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Efforts are on to have inclusive growth in tourism sector: Ambika Soni

Efforts are on to have inclusive growth in tourism sector: Ambika Soni

November 18th, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni today said that all efforts are on to have inclusive growth in the tourism sector in the country. Addressing ...

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Indias first ever museum on explosives in Assam

November 17th, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI -
By Peter Alex Todd Guwahati, Nov.17 (ANI): With terrorist activities becoming a global reality, a lot of people have started showing curiosity in understanding the details of blasts. Such inquisitive people can ...

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India, Nepal Home Secretary level talks to begin today

India, Nepal Home Secretary level talks to begin today

October 31st, 2008 - 9:06 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): The Home Secretary-level talks between India and Nepal will be held here today. The Indian delegation will be led by Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and ...

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India, Nepal to hold talks on terrorism in Delhi

India, Nepal to hold talks on terrorism in Delhi

October 30th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The home secretaries of India and Nepal will discuss various issues, including terrorism and trans-border crime, in a two-day meeting here - a first after the formation ...

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Sixth Council meeting of International Network for Bamboo and Rattan today

October 15th, 2008 - 8:53 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): The Sixth Council meeting of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) will begin here today. This is for the first time that the council ...

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Sixth Council meeting of International Network for Bamboo and Rattan tomorrow

October 14th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): The Sixth Council meeting of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) will begin here tomorrow. This is for the first time that the council meeting ...

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Delhi to ensure food safety during Commonwealth Games

October 13th, 2008 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) All those planning to visit Delhi during the Commonwealth Games-2010 can freely enjoy the famous street food in the capital as the government has decided to make ...

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West Bengal completes rural e-governance project

September 15th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) The West Bengal government, in association with microprocessor manufacturing major Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Monday announced successful completion of rural e-governance programme in the state.To bridge the digital ...

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Karnataka gets over Rs.260 bn for development

August 12th, 2008 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Planning Commission Tuesday approved an annual plan outlay of Rs.26,052.53 crore or over Rs.260 billion to implement development projects in Karnataka during 2008-09. The outlay was ...

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India, German company ink urban development pact

August 8th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The urban development ministry has signed an agreement with state-owned German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for cooperation in the field of urban development, a top ministry official said ...

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Half the population of country to reside in urban settlements by 2051: Dr. Ramachandran

August 8th, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , August 8 (ANI): Secretary, Urban Development Dr. M. Ramachandran said on Friday that by 2051, half the population of the country would reside in urban settlements and the ...

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Cabinet approves fertiliser investment policy

August 8th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Friday approved the new investment policy for existing fertiliser units to augment the production of urea - the staple fertiliser used ...

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Cabinet approves converting of NPPTI into an autonomous agency

July 24th, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to converting the National Plant Protection Training Institute (NPPTI) in Hyderabad into an autonomous agency, namely the National Institute ...

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US must respect Pakistans sovereignty, says advocacy group

July 21st, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 21 (ANI): The Pakistani-American Leadership Centre (PAL-C), a leading advocacy group on the Capitol Hill, has urged the United States to respect Pakistans territorial integrity. In an open letter to ...

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Montek bats for nuclear deal

July 2nd, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) India's Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Wednesday batted for the India-US nuclear deal, over which the Left Front has threatened to withdraw support to the ...

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Syria needs Indian investment in many sectors: Shallah

June 19th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) There is tremendous scope for business cooperation between Syria and India, and Damascus hopes to attract Indian investment in many sectors, according to a Syrian business leader. ...

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India, Bangladesh to strengthen anti-terror cooperation

June 10th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) India and BangladeshTuesday reiterated their support to each other's anti-terror campaign and agreed on sustained cooperation and information-sharing in this regard. "India and Bangladesh reiterated that the ...

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Musharraf urges US to give some time to Swat peace deal to work

Musharraf urges US to give some time to Swat peace deal to work

May 28th, 2008 - 12:15 pm ICT by admin -
Rawalpindi , May 28 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly urged the United States to give some time to the recent peace deal, inked between the NWFP government and the ...

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Relating research to public policy: stakeholders to meet in Dubai (Lead)

May 25th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by admin -
By Aroonim Bhuyan Dubai, May 25 (IANS) The issue of bridging public policy decisions in developing nations with some of the extravagant research conducted on them will come up for discussion in a ...

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Four new tiger reserves to be created in the country

May 23rd, 2008 - 7:33 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi , May 23 (ANI): The National Tiger Conservation Authority, in its third meeting here, has assured that four new tiger reserves will be created in the country. One park ...

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Empower women at Panchayat level, report recommends

May 19th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Capacity building and leadership programmes are necessary to empower women at the Panchayati Raj (village governance) level where they often act only as figurative heads while their ...

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Shashi Tharoor’s professional training academy to open Wednesday

May 12th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by admin -
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12(IANS) Former UN under-secretary general Shashi Tharoor's professional training academy will open at the Technopark campus here Wednesday. "The academy will be world class with state-of-the-art technology and a leading ...

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Delhi doomed to reel under water crisis

May 9th, 2008 - 11:07 am ICT by admin -
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The water crisis in the Indian capital is set to take a turn for the worse in the long term, leading perhaps to more ...

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India suffers from lack of transit facilities in Afghanistan

April 23rd, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) India's reconstruction programme for Afghanistan is bogged down not just by security concerns. The biggest logistical challenge is to supply equipment to its projects, in the absence ...

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India not in race with China in Africa: PM

India not in race with China in Africa: PM

April 9th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) India is not "in competition" with China for Africa's resources, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday, as the first India-Africa summit ended with the two sides declaring ...

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India, Africa adopt Delhi Declaration, Africa-India Framework for Cooperation

April 9th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan today said the first ever India-Africa Forum Summit has adopted the Delhi Declaration and the Africa-India Framework for Cooperation, which constitute the ...

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More media linkages needed between India, Africa: Pranab

April 3rd, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by admin -
(Lead) New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday urged the Indian and African media to build greater "self-sustaining" linkages to promote the partnership that will be the focus of ...

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CII inks pact for IT training in Africa

April 3rd, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed a pact with software education and development major NIIT to develop and foster talent in Africa in the area ...

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CII, NIIT join hands for ICT development in Africa

April 3rd, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Apr. 3 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India's apex industry body and the National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) have entered into an agreement to help create ...

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Rs.1 bn for revamping civil defence

April 2nd, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The central government will spend Rs.1 billion on revamping the country's civil defence system during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12), it was announced Wednesday. The Home Minister's ...

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