committee OKs tighter Iran sanctions bill < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateA bill that would tighten U.S. sanctions against the export of refined petroleum products to Iran was approved overwhelmingly Wednesday by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.Iran is a major exporter of crude oil but lacks sufficient refining facilities to supply its needs. The sanctions would bar gasoline, kerosene, propane...
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President Barack Obama hasrenewed sanctions against Sudan, saying the government'sactions and policies pose a continuing threat to US nationalsecurity and foreign policy.Obama had said he would renew the sanctions when heannounced the administration's new policy toward Sudan lastweek.The sanctions restrict US trade and investment in Sudan.They also prohibit transactions with people and entities theUS...
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Cabinet on Tuesday sanctioned a pension grant of Rs 10 crore for thosewho took part in the Jayaprakash Narayan-led Sampoorn Kranti movement betweenMarch 18, 1974, and March 21, 1977. This scheme will be called the JP SenaniSamman Yojana.The Cabinet sanctioned a grant of Rs 7.10 crore forthe current fiscal for the revised UGC pay scale salary to be paid with effectfrom January 1996 of university and...
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Minister for Roads and Buildings G. Aruna kumari said that that there would be no compromise on the quality of road works under implementation in Khammam district. She held a review with the officials concerned and the elected representatives on the progress of the road works sanctioned under the various schemes.She said that some 20 road works were sanctioned with an outlay of Rs 256 crores in the...
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Brazil to publish list of sanctions against U.S. < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateBrazil will publish on Monday a preliminary list of U.S. goods it intends to hit with trade sanctions in retaliation for Washington's cotton subsidies, a senior government official told Reuters.The move is the strongest indication yet that Brazil intends to levy trade sanctions on Washington in the long-standing cotton...
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Ramesh Rathod on Tuesday accused Collector Ahmad Nadeem of being partisan in sanction of works under the AP Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (REGS). The accusation came at the Zilla Parishad general body meeting where he was speaking on the move to get sanction for works to be taken up with an outlay of Rs. 28 crore allocated recently under the REGS.Adilabad MLA Jogu Ramanna alleged that the administration...
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Further UN sanctions on Iran areunlikely in the near future, a top aide to Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev said today, despite continued concern aboutTehran's nuclear drive."Sanctions on Iran are unlikely in the near future,"Medvedev's top foreign policy advisor Sergei Prikhodko toldjournalists, according to Russian news agencies.The United States has in recent weeks been seeking aconcrete commitment...
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The Congress government was striving for the welfare of farmers, Congress MLA of Rajampet A. Amarnath Reddy asserted on Monday. Two tonnes of seed of seven varieties, including Sunbred and Kargil, were sanctioned for Rajampet mandal for supply at a subsidised price, the MLA said after distributing sunflower seed among farmers in the Agro service centre in Rajampet. He said adequate quantities of the...
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State Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB), expected to crackdown on malpractices in state government offices, isstuck. It is unable to chargesheet officials it traps while accepting bribesowing to absence of sanction from respective departments.Strangely,even police department delays giving sanction for prosecution of the corrupt inits own ranks. The result is cases are stuck while accused officials continuetheir...
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