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India Shares Growth Model at World Economic Forum

2012-01-28T17:00:08Z

Davos (ABC Live) Mr. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, chaired two Panel discussions at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos on 26th January...

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Funds Sanction for Phase-Ill of the UIDAI

2012-01-28T16:57:51Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues (CC-UIDAI) today approved commencement of Phase-Ill of the UID scheme at an estimated cost of...

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Dr. C. Rangarajan to Head an Expert Committee on Sugar Sector

2012-01-28T16:54:03Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Prime Minister has constituted an Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, to examine issues...

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Vice President meets Participants of Republic Day Parade-2012

2012-01-28T16:49:04Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Vice President of India Shari M. Hamid Ansari met the Tableau artists and Tribal guests who participated in the Republic Day parade this year at his residence here...

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India Joins Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters

2012-01-28T15:34:02Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) India has signed a Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. The Convention was signed by Mr. Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Joint Secretary, Foreign...

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Road Map for Khadi and Rural Artisans Promotion in Next Plan

2012-01-28T14:53:30Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) One of the most significant aspects of Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) in Indian economy is that it provides sustainable employment to rural artisans. The Working Group...

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Central Schemes to Provide Social Security for Landless Agricultural Labourers

2012-01-28T14:50:31Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) With a view to providing social security to unorganised workers, including landless agricultural labourers, the Government has enacted the Unorganised Workers’ Social...

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CVC Recommend Major Penalty Proceedings against 81 Officers

2012-01-28T14:17:03Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) disposed of 1323 cases during November 2011 referred to it for advice. Of these, 1149 complaints were sent for necessary action/ATR...

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Grants-in-aid for Tribal Research Institutes

2012-01-28T14:12:52Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The grant is given by the Government to the Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) set up by various State Governments on 50:50 sharing basis and 100 per cent grant to Union...

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Senior Women Kabaddi Team National Coaching Camp Starts

2012-01-28T14:08:24Z

Bhopal (ABC Live) A National Coaching Camp for the Indian Senior Women Kabaddi Team consisting of 40 Players and 3 Coaches has started at Sports Authority of India (SAI) Central Regional...

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Indian Railways Tax Free Bonds Public Issue to Open Tomorrow

2012-01-26T15:53:34Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC), the financing arm of Indian Railways, is proposing to issue Tax Free, Secured, Redeemable, Non-Convertible Bonds of face...

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DRDO Successfully Test Lakshya II Pilot less Target Aircraft

2012-01-26T15:47:03Z

Balasore (ABC Live) Flying at sea skimming height of about 15 meters at DRDO’s test range near Balasore, Lakshya-II the advanced version of DRDO’s Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) yesterday...

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Indian Finance Minister to address the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

2012-01-26T15:42:42Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Union Finance Minster Mr. Pranab Mukherjee would be leaving for the two day official visit to Chicago, US on the early morning of Saturday,28th January, 2012. During...

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Symbol of Rupee in New '100' Denomination Banknotes

2012-01-26T15:37:24Z

Mumbai (ABC Live)Ajit Prasad' Assistant General Manager RBI inform n a press release that the Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue `100 denomination Banknotes with "R" inset letter...

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24 CBI Personals Gets Presidential Police Medal and Police Medal for Meritorious Service

2012-01-26T15:30:16Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) 24 Officers & officials of Central Bureau of Investigation have been awarded Presidential Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service by...

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PCC Reviews Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharge

2012-01-26T12:51:36Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) An area of about 4.50 lakh sq.km has been identified in the country which needs artificial recharge to ground water through about 39.25 lakh structures in rural and urban...

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Union Minister of Culture Shows concerns over Condition Of Jaisalmer Fort

2012-01-26T12:40:02Z

Jaipur (ABC Live) Union Minister of Culture, Kumari Selja held a meeting with the Rajasthan Minister of Culture, Smt. Bina Kak on 21 January 2012 in Jaipur to discuss the concerted efforts...

