PIB Press Releases





		Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Smt. Swaraj's tribute to Karanth The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj has condoled the death of renowned theatre personality, B. V. Karanth, who passed away in Bangalore on Sunday. .................. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension New appointments The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved that Shri Vinay Bansal, IAS (MH: 69) earlier approved as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Department of Commerce .................. Ministry of Law & Justice Progress of Fast Track Courts Out of a total number of 1734 Fast Track Courts to be created , 1150 such courts have so far been notified and set up all over the country. .................. Ministry of Communications Shri Mahajan launches BSNL's brand name 'Cell-One' for cellular services The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Communications and IT, Shri Pramod Mahajan today launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)'s brand name 'CellOne' for its country-wide cellular service. .................. Prime Minister's Office PM condoles the death of Shri B.V. Karanth The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has expressed grief over the death of renowned theatre personality Shri B.V. Karanth. .................. Ministry of Defence NCC delegation leaves for Vietnam A 22 members National Cadet Corps (NCC) delegation is leaving for Vietnam tomorrow. .................. Ministry of Environment & Forests Summit segment at the Johannesburg Conference begins today The Heads of States and Governments have begun to address the issues that were unresolved in the ministerial meeting on contentious issues from today at the ongoing World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) at Johannesburg in South Africa. .................. Ministry of Law & Justice Press communique In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Rajendra Prasad .................. Ministry of Agriculture Increasing demand for water to escalate conflicts : Ajit Singh Increasing competition for water in agriculture, industry, domestic and environment uses is already manifest in inter and intra-sector basin, state, district and village level conflicts. .................. Ministry of Commerce & Industry NAL & INFOSYS to work for technology solutions to Aerospace Industry The CSIR’s National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL), Bangalore and the private sector Infosys Technologies are to work jointly for finding advanced technology solutions primarily to the aerospace industry .................. Ministry of Steel Salem Steel for railmart and sub pantry of Jan Shatabdi Coaches Salem Steel Plant of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), is undertaking fabrication of modular rail marts and sub-pantries for the coaches of Jan Shatabdi Express. ..................