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10 Headlines for Today
(1) SC slams medical colleges on increasing management quota seats
(2) 70 injured in Srinagar violence
(3) Pakistan nurtured terrorism: Zardari
(4) 1.5 lakh Indians return from UAE due to slowdown
(5) World starting to pull out of recession: IMF
(6) WS Industries' Rs 140 crore insulators project in Vizag SEZ starts production
(7) Jamaican athletics Usain Bolt recorded the fourth fastest time in history in the 200 metres of 19.59 seconds
(8) England reach 336-7 on day 1 in first Ashes test
(9) Yuvraj becomes No.2 ODI batsman in the ICC ODI rankings after West Indies series
(10) 31.1 million in US watched Michael Jackson's memorial
5 Stories for Today
(1) I-cards for 9 coastal states, 4 UTs by March 2010: Chidambaram
(2) G8 agrees to limit global warming; China, India resist
(3) Google's new operating system Google Chrome is launched to take on Microsoft
(4) IOC, RIL among 7 Indian companies in Fortune 500 global list for 2009
(5) Railways post 5.26% increase in earnings
(1) I-cards for 9 coastal states, 4 UTs by March 2010: Chidambaram
Government will issue identity cards to "usual residents" of 3331 coastal villages in nine states and four Union Territories by March 2010 as part of its drive to strengthen security in coastal areas, Home Minister P Chidambaram informed the Rajya Sabha.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, he said the proposal to issue smart card-based IDs to all such residents in these areas has come in the wake of the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
The ID cards would be issued in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal and Union Territories of Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry.
"The scheme will be implemented in two phases. In the first phase, 3,331 villages will be covered during 2009-10," he said adding about 1.2 lakh population would be covered in the first phase.
The remaining coastal
(1) SC slams medical colleges on increasing management quota seats
(2) 70 injured in Srinagar violence
(3) Pakistan nurtured terrorism: Zardari
(4) 1.5 lakh Indians return from UAE due to slowdown
(5) World starting to pull out of recession: IMF
(6) WS Industries' Rs 140 crore insulators project in Vizag SEZ starts production
(7) Jamaican athletics Usain Bolt recorded the fourth fastest time in history in the 200 metres of 19.59 seconds
(8) England reach 336-7 on day 1 in first Ashes test
(9) Yuvraj becomes No.2 ODI batsman in the ICC ODI rankings after West Indies series
(10) 31.1 million in US watched Michael Jackson's memorial
5 Stories for Today
(1) I-cards for 9 coastal states, 4 UTs by March 2010: Chidambaram
(2) G8 agrees to limit global warming; China, India resist
(3) Google's new operating system Google Chrome is launched to take on Microsoft
(4) IOC, RIL among 7 Indian companies in Fortune 500 global list for 2009
(5) Railways post 5.26% increase in earnings
(1) I-cards for 9 coastal states, 4 UTs by March 2010: Chidambaram
Government will issue identity cards to "usual residents" of 3331 coastal villages in nine states and four Union Territories by March 2010 as part of its drive to strengthen security in coastal areas, Home Minister P Chidambaram informed the Rajya Sabha.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, he said the proposal to issue smart card-based IDs to all such residents in these areas has come in the wake of the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
The ID cards would be issued in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal and Union Territories of Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry.
"The scheme will be implemented in two phases. In the first phase, 3,331 villages will be covered during 2009-10," he said adding about 1.2 lakh population would be covered in the first phase.
The remaining coastal