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Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) Organize workshop on Health effects of Wireless Communication

2012-01-26T12:29:48Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) organized a lecture here on "Health Effects of Wireless Communications" by Prof Kenneth R. Foster of University of Pennsylvania...

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TRAI Gives Relaxation in SMS per Day Limit

2012-01-26T12:25:16Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) TRAI today exempted the machine to machine and person to machine messages from the limit of 200 SMS per day per SIM. All the provisions of “The Telecom Commercial...

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Indian Republic Day Parade 2012 a Show of India's Allarround Developments

2012-01-25T15:36:06Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) A strong and resurgent India will be celebrating its 63rd Republic Day tomorrow. This year’s parade will highlight the nation’s achievements in various fields, the military...

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Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Discuss Difficulties in Implementing JNNRUM

2012-01-25T15:28:59Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) conducted a JNNURM all India review meeting here yesterday evening. The meeting was chaired by Secretary (HUPA),...

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India Announces Padma Awards for 2012

2012-01-25T15:19:34Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in...

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India and Pakistan Discuss Transit Fee Formula for Tapi gas pipeline project

2012-01-25T15:15:01Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas held bilateral discussions with Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources, Dr. Asim Hussain on...

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President Medals for 19 RPF/RPSF officers/personnel

2012-01-25T14:47:02Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Her Excellency the President of India has been pleased to award 19 RPF/RPSF officers/personnel for their exemplary services on the occasion of Republic Day, 2012. The...

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Significant Increase in Indian Ports Capacity

2012-01-25T14:44:07Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) As India charts its voyage as the port of call for world trade, ports and terminals see the dire need to meet the growing demand in both infrastructure and capacity for...

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President of India to Address the Nation on the eve of Republic Day

2012-01-25T00:48:44Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, will address the nation today on the eve of the 63rd Republic Day. The address will be telecast over all channels of...

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NHLM to Focus on Skill up-Gradation, Entrepreneurship Development and Credit availability to Urban Poor

2012-01-25T00:46:07Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja has said that the proposed National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) would have specific focus on the primary...

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Indian Customs Tableau in the Republic Day Parade, 2012.

2012-01-25T00:42:09Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The year 2012-13 marks 50 years of the Customs Act, 1962 and to celebrate the occasion, Central Board of Excise and Customs’ (CBEC) tableau depicting “Indian Customs:...

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Vice President Meets Bravery Awards Winner Children And Families

2012-01-24T15:52:47Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The children who won the National Bravery Awards-2011 met the Vice President of India, Mr. M. Hamid Ansari at a function here today. The Vice President interacted with the...

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Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to Attand Second National Voters’ Day Function

2012-01-24T15:48:37Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Second National Voters’ Day (NVD) will be observed tomorrow, a practice that was initiated last year to commemorate the foundation day of the Election Commission of India and...

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Exhibition on Mizo Peace Accord at North East Culture Center Dwarka

2012-01-24T15:39:55Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Minister of Culture & Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kumari Selja; and the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of North East Region &...

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Modernization Of Underground Coal Mines

2012-01-24T15:29:19Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Government has advised coal companies for adopting state of the art technologies for improving coal production, productivity and safety in underground mines. Coal India...

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Preservation and Promotion of North East Region Art and Culture

2012-01-24T15:22:54Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Union Culture Minister has said that her Ministry attaches great importance to the preservation and promotion of the unique, rich and diverse art and culture of the North...

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35 Personnel Of Customs & Central Excise and Directorate of Enforcement Gets Presidential Awards

2012-01-24T15:06:43Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The officers of the Customs & Central Excise Department are considered for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for exceptionally meritorious service...

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Indian Delegation Visits Myanmar to Strengthen Cooperation on Bilateral issues

2012-01-24T14:59:36Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The 17th National Level Meeting between India and Myanmar concluded at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar last week. The Indian delegation was led by Mr. R.K. Singh, Home Secretary and the...

