Ashok Leyland bags $6 mn Bangladesh order for buses
June 6th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) City-based commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland Ltd Wednesday announced it has bagged a $6 million order to supply 50 vestibule buses to the Bangladesh Road Transport ... Read more...
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50 Indian double-decker buses to run on Bangladesh roads
May 7th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 7 (IANS) As many as 50 Indian double-decker buses will soon run on the roads of this Bangladesh capital and Chittagong city, a media report said Monday.The ... Read more...
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Dhaka to have metro with Japanese help
March 16th, 2012 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 16 (IANS) Bangladesh will sign a loan agreement with Japan for a multi-million-dollar metro rail project aimed at easing traffic congestion in the capital, Prime Minister Sheikh ... Read more...
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London-style AC double-decker buses for Kolkata tourism
October 17th, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) Taking forward Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's promise to make "Kolkata into London", the city authorities will soon introduce two open-deck AC double-decker buses for sightseeing."Two ... Read more...
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Ashok Leyland bags Bangladesh order for 290 buses
May 25th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) City-based commercial vehicles major Ashok Leyland Wednesday announced it has bagged an order for 290 fully built double-decker buses from Bangladesh.In a statement here, the company ... Read more...
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Ashok Leyland bags $23.3 million-worth Bangladesh order
May 25th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Hinduja Group's automobile manufacturing arm Ashok Leyland Wednesday said it had bagged an order worth $23.3 million (Rs.105 crore) from state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) ... Read more...
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UK to launch its biggest, deadliest nuclear submarine
December 14th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) A nuclear reactor which can power a small city and guidedÂmissiles that can pulverise an enemy more than 1,000 miles away -- meet HMS Ambush, the Royal Navy's ... Read more...
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Bangladesh to implement 14 projects with Indian loan (Lead)
July 21st, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 21 (IANS) India and Bangladesh have finalised 14 infrastructure projects, including those that will enhance connectivity between the two countries, which will be implemented with an Indian loan of ... Read more...
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Fat cleared from London sewers enough to stuff 9 double-decker buses!
July 14th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): In a largest ever sewer clean up, enough fat has been removed from the sewers in central London that could fill nine double-decker buses.A team of "flushers" ... Read more...
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1,000 tonnes of fat cleaned from London sewers
July 14th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 14 (IANS) It's leaking lard from London's sewers, authorities found to their dismay when they cleared an estimated 1,000 tonnes of fat - enough to fill nine double decker buses ... Read more...
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Chicago Blackhawks Victory Parade All Set To Take Place Today
June 11th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Residents of Chicago have something big to look forward on Friday as the city would be gearing up for the parade which is all set to take place in ... Read more...
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Road show in Johannesburg promotes 2010 Commonwealth Games
January 13th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) In an effort to promote the 2010 Commonwealth Games which will take place in Delhi Oct 3-14, the ministry of tourism organised a road show in Johannesburg ... Read more...
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Brit girl, 13, smashes water-skiing world record by leaping 100ft!
July 30th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 30 (ANI): A British schoolgirl aged 13 has set a new water-skiing world record after leaping almost 100 ft.Charlotte Wharton, from Wrestlingworth, Northants, broke the previous 20-year-old for under-14s of ... Read more...
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World’s biggest telescope will search heavens for planets
April 5th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 5 (ANI): Scientists are planning to build a giant telescope that will be powerful enough to identify habitable planets like Earth in distant solar systems.Astronomers claim the European Extremely Large ... Read more...
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Beckham and Led Zeppelin’’s Jimmy Page to close Beijing Olympics
August 14th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.14 (ANI): England football star David Beckham will star at the Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing as the handover to London 2012 gets under way.
The spectacular event on August 24 ... Read more...
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Beijing Olympics boycott still possible: Michael Portillo
March 23rd, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by admin
London, March 23 (IANS) The strong global focus on China's human rights records may yet end in the boycott of the Beijing Olympics if the situation in Tibet worsens, a former British ... Read more...
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