Indian-origin girls get top honours at Google Science Fair
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2011 , 01:04:14 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
BOSTON: Two Indian-origin girls have emerged winners at Google's inaugural Science Fair , impressing thousands at the internet giant's California headquarters with their projects on ways to improve ovarian cancer treatment and bettering air quality for the benefit of asthma patients. The top th...
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3 bomb blasts in Mumbai
Posted Date : 13-Jul-2011 , 07:54:51 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Three bomb blasts were reported in Mumbai on Wednesday evening in the crowded Dadar, Opera House and Zaveri Bazar areas, police said.
The blasts, that went off within minutes of each other.
Police, ambulance, home guards and fire brigade were rushed to the spot. The incident happen...
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Govt seeks access to Facebook, Twitter data
Posted Date : 13-Jul-2011 , 07:12:30 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government on Wednesday made it clear that social networking sites must comply with the security agencies' requirement for a real-time monitoring of their user data to ensure that national security is not compromised.
In the backdrop of a raging controversy over BlackBerry posing security conce...
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India's biggest farm equipment maker Mahindra & Mahindra plans to venture into general insurance business
Posted Date : 13-Jul-2011 , 11:26:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Mahindra & Mahindra Group , the biggest farm equipment makers in the country, is planning to tie-up with an experienced company to venture into the Rs. 40,000-crore general insurance business, which is growing at around 20% a year. The group, which has a lending business in Mahin...
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PM makes minor cabinet changes, Jairam Ramesh new rural development minister
Posted Date : 12-Jul-2011 , 12:03:37 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced minor changes to his cabinet. In a surprise move Dr Singh moved Jairam Ramesh to the rural development ministry from environment. The Prime Minister has requested that the oath of office and secrecy be administered to the new ministers at 5....
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High newsprint prices likely to hit Indian print media margins
Posted Date : 11-Jul-2011 , 03:39:32 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Increasing newsprint prices are likely to have a negative impact on profitability of the Indian print media industry in the short to medium term, according to a Fitch report.
The report expects that an increase in advertising revenues may partly offset the rising cost of newsprint. Newspa...
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Finance Minister Releases New Series of Coins in the Denomination of 50 Paise and Rupees 1,2,5 And 10
Posted Date : 09-Jul-2011 , 12:30:39 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 8th July 2011 released a new series of coins with improved design and revised size in the denomination of 50 paise, Rs. 1, 2, 5, and 10. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Mukherjee said that new coins will not only reduce the cost of moving materials ...
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Mumbai, New Delhi among 5 cheapest places in world
Posted Date : 08-Jul-2011 , 09:38:36 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Government may be finding it difficult to battle soaring inflation in the country, but a global survey has found two key Indian cities -- Mumbai and New Delhi -- to be amongst the five cheapest places to live. In a Worldwide Cost of Living Survey , India's financial capital Mumbai has bee...
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Govt may challenge SIT probing black money
Posted Date : 08-Jul-2011 , 03:48:14 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government is exploring legal options on the Supreme court order to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Government is considering seeking a review of the Supreme Court order but no decision has been taken yet.
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Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran quits
Posted Date : 07-Jul-2011 , 03:03:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, informed sources said Thursday, a day after the CBI alleged that he forced telecom promoter C. Sivasankaran to sell his Aircel stake to the Maxis group considered close to his family.
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DGCA busts fake flying school in Delhi
Posted Date : 07-Jul-2011 , 12:51:16 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A fake flying school has been busted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the capital. One person was arrested and an FIR was filed by the Delhi police in this regard.
The action was taken after the DGCA received a complaint on fake flying school. The pilot training institute wa...
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45 Sail Employees Bag Eleven Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for 2010
Posted Date : 07-Jul-2011 , 10:57:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Employees of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) have once again proved their mettle. Of the 33 Prime Minister’s Shram Awards announced for calendar year 2010 by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, yesterday, 17 of which went to PSUs, SAIL employees have bagged 11 awards...
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CEO of Universal Commodity Exchange resigns
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 03:20:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
India's Universal Commodity Exchange's Chief Executive Samir Shah resigned on July 5, citing personal reasons, about a month after he joined the company.
"I am going for personal reasons. I am going back to Singapore, it didn't work for me...," Shah told Reuters.
Shah is in the process of inform...
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SC upholds HC ruling against acquisition of Greater Noida land
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 03:18:26 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today upheld the Allahabad High Court order quashing the acquisition of over 156 hectares of land from farmers in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh and allotting it to builders.
The court also imposed Rs 10 lakh as cost on the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) ...
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Prime Minister Shram awards for 2010 Announced to 76 Workers
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 12:26:15 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government of India on Tuesday announced the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for the year 2010 to be awarded to 76 workers employed in the Departmental Undertakings & Public Sector Undertakings of the Central and State Governments and Private Sector Units employing 500 or more wo...
