November 6th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): A delegation led by Australian Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism Martin Ferguson called on Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dinsha Patel here ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Oct 30 (Xinhua) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend Bangladesh $87 million to improve basic services and infrastructure in small and medium-size towns of the country.Some 3.8 million people are ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 11:42 pm ICT by
Margie Burns
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The problems—and worse than mere problems—endemic to our system of voting constitute junk. They are a junky, low-quality slovenliness of thought and action closely analogous to the crummiest, least nutritious and worst-tasting, ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Mumbai, Oct.17 (ANI): The Bombay Stock Exchanges 30-share index closed at 9,975.35, down 606.14 points or 5.73 per cent on Friday.
It touched an intra-day low of 9,911.32 and a high ...
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October 11th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has lent his hand to a noble cause hes helping rebuild an American city damaged by tornados.
The occupants in Greensburd, Kansas were ...
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October 3rd, 2008 - 11:03 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ajitha Menon
Kolkata, Oct 3 (ANI): Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata today said that he was moving the Nano project out of Singur because of the agitation by the Trinamool Congress, ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 12:49 am ICT by ANI
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New York, Sept. 25 (ANI): The world bank will be coming to Pakistan''s aid, by pledging 1.34 billion dollars for development programmes that are already in the pipeline.
The commitment came ...
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September 18th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sept 18 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today gave its approval for initiation of the new Programme Scholarship for higher Education (SHE) a component of Innovation ...
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September 16th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
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London,Sep 16 (DPA) Britain's Barclays bank is in talks to buy up some parts of the collapsed Lehman Brothers empire, the bank said Tuesday.Barclays withdrew from efforts to work out a wider ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Ranchi, Sep 15 (IANS) Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) has proposed to invest Rs.400 billion in Jharkhand to set up a 12-million-tonne per annum greenfield steel plant, it was announced here Monday."R-ADAG ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Telecom operators Cable and Wireless India and the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) have signed an agreement to offer telecom services and share networks and infrastructure, the ...
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September 13th, 2008 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Sep 12 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Friday said the central government had agreed in principle to set up a food craft institute at Dharamsala in the state."The ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) For the fourth consecutive day, the Indian equity markets closed in the red. The 30-share benchmark of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensitive index (Sensex), which ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today approved a Rs.500 crore special scheme which will be launched by the government during the 11th Plan in the Naxal-affected states.
The ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) West Bengal will emerge as one of the leading hubs of the animation, visual effects and gaming industry in the next three years, DQ Entertainment (DQE) chairman and ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The government Wednesday said it will soon launch the second phase of mobile phone expansion, covering about 200,000 villages.“With this, mobile services will cover all habitats with ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for implementation of the scheme Indian Leather Development Programme and to incur an expenditure of Rs.912.67 crore during the ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
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Bhopal, Aug 14 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh, one of India's largest states, ranks 30th in the educational development index (EDI) calculated for 35 Indian states and union territories. This is stated in the ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Pune, Aug 12 (IANS) City-based Metropolis Hotels has bagged a contract to build Navi Mumbai's first five-star hotel. The hotel, to be built on a 47,000 sq m plot off Palm Beach ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Aug 11(IANS) Newly-elected president of the Himachal Pradesh Olympic Association J.P. Nadda Monday said Rs.400 million would be spent to strengthen the sports infrastructure in the next five years to raise ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington , Aug 10 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice has reportedly said that there was no negotiated settlement to the problem of extremism in FATA, and that the Pakistan ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
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Panaji, Aug 9 (ANI): The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek special status for Goa on the lines of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, where certain restrictions are imposed on purchase ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) The Bihar government has approved the allocation of Rs.586 million for the setting up of a branch of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) here, officials ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian equity markets, which opened slightly lower Tuesday, were flat in early trade. There was selling pressure on banking, FMCG and oil stocks but buying interest in power, ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Energy firm Cairn India Ltd has posted a consolidated profit after tax of Rs.1.38 billion ($32.8 million) during the second quarter of 2008 compared to a loss ...
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July 27th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, July 27 (IANS) It is business as usual in diamond processing units in Rakiyal and Bapunagar in eastern Ahmedabad, which were the targets of Saturday's bomb blasts in which at least ...
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July 27th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Islamabad, July 27 (DPA) At least 15 seperatist rebels and three troops were killed in fierce clashes in Pakistan's troubled south-western Balochistan province, said officials Sunday. Fighting broke out late Saturday when ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty's Indian Cricket League (ICL) team Royal Bengal Tigers Wednesday signed a five-year sponsorship agreement with Kolkata's first division soccer club Howrah Union. As part ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, July 23 (IANS) The Haryana government has sanctioned a sum of Rs.99 million ($2.5 million) to the Kurukshetra Development Board for developing places of religious and tourist importance. This amount would ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, July 23 (IANS) With Indian Cricket League (ICL) eyeing the Sardar Patel Stadium here, civic authorities in this Gujarat city are likely to ask the sports body to spend Rs.100 million ...
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