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  Govt accepts panel's report on reservation in promotion

  India | October 20, 2012 18:08 IST

  Dehradun, Oct 20: The Uttarakhand government today accepted a one-man Commission's recommendation that the creation of an ex-cadre to give reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees is not legally and administratively justified.  The recommendation of

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  Govt rules out rollback of cap on subsidized LPG cylinders

  India | October 14, 2012 19:00 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 14 : The government today ruled out a rollback or modification of its decision to cap supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) at 6 cylinders per household in a year as it

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  Maharashtra govt to drop sedition charge against cartoonist Trivedi

  India | October 12, 2012 13:50 IST

  Mumbai, Oct 12 :  Bowing to public pressure and criticism from the court, the Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay High Court that it has decided to drop sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for

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  Govt to work with CAG to erase impression of adversaries: FM

  October 09, 2012 11:58 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 9: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said he intends to work with CAG to erase the impression of adversaries in an attempt to restore trust and confidence in all institutions.Addressing a Comptroller

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  Govt issues summons to insurance companies for over Rs 300-cr service tax evasion

  October 07, 2012 22:54 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 7: The Finance Ministry has issued summons to about a dozen insurance firms seeking documents pertaining to sale of insurance policies and commission paid to their field associates as part of its

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  Govt to standardize engineering syllabus, certification

  India | September 28, 2012 22:30 IST

  Mumbai, Sept. 28: The government will soon go in for standardization of technical education syllabi including examination and certification, in order to upgrade the ready skill sets of passouts from engineering colleges. Ambuj Sharma, joint secretary,

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  No ban on new LPG connections, says govt

  India | September 28, 2012 16:20 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 28: The government today said it has not banned issue of new cooking gas (LPG) connections which are being released on completion of KYC (Know Your Customer) formalities.“There is no ban on

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  Govt takes lesson from Modi, holds first press meet on Twitter

  Politics | September 25, 2012 17:52 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 25: Narendra Modi might be a political anathema for the Manmohan led UPA government but the govt missed no opportunity in learning from Modi's highly successful attempt to connect with the netizens.Sam

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  Non-subsidised LPG cylinders to be cheaper, govt abolishes duty

  September 21, 2012 16:03 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 21: In marginal relief to consumers, the government today abolished import and excise duties on LPG cylinders they buy beyond the 6 per annum quota of subsidised cooking gas, and asked state

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  Govt tried to contact Mamata: Chidambaram

  Politics | September 19, 2012 13:44 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 19: Government today said it has been trying to contact Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for the last four days with even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh making an effort to explain the

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  Govt will have to go on FDI in multi-brand retail issue: JD(U)

  Politics | September 16, 2012 18:27 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 16: With the row between the government and the opposition on FDI in multi-brand retail and diesel price hike escalating, JD-U today hit out at Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh, saying his

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  Afghan govt bans YouTube to block anti-Islam film

  World | September 12, 2012 21:48 IST

  Kabul, Sep 12: The  government of Afghanistan today banned access to YouTube to block an anti-Islam film which triggered violence in Egypt and Libya, leading to the death of the US ambassador to Libya in

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  Govt urges opposition to get quota bill passed in RS

  Politics | September 05, 2012 12:02 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 5: Against the backdrop of opposition by Samajwadi Party and disruption of proceedings by BJP over coalgate issue, Government today appealed to all political parties to get a bill providing for reservation

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  Unmukt gets heroes' welcome at St Stephen's, Rs 25 lakh from Delhi govt

  Cricket | September 05, 2012 22:41 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 5: India's U-19 cricketing star Unmukt Chand on Tuesday got a hero's welcome at his St Stephens college by his peers and teachers, on a day the Delhi Government announced Rs 25

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  Govt losing 'communication battle': Salman Khurshid

  Politics | September 04, 2012 21:32 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 4: The government is “losing the communication battle” because its skills do not match up to the proliferation of media where many people are “screaming and shouting that something has gone wrong”

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  Govt rules out cancellation of allocation of coal blocks

  India | August 31, 2012 19:48 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 31: Unfazed by Opposition protests in the wake of the CAG report, the government today ruled out cancellation of allocation of coal blocks maintaining that no wrong has been done.“There is no

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  Govt may cancel coal block allocations : report

  August 30, 2012 10:09 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30 : The government may cancel the allocation of more than 50 of the 57 coal blocks mentioned in the recent CAG report if it finds that the mining projects have not

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  Govt may cancel coal block allocations : report

  India | August 30, 2012 8:09 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30 : The government may cancel the allocation of more than 50 of the 57 coal blocks mentioned in the recent CAG report if it finds that the mining projects have not

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  Himachal govt freezes property transactions

  India | August 29, 2012 20:13 IST

  Shimla, Aug 29: With the state government deciding to repeal the act that regulates property business in Himachal Pradesh, the realty sector is likely to come to a standstill in the picturesque state - at

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  No-trust motion against Dhumal govt defeated

  Politics | September 23, 2012 18:06 IST

  Shimla, Aug 28 : The Congress sponsored no-confidence motion against the 56-month-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Himachal Pradesh was defeated in the state assembly Tuesday night.After over a nine-hour-long debate on the motion,