DGMO of India, Pak to meet today
New Delhi: The Director General Military Operations(DGMO) of India and Pakistan will meet on the Pakistani side of Wagah border on Tuesday. They two DGMOs will meet face to face for the first time since Kargil war in 1999. Indian DGMO lt General Vinod Bhatia and his Pakistani counterpart Major General Amir Riaz are expected to discuss ways to ensure peace on the line of Control(lOC) after it saw several ceasefire violations in July and August. The decision to hold such a meeting was taken during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz in New York three months back.
cancer screeing device launched
New Delhi: Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday launched cost-effective screening device for cervical cancer, called ‘AV- Magnivisualiser', here. Designed and developed at Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology (ICPO), Noida, under the ICMR, the device will be used for screening cervical cancer in its early stage which is still the number one killer disease claiming 74,000 lives annually in the country.
Jats laud Rahul for quota in Central jobs
New Delhi: Hundreds of members of the Jat community led by Harayana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday met Rahul Gandhi to thank him after the Cabinet asked the Backward Classes Commission to expeditiously take a call on providing reservation to the community in Central Government jobs. The Congress vice president came out and greeted the supporters lined up outside his 12-Tuglak lane residence. Apart from Hooda and his son, Congress MP from Rohtak Deepinder Singh Hooda, senior party leader Balram Jakhar were also present.
Radia tapes: CBI seeks more time to probe
New Delhi: CBI will approach Supreme Court soon seeking more time to probe intercepted communications of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia as it has lined up examination of some prominent journalists and business honchos whose conversations have come under scrutiny of the agency. CBI sources said the agency would give details of examinations carried out by it in connection with 14 preliminary enquiries arising out of tapped conversations.
Provide appropriate response to Singh: CIC
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission(CIC) has directed the Defence Ministry to provide ‘appropriate response’ to lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh who took the RTI route to know about action taken against Army officers allegedly involved in issuance of a defamatory Press release against him.