New Delhi, Jan 15 : The Indian Army commemorated its 61st Foundation Day by paying homage to the unknown soldier at the ''Amar Jawan Jyoti'' here on Wednesday.

Chiefs of the three wings of the armed forces, General Deepak Kapoor, Chief of Army staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Navy Chief and Air Chief Marshall Fali Homi Major, Chief of the Air staff, offered floral tributes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti.

New Delhi, Jan 15 : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is celebrating its 134th Foundation Day today.

The day is being celebrated to commemorate taking over of H. F. Blanford as Imperial Meteorological Reporter on January 15, 1875.

This year, it is being celebrated with a view to promote awareness about new initiatives taken by the Department and to recognize offices and employees who have done excellent work.

India would get additional quantity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar in the first six months of 2009. The country is likely to get six cargoes from February this year.

The Oil minister of Qatar, Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said that his country would supply 7.5 million metric tons of gas per year instead of 5mn tons a year, it is currently offering.

New Delhi, Jan. 14 : The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has received several representations from media agencies regarding certain proposed changes in the Cable Television Network Rules currently under consideration.

He has assured that the matter will be taken up for finalization only after the widest possible consultation with all the stakeholders and eliciting their different points of view on the proposed changes.

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New Delhi, Jan 14 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday urged the Central Government to come clean on the Satyam scam issue and tell the people what had exactly happened.

BJP Spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters here that pointing fingers towards would not help.