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All-party meet on PDS postponed
NEW DELHI, JULY 2. An all-party meeting proposed to be convened under the chairmanship of Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, to discuss measures to address the shortcomings in the Public Distribution System (PDS) has been postponed. It is now ...
No question of Naidu `retiring': BJP
NEW DELHI, JULY 2. The Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have unwittingly started a new controversy by stating categorically today that there was no question of the party president, Venkaiah Naidu, "retiring'' from his present position, while on ...
Delhi-Lahore bus goes on trial run
NEW DELHI, JULY 2.The Delhi Transport Corporation today rehearsed the running of the two buses to Lahore by taking them out on a trial run up to Pipli in Haryana from Delhi. The nearly 330-km run of the buses was aimed at checking their ...
Vohra briefs Advani on talks in J&K
NEW DELHI, JULY 2.The Centre's interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir, N.N. Vohra, met the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, today and briefed him on the progress of his talks with various groups in the State. Responding to questions at a media ...
'Employees with HIV/AIDS being discriminated against'
NEW DELHI, JULY 2. The Labour Ministry is identifying the kinds of discrimination faced by employees at their places of work and chalk out ways to address these. The exercise had been ordered by the Union Labour Minister, Sahib Singh Verma, just ...
'Marriage of pubescent Muslim minor girl valid'
KOCHI, JULY 2.The Kerala High Court has held that a Muslim girl, even if she is a minor as per the Indian Majority Act, can enter into a valid marriage agreement if she has attained puberty, and that her husband is legally bound to provide her ...
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  • Cab-signalling system for Metro railways
  • Best Bakery case: High Court 'could order re-investigation'
  • Order on bail plea of actress' father reserved
  • Cabinet to discuss airport restructuring next week
  • River grid: call for proper assessment
  • CPI(ML) demands panel on safety
  • Star politicians to attend Ambani Memorial Lecture



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