Center provides Rs 8750 cr special package for West Bengal

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Center has given West Bengal a special package of 8,750 crore rupees for development of backward region of the state. </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The package is proposed to be implemented in the state's backward areas affected by Naxalism, including Jungle Mahal area, which comprises West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura.      </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The package is expected to cover aspects like rural employment, safe drinking water, watershed and rural road construction.        </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The state has been facing financial crunch as its debt stock, according to the state finances report of the Reserve Bank, was 1.9 lakh crore rupees.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Center provides Rs 8750 cr special package for West Bengal

The Center has given West Bengal a special package of 8,750 crore rupees for development of backward region of the state.  The package...

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Cabinet approves amendment to North Eastern Area Reorganization Act

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Government has approved the setting up of separate High Courts for Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya.  </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its approval to the proposal to amend the North-Eastern Areas Reorganization Act, 1971, to set up the separate High Courts in Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">all the northeastern states come under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Sikkim has a separate High Court.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Prime Minister had, during his visit to Imphal last weekend, inaugurated the newly constructed building of the Manipur High Court.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Cabinet approves amendment to North Eastern Area Reorganization Act

Government has approved the setting up of separate High Courts for Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya.   A meeting of the Union Cabinet, ...

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CAG Vinod Rai to head UN panel of external auditors

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has been elected as the Chairman of the Panel of external auditors of the UN specialised agencies and IAEA.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">He succeeds Norbert Hauser, Vice President, Federal court of auditors Germany.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

CAG Vinod Rai to head UN panel of external auditors

Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has been elected as the Chairman of the Panel of external auditors of the UN specialised agenci...

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Russia may send woman to ISS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A Russian woman cosmonaut may fly to the International Space Station in 2013.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Cosmonaut  Yelena Serova, the first woman cosmonaut of the post-Soviet era, should be trained and prepared for a flight lasting up to 170 days. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The world's first woman cosmonaut, Soviet citizen Valentina Tereshkova, flew into space on board the Vostok 6 June 16, 1963.      </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The second woman in space, Svetlana Savitskaya, also from the Soviet Union, blasted off 19 years later in 1982</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A total of 31 women have already visited the ISS. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Russia may send woman to ISS

A Russian woman cosmonaut may fly to the International Space Station in 2013. Cosmonaut  Yelena Serova, the first woman cosmonaut of ...

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Nasa's Voyager 1 in 'cosmic purgatory' on verge of entering Milky Way

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Nasa's Voyager 1 has entered a new region of space between the Solar System and interstellar space in what Nasa has described as a 'cosmic purgatory'.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The spacecraft is close to leaving the Solar System and into the uncharted territory of the Milky Way after more than three decades in space. </span></span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Voyager 1 was launched with its twin, Voyager 2, by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) in 1977.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Voyager 1 is travelling at just under 11 miles per second and sending information from nearly 11 billion miles away from the sun.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It is about to become the first man-made object to leave the Solar System, although Nasa expects it to take between several months and years before it completely enters interstellar space. Voyager 2 will follow later.</span></span><br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The primary mission for the spacecrafts was the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Voyager 1 and 2 both hold a a gold-coated copper phonograph record.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The record contains over 100 photographs of earth, a selection of greetings from languages around the world and a variety of sounds from the Earth.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Voyagers have enough power and fuel to operate until at least 2020.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> It is predicted by that point that Voyager 1 will be 12.4 billion miles from the Sun, whilst Voyager 2 will be 10.5 billion miles away</span></span></div></div>

Nasa's Voyager 1 in 'cosmic purgatory' on verge of entering Milky Way

Nasa's Voyager 1 has entered a new region of space between the Solar System and interstellar space in what Nasa has described as a &#...