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Government of India and World Bank Sign US$200 million Agreement to Strengthen Local Government System in Kerala
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 12:12:20 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
To strengthen the capacity of gram panchayats and municipalities in Kerala, an IDA credit of US$200 million was signed between the Government of India and the World Bank in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. The Kerala Local Government and Service Delivery Project will fund improvements in local infrastr...
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Bombay HC questions women's working hours
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 10:28:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Calling for a change in mindset, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday observed that if men are allowed to work late hours then why should there be a restriction on the working hours for women.
"Why is it that men work till 1:30 in the night but women should work only till 9:30 pm? You (Maharash...
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SC pulls up Mayawati govt over UP's land policy
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 10:23:27 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up Mayawati government of the land acquisition policy of Uttar Pradesh, and driving out poor people from the state.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Uttar Pradesh government's land acquisition policy is anti-people and a sinister campaign.
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Hefty penalties on BPOs compromising customer privacy
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 10:21:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Indian government will shortly impose hefty penalties on business process outsourcing (BPO) firms that compromise on the data privacy of individual customers. It is likely to tighten the provisions linked to data privacy and data protection in the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, and is wo...
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HC issues notices to Big B, Sony TV for insulting Netaji
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 07:50:42 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Bombay High Court Tuesday issued notices to Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and Sony Television in response to a PIL which challenges a promo in ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'' claiming it has insulted and maligned the slogan ''Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azadi doonga'', coined by Subhash Chandra Bos...
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Idea gets relief from paying Rs250-crore penalty
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2011 , 07:19:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Telecom service provider Idea Cellular got a breather from hefty fine after a telecom tribunal on Tuesday restrained the department of telecom (DoT) from imposing penalty on the Aditya Birla Group firm. The Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), a quasi-judicial body that solv...
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Idea faces Rs 50cr fine by DoT for hiding data in a circle
Posted Date : 05-Jul-2011 , 09:28:18 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Department of Telecom may slap Rs 50 crore penalty on Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular for violation of licence agreement by allegedly suppressing actual subscriber/customer database in Andhra Pradesh circle. According to Department of Telecom (DoT) sources, while checking in the network of...
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HUL to seek shareholders' nod to demerge FMCG exports biz
Posted Date : 05-Jul-2011 , 05:08:03 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) today said it will seek shareholders' approval to transfer certain assets, liabilities and properties of FMCG exports business division of the company to Unilever India Exports.
In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), HUL said it has been directed by the Bombay Hi...
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Finance ministry opposes wider EPFO ambit
Posted Date : 05-Jul-2011 , 07:26:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The finance ministry has opposed a labour ministry proposal to halve the threshold limit for the organisations covered under the employees' provident fund scheme from 20 employees at present. North Block says the enhanced safety net will increase the government burden because of the contribution it ...
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SC appoints SIT to probe black money issue
Posted Date : 04-Jul-2011 , 02:40:02 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
he Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Government for shoddy investigations into cases of black money stashed abroad and appointed a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former apex court judge BP Jeevan Reddy to investigate the issue. The second member of the team is former Su...
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SC rejects Chautala brothers' plea in disproportionate assets case
Posted Date : 04-Jul-2011 , 11:44:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea by Haryana legislators Abhay and Ajay Chautala that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) needed prior permission of the assembly speaker before launching prosecution proceedings against them in a disproportionate assets case . With this, the co...
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Kerala's Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple could well be richest in country
Posted Date : 03-Jul-2011 , 10:10:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala could well be the richest in the country as unofficial estimates Saturday, the sixth day of preparing an inventory of treasures in its six chambers, suggested the value of its gold, diamond and other precious metals at close to Rs 1 lakh crore. The inventory ...
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Facebook may launch Skype-powered video chat
Posted Date : 03-Jul-2011 , 06:44:20 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Social networking site Facebook is planning to launch a video chat function next week for its millions of users in association with Skype, says a report. "Facebook will launch a new video chat product, powered by Skype, that works in browser," technology blog TechCrunch said citing a source. Fac...
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BSE hopes to kickstart SME exchange Sep onwards
Posted Date : 02-Jul-2011 , 08:28:18 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The country's premier bourse Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is hopeful of launching its dedicated small-and-medium-enterprises (SME) exchange by September, 2011 onwards, a senior official said today.
"BSE SME platform is expected to be operational September 2011 onwards," BSE CEO (SME Exchange...
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Amendments in Tariff Policy
Posted Date : 01-Jul-2011 , 01:11:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Union Cabinet on 30th June approved amendments in the existing provisions of the Tariff Policy for providing specific exemptions in the Hydro and Transmission Sectors from the mandatory tariff based competitive bidding which came into effect from 6.1.2011. The Cabinet also approved the pro...
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