Jindal Steel to exit Bolivia’s largest mining project
June 11th, 2012 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, June 11 (IANS/EFE) India's Jindal Steel & Power Ltd plans to pull out of a contract to develop a massive iron-ore deposit in eastern Bolivia, President Evo Morales' ... Read more...
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Honduras signs deal with Chinese firm on hydro plant
April 19th, 2011 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, April 19 (IANS/EFE) The government and China's Sinohydro signed a contract worth $50.5 million to begin construction of one of three hydroelectric power plants on the Patuca River in ... Read more...
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Wankhede Stadium unsafe: Activist
February 10th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) The safety and security of Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai has been compromised while carrying out its renovation prior to the cricket World Cup, an activist claimed ThursdayIndian ... Read more...
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R.P.P. Infra bags Rs.1 billion project in West Africa
February 1st, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) R.P.P. Infra Tuesday said it has bagged a project worth Rs.1 billion in a joint venture with Resurgent Gabon, a Gabonese company, thus making an entry into the ... Read more...
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U.S. State Department issues travel alert for Jamaica
May 22nd, 2010 - 4:44 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The United States on Friday issued a travel alert for Jamaica on developing security concerns in the Kingston area.The Department of State said "possibility exists for violence ... Read more...
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Tunnel vision 2014 - to Ladakh by road in sleet and snow
December 8th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Work on the strategic Rohtang Tunnel that will ensure all weather road connectivity to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir will begin early next year and ... Read more...
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Italy quake toll goes past 90
April 6th, 2009 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, April 6 (DPA) The death toll in the devastating earthquake in central Italy has gone beyond 90, the Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing rescue workers.
Earlier reports said at least 50 ... Read more...
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‘It is a sea of people’
March 15th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/Lahore, March 15 (DPA) It was a sea of humanity as tens of thousands of supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif thronged in the streets as he left his residence in ... Read more...
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