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Road Map of MSME Growth in 12th Plan

2012-01-24T14:48:18Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The MSME sector of India is today at the gateway of global growth on the strength of competitive and quality product range. The Report of the Working Group on Micro, Small &...

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National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC ) Beneficiaries Number Crosses 7.3 Lakh Mark

2012-01-24T14:42:40Z

New Delhi (ABC Live)The activities and achievements of National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC), functioning under the aegis of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, are...

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India Offers Assistance to Mauritius in Renewable Energy Tapping

2012-01-24T14:35:12Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) India has offered help to Mauritius in developing its renewable energy sector. The Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, during his recent visit to...

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National Conference on Demand Side Management (DSM) In Power Sector

2012-01-24T14:31:03Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Minister of State for Power, Mr. K.C. Venugopal has said that peaking shortage of power requires measures towards better Demand Side Management and energy efficiency. He was...

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New Delhi Hosts 86th General Assembly of Union Academic Internationale

2012-01-24T00:46:00Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Union Culture Minister Kumari Selja has said that her Ministry has launched a project for taking Indian literature abroad and selected works both classical and...

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Rally to Celebrate Animal Welfare Fortnight

2012-01-24T00:39:06Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Animal Welfare Fortnight is celebrated every year from January 14 to January 30 to create awareness in the civic society to create awareness to treat all animal life...

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BIS Promoting Hallmarking Of Gold Jewellery

2012-01-23T15:21:19Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is encouraging hallmarking scheme for gold jewellery to ensure quality products for the consumers. Efforts are being made to make it...

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Mental Disorders Resolution By India at WHO Meeting

2012-01-23T15:16:50Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The 130th Session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a Resolution on ‘Global Burden of Mental Disorders and the need for a...

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Five Clinics Seals on PC & PNDT Act Violations In Odisha

2012-01-23T15:10:43Z

BHUBANESWAR (ABC Live) The National Inspection and Monitoring Committee (NIMC) team, constituted under the PC & PNDT Act, 1994, undertook surprise inspections of clinics/ facilities offering...

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HRD Ministry Publishes Citizen’s Charter

2012-01-23T15:05:55Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The HRD Ministry has put out its Citizen Charter. The mission of the Charter includes: Provide greater opportunities of access to higher education with equity to all...

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Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana Smart Cards for BPL Households

2012-01-23T14:53:59Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a unique scheme launched by Union Ministry of Labour and Employment so far more than 2.57 crore smart cards have been issued till...

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Emphasis on Strengthening R&D in Power Sector

2012-01-23T14:25:25Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Union Minister of Power, Mr. Sushilkumar Shinde has called for strengthening research and development in power generation, transmission and distribution sectors. He was...

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Indian Railway Earns 8.5% More Revenue During the Period 1st – 10th January 2012

2012-01-23T14:05:05Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during the period from 1st to 10th January 2012 were Rs. 2738.66 crore compared to Rs. 2524.04 crore...

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MPLAD Funds for MGNERGA Works

2012-01-23T13:59:43Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Minister of State (I/c) for Statistics and Programme Implementation Mr. Srikant Kumar Jena has approved convergence of Member of Parliament Local Area Development...

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Sania Mirza to Lead Indian Team in Federation Cup

2012-01-23T13:49:14Z

New Delhi (ABC Live)The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the participation of the Indian Senior Women Tennis Team to be headed by Ms. Sania Mirza in the Federation Cup,...

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Biometric Technology In UIDAI Insures Highest Accuracy

2012-01-23T13:45:30Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The UIDAI released a report titled “The Role of Biometric technology in Aadhaar Enrollment” which confirms the high degree of accuracy of biometrics used in the UID project...

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VP Addresses Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India International Centre

2012-01-22T15:15:59Z

New Delhi (ABC LIve) The Vice President of India, Mr.M Hamid Ansari has said that in a period of nation states, national sovereignty, economic autarky and exclusive cultural identity, the...

