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New Delhi: The third meeting of reconstituted Central Employment Guarantee Council held under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Dr. C.P. Joshi at Unnati, Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi today took stock of the progress made under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. The earlier two meetings were held on August 19 and October 7, 2009 respectively.

New Delhi: Government's intention is amply clear. It would do little to contain the rising prices of essential commodities. It is only interested in fostering a GDP growth rate at over 7% in the current year.

New Delhi: Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched a Scheme to provide sufficient back-haul capacity to integrate the voice and data traffic from the access network in the rural areas to their core network by strengthening the OFC network. This scheme considers OFC Network augmentation between the Blocks' HQ and Districts' HQ to begin with.

New Delhi: In a first ever display of its precision strike capability by night, a mammoth fire power demonstration (FPD), codenamed 'Vayu Shakti-2010', showcasing the operational capabilities of IAF by day, dusk and night will be held at the sprawling Chandan Air-to-Ground Range, Pokharan on February 28.

New Delhi: The Government of India has finally invited suggestions/comments from all stakeholders in respect of the proposed amendments to the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867.

With effect from 5 January 2010 the Ground Training Department of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy (IGRUA) has become the first Ground Training School in India to be ISO 9001 : 2008 certified. IGRUA is in the process of having its excellence in imparting flying training certified by the International Standards Organization and this is the first step in that direction.

New Delhi: The Government of India has set up a High Level National Transport Development Policy Committee to create a policy environment that encourages competitive pricing and coordination between alternative modes of transport in order to provide an integrated and sustainable transport system. The framework that national governments provide for the transport sector largely determines the level of cost and efficiency in transport operations.

People of India will watch with bated breadth how the Union Minister of Railways Mamta Banerjee mobilizes resources for upgradation, modernisation and expansion of Indian Railways to meet the challenges projected in her Whitepaper and Vision Document tabled in the Parliament on December 18, 2009, while presenting the Railway Budget-2010-11 in the Lok Sabha on February 24, 2010.

After the long pause in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the Kashmir issue is again getting into focus because of certain internal and external developments. Among the internal factors are announcement of amnesty by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for the Kashmiri militants in PoK willing to abjure violence and the mounting protests in the Valley against the killing of some youths by security personnel. The main external factors are Pakistan's insistence on making the February 25 Foreign Secretary-level India-Pakistan talks Kashmir-centric and the possible implications of the anti-terrorist campaign in Pakistan-Afghan areas.

BHOPAL: Will the Indore conclave prove a turning point for the Bharatiya Janata Party? This is the question that is being asked in the political circles of Madhya Pradesh, a state that is regarded as a strong bastion of the party.