Paraguay seeks Indian investment
December 1st, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Paraguay is open to Indian investors in the fields of agriculture, cement production, mining and hospitality, an envoy of the country said Wednesday."Paraguay is open to ... Read more...
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Delays in Russian spares force India to go shopping worldwide
April 27th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Signalling its impatience over delays in Russian after-sales- support for military equipment, India has for the first time gone shopping worldwide for spares for its ... Read more...
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Reliance, Tata eyeing hydro projects in Himachal
January 25th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 25 (IANS) Corporate giants like Reliance Power, Tata Power-SN Power joint venture, Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Essar Power, ABG Shipyard and GMR Infrastructure have shown keen interest in hydropower projects ... Read more...
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Hyderabad Metro Rail to be completed in five years
February 19th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) The Hyderabad Metro Rail project will be awarded to a new developer in May this year and will be completed in five years, the Andhra Pradesh government ... Read more...
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Free for all in Karnataka BJP, government (Letter from Bangalore)
November 15th, 2009 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) It's free for all in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the state government even though it just about survived a dissident assault to ... Read more...
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Dhaka to survey Bay of Bengal to fix maritime boundary
October 21st, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 21 (IANS) Bangladesh has decided to conduct a seismic survey in the Bay of Bengal to gather data for delineating its maritime boundaries with India and Myanmar.
Dhaka needs the ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh allows electricity board to buy coal abroad
October 21st, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 21 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has given a green signal to the state electricity board to import coal from other countries for meeting the increasing demand of power ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh floats global tender for anti-hail guns
September 7th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 7 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has floated global tenders to buy anti-hail guns to protect fruit crops from hailstorms, according to state Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta.
"We have floated global ... Read more...
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Nine firms in race for lifting coal from abandoned mines
July 28th, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Nine private players are in the race for extracting coal from 18 abandoned underground mines belonging to three subsidiaries of the state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), according to ... Read more...
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Fresh global bids invited for Hyderabad Metro
July 17th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 17 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has invited fresh global bids for the Rs.121-billion ($2.4-billion) Hyderabad Metro Rail project in a public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
The notification issued late Thursday ... Read more...
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Himachal to buy anti-hail guns for crop protection
June 6th, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is floating global tenders for purchase of anti-hail guns to protect the fruit crop from hailstorms that are common in the state, an official said Saturday.
"We ... Read more...
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India signs another defence deal with Israel - minus offset clause
April 6th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Close on the heels of a $2 billion missile deal with the Israeli Aerospace Industry (IAI), India has signed yet another deal with an Israeli defence company ... Read more...
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India to run bullet trains, says Lalu (Lead)
January 19th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Fresh from a ride on a Japanese bullet train, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Monday announced that India would soon have similar high-speed trains on select routes."The day ... Read more...
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India will run super-fast bullet trains
January 19th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Enthused by an exhilarating ride on a Japanese high-speed train last week during his visit to Japan, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Monday said India would soon have ... Read more...
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Lalu Prasad wants Japanese style high-speed trains for India
January 17th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, Jan 17 (IANS) Flush from his exhilarating ride on a Japanese high-speed train, Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad said Saturday that he plans to introduce bullet trains to link major metropolitan ... Read more...
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Lalu Prasad has a date with Japan’s Bullet Train
January 13th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is on a seven-day visit to Japan, Tuesday took a ride on the Bullet Train in Tokyo to get a first ... Read more...
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CBI gives clean chit to Arun Nehru in gun purchase scam
January 8th, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has given a clean chit to former central minister Arun Nehru, who had been charged with misusing his official position in ... Read more...
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Mamata wants global tenders for Singur’s abandoned land
November 15th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Singur, Nov 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday demanded global tenders for setting up industry at the abandoned land of Tata Motors's Nano plant site in West Bengal."Global tenders should ... Read more...
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Iran to build six more nuclear power plants
August 20th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 20 (IANS) Iran plans to build six more nuclear power plants, besides the one in the southern port of Bushehr, official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. Deputy chief of ... Read more...
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Himachal serves notice to Brakel on power project deal
July 25th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, July 25 (IANS) After dilly dallying for more than a fortnight, the Himachal Pradesh government has finally served show-cause notice to Brakel Corp NV of Netherlands asking why a ... Read more...
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Indian Navy to buy 37 anti-submarine helicopters
July 24th, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, July 24 (ANI): The Indian Navy is all set to strengthen its air fleet by acquiring 26 Sea King anti-submarine and troop carrying helicopters and 11 ... Read more...
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Progress made in technology transfer for Scorpene subs: Navy
July 16th, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Issues relating the transfer of technology (TOT) for the French Scorpene submarines that are being built in this country under licence are likely to be resolved soon. ... Read more...
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India’s wheat production record high at 78 million tonnes
June 19th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India's wheat production has touched a record high of 78 million tonnes for 2007-08 against the third advanced estimate of 76.78 million tonnes. "The wheat production for ... Read more...
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Kashmir to have three power projects in four years
May 1st, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by admin
Jammu, May 1 (IANS) The National Hydel Power Corporation (NHPC) and Jammu and Kashmir's Power Development Corporation (PDC) have drawn up an ambitious plan to build three projects by 2012 in the ... Read more...
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Railways plan high-speed passenger train corridors
March 14th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) After high-speed dedicated freight corridors, the Indian Railways have come up with a proposal to have high-speed passenger train corridors. "The railways have decided to develop five ... Read more...
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Punjab govt announces Rs.250-crore Master Plan for Amritsar
November 14th, 2007 - 2:33 am ICT by admin
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