May 16th, 2008 - 9:24 am ICT by admin
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New York, May 16 (IANS) Works by Indian artists totaled $1,748,500, exceeding expectations, in Sotheby's spring series of Contemporary Art sales in New York. The offering was highlighted by a work by Subodh Gupta, one of the most important contemporary artists to emerge from India in a generation, Saat Samunder ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by admin
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By Pinaki Das
Agartala, May 15 (ANI): Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has said that she would like to stay in Tripura when she returns to India if not allowed to stay in Kolkata, before the expiry of her Swedish visa in August.
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who will be on a two-day official visit to Bhutan, today said that India traditionally enjoyed a unique relationship with Bhutan.
It is a partnership rooted in close historical and cultural linkages between two friendly sovereign neighbours. Our relations ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by admin
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By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) They were planning a "different" kind of vacation when they chose India as a destination. And different it truly turned out for four British teenagers who landed in this tourist city a day after the terror bombings. The four boys, who are from Bistol, ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India Thursday decided to send 50 medical personnel, including paramedics, to the cyclone-hit Myanmar, a defence ministry official here said. Myanmar, which has been cautious about receiving international aid, has sought medical help from India.
"We are sending 50 medical personnel along with integral equipment, which ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The government Thursday decided to protect Indian agro products from foreign patenting through an amendment in the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act (APEDA). The amendment, approved during a meeting of the central cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will enable ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Reaffirming India's support to the Beijing Olympics, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that China will conduct the games in a successful manner and maintain high standards of Olympics.
He said that Olympics are going to take place in Beijing, which is ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The union government Thursday extended by two years the ban on the Sri Lankan terrorist outfit, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as an unlawful association. The notification to this effect was issued by the home ministry.
Officials in the ministry said the activities of ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by admin
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Patna, May 15 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to hold special 'janata darbar' (public meetings) for physically challenged people to enable them to put their grievances before officials and to get them redressed on the spot. "The government will hold janata darbar for disabled people to provide them an ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) A photograph of a boy in suspension moments before plunging into a pond has won photographer Anindya Majumdar $5,000 and a trip to the Beijing Olympics with his wife. Visa International, the official partner for Beijing Olympics, announced the winner from India of the international pre-Games ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Talking tough on the issue of terrorism, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today told his Russian and Chinese counterparts here that there can be no justification for any terrorist acts, and added that there should be zero tolerance towards this ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:42 am ICT by admin
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Amritsar, May 14 (IANS) The special narcotics cell of the Punjab Police Wednesday arrested two smugglers and recovered from their possession 10 kg of heroin worth Rs.100 million. Both smugglers, Puran Singh and Mohinder Singh, were nabbed near the bus-stand here following a tip-off. "They were standing there to deliver ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Sports management company Globosport has decided to shift India's showpiece women's tennis event WTA Sunfeast Open from Kolkata to Mumbai due to a clash of dates with Durga Puja. The fourth edition of $175,000 Sunfeast Open will now take place at the Cricket Club of India ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:17 pm ICT by admin
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Chennai, May 14 (IANS) The Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), a prominent Muslim outfit, Wednesday condemned the serial blasts in Jaipur and called for "stringent punishment" to the guilty. In a statement issued here, TMMK leader M.H. Jawahirullah said: "TMMK considers the perpetrators of this heinous crime as barbarians who ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by admin
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Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje Wednesday said the terror attacks that killed 63 people and injured over 200 would affect the tourism industry in the desert state. "The impact will be there. But we will be ensuring and taking all measures to minimise the impact," she ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): A short film from India Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke has been selected in the Short Film Corner section of Cannes Film Festival, 2008.
The film has been written and directed by Manoj Srivastava and jointly produced by him with Naresh Sain.
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May 14th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by admin
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Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) Pakistani troops Wednesday violated a 2003 ceasefire agreement and fired at Indian positions near the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between the two countries, a military spokesperson here said. Terming it the first breach of the bilateral ceasefire that came into effect ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 14 (IANS) Britain joined other countries in condemning the serial bombings in Jaipur that killed at least 63 people and expressed solidarity with India in the common fight against terrorism. "Bombings in Jaipur have shown again the horrific destruction which terrorism brings," British Foreign Minister David Miliband said ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 3:46 am ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 14 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strongly condemned the serial blasts in Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan, Tuesday evening that claimed more than 60 lives and extended its support to India in its fight against terrorism. "The UAE vehemently condemns the blasts ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:53 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Condemning the serial bombings that rocked Jaipur Tuesday evening, US Ambassador to India David C. Mulford said there was "no justification" for strikes on "innocent people". At least 60 people were killed in a string of bomb blasts that rocked Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by admin
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Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh), May 13 (ANI): The U.S President George Bushs controversial remarks pointing out Indian and Chinese middle classs improved diets has led to global food crisis and inflation and its clarification has failed to satisfy critics here. The latest to join them is popular Yoga guru Baba ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 9:45 pm ICT by admin
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Shillong, May 13 (ANI): Home Minister Shivraj Patil inaugurated the new administrative block of the Assam Rifles here on Tuesday.
