November 17th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Western Railway's freight earning went up to Rs.22.6 billion in the first seven months this fiscal, an increase of 20.58 percent over the corresponding period last year.An official ...
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November 7th, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) There is no dearth of fertilisers for rabi crop this season, the government said here Friday."We are committed to ensure adequate supply of fertilisers. It is available ...
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October 5th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Sunday expressed concern over the smuggling of fertilisers into Bangladesh and Nepal from West Bengal and Bihar, two of India's ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, Sep 26 (IANS) Hit by a steep hike in raw material prices, the state-run Gujarat State Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd (GSFC) now wants the central government to reimburse fertiliser subsidy in ...
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August 29th, 2008 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Markfed Punjab signed an agreement with Syngenta a world's leading agri-business company here Friday."This collaboration will facilitate the exchange of technical knowledge, educational camps for Punjab's farmers for ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan Monday assured Andhra Pradesh of additional supply of 20,000 tonnes of diammonium phosphate (DAP) this month. Paswan gave ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Mumbai/New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today announced a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh to Abhinav Bindra, who won the first gold medal in the men''s ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) One farmer was killed Wednesday in a stampede during sale of fertilisers by the government in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district. The incident took place at Station Ghanpur in ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Kendrapada (Orissa), July 23 (IANS) A debt-ridden farmer has committed suicide after he failed to repay a loan of Rs.40,000 to private moneylenders because his crops were damaged by last month's flood ...
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July 22nd, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointment of Pramod Kumar Rastogi as Secretary in the MInistry of Steel. Mr. Rastogi, an Indian ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, July 17 (IANS) The first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka Thursday announced free power for 1.5 million irrigation pumpsets (IP) and a host of sops to farmers across the ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Although the government is expecting bumper rice harvest this year due to good monsoon, it has no plan to relax ban on rice exports, Agriculture Minister Sharad ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, July 16 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader and central minister Ramvilas Paswan has given a vote of confidence to the Congress-led government saying it was sure to win the trust ...
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July 13th, 2008 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
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London , July 13 (ANI): Scientists are using a device dubbed the ''Super Sucker'' to suck up seaweed from reefs, resulting in cleaner and thriving reefs.
Around the globe, the explosive growth ...
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July 12th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 12 (ANI): Scientists are using a device dubbed the Super Sucker to suck up seaweed from reefs, resulting in cleaner and thriving reefs.
Around the globe, the explosive growth of ...
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July 10th, 2008 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) Representatives of plastic industry Thursday met V.S. Sampath, principal secretary in the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, to discuss the soaring prices of raw materials. "We met to ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) With the south-west monsoon predicted to be normal, the agriculture sector growth is expected to be more this fiscal (2008-09) than the previous one (2007-08) at 4.5 percent, ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India's food grain production at 230.67 million tonnes in 2007-08 will help in moderating food prices, a senior government official said Wednesday. "There has been only 5 ...
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July 7th, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) chairman Ashok Kumar was Monday appointed secretary in the newly-created Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) under the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers. Kumar, ...
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July 4th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, July 4 (IANS) Researches have devised an inexpensive test to verify whether vegetables have been grown organically or with the help of synthetic fertilisers. A requirement in growing organic vegetables is ...
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July 3rd, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, July 3 (IANS) Promoters of the city-based Murugappa Group have increased their stake in their flagship company, the Rs.17.62-billion Tube Investments of India Ltd (TI), to a controlling 51.64 percent. The ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, July 2 (IANS) Tamil Nadu government Wednesday signed a number of agreements with ship building and power companies for setting up projects worth over Rs.70 billion ($1.6 billion) in the state. ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, June 26 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers (DOF) relating to the concession scheme on de-controlled Phosphatic and ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by ANI
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Armoor (Andhra Pradesh), June 17 (ANI): Farmers of Armoor town in Andhra Pradesh called a shut down today against the police firing and disrupted normal life.
Police in the area had opened ...
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June 16th, 2008 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, June 15 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Sunday ordered a judicial probe into police firing on agitating farmers at Haveri June 10, in which a farmer was killed and four ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, June 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday ordered the state police not to open fire at agitating farmers, whatever be the provocation. The directive came a day after one ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, June 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday ordered the state police not to open fire at agitating farmers, whatever be the provocation. The directive came a day after one ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The tea trade in Darjeeling Hills and Dooars was severely hit Tuesday with the collapse of the transport network due to an indefinite shutdown called by the Gorkha ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, June 10 (IANS) One man was killed and three were injured when police fired on a group of farmers agitating against fertiliser shortage in Haveri district of Karnataka Tuesday. The victim ...
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June 9th, 2008 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Former Union Human Resource Development Minister and senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi says India is on the brink of famine on account of an ...
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