Vedanta against bauxite export
September 3rd, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 (IANS) Vedanta group, India's largest aluminium maker, has asked the central government to discourage export of bauxite from the country as the domestic aluminium industry is struggling ... Read more...
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Former Sri Lankan cricketer slams premier league critics
August 31st, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) Former leading Sri Lankan cricketer and cricket selector Aravinda De Silva Friday slammed critics of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament, insisting that ... Read more...
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Regling to deliver first IISS Oberoi Lecture
August 15th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) Klaus Regling, CEO of European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), will deliver the First IISS Oberoi Lecture here Aug 21 on "The Euro and the Future of ... Read more...
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100 Indian firms take part in Sri Lanka trade fair
July 24th, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 24 (IANS) Over a hundred Indian companies are expected in Sri Lanka next week for what has been billed as the largest trade fair ever between the two ... Read more...
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Vedanta sells 3,000 tonnes aluminium at premium
June 20th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta group, India's largest aluminium producer, Wednesday said it has sold 3,000 tonnes of aluminium to an Asian buyer at $220 per tonne premium ... Read more...
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Tight security planned for Hazare’s fast Sunday
December 10th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) A day before Anna Hazare's day-long fast, Delhi Police said they planned to beef up security at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi Sunday.Hazare and ... Read more...
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A factsheet on the Tata Group
November 24th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) A factsheet on the Tata Group, India's largest private sector business conglomerate, which Wednesday evening named Cyrus Mistry to succeed Ratan Tata as its next ... Read more...
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Row over housing quota allotments in Odisha
November 14th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 14 (IANS) The allotment of houses and land to individuals for the past several decades under the state's discretionary quota has sparked off a major row in Odisha, ... Read more...
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Magsaysay winner Neelima Mishra granted US visa
October 3rd, 2011 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Four days after rejecting her application, the US consulate here Monday granted a US visa to Neelima Mishra, one of this year's Magsaysay Award winners, her ... Read more...
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Davis Cup: Somdev happy with weather and courts
September 15th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 15 (IANS) India's No.1 Somdev Devvarman is happy with the hot conditions here for their Davis Cup World Group play-off against Japan, beginning Friday, and expect the ... Read more...
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PM misled nation on nuclear technology: CPI-M
August 11th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of misleading the nation on clean waiver for import of enrichment and ... Read more...
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Hazare takes a dig at PM, Sibal (Lead)
August 6th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Jalgaon, Aug 6 (IANS) Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, reformer Anna Hazare Saturday said their "foreign education" was ... Read more...
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Free two activists held in Assam: Team Anna
June 26th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Reformer Anna Hazare's civil society group India Against Corruption (IAC) Sunday demanded the release of two Right to Information (RTI) activists arrested in Assam and ... Read more...
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Pakistan must now act against Mumbai attackers: India
May 24th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) With David Coleman Headley, a key plotter of the 2008 Mumbai mayhem unravelling a close alliance between Pakistan's spy agency and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ... Read more...
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Meetings to raise public awareness on Lokpal Bill in Delhi
May 22nd, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) In a bid to increase public awareness on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, the volunteers of pressure group India Against Corruption (IAC) are holding several meetings ... Read more...
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Insurance industry to be worth $400 bn by 2020: Report
April 10th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) India's insurance industry will outpace economic growth and is likely to reach $350-400 billion in terms of premium income by 2020, making it among the ... Read more...
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All that jazz in Delhi!
April 6th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Summer will take off on a note of romance in the capital with a three-day international "Delhi Jazz Festival" starting Friday at the sprawling Nehru ... Read more...
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Poor infrastructure prime barrier for healthcare: Study
March 30th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Lack of proper infrastructure is the foremost barrier to healthcare access, a new study says.According to the study conducted by Pune-based DY Patil Medical College ... Read more...
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Chatwal ties with Wyndham for major hotel expansion in India
March 24th, 2011 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 24 (IANS) Noted Indian American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal plans to set up 50 new hotels in India in five years as part of a major expansion ... Read more...
