Reliance Infra launches cement brand
September 17th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 17 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure, a part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, Monday entered the cement market, launching its "Reliance Cement" brand through subsidiary Reliance Cement Company."We will ... Read more...
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No-trust motion against Dhumal defeated in Himachal (Lead)
August 29th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) The Congress sponsored no-confidence motion against the 56-month-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Himachal Pradesh was defeated in the state assembly Tuesday night.After over ... Read more...
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Explosives-laden truck explodes at Chinese cement factory, 9 dead
August 28th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by BNO News
A truck carrying more than 7 tonnes (15,400 pounds) of explosives blew up at a cement factory in southern China on Monday, killing nine people and leaving another person missing, government officials ... Read more...
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Himachal court dismisses cement firm’s petitions
July 6th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 6 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday dismissed a cement company's review petitions, which was fined Rs.100 crore for environmental damage and told to dismantle a captive ... Read more...
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CBI grills Jagan, two others in illegal assets case (Lead)
June 5th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled jailed MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for over six hours for the third day Tuesday while his two aides were ... Read more...
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CBI questions Jagan for third day, summons two aides
June 5th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled jailed member of parliament Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for the third day Tuesday while his two aides have also been ... Read more...
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Indian firm to invest in Sri Lanka
December 1st, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 1 (IANS) Three foreign companies, including an Indian sugar manufacturer, will set up factories at an economic zone in southern Sri Lanka that is centered around a $361 ... Read more...
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Four dead inhaling toxic gas in China
November 14th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 14 (IANS) At least four workers were killed and six others hospitalised Monday after inhaling toxic carbon monoxide gas at a cement company in China.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa faces new charges, and quit demands
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, June 22 (IANS) A day after the Karnataka high court remarked that the state seemed to have become number one in corruption, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday ... Read more...
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Dalmia Bharat to set up cement mills in Karnataka, Meghalaya
December 3rd, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) Cement company Dalmia Bharat Enterprises Ltd Friday announced it would set up of two plants in Karnataka and Meghalaya with a combined capacity of five million tonnes per ... Read more...
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Muthiah can raise cricket board’s issue, apex court told
September 9th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Thursday told that former Board of Control for Cricket in India president A.C. Muthiah under the cricket body's rules was its administrator and ... Read more...
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Abducted Assam cement firm executive escapes in Shillong
September 3rd, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 3 (IANS) The kidnapped executive of a cement company made a dramatic appearance in Meghalaya capital Shillong eight hours after he was abducted at gunpoint from near Assam's main city ... Read more...
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Company executive kidnapped in Assam
September 2nd, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 2 (IANS) An executive of a cement company was kidnapped at gunpoint from near Assam's main city of Guwahati Thursday, a day after two businessman abducted over the weekend were ... Read more...
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Indian team has to look ahead: Tendulkar
May 13th, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Zirakpur (Punjab), May 13 (IANS) Despite being disappointed with the early ouster of the Indian cricket team from the ongoing World Twenty20 in West Indies, Sachin Tendulkar still considers them as ... Read more...
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At least one civilian killed, nine injured in Iraq bomb blast
October 18th, 2009 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 18 (DPA) At least one civilian was killed and nine were injured when a bomb blast tore through a parking lot in the central Iraqi city of Iskandariya Sunday, police ... Read more...
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Cement company official stabbed by sacked guard
May 19th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 19 (IANS) A sacked security guard of Lafarge Cement was arrested near here for stabbing the unit vice president for removing him from his job, police said Tuesday.
Prem Kumar Verma, ... Read more...
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Madras HC decides case sans parties; apex court frowns
April 8th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has caught the Madras High Court deciding a civil dispute in the absence of both the feuding parties - in fact neither ... Read more...
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German billionaire commits suicide after losing a billion pounds
January 7th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.7 (ANI): Adolf Merckle, a German businessman who lost a billion pounds in the financial crisis, has committed suicide.
Merckle, 74, one of the world''s richest men and the head of ... Read more...
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Ambuja Cements sales up by nearly 8 percent
September 2nd, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Ambuja Cements Ltd Tuesday said its sales grew 7.7 percent in August to 1.24 million tonnes, as compared to 1.15 million tonnes in the corresponding month last ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan begin to ‘cement’ ties
May 21st, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by admin
By Manish Chand
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) "See how times have changed; now it's the Pakistan army that is helping to build India!" This witty one-liner, referring to Pakistani company Fauji Cement that ... Read more...
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DHD (J) militants in Assam kill 10 workers
May 15th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
Guwahati, May 15 (ANI): Militants of the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel Garlossa faction) struck again in Assam on Thursday, killing 10 workers engaged by a cement factory and a railway employee ... Read more...
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Tribal militants kill 11 in Assam
May 15th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by admin
Guwahati, May 15 (IANS) Tribal militants struck in north-eastern India's Assam state again Thursday, killing 10 workers engaged by a cement factory and a railway employee in two separate attacks and heightening ... Read more...
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VAT likely to be implemented in UAE in early 2009 (Gulf Business Capsule)
May 7th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin
Dubai, May 7 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is likely to introduce a value added tax (VAT) system by early 2009, according to a senior official of Dubai Customs. "Having spent ... Read more...
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Kerala social activist’s husband held for smuggling
April 5th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by admin
Kozhikode, April 5 (IANS) T.P. Yakub, husband of well-known social activist and former ultra Left leader K. Ajitha, was arrested Saturday for his alleged role in the smuggling of spirit, police said. ... Read more...
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Assam separatists demand Rs.20 mn from power company
February 22nd, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Feb 22 (IANS) A ragtag tribal separatist group that has unleashed terror in parts of Assam has slapped a Rs.20 million extortion demand on a power company, creating ... Read more...
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Tribal separatists kill four in Assam
February 19th, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by admin
Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) Tribal separatists shot and killed four people and injured two in Assam's North Cachar Hills Tuesday, forcing authorities to mount vigil in the thickly wooded southern district, the ... Read more...
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