Indian Current News on 07/08/2011

MiG-21s will be phased out of the Indian Air Force by 2017... Read more
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Ahluwalia Defends Manmohan Singh's Role in 2G Case... Read more
Manipur Cabinet takes no decision on new district... Read more
PMO subverted process to appoint Jadhav as Air India... Read more
Fighting against corruption is not the monopoly of Anna Hazare's father... Read more
From abroad, Sonia signals that Rahul matters... Read more
Joshi goes soft on PMO, attacks PC in fresh PAC draft... Read more
Pak weapons made us weak: Ulfa chief... Read more
Court orders FIR against UP minister, kin in murder case... Read more
Three MLAs join SP in UP.. Read more

Business News
Standard & Poor's stuck to its guns after a withering attack on its math skills and historical accuracy in the wake of its stunning first-ever downgrade of the US credit rating... Read more
Britain's super rich lose billions; Mittal tops the list... Read more
Gold prices zoomed to yet another record of Rs 24,770 per 10 grams by adding Rs 420 in the national capital on Saturday on frantic buying by stockists and investors, driven by a firming trend overseas... Read more
Sensex tanks 387 points on recession fears in U.S... Read more 

Indian Current News on 27/07/2011

Hegde spares none, names CM and former CM in report... Read details


Mumbai blasts accused held?.. Read details


Manmohan saw no need for GoM, says Raja... Read details


Not burdened by history’, Khar meets Krishna today... Read details


Jairam’s latest: I was made Shikhandi in MoEF... Read details


Opposition boycotts CM’s tea party, asks govt to quit... Read details


CBI submits ‘damning’ report on Jagan assets... Read details


Business News


HCL Tech net profit up 52%; beats f'cast... Read details


L&T Finance Holdings - IPO... Read details


Cairn-Vedanta deal moves closer towards getting sealed.... Read details


Rupee gains 20 paise against U.S. dollar in early trade... Read details


Other income drives up Maruti net profit 18%... Read details


Sentiments, already low, to be hit further: realty sector... Read details

Ishrat Jahan encounter: SIT gets 4th chief - Hindustan Times

From Hindustan Times:

In less than one year, the special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged fake encounter death of Mumbra girl Ishrat Jahan and three others has got its fourth chief. The Gujarat high court on Tuesday appointed CISF additional director general RR Verma,an IPS officer of the Bihar cadre, for the job. Previously karnail Singh, satyapal singh and JV Ramudu had opted out of the probe panel, citing their own reasons. The SIT also includes Mohan Jha and Satish Verm, both IPS officers of the Gujarat cadre... Read more...

Indian Current News on 15/07/2011

L K Advani said repeated attacks on Mumbai should be viewed as a “policy failure”... Read details


Rahul Gandhi said ninety-Nine per cent of the terror attacks had been stopped in the country... Read details


The Gujarat on high alert after Mumbai blasts... Read details


Manmohan Singh to accept Solicitor General (SG) Gopal Subramanium’s resignation on Thursday... Read details


HC refuses urgent hearing to Thomas... Read details


Stay away from Ambani, Radia to Raja... Read details


Pro-Telangana Cong leaders on 48-hour fast, slam Azad... Read details


Sachan murder: HC orders CBI probe... Read details


Afghan’s Rabbani seeks India help... Read details


Business News


Inflation at 9.44%, makes room for further rate hikes... Read details


After Harry Potter, Warner Bros now eyes DC Comics... Read details


Father and son are split on tactics... Read details


ICICI, RelCap, HSBC in EPFO list... Read details


Rights issue latest by Q3, says SBI chief... Read details


Ghaziabad boards Metro for first traffic-free ride to work... Read details

Indian Current News on 13/07/2011

The Jairam brand of governance moves from Environment to Rural Development... Read details