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England keep suspense alive in Group B
March 18th, 2011 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) England continued to live dangerously for themselves and for three other teams as they beat the West Indies in another cliff-hanger and kept the lid firmly ... Read more...
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Indians train in Chennai ahead of West Indies game
March 16th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 16 (IANS) Seven players of the 15-member Indian World Cup squad opted for a training session at the IIT-Chemplast ground here Wednesday in preparation for Sunday's game against ... Read more...
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Govt. will engage with civil society in addressing concerns over corruption: PM
March 8th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has said that the government will engage with civil society in addressing concerns over corruption.A group of civil society activists ... Read more...
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Quintiles, Apollo launch clinical trials unit in Hyderabad
January 25th, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 24 (IANS) US-based Quintiles, a global provider of clinical trials, Monday opened a research facility here in partnership with Apollo Hospitals Group, India's top listed hospital chain.Quintiles Phase One Clinical ... Read more...
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Volkswagen Group India achieves impressive sales growth of 180.7 per cent in 2010
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Jan 22(ANI-Business Wire India): Volkswagen Group continued its success story in India with the company delivering its best sales figures in the Indian market since its entry.The Volkswagen Group, which ... Read more...
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New episodes of `Little Krishna’ animation series in Malaysia
January 1st, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 1 (IANS) Thirteen new episodes of "Little Krishna", the story about the Hindu deity depicted as an infant or a young boy playing a flute, have come to Malaysian ... Read more...
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Punj Lloyd secures contract for commercial buildings from HIRCO Group
December 28th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): Punj Lloyd Group, the diversified global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, has been awarded a civil contract for two commercial buildings within Hiranandani Palace Gardens, a ... Read more...
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Tarun Tahiliani launches his watch collection
December 6th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Ace couturier Tarun Tahiliani Monday launched a collection of watches in collaboration with Timex Group.The exclusive collection of jewelled watches is inspired by Indian women, says Tahiliani ... Read more...
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Mirah group acquires one-third stake in Mad over Donuts
November 24th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian restaurant chain Mirah group has acquired a 33.3 percent stake in Singapore-based donut chain Mad Over Donuts for an undisclosed amount.A unique donut concept, Mad over ... Read more...
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Heritage wing of Taj Mahal hotel reopens on Sunday in Mumbai
August 12th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by ANI
By Sanjiv ShuklaMumbai, Aug.12 (ANI): The heritage wing of Mumbai's iconic Taj Mahal Hotel will reopen this weekend since becoming a target during the Mumbai terror attack incident in 2008.On Thursday, ... Read more...
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DHL Lemuir Logistics to build warehouse investing $10 million
May 27th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 27 (IANS) Supply chain management and logistics solutions provider DHL Lemuir Logistics Pvt Ltd is investing $10 million in a warehouse facility in the Chennai Free Trade Zone, India's first ... Read more...
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French company helps Indian farmers get better yield
May 11th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) French hypermarket chain Carrefour Tuesday launched a programme on the outskirts of the city to train farmers to increase the yield of their crops it will eventually ... Read more...
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Our group will stride greater heights: Anil Ambani (Lead)
May 10th, 2010 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India's third-largest industrial empire, will traverse greater heights in the years to come, chairman Anil Ambani told his employees, thanking them ... Read more...
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Our group will stride greater heights: Anil Ambani
May 10th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India's third-largest industrial empire, will traverse greater heights in the years to come, chairman Anil Ambani told his million-strong employees, thanking ... Read more...
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India tamed by Australia in Super Eights (Lead)
May 8th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 7 (IANS) India surrendered meekly to Australia, and there was nothing to take heart from save Rohit Sharma's brilliant counterpunch, as they went down by 49 runs in ... Read more...
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Italian brand Diesel enters India with two stores
April 29th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) After months of buzz, Italian lifestyle brand Diesel has entered the Indian market with two stores stacked with apparels, accessories, footwear, fragrances and shades here.
"I have always admired ... Read more...
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