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Jute packaging law change would affect 40 lakh farmers: Modi
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today claimed that the Centre"s move to amend the jute packaging law would have an adverse impact on 40 lakh farmers of eastern states, including Bihar.

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In the same way that you should get massages and take naps or meditate, you should, everyone should, make a point to eat out by yourself from time to time,” wrote Amanda Hesser in her wonderful Cooking for Mr Latte. “You should be kind enough to yourself to lavish your appetite with good food without the interruptions of company.”

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Indian consulate denies 'missing' of visa papers of Headley
The Indian consulate in Chicago today said the papers related to issuance of visas to terror suspects David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana had not gone missing and the "relevant information" in this regard is available with the Indian government.
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Fix reasonable targets: Plan Comm to road ministry

Not impressed by the ambitious plans announced by Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath, the Planning Commission has advised the ministry to fix a “reasonable target” for construction of roads this year. “...Fix a reasonable target for award of contracts in the rest of the current year and raise it subsequently as soon as possible,” the commission said in a communiqué to the highways ministry. The commission pointed out to the ministry that it would not be able to award road construction contracts for more than 3,794 km in 2009-10, against a target of 12,652 km. - Sanjaya Baru: 2020 is just ten years away">Sanjaya Baru: 2020 is just ten years away - Tower of Babel - Letters: Ridden with roadblocks">Letters: Ridden with roadblocks - NK rides again - Do we need to rethink PPPs? - Bill to professionalise mgmt of transport corps The ministry, the communiqué said, should adopt a programme fully in line with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Independence Day statement, in which he had said, “initiate action to construct 20 km per day (7,500 km per year)”.


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