India to boost space assets to meet demand (Lead)
July 16th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), July 16 (IANS) India is boot-strapping its space-based assets to meet the growing demand for enhanced services in communications, broadcasting remote-sensing and navigation, a top space agency ... Read more...
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Armed forces to improve defence land management
May 8th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 8 (IANS) After the controversy over the construction of a post-retirement home for President Pratibha Patil on defence land, an officer said Tuesday said effective steps would ... Read more...
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Infrastructure players await policy reforms to spur growth
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 23 (IANS) The construction equipment industry and the manufacturing sector, which build India's infrastructure, is looking up to the government for policy reforms to spur growth and boost ... Read more...
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Use or return land: Bengal minister to industrialists
November 19th, 2011 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Kharagpur (West Bengal) Nov 19 (IANS) West Bengal Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee Friday asked the business community to set up units on the land given by the government or return ... Read more...
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Delhi gets first automated multilevel car park
November 10th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The capital's first automated multilevel car park, with a capacity of 824 vehicles, was unveiled in south Delhi's Sarojini Nagar Market Thursday.Constructed at an ... Read more...
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Rahi venture begins Gulbarga airport project
August 11th, 2011 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 10 (IANS) Regional Airport-Holdings International Ltd (Rahi), a joint venture (JV) between Comet Infra-Developments Pvt. Ltd (CIDL) and IL&FS; Transportation Networks Ltd (ITNL), commenced project work on ... Read more...
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‘Lack of convergence of opinion on Bengal development’
March 17th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Former chairman of Coal India Ltd Partha Bhattacharyya Thursday said lack of convergence of opinion on developmental issues between the political parties in West Bengal is ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Games sports facilities would be fully utilized, assures Ajay Maken
February 5th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken today said the stadia constructed for the 19th Commonwealth Games would be fully utilised.While on his ... Read more...
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Secondary education to be made universal too: President
July 24th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kunjpura (Haryana), July 24 (IANS) The universalisation of secondary education is on the government's agenda as part of important forward movements in school education, President Pratibha Patil said here Saturday.
Addressing the ... Read more...
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Coal regulator in three months: Jaiswal
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal Friday said
a coal regulatory authority is likely to be in place in the next three months.The regulator will deal with pricing, gradation ... Read more...
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Farooq advocates increased use of solar power (Lead)
June 17th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolar (Karnataka), June 17 (IANS) Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Thursday exhorted the people and state governments to make optimal utilisation of solar power to minimise the ... Read more...
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GE merges healthcare units with Wipro joint venture
October 2nd, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 2 (IANS) Medical technologies and services major GE Healthcare has integrated its business units and manufacturing plants in India with its joint venture Wipro GE Healthcare to drive growth, the ... Read more...
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Government to write off ITI losses to hive off viable units
June 30th, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 30 (IANS) The government would write off Rs.2,820 crore (Rs.28.2 billion) losses accumulated by Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Ltd to enable the state-run undertaking hive off its viable units for ... Read more...
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Decline in outsourcing demand arrested, recovery in sight
June 17th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) The declining trend in demand for outsourcing IT services has been arrested and conditions for recovery are clearer, a senior official of IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services ... Read more...
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Government to fund nanotechnology product development
December 13th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 13 (IANS) The Indian government will assist industry in developing nanotechnology products for common use with seed capital and institutional loans, a top scientist said here Saturday."The union ministry of ... Read more...
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Karnataka ryots throng farm fair to view new crop varieties
November 13th, 2008 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 13 (IANS) About 100,000 farmers from across Karnataka made a beeline to an agriculture fair (krishi mela) in India's silicon hub Thursday for a glimpse of the new crop varieties, ... Read more...
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Karnataka governor unfolds BJP government’s development plans
June 6th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 6 (IANS) Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur Friday spelt out the development programmes of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, seeking to transform it into a model state. Addressing the first ... Read more...
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