Meghalaya rules out ban on rat-hole mining
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 22 (IANS) Meghalaya's draft mining policy does not propose to ban rat-hole coal mining despite widespread opposition to it, a minister said Wednesday.Rat-hole mining is a primitive method ... Read more...
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Ready to meet digitalisation deadline: Cable TV operators
June 1st, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) With digitalisation of television networks in all four metros of the country due on July 1 this year,cable operators and multiple system operators (MSOs) Friday said ... Read more...
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Himachal plea to environment ministry on river study
January 10th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has asked the central government to waive its condition of cumulative impact assessment (CIA) study of the Chenab river as it is delaying execution ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Facebook’s early investors likely to sell shares worth billion dollars
April 28th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 28(ANI): A group of Facebook shareholders reportedly want to sell the company's private stock worth a billion dollars with a valuation of over 70 billion dollars.According to The Daily ... Read more...
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Meghalaya halts land acquisition by industries
March 23rd, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 23 (IANS) Land acquisition by industries in Meghalaya will be kept in abeyance till the state's industrial policy is reviewed to prevent land grab, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma ... Read more...
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IPhone app that lets you ’scan and taste’ beer!
November 15th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 15 (ANI): Australia's oldest existing brewery, Cascade in Tasmania, has developed a world-first iPhone application that allows beer-lovers to scan and get tasting notes on nearly 500 beers, as ... Read more...
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IT, BT firms flock to Karnataka to invest Rs.124 bn
June 1st, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 1 (IANS) As many as 55 companies have proposed to invest over Rs.12,353 crore (Rs.124 billion) in Karnataka, India's knowledge hub and a favourite destination of IT and biotechnology ... Read more...
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Jungle Lodges chain to expand in Karnataka
May 24th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 24 (IANS) Jungle Lodges & Resorts (JLR) of the state tourism department is expanding its operations in Karnataka to promote eco-tourism under public-private partnership, a top official said Monday.
"Besides opening ... Read more...
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CBI waiting for Punjab nod to prosecute assembly speaker
December 10th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday said it was waiting for the Punjab government's approval to prosecute state assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon in a corruption ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Mittal exits Kazakh oil block exploration
November 18th, 2009 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Steel baron Lakshmi N. Mittal has pulled out of a joint venture with ONGC Videsh Ltd, formed for exploring oil in a block in Kazakhstan.
Mittal ... Read more...
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Biofuels to have greatest impact on land use and habitat
August 26th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 26 (ANI): A new study has determined that biomass production for fuel or electricity generation will have the biggest impact on landscape and habitats.According to a report in Nature News, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Want land for industry? Get clearance from Trinamool first’
July 30th, 2009 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) An NRI industrialist says a civic body run by West Bengal's ruling Left Front has advised him to talk to the main opposition Trinamool Congress before acquiring land ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Bharat Sanchar Nigam awaiting state nod for divestment (Lead)
June 23rd, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Tuesday said it was awaiting approval from the government for its maiden initial public offering (IPO).
BSNL chairman and ... Read more...
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam awaiting state nod for divestment
June 23rd, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Tuesday said it was awaiting approval from the government for its maiden initial public offering (IPO). ... Read more...
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NGO to set up teachers university in Ahmedabad
June 8th, 2009 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, June 8 (IANS) Calorx Foundation, an NGO working in the field of education, will set up an institution for training secondary school teachers in Gujarat.
The Calorx Teachers' University (CTU) will be ... Read more...
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Indian buffalo at crossroads of science
May 5th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bangalore, May 5 (IANS) India's ambitious project to sequence the genome of a buffalo - the mainstay of the country's dairy industry - has become a victim of inter-agency rivalry ... Read more...
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‘Blueprints for phase-III of Delhi Metro await government nod’
May 3rd, 2009 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director E. Sreedharan Sunday said the proposal for phase-III of construction was awaiting approval from the state government.
Sreedharan, who was speaking ... Read more...
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Erring recruiting agents face tough action: Ravi
November 13th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 13 (IANS) Erring recruiting agents (RAs) in India will face direct action from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) once amendments to the Emigration Act, 1983, come into ... Read more...
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Atomic trade high on PM’’s US, France tour
September 20th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept 20 (ANI): Armed with a permit for global nuclear trade, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will leave next week for the United States and France hoping to seal ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Reliance Cap to set up housing finance arm
September 16th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Reliance Capital, an arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, will set up a separate housing financial subsidiary and non-banking financial company (NBFC) for the consumer finance sector, ... Read more...
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Bangladesh High Court restores independence hero’s honour
July 28th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, July 28 (DPA) The high court in Bangladesh has upheld the declaration of a public holiday Aug 15 commemorating the killing of former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by rebel troops, justice ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
South Africa’s FirstRand Bank eyes India for growth
July 9th, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, July 9 (IANS) South African integrated financial services group FirstRand Ltd is looking to India for future growth, a top company official has said. FirstRand chief executive Paul Harris, commenting on ... Read more...
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US nod to Glenmark’s blood pressure drug
June 20th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) US drug authorities have given the green signal to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to market and distribute the high blood pressure medicine, Trandolapril. According to a regulatory intimation issued Friday, ... Read more...
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Tata Communications to acquire equity in Chinese company
June 18th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Tata Communications International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Communications Ltd, will be acquiring 50 percent equity interest in the Beijing headquartered IT solutions provider, China Enterprise Communications ... Read more...
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US approves Lupin’s anti-depressant drug
June 17th, 2008 - 7:38 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) The US drug administration has approved an anti-depressant drug manufactured by the $694 million pharma major Lupin Ltd for marketing in that country, the company said Monday. In ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Salarpuria Group eyes hotel industry, IT SEZ
March 26th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Real estate major Salarpuria Group is all set to invest billions in West Bengal with projects ranging from hotels and residential complexes to IT special economic zones (SEZs), ... Read more...
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