Maryland netted $60 mn deals with India
December 13th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) A six-day trade mission to India netted a total of $60 million in new business deals for Maryland and deals worth millions more are in the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh assures firm action against Indian insurgents
December 13th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 12 (IANS) Bangladesh's border guards Monday assured firm action against insurgents from India's northeastern states taking shelter in that country, an Indian officer said.The commitment was made at ... Read more...
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Over two lakh poor women workers to get stoves, lanterns
November 19th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The International Finance Corp (IFC) will provide energy-efficient cooking stoves and solar lanterns to over two lakh women in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
A member of ... Read more...
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Fortis announces two new hospitals in Hyderabad, Agra
November 17th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) Fortis Healthcare (India) Thursday announced the launch of two hospitals in Hyderabad and Agra, thus increasing its India network to 68 hospitals.The hospital in Hyderabad with ... Read more...
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Nobbs’ fears about World Series Hockey unfounded: Baskaran
November 10th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Former India hockey captain Vasudevan Baskaran feels that national chief coach Michael Nobbs' fear about the World Series Hockey (WSH) hampering the team's preparations for ... Read more...
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Indian innovation in education gets noticed in Qatar
November 2nd, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Doha, Nov 2 (IANS) Two unusual and innovative educational projects from India are among a list of "16 pioneers around the world" selected by a new book on the subject ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa’s cup of woes
October 31st, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 31 (IANS) Another dubious distinction piles on former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested in two corruption cases. He will be the first former chief minister of ... Read more...
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Two held with pangolin skin worth Rs.9 mn
October 22nd, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Oct 22 (IANS) Two people were arrested here with 144 kg of pangolin skin worth Rs.87 lakh that was being smuggled to China via Myanmar, custom officials said ... Read more...
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Omar says politicians exploiting Kashmiri youth
October 18th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday blamed both the mainstream and the separatist politicians for exploiting the local youth for political ends.Addressing the 'Kashmir ... Read more...
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Chill freezes Himachal’s hydropower generation
October 14th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 14 (IANS) The setting in of chill and freezing of glaciers and water bodies in the higher reaches have dipped Himachal Pradesh's hydropower generation, affecting electricity supplies ... Read more...
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Starving hens now an offence in Madhya Pradesh
October 14th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 14 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government Friday banned starvation-forced molting of hens which deprives egg-laying hens of food.Starvation-forced molting is practised in egg production facilities throughout India in ... Read more...
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HIV project saved 100,000 in India from infection: Study
October 11th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) An estimated 100,000 people in India may have been lucky in escaping HIV infection due to a project that targeted high-risk groups in six states, according ... Read more...
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Thane factory fire toll is four
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Thane, Sep 22 (IANS) Four workers were charred to death and 14 injured Thursday in a major fire which engulfed a cloth factory in Dombivali town in this Maharashtra district.
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Indian states’ finance ministers conclude Europe tour
September 17th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Sep 17 (IANS) A delegation of state finance ministers from India concluded a ten-day tour of Europe Friday after studying the implementation of the VAT system in ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers held in Uttar Pradesh
September 9th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Two drug peddlers working for a Nepal-based racket involved in supplying narcotics to various Indian states have been arrested with cannabis worth around Rs.20 lakh ... Read more...
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Exports to India can be doubled: Bangladesh
September 7th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) Exports to India can be doubled if "non-tariff barriers are resolved", said a Bangladeshi minister Wednesday, as 46 textile items of the neighbouring country have ... Read more...
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`Manmohan’s trip to be turning point in Delhi-Dhaka ties’
September 5th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day trip to Bangladesh is a historic visit and has "all the potentials of becoming a major turning point in ... Read more...
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Tripura hopes for solution to river disputes with Bangladesh
September 4th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Sabroom (Tripura), Sep 4 (IANS) Indian villages by the Feni river, which serves as a natural border with Bangladesh in southern Tripura, are desperately hoping that the eight-decade-old dispute ... Read more...
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Student entrepreneur for global award to be chosen in Coimbatore
August 31st, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Coimbatore will host a national level competition Thursday, in which 30 undergradutates from nine Indian states will showcase their businesses for a place in the Global ... Read more...
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Messi mania draws sports lovers, Bollywood stars, tycoons
August 22nd, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) Kolkata - the soccer mad hub of cricket crazy India - is gearing up to receive superstar footballer Lionel Messi for Argentina's FIFA official friendly ... Read more...
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Docu-drama on Guru Gobind Singh is bridge between religions: Director
August 22nd, 2011 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Thakur Ranvir Singh, who is proud about making the first docu-drama on the10th Sikh guru, says he travelled to eight Indian states and visited ... Read more...
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‘Aarakshan’ sees different aarakshan in Nepal
August 14th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IANS) While Bollywood director Prakash Jha's new film "Aarakshan", based on India's system of seat reservations for the disadvantaged Dalit community in educational institutions, has triggered controversy ... Read more...
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Working on leads on fake varsities: US official
August 11th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) The US government has leads on fake universities in the country and is working on the issue, a US official said here Thursday."The government is concerned ... Read more...
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NRI businessman offers rural students scholarships
August 5th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 5 (IANS) An Oman-based Keralite businessman will offer scholarship for rural students from across the country to do a post-graduate course in management at the Asian School of ... Read more...
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Health officials from 16 states discuss leprosy
August 5th, 2011 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Health secretaries of the central government and 16 Indian states with highest leprosy cases in a bid to address the menace, a statement said Thursday."The ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu plans new industrial, land takeover policies
August 4th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Thursday decided to come out with new industrial and land acquisition policies to attract investment.The state, which is ranked seventh among Indian states in ... Read more...
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Mizoram lawmakers’ pay hike causes heartburns in Tripura
August 1st, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Aizawl/Agartala, Aug 1 (IANS) Tripura legislators have another reason to demand a pay hike. A new law in neighbouring Congress-ruled Mizoram has jacked up lawmakers' monthly salary to Rs.75,000, as ... Read more...
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‘Most orphans in three states’
July 26th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Three Indian states -- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh -- have the highest number of orphaned and abandoned children in India, according to a ... Read more...
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Gadkari questioned on British aid to India
July 21st, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) "Why should poor Britain continue its economic aid to rich India", Lord Meghnad Desai, Indian-born British economist and Labour politician, asked of visiting Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Assam, Tripura awarded for record food production
July 17th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 17 (IANS) Assam and Tripura are the two northeastern states among the 10 Indian states receiving national awards for record foodgrain production, an official said here Sunday."Assam ... Read more...
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Inequalities among states affect human development: Study
July 15th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Wide inequalities among states affect human development outcomes in India which is ranked 119 out of 169 countries, according to a study released Friday by ... Read more...
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North India’s population growth rising steeply: NGO
July 11th, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) India's four largest so-called BIMARU states -- Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh -- have been showing a steep rise in population despite effective methods ... Read more...
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India presses Bangladesh for transit to northeast
July 8th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 8 (IANS) India Friday pressed Bangladesh for transit rights to its landlocked northeastern states and assured that Dhaka has nothing to fear from this step as it ... Read more...
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In two decades, Bihar could have full literacy
July 8th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 8 (IANS) Bihar's literacy rate may be the lowest in the country at 63.8 percent, but it could achieve total literacy in about two decades like the rest ... Read more...
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Indian microfinance not sustainable: Bangladeshi practitioners
June 30th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) India's microfinance model is not sustainable due to its overdependence on the government, the huge subsidy given by the state and the lack of a regulatory ... Read more...
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