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INK conference to begin on Dec1st

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The  first woman space tourist, Anousheh Ansari, is going to be in Jaipur to share her experiences at the INK Conference 2011 from December 8-11.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The first Iranian in space, Ansari was the fourth overall self-funded space tourist, and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station and float in space for 10 days. Iranian-American Ansari took a ride to the ISS aboard the Soyuz TMA-9 capsule along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and US astronaut Miguel Lopez-Alegria.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">With 'Power of the Journey' as the theme, the second edition of the INK Conference that began only last year, promises to be a powerhouse of ideas exploring different journeys from outer space to the depths of the ocean, and everything in between.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In association with Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED), the annual conference aims to fuel innovation and foster knowledge by bringing together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers on a global stage. The ideas put forth by these speakers are transmitted worldwide via the World Wide Web, inspiring thought, conversation and ultimately action.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

INK conference to begin on Dec1st

The  first woman space tourist, Anousheh Ansari, is going to be in Jaipur to share her experiences at the INK Conference 2011 from Decemb...

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No joke, Dead Sea may soon be dead

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5067" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A team of environmental scientists, who examined the sediments drilled from the Dead Sea, said their discovery proves the precarious existence of the remarkable body of water, which is currently diminishing at an alarming pace. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Dead Sea, which marks the borders betweenIsrael and Jordan, would have little chance of surviving another period of extreme drought as its fresh water tributaries have been all but drained the populations surrounding it, mostly for the irrigation of crops, they warned. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The water body is the lowest point on the planet, sitting 425 meters below sea level. Its highly salted water, covers layer upon layer of sediment that captures with unique clarity the climatic history of the region reaching back thousands of years. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /> </span></span><br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; text-align: justify;">Holes drilled into the deepest point of the lake in late 2010 produced evidence that it very nearly evaporated about 120,000 years ago, when there were very few humans living by its shores.</span></span></li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div></div></div>

No joke, Dead Sea may soon be dead

A team of environmental scientists, who examined the sediments drilled from the Dead Sea, said ...

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Moshe Katsav, former Israeli president, begins jail term for rape

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> <li> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Former  Israeli president Moshe Katsav began serving a seven-year prison term for rape on Wednesday, professing his innocence and saying he was being "buried alive".    </span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">    </span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> </span><br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The case has captivated the country for more than five years and marked the first time a former Israeli head of state has been jailed. Officials say it proves no one is above the law.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">     </span><br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> Katsav, 66, was president from 2000 to 2007. He was convicted last year of twice raping an aide when he was a cabinet minister in the late 1990s and sexually assaulting two other womenwho worked for him while he was president.</span></li> </span></span></ul></div>

Moshe Katsav, former Israeli president, begins jail term for rape

Former  Israeli president Moshe Katsav began serving a seven-year prison term for rape on Wednesday, professing his innocence and saying...

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Parliament dissolved, Kuwait set for elections

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah  issued a decreedissolving the Gulf state parliament, citing a "threat to supreme national interests". </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The  decision came one week after the emir accepted the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, following widespread protests led by youth activists.         </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Under Kuwaiti law, fresh general elections must be held within a period of 60 days.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Parliament dissolved, Kuwait set for elections

Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah  issued a decreedissolving the Gulf state parliament, citing a "threat to supreme nationa...

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UNSC seat: Australia supports India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Australia on Thursday supported India's claim for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council and said the decision of its ruling party on supplying Uranium to New Delhi has removed any "potential irritant" in their growing bilateral relationship.   </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">    </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">On a three-day visit to India, Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith said the two countries have also agreed to look into prospects of enhancing practical military cooperation by holding bilateral naval exercises in future. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

UNSC seat: Australia supports India

Australia on Thursday supported India's claim for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council and said the decision of its ru...

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Military to come under Whistleblower's Bill

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Defence Ministry has given its consent for bringing the Armed Forces within the ambit of the Whistleblower's Bill under consideration of the Government. <strong> </strong></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A Parliamentary committee had recently recommended bringing the Armed Forces and security and intelligence agencies under the purview of the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010, commonly known as the Whistleblower's Bill </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The bill seeks to establish a mechanism to receive complaints regarding allegations of corruption or wilful misuse of power. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August, 2010.</span></span></li> </ul></div>

Military to come under Whistleblower's Bill

The Defence Ministry has given its consent for bringing the Armed Forces within the ambit of the Whistleblower's Bill under considera...

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Multi-barrel rocket launcher 'Pinaka' test fired

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A demonstration trial of India's indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher weapon system, 'Pinaka' conducted in Balosore</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">'Pinaka', an unguided rocket system and an area weapon system aimed at supplementing the existing artillery guns at a range beyond 30 km, is capable of acting as a force-multiplier.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">One salvo each of 12 rockets from a battery of six launchers could neutralise a target area of 3.9 sq km at a time</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Multi-barrel rocket launcher 'Pinaka' test fired

A demonstration trial of India's indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher weapon system, 'Pinaka' conducted in Bal...