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National Sports Development Fund for London Olympics Preparation

2012-01-22T15:10:13Z

New Delhi (ABC LIve) For imparting customized training to elite athletes, who are medal prospects in the forthcoming London Olympics 2012 and other major international sports events, the Sports...

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India Post Organize Delhi State Level Philatelic Exhibition “Dharohar-2012”

2012-01-22T15:02:17Z

New Delhi (ABC LIve) Seventh Delhi State Level Philatelic Exhibition”Dharohar-2012” was inaugurated by Ms. Manjula Prashar, Secretary Department of Post Ministry of Communications and...

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Indian Air Force Appeal to Delhi Citizens In View of Republic Day Fly Past safety

2012-01-22T11:00:39Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) In view of the flypast at heights varying from 60 to 500 metres and the associated flight safety concerns posed by birds, the IAF appeals to all citizens of Delhi and its...

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Role of Children in Water Conservation Theme of 2nd National Painting Competition

2012-01-22T10:45:54Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Union Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs Mr. Vincent H. Pala presented the prizes to the winners of the second National Painting Competition organised...

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Coastal National Population Register (NPR) project Starts with RIC Smart Cards In A&N Islands

2012-01-22T10:18:45Z

Port Blair (ABC Live) The Union Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram, launched the first batch of Resident Identity Cards under the coastal National Population Register (NPR) project at Porthrapur...

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Entrepreneur to Ensure Manufacturing Activity According to IEM

2012-01-22T10:03:17Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Under the provisions of Press Note. 9 (1991 Series) dated 2nd August 1991, entrepreneurs are required to submit an Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum (IEM) in the prescribed...

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Indian Air force At Republic Day Parade With Motto ‘PEOPLE FIRST MISSION ALWAYS’

2012-01-22T07:38:06Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The IAF Tableau showcases the men from our special forces and special operations capabilities of the Indian Air Force. We have the C-130J Super Hercules the World’s most...

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Traveling With ID Proof In Reserved Train Tickets From 15 February

2012-01-21T00:55:52Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) In a move to prevent misuse of Reserved Train Tickets and reduce cases of travelling on transferred tickets, Ministry of Railways has decided that anyone of the...

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Naval Contingent and Tableau for 63rd Republic Day Parade

2012-01-21T00:52:21Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Naval contingent and tableau for the 63rd Republic Day Parade was presented to the media today by Commodore Atul Kumar, Principal Director Personnel Services of the...

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Measures to Make Transportation of Coal Theft Free

2012-01-21T00:44:18Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Law & Order is a State subject, hence State/District administration are requested to take necessary deterrent action to stop/curb theft/black marketing. But on their part...

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Status of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Mumbai Cases

2012-01-20T16:22:26Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Central Team that visited Mumbai to examine the reported Drug resistant cases has submitted its report to the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mr. Ghulam Nabi...

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World Bank Aid for 300,000 Village Households in North Eastern States

2012-01-20T16:16:13Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Government of India and the World Bank today signed an IDA credit of US$ 130 million to finance the Government of India`s (GOI) efforts to empower rural communities in...

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Defence Minister Mr. AK Antony Visits NCC Republic Day Camp

2012-01-20T16:12:15Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Defence Minister Mr. AK Antony visited the NCC Republic Day Camp here today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that equal opportunity must be given to girls to enroll in the...

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Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka Joins Coast Guard Fleet

2012-01-20T16:08:43Z

Visakhapatnam (ABC Live) The Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka, the 1st of a series of five Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) built at M/s HSL, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam by Minister of...

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Wheat Sown Area Increase by 3 Lakh Hectares

2012-01-20T15:53:13Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) According to the latest information provided by Ministry of Agriculture in its letter on 20-January, 2012 17:06 , wheat has been shown in 294.07 lakh hectare against 290.98...