Reshuffle sends clear signal to DMK... Read details


Senior Punjab cop caught taking bribe... Read details


Cong manifesto may be region-specific... Read details


Moily: Campaign by vested interests... Read details


Probe says Sachan was murdered... Read details


Deo is a prominent tribal face in Cabinet... Read details


J Dey: Order on CBI probe reserved... Read details


Rail service restored... Read details


Trivedi announces jobs, officials say no such provision... Read details


MoEF conditions coercion, draconian, Lavasa tells HC... Read details


Stringent security measures for Martyrs Day... Read details


2 IM men held in Mumbai for role in Gujarat blasts... Read details


ULFA declares unilateral ceasefire... Read details


Deputy Speaker pulled up for challenging Lokayukta order... Read details


‘Anomalies’ in Noida land allotment: BJP leader moves HC... Read details


Business News


Infosys Q1 net profit falls 5% sequentially; markets frown... Read details


May IIP slips to 5.6% on dismal mining, manufacturing show... Read details


Sensex dips 309 pts on Infosys results, tepid industrial growth... Read details


Further rate hikes unlikely to exceed 50 bps, says Aditya Puri... Read details


Noida Authority to file counter-affidavit... Read details


Cairn Energy sells 10% in Indian unit to Vedanta... Read details


No Maya for opening but Metro to roll into Ghaziabad tomorrow... Read details


Reliance Industries refutes CAG findings... Read details


Mphasis plunges over 6 pc on BSE... Read details


Forum says emergency brake wouldn’t cause train derailment... Read details


India’s outward FDI drops to $5.47 bn in June... Read details

Indian Current News on 08/07/2011

Kalanidhi Maran is now under the CBI scanner... Read details


Maternal, infant mortality rates still high in some states... Read details


Shimla Police arrested 35 rioter students... Read details


Man with revolver detained during Rahul padyatra... Read details


HC notice to 5 IAS officers holding more than one post... Read details


India protests Danish court’s observations in Davy case... Read details


Yechury, candidate for RS polls... Read details


An uncertain future for SPOs in Chhattisgarh... Read details


Pacts on water, border with Dhaka likely... Read details


High Court pulls up N.D.Tiwari for refusing to give blood samples... Read details


Why no women constables on trains? Court asks RPF... Read details


NDA spectrum policy led to loss of Rs 43,000 crore: DoT... Read details


Bachchan says his state tourism ad is working... Read details


Business News


SBI loans now costlier; deposits to earn more... Read details


High refunds pull down net direct tax mop-up 17%... Read details


Junglemahal: Mamata to free 46 prisoners... Read details


Govt clears FM expansion... Read details


MFIs, bankers cheer new Bill... Read details

Indian Current News on 08/07/2011

Kalanidhi Maran is now under the CBI scanner... Read details

Maternal, infant mortality rates still high in some states... Read details

Shimla Police arrested 35 rioter students... Read details

Man with revolver detained during Rahul padyatra... Read details

HC notice to 5 IAS officers holding more than one post... Read details

India protests Danish court’s observations in Davy case... Read details

Yechury, candidate for RS polls... Read details

An uncertain future for SPOs in Chhattisgarh... Read details

Pacts on water, border with Dhaka likely... Read details

High Court pulls up N.D.Tiwari for refusing to give blood samples... Read details

Why no women constables on trains? Court asks RPF... Read details

NDA spectrum policy led to loss of Rs 43,000 crore: DoT... Read details

Bachchan says his state tourism ad is working... Read details

Business News


SBI loans now costlier; deposits to earn more... Read details

High refunds pull down net direct tax mop-up 17%... Read details

Junglemahal: Mamata to free 46 prisoners... Read details

Govt clears FM expansion... Read details

MFIs, bankers cheer new Bill... Read details

Indian Current News on 06/07/2011

Court asks CBI to probe violence in three Chhattisgarh villages... Read details

Lalu: disclose names of people hoarding black money abroad... Read details

Rahul begins UP padyatra... Read details

Punjab to conduct special survey for villages affected by uranium... Read details

Top 4 in Cabinet won’t be shifted... Read details

It is now the turn of TRS, CPI and BJP MLAs to resign... Read details


The Court questions 9.30 pm deadline for women working in bars... Read details

No announcement on mid-term exam yet... Read details

India eyes strategic toehold in Kyrgyzstan... Read details

The twenty days into trial, X-Ray scanner fails to impress civic authorities... Read details

