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Decision on Deshmukh’s successor deferred by a day (Lead)

Decision on Deshmukh’s successor deferred by a day (Lead)

December 2nd, 2008 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi/Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh got another breather Tuesday with the Congress leadership deferring by a day its decision on his resignation offer over the Mumbai terrorist ...

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India clears bids for 44 hydrocarbon exploration blocks (Lead)

November 20th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) India Thursday approved a set of 44 hydrocarbon blocks to be awarded to bidders in the latest round of auction, with contracts to share production with state-run ...

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Agricultural education gets Rs.22.76 bn boost

November 20th, 2008 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A cabinet panel Thursday sanctioned Rs.22.76 billion ($460 million) for strengthening and developing higher agricultural education in the country.Of this, Rs.11.25 billion will be spent on development ...

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Cabinet approves pay revision for central public sector enterprises

November 20th, 2008 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday approved the recommendations of the second Pay Revision Committee for central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) but there will be no additional cost to the ...

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Rs.4.2 bn sanctioned for handloom, powerloom clusters

November 20th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A cabinet panel Thursday sanctioned Rs.4.2 billion ($80 million) for developing handloom and powerloom clusters in six cities across the country to "meet the discerning and changing ...

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India clears bids for 44 hydrocarbon exploration blocks

November 20th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) India Thursday approved a set of 44 hydrocarbon blocks to be awarded to bidders in the latest round of auction, with contracts to share production with state-run ...

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India clears funds for key projects in Afghanistan (Lead)

India clears funds for key projects in Afghanistan (Lead)

November 6th, 2008 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Unfazed by the July 7 blasts outside its embassy in Kabul, India Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to bolstering peace and stability in Afghanistan by clearing funds for ...

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India to build Afghanistan’s parliament complex

November 6th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday okayed construction of Afghanistan's parliament building and the Indian chancery complex in Kabul.The government approved these projects at a revised cost of Rs.950 crore ...

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Over 65 per cent rate of conviction in CBI investigated cases

October 23rd, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 23 (ANI): Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the rate of conviction in cases investigated by the Central Bureau ...

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‘India’s uranium reserves at 115,000 tonnes’

October 23rd, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) India's uranium reserves are estimated at 115,000 tonnes but most of this is of low quality, thus necessitating imports for the country's nuclear plants, parliament was informed ...

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Delhi residents can get RTI information through voice mail

October 15th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) People living in the capital can now obtain information sought under the the Right to Information (RTI) Act also through voice mail services, Minister of state in ...

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India set for tough anti-terror laws (Roundup, combining different series)

India set for tough anti-terror laws (Roundup, combining different series)

September 16th, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) India seems set to incrementally ramp up its anti-terror laws, with a key minister and a reforms panel speaking of the need for strengthening the statute - ...

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Saurashtra upset fancied Mumbai in Buchi Babu cricket

September 12th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) Mumbai crashed to a stunning two-wicket defeat against Saurashtra in the quarter-finals of the All-India Buchi Babu cricket tournament, here Friday.For Saurashtra, Jayadev Niranjan Shah scored a century ...

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Jaffer, Rohit lead Mumbai’s charge in Buchi Babu cricket

September 11th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Sep 11 (IANS) Wasim Jaffer (148) and Rohit Sharma (90) powered Mumbai to 333 all out against Saurashtra in a quarterfinal match of the All-India Buchi Babu Memorial cricket tournament here ...

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Navy Chief takes pay panel anomalies to Chidambaram

Navy Chief takes pay panel anomalies to Chidambaram

September 10th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI -
By Praful Kumar Singh New Delhi, Sep 10 (ANI): The armed forces have now taken the battle over the Sixth Pay Commission right to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Minister of ...

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Armed forces take pay panel grievances to finance minister

Armed forces take pay panel grievances to finance minister

September 10th, 2008 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta has met Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Prithviraj Chavan with the grievances ...

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Badal Doshi tops in Autocross Challenge

September 7th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Local challenger Badal Doshi triumphed in two categories and also recorded the day's fastest time of two minutes 16.32 seconds in the class for foreign motorcycles up to ...

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Women thieves strip naked to escape public wrath

August 26th, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, three women suspected of stealing mobile phones, stripped to the buff Tuesday to escape the wrath of angry people here, the police said.The incident ...

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Marathas may go for Gujjar-type agitation for job quota

August 18th, 2008 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Several Maratha organisations plan to come under one umbrella in Pune Tuesday to jointly fight for their demands and chalk out plans to launch a Gujjar-type agitation in ...

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Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti to boycott talks with all-party delegation

Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti to boycott talks with all-party delegation

August 9th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI -
Jammu, Aug 9 (ANI): Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti (SASS), the group spearheading the agitation over the Amarnath land transfer row, has decided not to hold talks with the all party team ...

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Heavy rains claim seven more lives in Vidarbha

August 6th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Nagpur, Aug 6 (IANS) The toll in the heavy downpour in Maharshtra's Vidarbha region has risen to 14 with seven more people losing their lives due to the rains that have lashed ...

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From Tehran to Beijing, India scales up nuclear diplomacy

From Tehran to Beijing, India scales up nuclear diplomacy

July 30th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) With just two days to go for the UN nuclear watchdog meeting in Vienna, India has sought support for its civil nuclear deal with US from China ...

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India hopes for China’s support in NSG

India hopes for China’s support in NSG

July 25th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Ahead of a likely meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) next month, India Friday said it was hopeful of getting China's support in its quest for ...

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US hopes China will back India n-deal in NSG

US hopes China will back India n-deal in NSG

July 23rd, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The US Wednesday said it has spoken to China about support for its nuclear deal with India and expressed hope that Beijing will take a positive view ...

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Trust vote over, India goes on NSG charm offensive

Trust vote over, India goes on NSG charm offensive

July 23rd, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) With the trust vote behind it, the Manmohan Singh government is going all out to win the support of the IAEA board and the Nuclear Suppliers Group ...

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Saran travels to Dublin to enlist support in IAEA board

Saran travels to Dublin to enlist support in IAEA board

July 23rd, 2008 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy and former foreign secretary Shyam Saran will leave for Dublin Wednesday morning to enlist Ireland's support in the board of governors' ...

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Vajpayee, three others will vote from lobby: speaker

Vajpayee, three others will vote from lobby: speaker

July 22nd, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and three other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs will vote on the trust motion from the inner lobby of the Lok ...

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Ailing BJP MPs come to party’s aid

Ailing BJP MPs come to party’s aid

July 22nd, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) With every vote crucial in its bid to topple the Manmohan Singh government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Tuesday gathering its ailing MPs close together in ...

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BJP’s bedridden MP being airlifted to Delhi for trust vote

BJP’s bedridden MP being airlifted to Delhi for trust vote

July 21st, 2008 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bed-ridden MP Harishchandra Chavan took off for New Delhi Monday evening in an air ambulance from Nashik town in Maharasthra to participate in ...

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Mafia rules Film City, allege workers

July 21st, 2008 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS -
By Jivraj Burman Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) An emergency meeting of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) was called Monday to take stock of the safety of cine workers, who allege ...

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