‘TIL factories to create 2,000 jobs in Bengal city’
November 18th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kharagpur, Nov 18 (IANS) West Bengal Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee Friday said TIL Ltd's port and construction equipment factory and the upcoming crane and reach- stacker factory here would generate ... Read more...
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Delhi to increase loan amount for minorities, Dalits
November 16th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Delhi government Tuesday decided to raise, from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.5 lakh, the loan amount for self-employment of people belonging to minorities, Scheduled Castes ... Read more...
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Begumpuri mosque to serve as new conservation model: Selja
November 11th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The National Monument Authority, the apex conservation body, is mapping a 14th century Begumpuri mosque here to develop a new conservation model for preservation ... Read more...
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Sonia hits out at Team Anna, commits Lokpal (Roundup)
November 9th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chamoli (Uttarakhand)/New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday hit out at Team Anna and said the party and the UPA government were committed to a strong ... Read more...
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Sonia gets fever, cancels Uttarakhand rally
November 9th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi's rally in Uttarakhand, her first since she came back from a surgery abroad, was cancelled after she got fever, a ... Read more...
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CPI-M mocks Mamata’s industrial revolution remark
November 1st, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday mocked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's promise of ushering in an "industrial revolution" and said projects announced ... Read more...
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Bangalore Metro rolls from Thursday
October 19th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 19 (IANS) The Namma Metro service in India's tech hub will chug from Thursday evening, with the decks cleared for commercial operations of the project that has been ... Read more...
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Pakistan launches 4,500 MW dam project
October 19th, 2011 - 4:28 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a 4,500 MW hydro-electric dam project in the country's picturesque Gilgit-Baltistan region.The Diamir-Bhasha ... Read more...
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Small investors entitled for Kannur airport equity
October 17th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (IANS) Small investors can apply for equity in Kerala's newest international airport at Kannur which will be ready by 2013, a minister said Monday."The board of directors ... Read more...
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Mamata begins tour to Maoist-hit West Midnapore
October 14th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Over 500 security personnel comprising crack commandos and anti-terrorist personnel were at hand as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began a two-day visit to ... Read more...
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First Catholic school in Valley after 1947 coming up
October 4th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 4 (IANS) Ambassador of the Vatican to India, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the first Catholic mission school to come up in the Kashmir ... Read more...
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Work on Smart City Kochi to start Saturday
October 4th, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 4 (IANS) Work on the long delayed Kochi Smart City IT project would begin later this week, IT Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty said in the Kerala Assembly Tuesday.The IT ... Read more...
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Work on long-delayed Palakkad coach factory to start Oct 22
September 19th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 19 (IANS) The long-delayed Palakkad Coach factory, cleared by the rail ministry a few years ago, is finally going to materialise with the foundation stone to be laid ... Read more...
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NSG gets land outside Kolkata for eastern hub
September 17th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) The elite National Security Guard (NSG) has finally got its long-awaited land at Badu in Madhyamgram near Kolkata for setting up its eastern regional hub.Over ... Read more...
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Kerala’s stranded mega projects set to revive
September 11th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 11 (IANS) Two stranded mega projects -- the Rs. 5,348-crore Vizhinjam Port and the Rs. 1,200-crore Kannur international airport -- appear to be on the roll again ... Read more...
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Zardari returns after China visit
September 3rd, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 3 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Pakistan after a three-day visit to Urumqi in Xingiang province of China and Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.Zardari attended ... Read more...
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President’s chopper develops snag in Kerala
August 31st, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), Aug 31 (IANS) The pilot of President Pratibha Patil's helicopter aborted takeoff at the Ashraman ground here Wednesday after he detected "a technical snag", police said. Patil ... Read more...
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India plans more integrated checkposts along Bangladesh border
August 27th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangaon, Aug 27 (IANS) India plans to build 13 more integrated border checkposts of the kind whose foundation stone Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram laid Saturday at Petrapole in ... Read more...
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Jharkhand to construct flats for displaced people
August 26th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 25 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Thursday laid the foundation stone in Ranchi to construct 856 flats for those poor people who were displaced during a demolition ... Read more...
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Third Delhi Haat to come up in Janakpuri
August 24th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the third Dilli Haat or village craftsmen's mart in the Janakpuri locality in the ... Read more...
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Don’t pay money to anyone misusing party’s name: Mamata
August 21st, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday asked industrialists not to concede the demand for money being made by some people by misusing the name ... Read more...
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Work on Smart City to begin next month: Chandy
August 21st, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) Work on the much-delayed Kochi Smart City IT project will begin September-end, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Sunday.Speaking to IANS, Chandy said that he has ... Read more...
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Mamata’s bluff as railway minister called: CPI-M
August 21st, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of misleading the masses by making false promises during her stint ... Read more...
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AIIMS patients to have online access to treatment history
August 16th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Soon patients at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here will have online access to all information on their treatment and care.This information ... Read more...
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Need to stop doctors migrating abroad: Azad
August 14th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Expressing concern over doctors migrating to foreign countries, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday said the 'poaching' needs to be stopped.Speaking after laying the ... Read more...
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Mamata to lay foundation stone of new film city
August 7th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Eastern India's biggest film city is all set to come up on a 350-acre plot in Hooghly's Uttarpara, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Memorial to Guru Tegh Bahadur unveiled in Delhi
July 30th, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Constructed over an area of 11.87 acres, the aesthetic and grand Guru Tegh Bahadur Memorial, dedicated to the ninth Sikh guru, was unveiled here ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi to inaugurate memorial to Sikh guru
July 28th, 2011 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will inaugurate a unique memorial to the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur, on the Delhi-Haryana border Friday. The ... Read more...
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Two killed in Manali cloudburst, five missing (Lead)
July 21st, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, July 21 (IANS) Two labourers were killed and 22 were injured after a cloudburst near this Himachal Pradesh town, an official said here Thursday. Five labourers are still ... Read more...
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Mamata announces projects for north Bengal
July 19th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, July 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday launched a host of projects for north Bengal and slammed the main opposition Left Front for trying to ... Read more...
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Amartya Sen Research Centre’s foundation laid
July 15th, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) The foundation stone of the Amartya Sen Research Centre of Pratichi Institute set up by the nobel laureate was Thursday laid in his presence by five ... Read more...
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Karnataka to have five new bio-tech parks
July 11th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 11 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday said five bio-tech parks will be set up in the state, including one worth Rs.500 crore in capital Bangalore.Similar facilities ... Read more...
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Tanzania launches UAE-funded highway project
July 7th, 2011 - 2:01 am ICT by IANS
Dar es Salaam, July 6 (IANS/WAM) A foundation stone for the UAE-funded 130-km highway project in Tanzania was laid by President Jakaya Kikwete and UAE Ambassador to the country Mallalla ... Read more...
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Chatterjee Group plans Rs.4,000 crore investment in Bengal
July 6th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The Chatterjee Group (TCG) chairman Purnendu Chatterjee Wednesday said the group will soon set up an Information Technology (IT) infrastructure project in the city and ... Read more...
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ITBP referral hospital to benefit lakhs of paramilitary personnel
July 6th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, July 6 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday laid the foundation stone of an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) referral hospital here which will cater to the ... Read more...
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