Public hearings against power tariff hike begin... Read details

'Vision 2025' to woo investments in infrastructure... Read details

Pesky calls: DoT to meet security agencies... Read details

Treasure belongs to temple, says M.G.S. Narayanan... Read details

Police bust tech job racket, nab 4... Read details

Newly-wed strangled to death by her father... Read details

Business News


Tata says selection panel will find right successor... Read details

Exports jump 56.9 pc to USD 25.9 bn in May... Read details

Health insurance portable from October 1... Read details

NPS: Employer can make a difference!... Read details

Islamic banking can boost green finance... Read details

Naphtha duty waived, HPL to save Rs 350 cr... Read details

TDSAT stays Rs 250 cr penalty on Idea... Read details

RBI caps bank exposure in liquid funds... Read details

Indian Current News on 05/07/2011

Rahul in Bhatta-Parsaul, takes on Mayawati again... Read details

Third Lokpal alternative in the offing... Read details

The Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has called for a 48-hour bandh... Read details

PM, Sonia to visit Bangladesh, Priyanka invited too... Read details

Murli Deora resigns ahead of reshuffle... Read details

Draw people living in poverty within growth cycle: Pratibha... Read details

Man forcibly marries 19-yr-old, held... Read details

PM for multi-sectoral approach to tackle HIV... Read details

Amartya Sen criticises neglect of elementary education... Read details

Pakistan shelling angers Afghanistan... Read details

Amitabh visits Ajmer Sharif after 40 years... Read details

TRS chief, Vijay Shanti resign from Lok Sabha membership... Read details

Chidambaram bungled issue: A.P. MPs... Read details   

Fishermen issue: official to visit Colombo... Read details

Focus on security for temple treasure... Read details

Chendur Pandian sworn in Minister... Read details

All unmanned level-crossings in Mysore division will be eliminated soon... Read details

Two die as flood situation worsens in Bihar... Read details

erala signs agreement for Kerala Local Government and Service Delivery Project... Read details

Business News


The BSE benchmark Sensex lost nearly 54 points in opening trade... Read details

The rupee depreciated by 10 paise to Rs 44.52 against the U.S. dollar in early trade... Read details

Asian markets stall after Greece gets debt warning... Read details

No decision yet on revising GDP growth target: Pranab... Read details

FDI shoots up 111% at $4.66 billion in May... Read details

Banks poised for another good year: S&P... Read details

Sensex ends 52 points up... Read details

Reliance Trends to double number of stores... Read details

Indian businesses are expected to invest between $40-50 billion overseas this year ... Read details

Indian Current News on 01/07/2011

Manmohan ignored ruling on CAG's rights... Read details

Lokpal Bill: Opposition builds pressure on UPA government... Read details

Difficult task ahead for India at NSG: Kakodkar... Read details

For Kenyan girl, tumour and trauma go in India... Read details

Legal experts question destruction of papers relating to 2002 communal riots... Read details

Actor, fiancé convicted in Neeraj Grover murder case... Read details

Danish court says ‘no’ to Kim Davy's extradition... Read details

India-China ties key in shaping changing world order: Sonia... Read details

Indian Forest Service exam eligibility expanded... Read details

Mumbai police lay trap, foil attack on film personality... Read details

Death of 19 children in Kolkata hospital triggers protest... Read details

23 fishermen return to Mandapam... Read details

V. Dinesh Reddy appointed AP Director General of Police... Read details

Business News


Food inflation declines to 7.78 %... Read details

Cairn-Vedanta deal gets conditional clearance... Read details

India-Malaysia FTA takes effect today... Read details

We will try to live up to a strong legacy: Vijay Sankar... Read details

Ashok Soota sells stake in MindTree... Read details

Worldwide IT spending set to grow 7.1 % in 2011... Read details

Indian Current News on 28/06/2011

Killers knew about Dey routine...Read details

MoEF stands by forest officer... Read details

Under scanner, Sathya Sai Trust to make assets public... Read details

SC slams UP over land acquisition in G. Noida... Read details

The Parliament's Public Accounts Committee chief to table 2G scam report... Read details

