Don’t succumb to US on retail trade: CPI-M
May 7th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday asked the Indian government not to succumb to the US on the issues of opening up retail ... Read more...
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Karnataka farmers to protest against agri-summit
December 1st, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 30 (IANS) Even as the Karnataka government braces to hold the global agri-business and food process summit in this tech hub Thursday, leading farmers' organisations in the state ... Read more...
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Budget promises more money for all - farmers to corporates (Third Lead)
February 28th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Promising more money in the hands of households by hiking the income tax exemption limit and lowering tax surcharge for corporates, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday ... Read more...
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Budget promises reforms, growth-focus, inflation-check (Second Lead)
February 28th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) With a fair dose of reforms in the form of direct kerosene and fertiliser subsidies to users, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday presented the federal budget ... Read more...
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Choice the buzzword, as consumers pampered like never before (2010 in Retrospect)
December 25th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sahay and Rohit Vaid
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Choice was the buzzword for the Indian consumer who in 2010 was mollycoddled like never before, with companies offering a range of ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s work-from-home policy sparks loneliness
April 13th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 13 (IANS) Malaysian programme to encourage civil servants to work from home is making husbands lonely and wives suspicious, a minister has said.
Some of the civil servants allowed to ... Read more...
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Gurgaon to auction hoarding structures
December 2nd, 2009 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Dec 2 (IANS) Putting up hoardings at just about every place in Haryana's millennium city Gurgaon could soon be a thing of the past. The city authorities will auction the metal ... Read more...
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Can PPP save India’s IT capital from crumbling?
September 21st, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Maitreyee Boruah
Bangalore, Sep 21 (IANS) With heavy showers leading to massive traffic jams and yet another child dying after falling into a flooded drain, residents and experts say only public-private partnership ... Read more...
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DMK’s labour wing gets leg up in expansion plans
September 2nd, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) At a time when multinationals with manufacturing bases in India are unwilling to recognise worker unions, the labour wing of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has got ... Read more...
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Demand of security gadgets soars in Rawalpindi due to terror threat
June 1st, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, June 1 (ANI): The sale of security gadgets, such as close-circuit television cameras (CCTV), spy cameras, beam sensors, motion sensors and fire alarms, has gone up in Rawalpindi in the ... Read more...
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BPO firms in Philippines looking at windfall from Satyam scandal (Repeating for all needing)
January 13th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore/Manila, Jan 13 (IANS) With a billion dollar revenue fraud dealing the Indian IT sector a body blow, BPO firms in the Philippines are hoping to make capital by getting some of ... Read more...
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Is the year 2009, going to be a bad year?
November 24th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The banks, multinational firms, motors, everything is facing crisis. Is the worst crisis yet to come?
Philips, the Dutch electronics, will cut about five per cent of its 32,000 workforce from the medical ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s ruling coalition wins simple majority in general election
March 9th, 2008 - 3:07 am ICT by admin
Xinhua
Kuala Lumpur, March 9 (Xinhua) Malaysia's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN), or National Front, won a simple majority in the 12th general election held Saturday, according to the preliminary results. As of ... Read more...
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British Biologicals to export nutraceuticals to US, Russia
February 23rd, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin
By Fakir Balaji
Bangalore, Feb 23 (IANS) British Biologicals Ltd., a leading mid-size Indian pharma firm, is set to enter American, Russian and European markets to export a range of dietary supplement nutraceuticals, ... Read more...
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