Karnataka asks PM to rescind Cauvery water decision
September 21st, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 21 (IANS) Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu daily, the state government Friday petitioned him ... Read more...
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Expert team to submit report on Posco by October
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) An expert team reviewing the environmental impact assessment of Posco's proposed $12 billion steel plant in Odisha will submit its report by October, the team said ... Read more...
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MoEF expert team visits Posco plant site in Odisha
August 21st, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) A four-member expert team deputed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Tuesday visited the site of South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant ... Read more...
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Nila Madhab Panda supports ‘green’ films for kids
June 21st, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) When go-green is the mantra for everyone, how can cinema be left behind. "I Am Kalam" director Nila Madhab Panda has collaborated with London's Performing ... Read more...
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Delhi hospital launches helpline for strokes
May 1st, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) With the number of strokes on the rise, Delhi's Fortis hospital Tuesday launched a toll-free helpline for victims.A statement from the hospital chain said its ... Read more...
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Tripura CM rejects private participation in infrastructure
March 31st, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 31 (IANS) The central government and Planning Commission should not insist on private participation in developing infrastructure in the northeastern region, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here ... Read more...
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Rhinos number in Assam’s Orang, Pabitora up
March 20th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 20 (IANS) The population of the famous one-horned rhinos in Assam is increasing, according to the census of the animals' population in the state, wildlife officials said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Bear mauls two men to death
March 6th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 6 (IANS) A wild bear mauled to death two men in Rajasthan's Dholpur district over two days and left at least 10 others injured, police said Tuesday.According to ... Read more...
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IAEA inspectors barred from Iranian military site (Lead)
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN's atomic watchdog said Wednesday it could not gain access to a key Iranian military site as the country did not allow it.Iran ... Read more...
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Phone calls made to Israel, Iran, Lebanon being examined (Lead)
February 15th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Investigators Wednesday started examining records of 115 phone calls made to Iran, Israel and Lebanon from here for clues in the Monday bomb attack on ... Read more...
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Remove atomic scientist, expand expert panel: Kudankulam activists
February 10th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Activists spearheading the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protests Friday requested the Tamil Nadu government to expand a new four-member panel that will look into the ... Read more...
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No drug-resistant TB case in India: Expert team
January 20th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) There are no cases of total drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) reported in the country and the cases reported by a Mumbai hospital fall in the category ... Read more...
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AMRI flouted affidavit promising to clear basesment: Minister
December 12th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) The inferno at the AMRI hospital that took 93 lives could have been averted had the fire department not "trusted" an affidavit given by the hospital ... Read more...
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Dengue alarm: Pakistan asks for Indian drugs
September 13th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) With dengue outbreak acquiring alarming proportions across the country, Pakistan is hurriedly ordering medicines from India to battle the disease that has killed at least ... Read more...
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Shutdown in Bodh Gaya against anti-encroachment drive
August 8th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Aug 8 (IANS) A total shutdown was observed in this Bihar town, known as the birthplace of Buddhism, Monday to protest the district administration's anti-encroachment drive.People, ... Read more...
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Orissa, Chhattisgarh questioned on dam panel’s report
July 20th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked Orissa and Chhattisgarh to file their response to a report by a committee which said that the construction of ... Read more...
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36 trapped as coal mine catches fire in China
July 7th, 2011 - 9:26 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 7 (IANS) A fire broke out Wednesday night inside a coal mine in China, leaving at least 36 people trapped underground, officials said Thursday.The incident took place in ... Read more...
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Mystery disease kills four more in Bihar (Lead)
June 21st, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 21 (IANS) Four more children have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar, taking the death toll to 32. A central team examined patients to identify the ailment, ... Read more...
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Gas leak continues at ONGC well in Tripura (Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 15 (IANS) Natural gas continued to leak from an ONGC well in western Tripura Wednesday, nearly 24-hours after the leak was first detected, officials said. Experts and engineers ... Read more...
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Chandigarh to get Garden of Springs
February 8th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) Giving a boost to Chandigarh's tourism infrastructure, the union tourism ministry has sanctioned a grant of over Rs.3.1 crore to set up a "Garden of Springs" here in ... Read more...
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Experts examine damaged vessel on Hooghly river
November 24th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Experts from a private agency in Mumbai Wednesday examined the container ship stranded in the Hooghly river after it collided with another container vessel in West Bengal's South ... Read more...
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Airport in the offing near Guruvayoor temple
October 30th, 2010 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Guruvayoor (Kerala), Oct 30 (IANS) A new airport is all set to come up near the famed Guruvayoor temple in Kerala to facilitate the thousands of devotees, said an official Saturday.Speaking to ... Read more...
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Medha Patkar attacks Assam on mega dams on Brahmaputra
July 14th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 14 (IANS) Medha Patkar, noted social activist and leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the Assam government for going ahead with the construction of ... Read more...
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Power supply snag hits Indian communication satellite
July 9th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 9 (IANS) Scientists of the Indian space agency are working to fix a power snag that switched off 12 transponders of the INSAT-4B comunication satellite Wednesday night, affecting ... Read more...
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Vedanta’s controversial mine gets backing of India’s PM
June 30th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 30 (ANI): In a highly unusual move, India's Prime Minister has intervened directly in the approval process for one of the world's most controversial mines.The office of Prime ... Read more...
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German expert working to tame the Brahmaputra
June 22nd, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 22 (IANS) A German hydrologist has been entrusted by the Assam government to tame the great Asian river Brahmaputra that causes catastrophic flooding and erosion, causing destruction across the region.
"The ... Read more...
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Sushi Ko Restaurant To Be Shown In Today’s Kitchen Nightmares Episode
May 15th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
May 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The viewers of the famous food based reality show Kitchen Nightmares who love watching Master Chef Gordon Ramsay rescuing loss making restaurants from the verge of ... Read more...
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Jyoti Basu’s condition very critical, dialysis started (Second Lead)
January 14th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's health condition further deteriorated Thursday and he has been put on dialysis, hospital authorities said.
"Basu's condition is very critical. He is still ... Read more...
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Central team’s visit is a warning to West Bengal: Mamata
December 1st, 2009 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday said the central government's decision to send an expert team to West Bengal to asses the law and order situation was ... Read more...
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Dhaka vows to resolve Tipaimukh dam issue with Delhi
October 8th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) India has assured that it neither plans irrigation nor would it withdraw water from a dam that it plans to build on Barak river in Manipur state, ... Read more...
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Expert team to verify fresh spillage from sunken ship
October 5th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 5 (IANS) Orissa will Tuesday send a three member expert team to verify media reports about fresh spillage from a ship that had sunk off the Paradip coast last month, ... Read more...
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Maoists blast railway track in West Bengal
October 3rd, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IANS) Suspected Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast on the railway tracks in Purulia district of West Bengal early Saturday, police said.
The explosive went off on the railway tracks ... Read more...
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China makes world’s highest-resolution 3D map of Moon
September 29th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, September 29 (ANI): Chinese experts have announced that the country's space scientists had completed the world's highest-resolution three-dimensional map of the moon.The map, covering the whole surface of the moon, ... Read more...
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China completes highest resolution 3D map of moon
September 28th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 28 (Xinhua) Chinese experts Monday announced that the country's space scientists have completed the world's highest-resolution three-dimensional map of the moon.
The map, covering the whole surface of the moon, is ... Read more...
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Expert team probes oil spill in Haryana schools
September 24th, 2009 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala, Sep 24 (IANS) A team of experts began its probe into the oil spill in two schools in Haryana's Ambala Cantt town, officials said Thursday.
The expert team, comprising of ... Read more...
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