Ranjan Maithai next Foreign Secretary... Read details

Use of kids in Posco stir illegal: Orissa government... Read details

Ex-Youth Congress leader targets Rahul... Read details

Oath-taking drama finally ends in a whimper... Read details

Jaya echoes Centre, says PM can’t be under Lokpal... Read details

Business News


Finance Minister in US for India-US economic... Read details

The Sensex to open up; Cairn India eyed... Read details

Nilekanis to give Rs 50 crore to institute... Read details

Singur: Tata Motors to move Supreme Court... Read details

Toyota enters compact car segment with Etios Liva... Read details

Indian Current News on 23/06/2011

Manmohan-Raja correspondence on 2G spectrum... Read details   

National Advisory Council clears drafts of Food Security... Read details


India averse to inking military pacts with U.S... Read details

Ban Ki-moon gets second term as U.N. chief... Read details

Husband of Jaipal Reddy's niece held... Read details

CMO murder accused found hanging in Lucknow jail... Read details

CBI files two status reports in Adarsh case... Read details

Justice Thangaraj to probe Secretariat project... Read details

India silent on endosulfan at Rotterdam Convention... Read details

Business News
SEBI for disclosures, regulation in non-disruptive manner... Read details

RIM launches BlackBerry PlayBook... Read details

IndiGo confirms order for 150 A320neo, 30 A320 aircraft... Read details

Pranab lays stress on comprehensive accounting system... Read details

Indian Current News on 21/06/2011

Kani want to be with son, Kani pleads to SC in vain... Read details


Manmohan writes to Chidambaram on Pakistani prisoner... Read details


Left to launch movement against corruption in July... Read details


NIA files charge sheet in Samjhauta case... Read details


Posco land acquisition curtailed as agitation intensifies... Read details


Will six Indians on mv Suez return home?... Read details


We will approach CAG draft report with an open mind: Jaipal Reddy... Read details


Indian-American doctor-couple killed in plane crash in U.S.... Read details


22 children die of mysterious disease in Bihar... Read details


Chief Minister promises prompt implementation of schemes... Read details


Congress strategy to isolate Jagan's MLAs pays off... Read details


Yeddyurappa worships at Guruvayur temple... Read details


Business News


Sensex tumbles 364 points to 17507... Read details


Pranab to unveil new norms for accrual accounting system... Read details


RBI Deputy Governor Shyamala retires... Read details


Hero Honda shareholders approve name change to Hero MotoCorp... Read details


Shriram Transport Financeto raise Rs.1,000 crore... Read details


Direct tax collections crosses Rs one trillion in Q1... Read details

Indian Current News on 16/06/2011

The PM under Lokpal not discussed... Read details


The Congress demanded an unqualified apology... Read details 


Ramachandran Raja, RIL apologise to Chidambaram... Read details


Dey murder: two Chhota Shakeel gangsters ‘detained'... Read details


Century's longest and darkest lunar eclipse... Read details


Dhoni adopts Mysore zoo tiger... Read details


Case against Jayalalithaa: court's poser to DVAC... Read details



Calls for probe after Channel 4 film on Sri Lanka... Read details


Pakistan talks to Kashmiri leaders ahead of Foreign Secretaries’ meet... Read details


TN High Court rejects petition against shifting of Secretariat to Fort... Read details


Rajinikanth discharged, greets Jayalalithaa... Read details


Business News


India and OECD agree to promote better tax compliance... Read details


Advance tax payout of top 100 firms up 14 % in Q1... Read details


Renault Fluence comes to Chennai... Read details


Ramco Systems introduces two products on the cloud... Read details



Sensex plunges 176 points on rate hike fears ahead of RBI meet... Read details

Indian Current News on 15/06/2011

The accession of Jammu and Kashmir conditional not final: National Conference... Read details


Singur Land Bill passed : Mamata fulfils promise about Nono project... Read details

The Defence ministry to go to Supreme Court against the High Court review of AFT orders... Read details

Keep PM out of purview of Lokpal: Badal... Read details

A 22-year-old girl was today injured after being stabbed by jilted lover... Read details
HC upholds conviction, sentence of ex-IGP in Naxal case... Read details

