Containers to be allowed on Attari-Wagah trade route
July 20th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 19 (IANS) Accepting a long-pending demand of traders and the Punjab government, union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma Thursday said that his ministry would soon issue orders to facilitate ... Read more...
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Action-animated ‘Arjun’ gets right slot, set to release (With Images)
May 11th, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Animated film "Arjun: The Warrior Prince", releasing May 25, has been ready since 2010. But director Arnab Chaudhuri says he was waiting for the right time ... Read more...
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Delhi to host ADB board meet in 2013
April 28th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Delhi will host the 46th annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in May 2013, Finance Minister Pranab ... Read more...
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UP to ask NID to design packs for milk products
March 27th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) Packaged milk and other dairy products of Parag - Uttar Pradesh's flagship milk brand - would soon be available in stylish packs designed by the Ahmedabad-based ... Read more...
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Railway budget highlights 9
March 14th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
* No steep increase in passenger fares; 2 paisa per km for suburban trains; 3 paisa per km for mail and express trains.* Independent tariff authority suggested; needs serious debate; experts ... Read more...
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Railway budget highlights 8
March 14th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
* Targeting freight carriage of 1,025 million tonnes to bring in Rs.89,339 crore; passenger earnings estimated at Rs.36,073 crore; gross reciepts estimated at Rs.1.32 lakh crore.* Excess of Rs.1,492 crore after ... Read more...
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India inks $1 mn pact to train African craftswomen
February 29th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The National Institute of Design and the external affairs ministry have inked a $1 million MoU to train and empower craftswomen in five African countries, ... Read more...
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Delhi engineer’s vehicle promises safer rural transport (With Image)
January 24th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) India's rural mobility scenario could soon see a much-awaited change with a Delhi engineer's indigenously developed vehicle set to give the locally made but accident-prone ... Read more...
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India to train African craftswomen in basketry
January 10th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) India's National Institute of Design (NID) will train craftswomen of rural Africa in basket weaving under a $1-million project.The government Tuesday said the programme will ... Read more...
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US expert for melding of ‘jugad’, systematic imagination
December 8th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A leading Indian American design expert has called for melding "jugad and systematic imagination to create better economic opportunities".Vijay Kumar, professor at the Institute of ... Read more...
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NID wins global sustainable auto-design contest
October 5th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A team of Indian design institutes led by the Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Design (NID) has won an award at the PACE Forum 2011, a ... Read more...
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Small, medium firms looking for smart, cheap designs
August 30th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Small and medium manufacturers in India are looking for designs that are cost-effective, energy-friendly, sleek, portable and easy to connect to people, a presentation-cum-showcase of ... Read more...
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Experts script design principles for India
June 22nd, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) A nine-member panel of experts under the aegis of the National Institute of Design (NID) has prepared guidelines to help designers and manufacturers tool their ... Read more...
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Goa to showcase contemporary handicrafts
April 28th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 28 (IANS) Artistic and contemporary terracotta and coconut coir handicrafts from Goa designed in consultation with the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, will soon be available right ... Read more...
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City of Taj set for major tourism plans
April 2nd, 2011 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS
Agra, April 2 (IANS) The tourism profile of Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, is all set to change with a line-up of projects that would bring in more ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh promises priority for development of Assam, North East
February 19th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Feb 19 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Saturday said the development of Assam and the North East has always been one of the priorities of the Congress-led ... Read more...
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Peace talks with ULFA a very positive thing: PM (Lead)
February 18th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the peace talks between the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the government could be the beginning of a ... Read more...
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PM arriving on two-day visit to Assam
February 18th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Assam Friday on a two-day visit to inaugurate two major educational institutions and also review the progress of development works and ... Read more...
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PM visiting Assam from Friday
February 18th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Ahead of assembly elections in Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday goes on a two-day visit to the northeastern state, where he will review the ... Read more...
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PM on two-day visit to Assam from Friday
February 17th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will be on a two-day visit to Assam from Friday, where he is expected to review the prevailing situation and ... Read more...
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I’ve fused history, art, fashion in new project: J.J. Valaya (Interview)
February 11th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) India's ace designer J.J. Valaya's new line defies his known vocation. The collection, he says, is a glimpse of 500 years of the evolution ... Read more...
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Judge to ascertain Utsav’s mental status himself
January 31st, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A local court here Monday sought the presence of Utsav Sharma, who attacked murdered teenager Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court here last week, before it with ... Read more...
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Talwar attacker be sent to mental hospital, plead his parents (Lead)
January 28th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 28 (IANS) The court trying Utsav Sharma, who attacked murdered teenager Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court here earlier this week, Friday sought a report from the jail authorities ... Read more...
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Talwar stable after surgery, say doctors
January 28th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Rajesh Talwar, the father of murdered teenager Arushi Talwar, is now stable after undergoing surgery at the Indraprastha Apollo hospital in the capital, hospital authorities said Friday. ... Read more...
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Utsav’s parents put up defence for son
January 28th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Stressing that their son has a serious mental disorder, the Varanasi-based parents of Utsav Sharma, who attacked murdered teenager Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court here earlier ... Read more...
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Talwar’s attacker blames his ‘emotional weakness’ for assault
January 26th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A day after attacking Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teenager Arushi, his attacker Utsav Sharma Wednesday blamed his emotional weakness for the viscious assault."You can call it ... Read more...
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Utsav was upset that Talwar was not convicted
January 25th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 25 (IANS) A youth who Tuesday attacked murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court in Ghaziabad told police that he was upset that Talwar was not ... Read more...
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Same man attacked Talwar, S.P.S. Rathore (Lead)
January 25th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Ghaziabad, Jan 25 (IANS) The man who attacked Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen Aarushi Talwar, outside a Ghaziabad court Tuesday has been identified as Utsav Sharma, who had earlier assaulted ... Read more...
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Same man attacked Talwar, S.P.S. Rathore
January 25th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 25 (IANS) The young man who attacked Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teen, has been identified as Utsav Sharma, who had earlier assaulted Haryana's tainted former police chief S.P.S. Rathore ... Read more...
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IIT conclave as part of Vibrant Gujarat summit
January 9th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Jan 9 (IANS) To give a thrust to the technological development of Gujarat, the state government, along with the 500-strong Pan-IIT Gujarat Alumni Association will be organising a conclave on technology ... Read more...
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Global academic ’roundtable’ in Gujarat Jan 10
January 7th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) As part of the ensuing Vibrant Gujarat 2011 Summit, the state government Friday announced 'International Roundtable for Academic Institutions' (IRAI) to be held here Jan 10. The IRAI ... Read more...
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CII-NID agenda: Designing for a billion customers
December 20th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Design trends in India are changing to meet the needs of a billion customers at price points that are affodable and with solutions that keep the spirit ... Read more...
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Dashrath Patel’s death marks end of a design era (Obituary)
December 3rd, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) At 83, design guru Dashrath Patel was planning an exhibition of his works, "Retro", around the world when death came.Design guru and the founder secretary of the ... Read more...
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Horlicks Wizkids’ contest winners to visit New Zealand
November 25th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 25 (IANS) Four school students, including three from India and one from Sri Lanka, were declared winners of the 'Horlicks Wizkids South Asia 2010' inter-school literary and cultural festival Thursday. ... Read more...
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Assam CM Tarun Gogoi meets Industry Minister Anand Sharma in New Delhi
October 18th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.18 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi met Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, here on Monday.They discussed the revival of Ashok Paper Mills at Jogighopa in Assam, which ... Read more...
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