New Delhi, June 29
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged state governments to draw
from the Chinese model of rural development with focus on value
addition and business hubs.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a conference on “Poverty alleviation and rural prosperity through Panchayati Raj” at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
New Delhi, June 29
The Human Resource Development Ministry and the six IIMs today
arrived at a compromise formula over the fee structure in
B-schools. Consequently, the Ministry withdrew the February order
issued by the previous government asking the IIMs to reduce their
fees.
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HRD Minister Arjun Singh addresses a press conference on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph
Lashkar network
busted, 2 Pak militants killed Group planned to attack Bombay
Stock Exchange Srinagar, June 29
The police today claimed to have killed two top militants of the
Lashkar-e-Toiba, both Pakistanis, and busted its network involved in six
suicide attacks here during the past two years.
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Kanjla, 23 other engineers held in bitumen scam Chandigarh, June 29
In less than a fortnight after The Tribune busted the bitumen scam, the
Punjab Vigilance Bureau today arrested Superintending Engineer M.S.
Kanjla and 23 other engineers in a statewide crackdown.
Panjwar’s
aide arrested Amritsar, June 29
In a major breakthrough, the Tarn Taran police today arrested Harchand
Singh, a resident of village Narli, police station Khalra. He is said to
be a close associate of Parmjit Singh Panjwar, whose name figured in the
list of India’s 20 most wanted.
Normal
rainfall expected New Delhi, June 29
The meteorological department today forecast that the country would
receive normal rainfall this year. It claimed monsoon would enter Delhi
by Monday or Tuesday.
Tackling a heart attack, which is
till now a costly affair, may soon be within the reach of the
common man? Egged on by their
Director, Dr Amit Ghosh, scientists of the Chandigarh-based
Institute of Microbial Technology have already developed a
recombinant version of the popular clot-buster drug Streptokinase.
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