24th October, 2003


Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

No mysterious fever in Delhi - Sushma dispels rumours
The Union Health Minister, Smt. Sushma Swaraj invited the Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit for a meeting to review the Dengue situation in Delhi today at 1 P.M. at Nirman Bhavan........................

Vice President's Secretariat

Vice President's greeting on Deepawali
The Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Deepawali........................

Ministry of Defence

NCC delegation returned from Srilanka
A seven-member delegation including an officer and six cadets visited Srilanka from Oct 15 to Oct 22, 2003........................

Prime Minister's Office

Prime Minister greets people on Deepawali
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Deepawali........................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

New President and member for Consumer Courts
Justice Shri M.B. Shah, Retired Judge of the Supreme Court has been appointed as President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)........................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Prospects of export of foodgrains and sugar to Indonesia
An Indonesian delegation headed by Dr. Rosediana Suharto, Expert Staff (Advisor) to the Indonesian Minister for Agriculture will be visiting India next week to explore possibilities of strengthening trade relations between the two countries........................

Prime Minister's Office

Dr. Ambedkar was a great personality - Prime Minister
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a great personality and the more one reads about him the more one realizes his greatness........................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Australia to look into its unregistered educational institutions operating from India
Australia has agreed to look into its unregistered educational institutions operating from India........................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Chhattisgarh Assembly Constituencies & their numbers
Chhattisgarh Assembly Constituencies & their numbers........................

Prime Minister's Office

Department of Indian Systems of Medicines to be changed to 'Department of Ayush'
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee today announced that the name of the Department of Indian Systems of Medicines and Homoeopathy in the Ministry of Health will be changed to Department of Ayush........................

Ministry of Steel

Steel production up 7.4 per cent
The total production of finished steel during April-September 2003 has been provisionally estimated at 170.50 lakh tonnes........................

Ministry of Mines

Copper production in April-September 2003
The total copper cathode production in the country during April-September 2003 has been 1,93,883 tonnes against 1,58,970 tonnes during the same period last year........................

President's Secretariat

President's Diwali greetings
The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has sent his greetings to fellow countrymen on the occasion of Diwali........................

Ministry of Railways

Development of passenger electric locomotive
Indian Railways have developed a variant of WAG 9 electric freight locomotive indigenously for passenger services with the help of technical know-how acquired in 3-phase traction propulsion technology........................