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Scarcity of Experts to Cure Mental Illness

2012-01-20T15:45:55Z

Bangalore (ABC Live) The Vice President of India Mr. M. Hamid Ansari has said that that there exists a huge gap between the demand for mental health service provision and supply is not in...

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Chip Based Resident Identity (smart) card (RIC) for Indian Residents in Coastal Areas

2012-01-20T14:34:09Z

Port Blair (ABC Live) The first tranche of Resident Identity (smart) card (RIC) will be distributed by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram at a function in Porthrapur village, Port Blair, in the...

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Law Commission of India Submits Consultation Paper On Unlawful interference of Caste Panchayats

2012-01-20T14:29:33Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The present (19th) Law Commission (2009-12) has prepared and forwarded the following Consultation Paper and Reports to the Government of India: • Consultation Paper titled...

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Planning commission Gives Investment Clearance to Rudrasagar Drainage Development Scheme

2012-01-20T14:11:40Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Planning commission has given investment clearance for the scheme – “Rudrasagar Drainage Development Scheme, Tripura”. The scheme is an estimated to cost of Rs. 14.8978...

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Efforts to Minimise Somalian Instances of Piracy

2012-01-20T14:03:44Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The instances of piracy off the coast of Somalia have been a constant source of concern for the Government. This was stated by Union Minister of Shipping, Mr. G.K. Vasan...

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Review Of Central Rural Development Ministry schemes in West Bengal

2012-01-20T13:56:10Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Union Rural Development Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh leaves for Kolkata on Monday on a three-day visit to oversee the implementation of various schemes pertaining to the...

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Journey of 130 years of Tribune Publication in Book “The Tribune 130 Years: a witness to history”

2012-01-20T01:13:05Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has released the book titled “The Tribune 130 years: a witness to history” in New Delhi today. Following is the text of the Prime...

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Bamboo Mission Exceeds Plantation Target

2012-01-20T01:11:32Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Target of plantation fixed under National Bamboo Mission has been achieved with the coverage of 1.89 lakh hectare area in different parts of the country. 1.76 lakh hectare...

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National Council on skill development Meets in New Delhi

2012-01-20T01:06:32Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh chaired the meeting of PM’s National Council on Skill Development in New Delhi today. Following is the text of the PM’s opening remarks...

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New Coach for Indian Tennis Players

2012-01-20T00:57:54Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the appointment of Mr. Henrik Ekersund coach from Sweden to train Indian Tennis players particularly juniors and sub...

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No Ceremonial Changing of Guards on January 21 and January 28 at Rashtrapati Bhavan

2012-01-20T00:54:54Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Ceremonial Changing of Guards at Rashtrapati Bhavan will not be held on January 21st and January 28th due to the Rehearsals/preparations of Republic Day Parade and...

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Shilpotsav-2012 gets New Venue Mumbai

2012-01-19T16:29:37Z

Mumbai (ABC Live) Five day long Shilpotsav is on at Expo Centre, World Trade Complex, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai. The daily timings of the Exhibition are from10 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. Ministry of Social...

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Pankaj Pachauri Joins PMO as Communications Advisor

2012-01-19T16:25:47Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Prime Minister is pleased to announce the appointment with immediate effect of Mr. Pankaj Pachauri as Communications Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office. Mr....

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Mr. Nesar Ahmad is New President of ICSI

2012-01-19T16:23:02Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has got its new President and Vice President for the year 2012. In an election held in New Delhi today Mr. Nesar Ahmad has...

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Union Finance Minister Meets Representatives of Banks and Financial institutions

2012-01-19T16:19:13Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Union Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee said that the growth rate would be around 7.2 percent during the current year. He said that due to current uncertainty in...

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Mineral Production Data During November 2011

2012-01-19T16:15:43Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector in November 2011 was higher by 4.27% compared to that of the preceding month. The mineral sector has shown a...

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Shipping Industry Celebrates Maritime Week

2012-01-19T16:12:57Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Indian tonnage as part of global shipping stood at 10 million GT about a year ago. The Indian tonnage has recently crossed the 11 million GT mark. This was stated by Mr....

