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9 States seek additional relief from NCCF
NEW DELHI, AUG. 5. Nine rain-deficient States have sought Rs. 16,741.96 crores additional relief from the Centre. Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttranchal have sought ...
SC notice to Centre on plea for ban on gutka
NEW DELHI, AUG. 5. Even as the Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking a direction to ban gutka and pan masala throughout the country, it stayed an Allahabad High Court order, banning their sale and distribution in ...
Cong. seeks probe
NEW DELHI, AUG. 5. Even as the Congress welcomed the Government's decision to cancel the allotment of petrol pumps and gas/kerosene agencies, the party continued with its demand for the resignation of the Petroleum Minister, Ram Naik, as the ...
`Pak. must discontinue help to militants'
NEW DELHI, AUG. 5."Pakistan must discontinue its support for cross-border militants and the training camps and religious schools, from which they spring, and India needs to show greater flexibility about reopening diplomatic and military channels ...
EC team briefs CEC on Gujarat visit
NEW DELHI, AUG. 5. A nine-member team, which visited Gujarat last week, briefed the Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, and other senior members of the Commission today on its assessment of the situation and the State's readiness to hold ...
Advani meeting party MPs
NEW DELHI, AUG. 5. A series of four meetings planned as an interaction between Bharatiya Janata Party MPs and the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, and the party president, Venkaiah Naidu, began today to discuss specific State-related problems ...
Dealership cancellation: oil companies in a fix
NEW DELHI, AUG. 5.The cancellation of 3,158 dealerships — relating to petroleum products — allotted after January 2000 may be difficult to implement for those oil companies, which are already facing problems due to a shortage of ...
Stray incidents mark Bengal bandh
KOLKATA, AUG. 5. Barring stray incidents, the statewide 24-hour bandh in West Bengal called by the Trinamool Congress passed off peacefully today. `` The bandh had little impact on industry,'' the Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, heading ...
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