday persuaded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to induct Mukul as the new Cabinet minister. Roy will be sworn in at 10 am on Tuesday, hours before the commencem...
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After tax blow, Get ready for fuel price hike
Posted Date : 19-Mar-2012 , 08:30:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Oil companies are considering an increase — a substantial one at that — in the prices of automobile and cooking fuels as early as next week after the budget session goes into a break on March 30. It will be another piece of bad news for consumers hit by costlier products and services fol...
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Posted Date : 17-Mar-2012 , 10:22:32 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi says, he will not resign unless given in writing by Mamata Banerjee. He said he has a Constitutional duty to pilot the Railway Budget he had presented in Parliament. He said, there will be a discussion on Monday and he has to answer the discussion on railway budget.Tr...
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