China can learn from India’s blackout, says daily
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) China can use the blackout in India to reflect on its own problems since it is also facing a developing bottleneck, said a state-run Chinese daily ... Read more...
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Over 38 percent of Himachal’s hydropower potential tapped
July 23rd, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 23 (IANS) Public and private sector companies have harnessed 8,824 MW of hydropower of the estimated potential of 23,000 MW in Himachal Pradesh, a government official said Monday.The ... Read more...
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Expedite Chinese power projects: Pakistan president
July 5th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has called for expediting the projects of electricity generation being undertaken in cooperation with China's Three Gorges Corporation, which operates the world's ... Read more...
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North India is power starved, yet Himachal’s excess goes abegging
June 22nd, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 22 (IANS) Despite severe cuts across north India, a staggering 50 percent of the excess power generated by the hill state of Himachal Pradesh goes abegging as poorly-managed ... Read more...
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Gogoi for harnessing hydropower in Assam
May 31st, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Assam government will soon constitute a global level expert committee to look into the various aspects of using Piano-key Weir technology to harness the ... Read more...
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Himachal taps 7,923 MW of hydropower
March 29th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 29 (IANS) More than 7,000 MW of power has been tapped by hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Thursday.Till date 7,923 MW ... Read more...
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Gogoi meets PM over river water issue
February 7th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) With the Arunachal Pradesh government opposing setting up of a board to tackle riparian issues, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi met Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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Himachal to open four restaurants with railways
January 16th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 16 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Monday entered into an agreement with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) for opening four restaurants in the state, an official ... Read more...
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Himalayan ecosystem vital to Indian landmass: Deshmukh
October 1st, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS)The Himalayan ecosystem is highly vulnerable to the stress caused by the increased pressure of population and exploitation of natural resources and it is important to ... Read more...
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Bhutan seeks Indian investment in IT, education, health
September 30th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 30 (IANS) Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley Friday sought Indian investment in education, health, tourism and IT sectors."Edcuation, health, tourism and IT services - in these sectors ... Read more...
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Himachal wants import duty on apples hiked
August 3rd, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Wednesday requested the central government to enhance import duty on apples and designate it a 'special product' to protect the domestic fruit industry.State ... Read more...
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Himachal seeks central help to promote apple
June 30th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 30 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Thursday asked a visiting parliamentary committee to help the state in improving infrastructure for smooth transportation and marketing of apples - the main fruit ... Read more...
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Arrest warrant issued against Himachal cop for graft
June 16th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 16 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh court Thursday issued arrest warrants for indian Police Service (IPS) officer K.K. Indoria, who is on the run after being suspended on ... Read more...
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India, Finland to expand cooperation in energy: Farooq Abdullah
February 4th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 4 (ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Friday met Environment Minister of Finland Paula Lehtomaki and stressed on potential cooperation between both countries in ... Read more...
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Bhutan PM moots talks with India, Bangladesh on energy
January 14th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 14 (IANS) Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley has mooted tri-nation talks between Bangladesh, Bhutan and India to meet Bangladesh's acute demand for electricity."Why three of us should not ... Read more...
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Juicy Kinnaur apples hit market
October 5th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 5 (IANS) Famous for its natural sweetness, colour and succulence, apples from Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district are selling well in markets in north India.Gian Singh Chandel, chairman of the apple ... Read more...
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Lao leadership looks forward to investments from Indian private sector: Patil
September 18th, 2010 - 9:17 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghOn board Air India One, Sep.18 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil said on Saturday that the Lao leadership has indicated that they look forward to investments from the Indian ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists intensify anti-dam protest
June 18th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 18 (IANS) Work on a controversial high dam by India and Nepal in collaboration continued under tight security in eastern Nepal even as the opposition Maoist party intensified its protests ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan commissioners on Indus water meet in Delhi
May 31st, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Members of India- Pakistan Permanent Indus Water Commission met here today to hold talks on a range of issues relating to Indus water.Pakistan has threatened to ... Read more...
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Two rescued from Himachal river after 12 hour ordeal
May 3rd, 2010 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 3 (IANS) Marooned for over 12 hours on boulders in the middle of a swollen river, two men in Himachal Pradesh were finally rescued Monday evening, police said.
Two employees of ... Read more...
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Locals, environmentalists oppose dam construction in Himachal Pradesh
April 28th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 28 (ANI): Locals and environmentalists have objected to the construction of proposed Renuka Dam in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur District, fearing severe ecological damage."The construction of Renuka Dam ... Read more...
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ADB loan for hydropower in Himachal Pradesh
March 14th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 14 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will soon get another tranche of a multimillion-dollar loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the construction of four hydropower generating plants in the northern ... Read more...
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Five Nepalis among six killed in landslide (Lead)
February 14th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 14 (IANS) Five Nepali labourers and an Indian girl were killed when boulders fell on their hutments in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh Sunday, police said. Two people are still ... Read more...
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Six people buried in Himachal landslide
February 14th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 14 (IANS) Six people, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed and 14 critically injured when boulders fell on their hutments in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district Sunday, police said.
"Six people died ... Read more...
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Himachal to raise industrial security force
February 7th, 2010 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will soon have its own industrial security force on the pattern of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said Sunday.
"The state has ... Read more...
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India- Bangladesh energy talks to begin today
November 18th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Bangladesh Power Secretary Abul Kalam Azad is visiting New Delhi on Wednesday to hold a preliminary round of energy cooperation talks ahead of Prime Minister Sheikh ... Read more...
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Dismantled Russian nuke bombs powering the US
November 10th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.10 (ANI): Dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones, provide about 10 percent of electricity in the United States.By comparison, hydropower generates about six percent and solar, biomass, wind and geothermal ... Read more...
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Zardari urges Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Pakistan
August 23rd, 2009 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Hangzhou (China), Aug 23 (Xinhua) Visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has urged Chinese entrepreneurs to set up business ventures in that country in a bid to boost foreign investment.
Zardari made the ... Read more...
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Gammon India to be issued show cause notice for Delhi metro mishap
July 28th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Tuesday said that the contractor of the Delhi Metro, Gammon India, would be served with a show cause notice ... Read more...
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Nepal PM to revisit China May 2: report
April 22nd, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal's first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, who kicked up a controversy last year when he chose to visit China before India, is scheduled to make ... Read more...
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Indian hydropower investors face fresh trouble in Nepal
April 16th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 16 (IANS) Two Indian companies that broke the ice in Nepal's highly politicised hydropower sector last year by bagging contracts to develop two separate projects that together would generate over ... Read more...
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Climate change may drain American Great Lakes in future
January 30th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): A new study has opened up the possibility that climate change may lead to the Great Lakes in the US getting all dried up in the future.The ... Read more...
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Jaypee Hydropower told to move power line in Himachal to save forest
January 14th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 14 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has asked hydropower major Jaypee Karacham Hydropower to relocate its transmission lines in the state to avoid felling of trees, Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said here ... Read more...
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Prachanda says India ready for review of 1950 treaty
September 16th, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept 16 (ANI): Nepals Prime Minister Prachanda today said that India was ready for review of Indo-Nepal 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty.
Talking to reporters here, Prachanda said, a joint ... Read more...
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Nepal PM seeks to meet Manmohan on SAARC sidelines
July 31st, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 31 (IANS) Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who is scheduled to attend the 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo this week amid uproar among the political parties, ... Read more...
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