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Tex Trends 2012 provides Big Platform to Small Weavers

2012-01-19T16:07:33Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Mr. Anand Sharma the Union Minister of Commerce, Industry & Textiles inaugurated the Tex Trends India 2012, here today. Tex Trends India 2012, aims to provide the biggest...

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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Publish Citizen and Client Charter

2012-01-19T00:52:53Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has uploaded Citizen/ Client’s Charter on its website. The vision of the Citizen/ Client’s Charter is to create an enabling...

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SoO Agreement In North Cachar Hill districts of Assam

2012-01-19T00:43:58Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) It has been mutually agreed with Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) Group in North Cachar Hill districts of Assam to further extend suspension of operations (SoO) for period of six...

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Power Finance Corporation Ltd to Help in “Saakshar Bharat” National Literacy Mission

2012-01-19T00:40:45Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) An MoU was signed here today between the Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) and the National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA) in the presence of Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union...

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Government Insures Sufficient Supply of Coal to Power Sector

2012-01-19T00:26:08Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Government is making all efforts to increase coal production. Target of Coal India Limited (CIL) of 440 million tones for current financial year will be...

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DGCA takes meeting of NSOP and Private Operators for Air Safety In State Elections

2012-01-19T00:20:02Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) In view of the ensuing state elections, the Director General of Civil Aviation took a meeting of the NSOP and private operators, here . In this regard DGCA has issued Air...

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North Eastern Culture Center to Promote Rich Cultural Heritage of North-Eastern Region

2012-01-18T15:45:35Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The North East Cultural Centre in Delhi was set up to promote dissemination of the rich cultural heritage of the North Eastern Region to the people of National Capital...

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Nepal Puts Karnali and Arun Power Projects On Fast-track Clearances

2012-01-18T15:40:03Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Nepal has assured India of quick resolution of issues pertaining to Indian investment in Nepal. The Industry Minister of Nepal Mr Anil Jha in his meeting with Mr. Anand...

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NCC Cadres Expansion on Schedule

2012-01-18T15:29:35Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Minister of State for Defence Dr MM Pallam Raju visited the NCC Republic Day Camp here today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the expansion of the NCC from 13 lakhs...

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Union Finance Minister At 84th AGM of FICCI

2012-01-18T15:25:46Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Union Minister of Finance Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of 84th Annual General Meeting of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) here today...

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Special Drive By IT Department To Verify High Value Transactions

2012-01-18T15:17:15Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Central Board of Direct Taxes has directed the Income Tax department to launch a special drive, from 20th January to 20th March 2012, for verifying high value...

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Suspension of Operations In Bodoland Assam Extend for Six Months

2012-01-18T14:38:06Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) It has been mutually agreed with National Democratic Front of Boroland/Progressive (NDFB/P) to extend suspension of operations (SoO) for a further period of six months upto...

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List of Latest Acts Publish in The Gazette of India

2012-01-18T14:11:34Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The following Bills, after having received the assent of the President on 12th January, 2012, have been published as Acts in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,...

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NMDC Takes Steps to Increase Iron Ore Production

2012-01-18T14:00:29Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) NMDC Ltd. produced 25.15 million tonnes of iron ore during 2010-11, which is about 12% of the total estimated iron ore production of 208.11 million tonnes in the country. The...

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Sport Minister Reviews Preparations Of Wrestling Team for London Olympic Games-2012

2012-01-18T13:48:24Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) Four to five wrestlers are expected to qualify for the Olympics 2012 in the four qualifying tournaments to be held during February to May, 2012. This was stated by Mr. Raj...

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Capacity Building & Technical Assistance Training of Youth in North-Eastern Region

2012-01-17T15:44:13Z

New Delhi (ABC Live) The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has a scheme “Capacity Building & Technical Assistance” to impart training to youth of North-Eastern Region (NER)...

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