Oil tankers in Jammu and Kashmir call off strike
July 5th, 2012 - 5:43 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) The Oil Tankers Association Wednesday called off the indefinite strike across Jammu and Kashmir after the administration approved compensation to the family of a tanker ... Read more...
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Oil firms ask government to compensate them
April 17th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Three state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) Tuesday asked the government to temporarily declare petrol as a regulated commodity, reduce state sales tax and provide hundred ... Read more...
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Rajasthan announces special package for Bhanwari Devi’s kids
January 15th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 15 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Sunday announced a special package to help the three children of nurse Bhanwari Devi, who was killed after being kidnapped, an official said."On ... Read more...
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Kashmir unrest: Omar Abdullah sanctions Rs 5 crore for 102 killed
March 15th, 2011 - 8:28 am ICT by ANI
Jammu, Mar. 15 (ANI): In a written reply to the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has informed that his government has sanctioned Rs 5.10 crore for the next ... Read more...
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Pak unable to provide cash compensation to flood victims before March 2011
February 5th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 5(ANI): Pakistan's Finance Ministry has expressed its inability to provide cash compensation to last year's flood victims before March 2011, according to official sources.The sources said the Pakistan government has ... Read more...
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China announces 410mn-dollar assistance for Pakistan flood victims
December 18th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 18 (ANI): China has announced a ten-million-dollar grant for the citizens compensation programme for Pakistan flood victims, and a 400-million-dollar concession loan to help meet their needs.Speaking at the ... Read more...
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Citi’s Pandit will work for $1 in 2010 too
September 25th, 2010 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) Citigroup's India-born CEO Vikram Pandit has decided to work for just $1 for the second year in a row.Pandit, who has restored the ailing banking ... Read more...
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Three-member committee to probe New Delhi Railway Station mishap
May 18th, 2010 - 12:54 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): A day after the stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station that claimed two lives and left 15 others injured, Ministry of Railways has formed a ... Read more...
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Charkha marks its 15th Founders Day
December 8th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 8(ANI): Charkha Development Communication Network, a Non-Governmental Organization, devoted to highlighting issues related to marginalized communities through the media, marked its 15th Founders Day during a quiet event held ... Read more...
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Peaceful State Assembly elections in three States highlight of October, says Chidambaram
October 30th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday, while presenting the monthly report of his Ministry, said that the highlight of October was the State Assembly elections in ... Read more...
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Saying sorry helps firms retain customers
September 24th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 24 (IANS) Firms that simply say sorry to aggrieved customers do better than those that offer cash compensation, new research has said.
The ploy works even though the recipient of the ... Read more...
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Chidambaram wants compensation paid by Dec 31
December 5th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 5 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday urged the Maharasthra government to pay compensation to victims of the Mumbai terror attack by Dec 31.Speaking to the media, Chidambaram said the ... Read more...
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Pak govt decides to reinstate all employees sacked during Nawaz Sharifs regime
November 6th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Nov 6 (ANI): The PPP-led federal government in Pakistan has reportedly decided to reinstate all government employees who were recruited between November 1993 and November 1996, i.e. the PPPs ... Read more...
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Thirty-five confirmed dead in covered up China mine accident
October 24th, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Shijiazhuang, Oct 24 (Xinhua) Thirty-five people have been confirmed dead in a coal mine accident in north China's Hebei province that was covered up for almost three months, provincial authorities said Friday. ... Read more...
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Mamata sticks to demand, rejects Singur package
September 16th, 2008 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) Remaining firm on her stand, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the ruling Left Front government in West Bengal had rejected the agreement on Singur land row ... Read more...
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Singur divided over Nano compensation package
September 15th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Singur, Sep 15 (IANS) The rehabilitation package announced by the West Bengal government Sunday for farmers affected by the Nano small car project here has left the local people sharply polarised.People who ... Read more...
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Buddha appeals to opposition to accept Singur package
September 14th, 2008 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) Appealing to the Trinamool Congress-led protesters to accept the latest compensation package announced by the West Bengal government, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday exuded confidence that the world's ... Read more...
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Pope ‘deeply sorry’ for sexual abuse by priests
July 19th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 19 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he was "deeply sorry for the pain and suffering" of those who had been sexually abused by Catholic clergy. Speaking in Sydney on ... Read more...
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Blaze renders 130 homeless in Lucknow
March 27th, 2008 - 10:52 pm ICT by admin
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) A big blaze that took nearly 10 hours to be brought under control left 130 people homeless and gutted as many as about 19 plywood manufacturing units here ... Read more...
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