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Nepal to lift ban on Indian Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Nepal is looking at the possibility of lifting the ban on use of Indian notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.  </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">    </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Nepal had banned use of Rs 500 over a decade ago in June 2000.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The meeting of India-Nepal inter-governmental committee on trade, transit and cooperation to control unauthorised trade also discussed about export and registration of pharmaceuticals in the Himalayan state. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Nepal to lift ban on Indian Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes

Nepal is looking at the possibility of lifting the ban on use of Indian notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.       Nepal had ...

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Karmapa Lama: Indian police charge Tibetan exile leader

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5077" style="display: block; text-align: left;"> <ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small;">Police in India have filed charges against the Karmapa Lama after about $1.4m (£900,000) in cash was found in January at his monastery in Dharamsala.</span></li> </ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;">They allege the cash was being held in violation of foreign exchange rules.</span></li> </ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;">The Karmapa heads one of the four sects of Tibetan Buddhism and is expected to play a prominent spiritual role in the event of the death of the Dalai Lama.</span></li> </ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;"></span>The Karmapa is seen as the third most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama.</li> </ul><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small;"></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: x-small;">He fled Tibet in 1999 and arrived in Dharamsala - in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh - which is the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile.</span></li> </ul>  </div><div id="5077" style="display: block; text-align: left;"> </div></div>

Karmapa Lama: Indian police charge Tibetan exile leader

Police in India have filed charges against the Karmapa Lama after about $1.4m (£900,000) in cash...

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Bihar assembly passes Lokayukta Bill; CM under ambit

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Bihar Lokayukta Bill, 2011, was passed in the state Assembly .</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the new Lokayukta Bill had been made stronger and effective to eliminate corruption.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Chief Minister, former Chief Ministers and Ministers have been included under the ambit of New Lokayuta Bill.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Bihar assembly passes Lokayukta Bill; CM under ambit

Bihar Lokayukta Bill, 2011, was passed in the state Assembly . Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the new Lokayukta Bill had been made stron...

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Gov't sworn in as Islamists dominate Egypt election

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Egypt is in the hands of the new caretaker Prime Minister, Kamal el-Ganzouri - once a prime minister under Mubarak and one of country’s leading economists.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The ruling military council has promised him all the powers of a state president, except judiciary power and the command of the armed forces.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Gov't sworn in as Islamists dominate Egypt election

Egypt is in the hands of the new caretaker Prime Minister, Kamal el-Ganzouri - once a prime minister under Mubarak and one of country’s l...

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EU officials to meet for key summit to devise European bailout package

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">European Union officials are preparing for a key summit in Brussels later today, where they will be trying to clinch a deal on how to tackle the Euro-zone debt crisis.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The  key proposal on the agenda of the gathering is how to enforce budgetary discipline with automatic penalties for those Euro-zone nations that overspend.  </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Germany and France are pushing for new EU treaties, saying stricter fiscal rules should be enshrined there. But European Council President Herman Van Rompuy is offering a plan, which only requires amending the treaties.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The 10 non-Euro-zone members of the 27-member EU, including Britain decide to move to a new treaty on their own.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

EU officials to meet for key summit to devise European bailout package

European Union officials are preparing for a key summit in Brussels later today, where they will be trying to clinch a deal on how to tac...

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K’tka Lokayukta registers FIR against Foreign Minister S M Krishna in Mining Scam

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In Karnataka, the Lokayukta police registered FIR against three former Chief Ministers including S M Krishna to investigate allegations that they encouraged illegal mining during their tenure for personal gain. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The complainant has alleged that S M Krishna as Chief Minister allowed mining on forest land violating the mining Act. The other two former Chief Ministers Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy are also facing allegations of renewing mining leases for personal gain. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

K’tka Lokayukta registers FIR against Foreign Minister S M Krishna in Mining Scam

In Karnataka, the Lokayukta police registered FIR against three former Chief Ministers including S M Krishna to investigate allegations t...

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