TODAYS LATEST NEWS

• Isha & Ira grow up!
• HP Disaster Management Authority notified
• First Tribal Radio Centre Of World To Be Launched At Bhabra
• Homeless to have own house in MP
• Gujarat to consolidate growth story of wildlife and mangrove protection drive along the seacoast: CM
• Reshma will get bravery award
• Narayana Murthy meets Gujarat CM
• Ishrat encounter: Gujarat HC appoints new SIT chief
• Delhi-Haridwar NH to be closed due to movement of kanwarias
• In process of tweaking laws to check money laundering: India
• Centre launches scheme to check diabetes, hypertension
• Capt Amarinder ridicules Sukhbir’s ignorance
• 1984 anti-Sikh riots
• Air Mobility Rodeo 2011
• Hillary Clinton arrives in India

Isha & Ira grow up! Isha and Ira grow up! After a sensitive portrayal of two innocent sisters being ruthlessly abandoned by their father in an orphanage and the girls  learning the ropes of survival in the big, bad world  thereafter, Choti Si Zindagi will see a leap by the end of this week. Ten years have gone by and [...] HP Disaster Management Authority notified Himachal Pradesh Government has notified HP State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. Chief Minister will be Chairman of the Authority and Revenue Minister will be its as Member. Chief Secretary to the Government of Himachal Pradesh will be its Chief Executive Officer. Additional Chief Secretary –cum- Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Principal [...] First Tribal Radio Centre Of World To Be Launched At Bhabra The first tribal radio centre of world is coming into operation from Bhabra (Alirajpur). This radio centre being initiated by jointly Vanya and Tribal Welfare Department will broadcast programme in local ‘Bhili’ dialect. The radio centre is being launched at the birth place of martyr Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhabra on July 23, 2011. Bhartiya Janata Party [...] Homeless to have own house in MP A Memorandum of Understanding between the State Government and Bank of India was signed here today to provide houses to 38 lakh homeless people through the Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Mission. The Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development and Social Justice, Shri Gopal Bhargava said that this is part of our strategy to provide house to [...] Gujarat to consolidate growth story of wildlife and mangrove protection drive along the seacoast: CM Gandhinagar, Tuesday: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today called for taking up the mangrove protection drive along the seacoast in right earnest, along with consolidating the growth story of wildlife in the state. Presiding over the meeting of Gujarat State Wildlife Board here, he reiterated the need to maintain the state’s efforts to preserve the [...] Reshma will get bravery award Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today announced Rs.25,000 bravery award to Ms. Reshma for providing information to the Police in the interest of the nation leading to arrest of her husband Shehzad with bombs from Danilimda-Shahalam locality. Mr. Modi asked Minister of State for Home Praful Patel to personally handover the government’s award to [...] Narayana Murthy meets Gujarat CM Founder of the globally renowned software giant Infosys, Mr. N R Narayana Murthy today had a meet with Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and expressed interest in setting up company’s research center in Gujarat. Chief Minister invited Mr. Murthy to steer the state government’s ambitious project of establishing a world-class incubation centre for the [...] Ishrat encounter: Gujarat HC appoints new SIT chief The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday appointed Rajiv Ranjan Verma, a Bihar cadre IPS officer, as the fourth chief of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ishrat Jahan encounter, while coming down heavily on the Centre for adopting a “causal approach” in the case. The court appointed J V Ramudu, an Andhra Pradesh cadre [...] Delhi-Haridwar NH to be closed due to movement of kanwarias The Delhi-Haridwar National Highway will be closed for traffic for 10 days beginning Tuesday to facilitate smooth movement of ‘kanwarias’, devotees of Lord Shiva. SSP Praveen Kumar said the step has been taken to prevent any untoward incident during movement of ‘kanwarias’. District authorities have also decided to close all schools and colleges in the [...] In process of tweaking laws to check money laundering: India Committed to the full implementation of international standards to combat money laundering and terror financing, India has said it was making suitable amendments to converge the country’s existing laws with the recommendations of the global Financial Action Task Force. In order to make the Prevention of Money Laundering and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Acts more effective, [...] Centre launches scheme to check diabetes, hypertension In a major initiative to check diabetes and hypertension, the Centre on Tuesday launched a scheme under which the entire slum population and urban poor in Delhi will be screened for the diseases over the next two months. The initiative is part of Union Health Ministry’s ambitious programme to screen people for diabetes and hypertension [...] Capt Amarinder ridicules Sukhbir’s ignorance CHANDIGARH, July 19: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today ridiculed the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal’s ignorance about the Hansi-Butana Canal and the construction of the concrete wall along the canal that will block the Ghaggar waters from going towards Haryana and flood a large area in Punjab. He said, [...] 1984 anti-Sikh riots A Delhi court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Monday recorded the statement of prime accused and former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta recorded the statement of Sajjan Kumar, one of the six accused, who said that he was being portrayed as an accused in the case though he was [...] Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 India along with 30 other countries would be testing air mobility operations skills in ‘Air Mobility Rodeo 2011′, scheduled to commence from 24th July. The goal of the RODEO competition is to develop and improve techniques and procedures that enhance air mobility operations such as delivering cargo and refuelling aircraft. In total more than 150 [...] Hillary Clinton arrives in India US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touched down in New Delhi on Monday night to begin a two-day visit during which India and the US will hold their second strategic dialogue to expand counter-terror cooperation and seek to fasten implementation of their landmark civil nuclear deal. Clinton, who is coming to India for the second [...]