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Manmohan announces Knowledge Commission
KOLKATA, JAN. 12. The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, today announced the setting up of a National Knowledge Commission so that India becomes not only a knowledge-producing society but also a knowledge-sharing and knowledge-consuming ...

Trade unions seek widening of tax base
NEW DELHI, JAN. 12. Increased Government investment in the social sector, mobilisation of finances by widening the tax base and recovery from non-performing assets, and generating additional resources to create employment besides re-visiting the ...

Come back, Manmohan tells Mamata
KOLKATA, JAN. 12. "Mamata, we miss you,'' the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, told the Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee here today. "He (Mr. Singh) told me to return to the Congress and join the Cabinet,'' an emotional Ms. Banerjee ...

CBSE practicals after theory tests
NEW DELHI, JAN. 12. To help students in the tsunami-affected areas, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to hold practical examinations of Class X and XII after the theory tests. In a statement here today, the Board ...