11 Indian firms in Forbes Asia’s Fab 50
September 4th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) India claims the second-biggest haul after China in Asia's Fab 50 with 11 Indian companies, up from seven last year, figuring in Forbes 2012 list of ... Read more...
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Assam ferry tragedy: More bodies recovered
May 3rd, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 3 (IANS) Eight more bodies, including of a woman and four children, were fished out from the Brahmaputra river Thursday, taking the number of bodies recovered in Monday's ... Read more...
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Assam puts ferry tragedy toll at 63 (Second Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) Assam authorities Wednesday put the death toll in the ferry tragedy at 63 but furious locals insisted that not less than 200 perished in the ... Read more...
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No evacuation plan yet for Indians in Japan (Second Lead)
March 17th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) With the radiation leak from the Fukushima nuclear power plant continuing, Indians have started to leave quake-hit Japan. However, officials said Wednesday that no evacuation ... Read more...
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No radiation threat to Indians in Japan (Lead)
March 16th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) With radiation threats mounting in disaster-hit Japan, India's envoy to Japan Wednesday said that Indians in the country were safe.The external affairs ministry said that ... Read more...
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iXiGO.com named one of the fastest growing Indian brands on Facebook
October 1st, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.1 (ANI-Business Wire India): A recent in-depth independent study conducted by Iffort Consulting, a Noida-based leading web strategy and social media consulting firm, has described iXiGO.com as one of ... Read more...
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Thai Indian entrepreneur’s wealth soars by 252 percent
September 2nd, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Singapore, Sep.2 (ANI): The ongoing political turmoil in Thailand has apparently not prevented the kingdom's richest people from getting richer.The biggest gainer in percentage terms is longtime Thai Indian resident Aloke Lohia. ... Read more...
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Idea’s Big Bangla Music Awards 2010
July 21st, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 21, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): 92.7 BIG FM that happens to be the radio media of Reliance Broadcast Network has collaborated with Idea Cellular, which is the pan India mobile ... Read more...
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Now a new tool for diagnostics, crime-scene forensics
June 8th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 8 (IANS) Researchers have developed a potential new tool for medical diagnostics, testing food and water for contamination and crime-scene forensics.
The technique uses a combination of light and electric fields ... Read more...
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Music Of Nagaland Charms Myanmar
June 4th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 4, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Music has no boundaries and no language bar! This has been proved once again by a band from one of the north eastern states of ... Read more...
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India-Myanmar sign two MoUs on first day of Vice President Ansari’’s visit
February 5th, 2009 - 11:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravi Shankar
Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar), Feb.5 (ANI): India and Myanmar on Thursday signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to set up an English Language training Centre and Industrial Training Centre ... Read more...
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Three policemen suspended for West Bengal landmine blast (Lead)
November 4th, 2008 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) The West Bengal government Monday suspended three policemen, including an inspector, for negligence of duty, a day after a landmine blast on the convoy of the chief minister ... Read more...
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Bank of India applies to open in Cambodia
August 26th, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Phnom Penh, Aug 26 (DPA) Cambodia has welcomed an initial application by the Bank of India to open in Phnom Penh, local media reported Tuesday.The Cambodia Daily newspaper quoted Finance Ministry director ... Read more...
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Tea sector hit by Darjeeling shutdown
June 10th, 2008 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The tea trade in Darjeeling Hills and Dooars was severely hit Tuesday with the collapse of the transport network due to an indefinite shutdown called by the Gorkha ... Read more...
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CRPF officer cleared of molestation charges in Bengal
May 19th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal has given a clean chit to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aloke Raj, who was slapped with molestation charges during the panchayat ... Read more...
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East Bengal fail to qualify for AFC Cup quarters
May 15th, 2008 - 2:13 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) East Bengal Wednesday failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup after they went down 0-1 to Yemen's Ahli Sana'a in their final Group B ... Read more...
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Nandigram relieved after polls
May 12th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, which had seen political clashes in recent days, breathed easy Monday, a day after the first phase of the local ... Read more...
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West Bengal polls’ first phase ends peacefully (Roundup)
May 11th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The first round of the three-phase local body elections in West Bengal ended peacefully Sunday evening with no major incident of violence reported in the five districts, including ... Read more...
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Nandigram polls: CPI-M MP ‘threatens’ senior police officer (Lead)
May 11th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The panchayat poll in Nandigram was marred Sunday when a ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP was involved in a heated argument with a senior Central Reserve ... Read more...
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IFA Shield an acid test: East Bengal coach
February 21st, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Newly-appointed East Bengal coach Aloke Mukherjee is viewing the IFA Shield as an acid test before the red-and-golds embark on their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) campaign. Mukherjee replaced ... Read more...
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