He later addressed Assam Rifles personnel, telling them that his ministry would ensure the welfare of the paramilitary forces, including redressing anomalies in pay parities between the defence and ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Varun Shipping has announced a profit after tax (PAT) of $56.44 million (Rs.2.2 billion) during the fiscal year 2008 compared to $35.33 million for the previous year, recording a growth of 59.73 percent. The freight and charter hire income increased to $212.7 million for the year ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:08 am ICT by admin
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Chennai, May 12 (IANS) India's Bajaj Auto Ltd will set up a join venture (JV) with the Renault-Nissan alliance to produce and market small cars - but priced higher than Tata Nano, the companies announced Monday. While Bajaj Auto will hold 50 percent in the new entity, Renault and Nissan ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:36 am ICT by admin
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Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) India has made all arrangements for trade across the Line of Control (LoC) and a green signal from Pakistan is awaited, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday. "The road from Baramulla town to the Kaman post has been widened. Godowns and custom ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin
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Ipoh (Malaysia), May 12 (IANS) India shrugged off their poor penalty-corner strike rate to convert four out of four and registered a 6-4 victory against Belgium in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament here Monday. India have now six points from four matches with two victories and two defeats. India lost ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, May 12 (ANI): Seven men including a Malaysian policeman allegedly beat up and robbed an Indian national, Ayyavu Gannapandhithan, of 2,545 Ringgit, a hand phone and a digital camera in an alley near the Masjid Jamek Light Rail Transit station here.
City CID chief Ku Chin Wah confirmed ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The annual rise in India's industrial production was 8.1 percent in fiscal 2007-08, compared to an 11.6 percent in 2006-07, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) announced here Monday. The CSO data also showed that the monthly rise in industrial production in March 2008 was only ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 10:02 am ICT by admin
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By Jeevan Mathew Kurian
Kalpetta (Kerala), May 12 (IANS) Transparency is the name of the game. The names of job seekers, the wages they are paid and many other details of employment under the government's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) will soon be made available online in a Kerala ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by admin
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Pokhran (Rajasthan), May 11 (IANS) In 1998, the small town of Pokhran had been the centre of India's jingoistic celebrations after India detonated a nuclear device here. Ten years on, the town of around 20,000 people remains quiet, with no official or private ceremonies to mark the event. "We would ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 11 (ANI): Hindu groups have contacted Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting of India, urging them not to screen upcoming Hollywood movie The Love Guru till its presenter Paramount Pictures makes necessary changes in it.
Bhavna Shinde, representing Hindu Janjagruti Samiti ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The All-India Jamiatul Quresh (AIJQ), a Muslim community mainly engaged in the dairy, meat and leather industry, will organise a nationwide rally here Sunday to address problems faced by its members. AIJQ president Sirajuddin Qureshi will preside over the rally at the Ram Lila grounds. ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 10 (ANI): Dimitri Mascarenhas has tipped both Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen to become IPL million-dollar men.
Bowled over by the worlds richest cricket competition, Mascarenhas has urged his English team mates to join him next year.
The Rajasthan Royals all-rounder believes stars Freddie and KP would ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India will send 32 more tonnes of relief material Saturday to Myanmar where a devastating cyclone has killed at least 24,000 people, it was announced Friday. An IL-76 Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft will fly out of New Delhi for Yangon, an official said.
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May 9th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 9 (IANS) Citing the example of consensus which has kept economic reforms on rails in India, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has said a "broad political consensus" was also necessary to conclude the civilian nuclear deal with the US. "Some people are taking more time to ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Indian football team will play two friendlies with Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) in preparation for the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup next month at Maldives and Sri Lanka. The first match will be at Margao in Goa, May 24 while the second will be ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 9 (IANS) Bharti Airtel and 15 other leaders of the global telecommunications industry have signed a deal to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fibre undersea cable system from Britain to India. The 700 million-pound Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable system is expected to "significantly enhance capacity and diversity" ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India's challenge ended in the Rome Masters tennis tournament as both Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, playing with their respective partners, failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the doubles event. Both the pairs lost in similar fashion, squandering a set lead before going down ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Denmark for cooperation in the field of Clean Development Mechanism Projects.
This agreement would provide an institutional mechanism between India and Denmark for the promotion of Kyoto ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai May 9 (IANS) India's leading cement manufacturing firm Associated Cement Companies (ACC) has decided to freeze prices for the next two to three months. The Mumbai-headquartered firm said Friday that the move comes following the central government's concern over the spiralling rise in cement prices across the country.
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India fast bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji is back after a stress fracture kept him out of the game for two years. The 26-year-old from Chennai turned out for his city franchise Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and bowled decently for his two for 35 ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:34 pm ICT by admin
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London , May 9 (ANI): Nagaraja Kumar Nalluri who was charged with the murder of Samrajyo Jyothirmai Vempala, a student of Wolverhampton University , will be produced in the Birmingham Magistrate Court today.
The suspect Nagaraja Kumar Nalluri, also an Indian student, was found seriously injured in the same ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 9:45 am ICT by admin
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By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) "Taare Zameen Par" (TZP) writer Amol Gupte has moved on from painting and Aamir Khan to do a film on roller-skating and wants Salman Khan to play the lead. "TZP was just a small part of the work that I do with children. ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:35 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The government has banned futures trading in four commodities to tame inflation, but a member of an official expert panel has questioned the move, saying it would only hurt farmers. The finance ministry late We
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