October 22nd, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) The West Bengal government Wednesday said it will stick to its task of industrialisation and employment generation in Singur, where auto major Tata Motors abandoned its Nano small ...
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September 20th, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by ANI
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Kolkata, Sept 20 (ANI): Despite global economic recession, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee feel India is going to emerge as a major economic player, as he said a balanced policy would ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) Auto major Tata Motors in a statement Sunday said it appreciated the West Bengal government's initiative for people whose land was acquired for its Nano small car project ...
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September 13th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 13 (IANS) A fresh round of political battles has broken out over the land dispute that has stopped work at global automobiles major Tata Motors' project site at Singur in ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Sep 12 (IANS) The opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) Friday accused the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government of wasting government funds on the pretext of providing relief to flood victims."All claims ...
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September 3rd, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) With West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi playing the mediator, the state's ruling Left Front government and the opposition Trinamool Congress-led Krishijami Jiban Jibika Raksha Committee (KJJRC) will ...
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September 1st, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) In an apparent climbdown, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said Monday evening her party wants work to resume at the Tata Motors' Nano plant at Singur, but after ...
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August 19th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday told industry representatives here that the 400 acres of farmlands acquired for the Tata Motors small car factory project in Singur had ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) Leading industry associations here Wednesday reacted strongly to frequent political disturbances in the state, saying these were delaying mega projects. "The frequent and recently intensified disturbances are not ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 30 (ANI): Scientists have determined that acidification of the sea is the biggest threat to marine animal life, hampering their reproduction.
By absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and from ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
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Beijing, July 17 (DPA) China's leaders decided in early July to go all out to develop genetically modified organisms (GMOs), prompted by rising prices and concerns that the nation of 1.3 ...
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July 14th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): India lags behind 40 other countries in industrial competitiveness, faring poorer than Thailand, Malta and Malaysia, a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation report said.
In an ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
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By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, July 8 (IANS) Kerala would rather emulate Tamil Nadu than Karnataka, considered the cradle of India's information technology (IT) industry with its own Silicon Valley in Bangalore, to attract ...
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June 14th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Singur (West Bengal), June 14 (IANS) Threatening to renew the agitation against the Tata Motors factory here, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday asked the West Bengal government to return the land ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): Activists of the environmental group, Greenpeace, today staged a demonstration in New Delhi urging the Indian Government to come up with a strong climate action plan ...
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May 24th, 2008 - 9:46 am ICT by admin
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By Amulya Ganguli
In addition to the Left's across-the-board setbacks in the West Bengal panchayat elections, the significance of the outcome is that the comrades have been hit where it hurts the ...
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May 21st, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) With its hold slipping in four West Bengal districts, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday blamed its defeat in the elections to the state's local self-government bodies ...
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May 21st, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front suffered an erosion of its rural base though it managed to retain its domination in 13 of the state's 17 districts in results ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
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Singur (West Bengal), May 13 (ANI): Heavy security has been deployed in the industrial hub of Singur in West Bengal ahead of village council polls on May 14.
The results of the ...
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April 26th, 2008 - 2:00 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 26 (IANS) Global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the primary driver of climate change, increased by 0.6 percent or 19 billion tonnes last year. Additionally methane rose by 27 million ...
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April 24th, 2008 - 5:15 pm ICT by admin
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London, April 24 (ANI): China has just 12 days of coal reserves left at most of its power stations, after the end of a cold and stormy winter.
According to a report ...
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April 23rd, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin
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By Shubha Singh
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Women ambassadors are not an unusual sight in the Indian capital; there are normally about half a dozen women envoys based here at any given ...
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April 22nd, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by admin
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Bokaro (Jharkhand), April 22 (IANS) Voicing concern over rising steel prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said "necessary steps" would be taken to check the trend as he laid the foundation stone ...
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April 22nd, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by admin
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Bokaro, April 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday voiced concern over rising steel prices after laying the foundation stone of a Rs.110-billion expansion and modernisation project of the Bokaro Steel Plant. ...
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April 3rd, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Sierra Club, the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organisation in the US, has announced a new Rs.4 million ($100,000) Green Energy and Green Livelihoods Achievement Award to honour ...
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April 1st, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The government Tuesday announced an allocation of Rs.5.41 billion for developing industries in northeastern India. Industrialisation in the region, comprising seven states, was so far being implemented ...
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March 30th, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, Mar 29 (ANI): On the final day of his five-day tour of Karnataka, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said that he was sensitive towards poverty, saying that to fully understand ...
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March 29th, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by admin
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By K G Vasuki
Bangalore, Mar 29 (ANI): On the final day of his five-day tour of Karnataka, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said that he was sensitive towards poverty, saying that ...
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February 25th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Monday said the government was committed to improving air connectivity in the northeast by upgrading 18 airports, with green field airports in Assam and ...
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February 19th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (Rakia) and its subsidiary RAK Minerals and Metals Investments (RMMI) said Tuesday that they will develop industrial and ...
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