Govt approves exemptions in hydro power
NEW DELHI: The Government has approved amendments in tariff policy for providing specific exemptions in the hydro power and transmission sectors.
Mamata orders probe into children death
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms. Mamata Banerjee has ordered an inquiry by a two member committee into the death of 12 children at the Bidhan Chandra Roy Child…
No tie up with Huawei to set up equipment testing lab: Sibal
NEW DELHI: (AMN) India has decided to conduct testing and certification of software and hardware of all foreign telecom companies and has initiated the process with Huawei of China.
Congress slams Modi for destroying 2002 riot documents
NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: (TIA /AMN) The Congress party and lawyers representing riot victims Thursday lambasted the Narendra Modi led Gujarat government for destroying crucial State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) records pertaining…
Purulia arms case: India won’t get Kim Davy
AMNIn a major setback to India’s effort to extradite Kim Davy an accused in the infamous the accused Purulia arms drop case, The High Court in Copenhagen on Thursday dismissed…
SC slams private colleges admissions procedure
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Supreme Court Thursday has come down heavily on the private medical colleges for making wrong admissions. It said that it would compel to intervene if things…
Bilkis case: Bombay HC rejects bail pleas of convicts
MUMBAI: (AMN) Terming the offence as ‘serious’ the Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected bail pleas of the seven convicts in 2002 infamous Bilkis Bano gang-rape case.
PM likely to drop Maran in Cabinet reshuffle
By NEELAM JEENA NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to drop Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran from the Union Cabinet for his alleged involvement in 2G scam. Maran…
Govt to decide on wheat, rice exports soon
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Central Government would soon decide on export of two million tonnes of wheat and one million tonnes of rice as the stocks hit a record 65.6…
India’s first Caste Census Begins
S N VERMA in TripuraThe first ever caste based census in post independent India has began on Wednesday in far flung village Shankhola in West Tripura. This process paves the…