AP Govt plea to Centre on maritime varsity

Friday, March 10, 2006, 15:36 [IST]

Hyderabad, Mar 10 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Government has urged the Centre to establish a maritime university in the state.

Replying to a question by Anam Vivekananda Reddy and others of the Congress, Minister for Finance K Rosaiah said the Centre had proposed to set up two maritime Universities in the country and the state had urged it to establish one of them in Visakhapatnam, which was a major port city.

He said the government was hopeful of a positive response from the Centre.

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K'taka Govt has open mind on Mono Rail too

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Uproar in MP Assembly over Speaker's assurance

Friday, March 10, 2006,15:36 [IST]

Bhopal, Mar 10(UNI) Uproarious scenes were witnessed in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly today as Speaker Ishwardas Rohani prevented opposition Congress member Satyadev Katare from raising an issue during zero hour after permitting him to do so earlier. The house plunged into uproar as Mr Katare pointed out the Speaker's earlier promise to give him an opportunity after the zero hour mention by Mr Kailash Chawla (BJP), sparking protests from the treasury bench. Mr Katare.....

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