Two Rajasthan businessmen held for raping Delhi student
November 22nd, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Two businessmen were arrested from Rajasthan's Bhiwadi town for raping in their car a 30-year-old south Delhi-based computer course student whom they met at a ... Read more...
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85 shops found selling prohibited drugs
June 17th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Eighty-five chemist shops in Delhi and Rajasthan, some of them based in hospitals, have been found selling prohibited drugs, the government said Friday.According to the ... Read more...
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Three held in Delhi for murder in Rajasthan
May 21st, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Three people were arrested in the national capital for murdering a man in Rajasthan, police said Saturday.The arrested have been identified as Parmanand alias Bunty, ... Read more...
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Woman’s lover, associates kill husband
May 21st, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested three men for allegedly killing a man with whose wife one of them had an affair, police said Saturday.According to a ... Read more...
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Indian telecom firms gearing up for 3G telephony
January 24th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel Monday announced plans for the launch of third generation (3G) phone services in some selected circles in the country, including Jammu and Kashmir.Anil ... Read more...
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Political VVIPs celebrate Raksha Bandhan with kids
August 24th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The president, the prime minister and top political leaders joined the Raksha Bandhan celebrations Tuesday as children, including differently abled children, tied rakhis on their wrists ... Read more...
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Policy on manufacturing by year-end: Sharma
August 21st, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma Saturday said a national manufacturing policy (NMP) is likely to be in place by this year-end.
"The draft of the policy is ... Read more...
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No new factories in 43 critically polluted areas till August
January 15th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The environment ministry has banned the setting up of new factories in 43 critically polluted areas of the country till August, by when the Central Pollution Control ... Read more...
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State-owned Ashok Hotel to share brand name with private firms
November 5th, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The "Ashok" brand of premium hotels, owned by the state-run hospitality major India Tourism Development Corp (ITDC), will now be prefixed or suffixed on properties owned by ... Read more...
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Small towns hold big promise for India’s housing boom
May 7th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Anuradha Shukla
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) For two years, Ratnesh Gupta, a software engineer with IT major Birla Soft, has been trying to fulfil his dream of buying a house ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh plans public-private model for power distribution
February 6th, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 6 (IANS) The public-private partnership model will first be implemented in the power sector in Uttar Pradesh, with an input-based franchisee system being proposed to be put in place in ... Read more...
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Saint Gobain wants suppliers to slash rates
November 13th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 13 (IANS) The Indian arm of leading French glass maker Saint-Gobain, which is developing a greenfield plant in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, Thursday said it will renegotiate rates with the project's suppliers ... Read more...
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President, PM join Rakhi celebrations
August 16th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Like millions of others in India, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also celebrated the festival of Rakshabandhan Saturday, interacting with children who had ... Read more...
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Federal-Mogul to build new manufacturing facility in India
August 7th, 2008 - 11:14 pm ICT by ANI
Michigan (U.S.), August 7 (ANI/Business Wire India): Federal-Mogul Corporation (NASDAQ:FDML) today announced it is planning to build a new facility in Chennai, India, for the manufacture of friction components for Original ... Read more...
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NSCN (IM) inching towards accepting Indian constitution: Fernandes
July 13th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
Bhiwadi (Rajasthan), July 13 (IANS) The dominant Naga separatist group has met senior government functionaries at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and is "inching towards accepting the Indian constitution", ... Read more...
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Saint-Gobain to invest Rs.10 bn in Rajasthan
June 23rd, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The Indian arm of French float-glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain is setting up a 300,000 tonne plant at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan with an investment of Rs.10 billion ($250 million), top ... Read more...
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Powergrid to get $600 mn from World Bank
March 31st, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) The Power Grid Corp of India Ltd (Powergrid) signed a loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for $600 million March 28, the firm announced Monday. Powergrid chairman ... Read more...
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