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Maoists torch 12 vehicles to enfore strike in Jharkhand

October 23rd, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, Oct 23 (IANS) Maoist rebels torched 12 vehicles and killed a truck driver in separate incidents in Jharkhand while enforcing a strike against the killing of one of their key leaders, ...

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Former Chinese official gets death sentence for corruption

September 24th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI -
Beijing , Sept 24 (ANI): A former official of China ''s Ethnic Affairs Commission has been sentenced to death on corruption charges, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Du Maoji, the ...

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Kerala couple freed from Saudi jail reaches home

August 23rd, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Kottayam, Aug 23 (IANS) Roy Joseph and his wife Biji of Kerala, freed after being jailed in Saudi Arabia for the past two years, reached their home here Saturday.The couple was convicted ...

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Small hydroelectric dams are not so eco-friendly as previously believed

August 13th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, August 13 (ANI): Environmental activists in Brazil have warned that the combined impacts of numerous small hydroelectric dams in one river basin can be at least as harmful as one ...

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Expansion of holy mosque in Makkah to end before Ramadan

August 11th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, Aug 11 (IANS) A new expansion project of the holy mosque in Makkah will be completed before the Islamic month of Ramadan and the new area will be able to accommodate ...

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India seeks probe into worker’s death in Saudi Arabia

July 29th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, July 29 (IANS) India has asked authorities in Saudi Arabia to probe an incident in which an Indian worker died allegedly after being assaulted by his workplace supervisor. Sudheesh Kalathil Parambil ...

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Chhattisgarh to get first cricket stadium by August

July 23rd, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, July 23 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's first cricket stadium, with a seating capacity of 60,000, will be ready by August, state Sports Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said here Wednesday. "Hyderabad-based Nagarajuna Construction Company is ...

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Chhattisgarh blacklists private construction firm

July 19th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, July 19 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has suspended an official and blacklisted a construction company that was awarded an over Rs.100 million contract under a centrally sponsored road construction scheme in ...

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Detained workers in UAE being transferred back to labour camp

July 17th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, July 17 (IANS) Around 3,000 expatriate workers, a vast majority of them Indians, who were detained by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities for being involved in a violent strike July ...

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3,000 detained workers in UAE freed, set to resume work

July 16th, 2008 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, July 16 (IANS) United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities Wednesday ordered the release of around 3,000 expatriate workers, a vast majority of them Indians, who were detained July 4 for their involvement ...

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Four Indians killed in Qatar accident

July 11th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, July 11 (IANS) Four Indians were killed and another was injured when a pick-up truck they were travelling in collided head-on with a trailer truck in Qatar early Wednesday. While three ...

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India seeking to resolve workers’ violence case in UAE

July 9th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, July 9 (IANS) The Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi is in constant touch with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities to resolve a case in which over 3,000 expatriate workers, a ...

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Indian’s death: Workers return to work in Bahrain firm

July 2nd, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, July 2 (IANS) Hundreds of workers of a Bahraini contracting and construction company have returned to work after the company assured them it would investigate the cause of the death of ...

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Indian worker’s suicide sparks strike threat

June 30th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, June 30 (IANS) Around 2,000 workers in a Bahraini contracting and construction company have threatened to go on strike following the reported suicide of an Indian worker. Vinod Kumar, 32, committed ...

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China struggles to help quake survivors get back to work

June 25th, 2008 - 8:55 am ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Chengdu (China), June 25 (Xinhua) Kang Hui filled the registration form for a construction company at a job fair. He felt he would be a good fit, given his skills. The 40-something ...

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Punj Lloyd to manufacture guns, rockets, missiles

June 5th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Engineering and construction company Punj Lloyd Thursday said it will enter the defence equipment manufacturing business following a pact with the $1.3 billion Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd ...

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Osamas brothers 100 bln pound project to link Gulf region with Muslim Africa

June 3rd, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI -
London, June 3 (ANI): The Dubai-based construction company controlled by a half-brother of Osama Bin Laden, Tarek, is planning a 100 billion pounds project to connect Africa to the Arabian Peninsula ...

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Six Asian workers feared killed in UAE mishap

June 2nd, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Dubai, June 2 (IANS) Six Asian construction workers are feared killed in an accident at a hotel building site in the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) early Monday. ...

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Substandard building practices blamed for deaths in China

May 20th, 2008 - 9:19 am ICT by admin -
By Till Faehnders Dujiangyan (China), May 20 (DPA) Hundreds of children who died could have survived the recent, devastating earthquake in China, experts said. The construction experts blamed widespread, substandard building construction for ...

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Construction company develops peel-and-stick solar panels

May 11th, 2008 - 5:36 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , May 11 (ANI): Solar-panels have long been considered as those traditional tilt-it systems that are installed on roofs, but now a construction company has developed solar panels that use ...

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No news from Myanmar, Orissa villagers frantic

May 9th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by admin -
By Jatindra Dash Kendrapada (Orissa), May 9 (IANS) Dozens of villagers in Orissa's Kendrapada district are frantic as they wait to hear from their relatives who work in cyclone-hit Myanmar. Sarala Nayak, 30, ...

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Three workers die at Noida construction site

May 2nd, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by admin -
Noida, May 2 (IANS) Three workers were killed at a construction site here Friday when a lift carrying them came tumbling down from the fifth floor after its cord suddenly snapped. Jaideep, ...

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Foundation stone laid for new port in Andhra Pradesh

April 23rd, 2008 - 11:43 pm ICT by admin -
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.R. Reddy Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the Rs.15.9 billion all-weather deep water port at Machilipatnam in Krishna district. Maytas Infra Ltd, a ...

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Five striking Indian workers arrested in Kuwait

April 14th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by admin -
Dubai, April 14 (IANS) Five Indian workers in Kuwait were arrested after about 525 contract workers went on strike at a labour camp, protesting violation of contract by the company they work ...

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Indian workers in Kuwait without wages for seven months

April 11th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by admin -
By Aroonim Bhuyan Dubai, April 9 (IANS) Around 90 Indian workers of a construction company in Kuwait have alleged they have not been paid their wages for seven months. The Indian embassy in ...

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Indian mission in Bahrain settles dispute between workers, sponsors

April 9th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by admin -
By Aroonim Bhuyan Dubai, April 9 (IANS) The Indian mission in Bahrain has resolved a dispute involving Indian workers who had filed a complaint of physical abuse against their local sponsors. "Eleven Indian ...

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Australian firm wins $900 mn coal mine contracts in India

April 3rd, 2008 - 10:07 am ICT by admin -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, April 3 (IANS) Australia's largest construction company, Leighton Holdings' subsidiary Thiess Pty Ltd, has won two contracts worth a total of Australian $1 billion ($900 million) over 20 years ...

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Maoists attack Bihar village, kidnap four labourers

April 2nd, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by admin -
Patna, April 2 (IANS) Over 200 suspected Maoists attacked a lawmaker's village in Aurangabad district of Bihar, set on fire three vehicles being used by his construction company and kidnapped four labourers, ...

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Spain’s Serviplem becomes newest Tata acquisition

March 28th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, March 28 (IANS) With Jaguar and Land Rover firmly in its stable, India's Tata group has moved across to Spain and lapped up Serviplem, a globally ranked Spanish construction and equipment ...

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Haryana government restores to panchayat land tworth Rs.1 bn

March 26th, 2008 - 11:46 pm ICT by admin -
Gurgaon (Haryana), March 26 (IANS) Nearly 10 acres of prime commercial land worth nearly Rs.1 billion ($25 million) in the millennium city here has been saved possibly from falling into the hands ...

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