Uttarakhand Govt responsible for Swami's death: Ramesh... Read details


Business News
RBI says financial stability report... Read details

The HC admits Sahara's claim of Rs 2,000 crore against Jet... Read details

India becoming core of global landscape: Lamy... Read details

74% Indians financially retirement-ready... Read details

The IDR rule dents MNCs plans of India listing... Read details

Tatas deny West Bengal govt's charges of not generating jobs... Read details

Indian Current News on 14/06/2011

Gandhi space go missing: Mahatma Gandhi's iconic round pair of spectacles have gone... Read details


Swami fasting to save Ganga dies... Read details


UP govt. orders probe into Lakhimpur girl ''murder'' case... Read details


Independent team to assess grounded vessel... Read details


The 2011 Indian Express power list has 30 new names... Read details


Team Anna writes to Singh: Honest PM need not be scared... Read details

Business News

India, Sri Lanka passenger ferry service to start from Jun 13... Read details

DEPB scheme extended till September... Read details

Google buying Admeld to boost ad revenues... Read details

Rupee gains 8 paise against U.S. dollar in early trade... Read details

Sensex gains 84 points in opening trade... Read details

Flexible CSR spend norms soon... Read details

Gold, Silver fall further on global cues... Read details

Indian Current News on 12/06/2011

Journalist Jyotirmoy Dey cremated: Veteran investigative journalist Jyotirmoy Dey (56), who was shot dead by unknown assailants on Saturday, was cremated on Sunday at suburban Ghatkopar. Maharashtra PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and a large number of media persons had turned up to pay their last respects to the senior journalist... Read details

Ramdev breaks fast, vows to continue campaign again corruption: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday broke his nine-day-old fast that sparked a political slugfest heeding appeals of spiritual and religious leaders but vowed to continue his campaign against corruption... Read details


Cong leaders tell lies to defame me, Hazare to Sonia: Upset over Congress leaders calling him a mask of BJP and RSS, Anna Hazare on Sunday told Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that party leaders and ministers were “telling lies” to defame him and dared them to make public any evidence to prove it... Read details


Baba Ramdev is turning black money into white: Digvijay Continuing his tirade against Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday asked Baba to name the person who had secretly donated him a helicopter... Read details


Orissa Govt halts Posco land acquisition for five days: In a temporary respite to anti-Posco agitators, the Orissa government on Sunday halted land acquisition for the Rs. 52,000 crore steel project for five days...   Read details

Successfully test fired Prithvi II in India

India on Thursday successfully test-fired the Prithvi II, and nuclear capable, surface-to-surface (Prithvi II) missile from the internal test for its full range of 350km at Chandipur in Balasore district.
The surface-to-surface missile was fired from launching complex III at 9.00am as part of the regular training exercise.
The missile reached the predefined target with a very high accuracy of better than 10 metres

Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers and their Portfolios – Part III

P Thangamani:

Revenue

District Revenue Establishment

Deputy Collectors

Weights and Measures

Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending

Chits

Registration of Companies

G Senthamizhan:

Information and Publicity

Film Technology and Cinematograph Act

Stationery and Printing and Government Press

S Gokula Indira:

Commercial Taxes

Registration and Stamp Act

Ramajayam:

Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare

Nutritious Noon Meal

Orphanages and Correctional Administration

Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes

Welfare of the Differently able and Social Reforms

BV Ramanaa:

Handlooms and Textiles

Khadi and Village Industries Boad

Bhoothan and Gramadhan

RB Udhayakumar:

Information Technology

N Subramanian:

Adi Dravidar Welfare

Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour

V Senthil Balaji:

Transport

Nationalised Transport

Motor Vehicles Act

N Mariyam Pichai:

Environment and Pollution Control

Minorities Welfare including Wakf

KA Jayapal:

Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation

E Subaya:

Law

Courts and Prisons

Personnel and Administrative Reforms

Budhichandhiran:

Tourism

Tourism Development Corporation

ST Chellapandian:

Labour

Population

Employment and Training

Newsprint Control

Census and Urban and Rural Employment

Dr VS Vijay:

Health

Medical Education and Family Welfare

NR Sivapathi:

Sports and Youth Welfare