Hyderabad gearing up for global bio-diversity meet
September 12th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 12 (IANS) Hyderabad is gearing up to host a global bio-diversity meet next month in which about 10,000 delegates from 193 countries, including heads of states and ... Read more...
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Subhash Ghai’s Haryana plot cancelled (Lead)
September 11th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) Bollywood film-maker Subhash Ghai suffered another jolt Tuesday when the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the allotment of a plot allotted to him by the ... Read more...
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Court quashes Haryana plot given to Subhash Ghai
September 11th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) Bollywood film-maker Subhash Ghai suffered another jolt Tuesday when the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the allotment of a plot allotted to him by the ... Read more...
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Texmaco for logistic park in West Bengal
August 30th, 2012 - 10:13 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS) Texmaco Infrastructure and Holdings Ltd. has applied to the West Bengal government to allow it to set up a logistic-cum-food processing park in Howrah district, the ... Read more...
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A night safari soon in Greater Noida
August 29th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 29 (IANS) Preliminary work on the first night safari in India is likely to begin soon in Greater Noida, a growing suburban town of Delhi.The Greater Noida ... Read more...
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Master plan of Kerala Technocity ready
August 17th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) The master plan of the proposed Rs.5,000-crore Technocity to come up in a 450-acre campus near the Technopark campus here is ready, say senior officials.This state-of-the-art ... Read more...
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‘Asset-heavy’ EIH to focus more on managing hotels
August 7th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Hospitality major EIH Ltd, which runs the Oberoi and Trident hotel chains, Wednesday hinted that for the new projects in home and abroad, its focus will ... Read more...
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Kushinagar in UP to have international airport
July 18th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 18 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will soon undertake construction of an international airport at the Buddhist pilgrimage town of Kushinagar, around 320 km from here, an ... Read more...
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Supreme Court’s additional office complex plan approved
July 4th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The government has cleared the construction of an additional office complex for the Supreme Court on a 12.19-acre land here at a cost of ... Read more...
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Bengal addressing technical manpower shortage, says minister
June 10th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Baruipur (West Bengal) June 9 (IANS) Conceding a dearth of technical workforce in West Bengal, state Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee Saturday said the government was attaching more importance to technical ... Read more...
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CBI searches: Jindal Group denies wrongdoing
May 16th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bellary (Karnataka), May 16 (IANS) Steel major Jindal Group Wednesday denied any wrongdoing or indulging in illegal activity even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched offices and houses ... Read more...
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Suri murder accused owns lands worth Rs.140 crore
May 4th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 4 (IANS) The prime accused in the murder of gangster Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Suri owns lands worth over Rs.140 crore and was involved in many settlements including ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad authority approves Rs.200 crore for Delhi Metro extension
April 26th, 2012 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 25 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) board Wednesday allocated Rs.200 crore to the Delhi Metro for extending its network, besides clearing 12 other proects.GDA Chairman Santosh Kumar ... Read more...
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BJP wants Deshmukh to go over land row
April 5th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The BJP Thursday sought central minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's resignation after the Supreme Court pulled him up over land allocation when he was Maharashtra's chief minister.The ... Read more...
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Andhra court declares prime land allotted to MNCs Wakf property
April 3rd, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) In a landmark judgment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday ruled that 1,654 acres of prime land allotted to several multinational companies on the outskirts of ... Read more...
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Jharkhand stops land acquisition for BCCL
March 23rd, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 23 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has stopped land acquisition for Coal India Ltd. (CIL) subsidiary Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) as it was not following the prescribed rehabilitation ... Read more...
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Farmer commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh
January 29th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) A 35-year-old farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticide at his field in Damoh district after his crop failed, family members said Sunday.Bhagwandas Patel of Chewla village ... Read more...
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NRIs unhappy with Chouhan’s absence from diaspora event
January 12th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) Non-resident Indians of Madhya Pradesh origin who want to invest in the state Thursday said they were disappointed with the absence of Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to have sports academy: Maken
January 9th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) The central government has approved setting up of a sports academy in Chhattisgarh, Sports Minister Ajay Maken said Monday."The central government has approved setting up a ... Read more...
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Infosys, TCS to generate 20,000 jobs in Madhya Pradesh
December 28th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 28 (IANS) If the Madhya Pradesh government's plan goes well, information technology companies Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) may employ 20,000 engineers hailing from the state in ... Read more...
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Facing ‘ban Gita’ case, Hindus build Krishna temple in Moscow
December 25th, 2011 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Hindus and Krishna devotees may be fighting a court battle in the Siberian city of Tomsk against a move to ban the Bhagavad Gita, ... Read more...
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The genesis of the Sukna land scam (To go with ‘Sukna scam: Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash dismissed from service’)
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
A 71-acre civilian land, a tea estate adjacent to Sukna military station in Siliguri district of West Bengal and efforts by some military officers to transfer the land to a private ... Read more...
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DMK MP held on land grab charges
November 16th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) DMK MP J.K. Ritheesh Kumar was arrested here Wednesday morning following a complaint that he had indulged in land grabbing.
"He was arrested and taken to Kanchipuram," ... Read more...
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Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres sell off their home
October 6th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beverly Hills, Oct 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Talk show star Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have put their Beverly Hills mansion on the market. DeGeneres took the media through a tour ... Read more...
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Rupert Murdoch sells his Long Island mansion for $9.1 million
September 27th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Long Island, Sept 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rupert Murdoch’s mansion in Long Island has been finally bought after four years since it was listed on the market, reports say. The eleven-bedroom property which ... Read more...
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Dr.Oetker targets 165 crore sale by 2015
September 21st, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) German-based FMCG firm Dr.Oetker's Indian arm targets a sale of Rs.165 crore by 2015 as it launches new products in the country and gears up ... Read more...
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Peugeot to set up Rs.4000 crore facility in Gujarat
September 2nd, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) Global automobile major Peugeot Citroen Automobiles (PCA) Thursday signed an agreement with the Gujarat government to set up an automobile manufacturing plant near Sanand at ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa moves court against Lokayukta report
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 2 (IANS) Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday moved the high court against Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde's recommendation to try him for graft. He also moved ... Read more...
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Lokayukta’s report on illegal mining: Main points
July 27th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 27 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, four ministers, former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and 787 officials should be tried for graft, state Lokayutka (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu firm to cultivate cotton, soya in Ethiopia
July 26th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Coimbatore based start-up venture Sara Cotton Fibres Private Ltd plans to cultivate cotton and soya in 25,000 acres in Ethiopia and also set up a cotton ... Read more...
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Singur farmers file applications for return of land
July 23rd, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Farmers of Singur, in West Bengal's Hooghly district, are making a beeline to reclaim their land that was acquired for Tata Motors' small car project over ... Read more...
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NTPC committed to go ahead with Bengal project
July 18th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) National Thermal Power Corp Ltd. (NTPC) is committed to go ahead with the Katwa mega thermal project in West Bengal for which land is yet to ... Read more...
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Probe against former CPI-M minister, 17 others
July 7th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), July 7 (IANS) A vigilance probe was ordered against a former CPI-M minister and 17 others Thursday for allegedly causing a loss of Rs.19 crore to the exchequer ... Read more...
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Girl arrested for burning woman
June 26th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kurukshetra (Haryana), June 26 (IANS) A teenaged girl has been arrested for burning a woman to death here in Haryana following a row over land, police said Sunday.The incident happened ... Read more...
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Court rejects villagers’ plea against Gujarat project
June 23rd, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 23 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court has dismissed petitions by Kutch district villagers challenging the allotment of 1,000 acre land to Adani Group for its Mundra Special Economic ... Read more...
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