Brazil threatens Spanish firm with $10 mn fine
July 21st, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's regulatory agency said Friday that Spain's Telefonica could face a fine of 20 million reais ($10 million) if it fails to improve fixed-line ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
SAARC: 25 years of existence but little to show
April 28th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Thimphu/New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) On Dec 8, 1985, when the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) bloc was formed, the seven countries in the region that traditionally ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Deadly cold kills 41 in north, it’s -15.8 in Kargil (Intro Roundup)
January 4th, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Temperatures plummeted to a freezing -15.8 degrees Celsius in Kargil Monday as a bone-chilling cold wave gripped northern and parts of eastern India leaving about 41 people ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
SAARC calls for ’strongest cooperation’ to wage war on terror
August 3rd, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Colombo, Aug 3 (IANS) The 15th SAARC summit ended here Sunday with calls by its eight member states to step up “strongest possible cooperation” against terrorism as well as ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh lands in Colombo for SAARC Summit
August 1st, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Sri Lanka Friday afternoon to attend the 15th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) that groups eight ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Prime Minister leaves for Sri Lanka to attend SAARC summit
August 1st, 2008 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday left for Sri Lanka to attend the 15th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) that groups eight ... Read more...
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Mayawati-Congress battle is all over Dalit votes
April 23rd, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by admin
(News Analysis)
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) She may be the queen of Dalit politics. But Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati appears rattled by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's determined ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |