Chapra: Union Minister Jitender Singh on Sunday criticised the Bihar government for allegedly failing to utilise central funds for development of the state. The UPA government had allocated Rs 90,000 crore for development and welfare of the state and its people, but the state government failed to utilise it, he told a press conference In Chapra (headquarter of Saran district).
Singh, who was in Chapra to campaign for Congress candidate Jitendra Swami in the bypoll for Mahararajganj parliamentary seat, criticised the NDA government for claiming development in Bihar, saying he was yet to see any change on ground. The Union Minister of State for Sports exuded confidence that the Congress nominee would win the Mahararajganj bypoll hands down and prove to be a precursor to better results in next parliamentary polls.
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02:10 AM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitender Singh has said the ongoing spot-fixing controversy has not just given a bad name to cricket but also to sports as a whole. Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN, the minister said, with greater money in cricket, it must be ensured that there should be more responsibility by all. Singh also said there was no need to stop the IPL, but there should be checks and balances,...
06:46 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: India's Sports Minister Jitender Singh on Thursday said that the roadmap for India's return to the Olympic fold has been chalked out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and it will take 30 to 60 days to complete the entire process. The Sports Minister, who met the IOC officials in Lausanne on Wednesday, said, "The roadmap has been decided by IOC to bring India back into the Olympic...
08:28 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Seeking to avoid allegations of favouritism and scams in acquisitions, the Defence Ministry is planning to put an end to single-vendor tenders and is expected to issue directions to the Services headquarters soon in this regard. The Ministry is considering formulation of a policy in this regard and it is expected to be reflected in the forthcoming new version of the Defence Procurement Procedure, which will be given...
09:21 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the prospect of being blacklisted over the VVIP chopper scam, Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland has submitted its bid for two military tenders to supply helicopters to the Navy and the Coast Guard. The firm has submitted its response to Indian Navy's tender for procuring 56 naval utility helicopters and Coast Guard's Request for Proposal (RFP) for buying 14 medium-lift choppers, defence sources said. In the naval tender for...
10:42 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Two men, including a municipal employee, were arrested on Sunday for allegedly leaking a question paper of Staff Selection Commission test. Jitender Kumar (23) and Bijender Khatri (30), the MCD employee, were apprehended from Rohini Sector-25 on Sunday morning following a tip off, BS Jaiswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer), said on Sunday. ...
02:14 AM, Mar 11, 2013
There are no official candidates in the election for pope, which will begin when 115 cardinal electors file into the Sistine Chapel for their conclave on Tuesday. The closed-door conclave at the Vatican continues until a new pontiff is elected, in a process which usually takes about three days. Outcomes are unpredictable because the winner needs two-thirds of the votes, or 77 out of 115. ...
06:50 PM, Mar 10, 2013
The Indian Navy is set to "very soon"issue a RfP (Request for Proposal or tender) for a new line of six submarines with AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) capability. ...
03:20 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Kolkata: Goa would float global tenders for its greenfield airport at Mopa in North Goa by the end of the current financial year, Chief Minister of the state Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday. "We would like to float global tenders for the Mopa airport by March," Parrikar told reporters on the sidelines of panIIT conference in Kolkata. Parrikar, an IIT graduate, said that the existing airport at Dabolim was totally...
06:02 PM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life term to a chartered accountant who had created a mid-air hijack scare on a Goa-Delhi Indigo flight in 2009. The 45-year old chartered accountant Jitender Kumar Mohla had triggered the hijack alert in February 2009 on the flight when he threatened the crew and passengers mid-air by claiming that he had "infected" needles and gun. The court had on October 25...
01:46 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Bangalore: The Bangalore police have arrested nine men in connection with the gangrape of three female bartenders on October 18, 2012. Three bartenders were allegedly gangraped on Thursday night by a group of over nine men. A complaint in this regard was lodged by a security personnel. The complainant was one of the security personnel posted outside a house in Bidadi where the incident took place. The incident occurred on...
12:22 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Bangalore: In a shocking incident in the Karnataka capital, three women bartenders were allegedly gangraped on Thursday night by a group of eight men. A complaint in this regard was lodged by a security personnel. The complainant was one of the security personnel posted outside a house in Bidadi where the incident took place. The victims have been taken for a medical examination. The incident occurred on Thursday night on...
02:17 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: A senior Russian official has hinted that India could cancel the results of the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender and refloat it. A report in the The Hindu newspaper quoted Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Vyacheslav Dzirkaln as saying that India and France had failed to reach agreement on crucial issues including technology transfer and financial terms. Dzirkaln indicated that Russia would bid again if the tender was...
10:46 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Chennai: The Chennai Corporation is preparing to call for tenders for a number of works to beautify the Marina Beach. The works would include building of rows of regularised shops, bamboo enclosures for boats, high mast lights and an elevated police watchpost. The Corporation Council had earlier approved plans to this effect, and approved a fund allocation of Rs 4.84 crore towards the project. The beautification and regularisation plans had...
03:15 PM, Jul 26, 2012
As another Olympics beckons, CNN-IBN looks back at the fortnight in August 2008 that changed the way Indian sports is perceived. ...
04:56 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: A fire broke out early on Sunday morning at the CRPF headquarters in the CGO complex in New Delhi. The fire was reported around 6:45 am from the ground floor of the four-storeyed building and five fire tenders were rushed. Fire officials said that the fire engulfed the public relations section of the force and a number of books, documents and other material has been destroyed. There were...
09:40 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed Google to remove, within 36 hours, derogatory content posted by a blogger against Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Justice Manmohan Singh, hearing a defamation case filed by followers of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, also issued notice to Google and Jitender Bagga who allegedly posted derogatory contents against motivational guru and his Art of Living. "In case, interim order is...
07:49 PM, May 10, 2012
London: Arguably the hottest of hot seats in soccer is vacant yet again after Chelsea's ruthless Russian owner Roman Abramovich removed Andre Villas-Boas on Sunday. The callow Portuguese lasted just 256 days at Stamford Bridge before "the project", as he usually referred to the task of revitalising the west London club's ageing squad, was aborted. The 34-year-old became the sixth coach to be axed since the Russian oligarch bought the...
08:25 PM, Mar 05, 2012
