May 16th, 2008 - 8:44 am ICT by admin
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By Ashok Dixit
New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is leaving for two-day official visit to Bhutan today.
Enhancing economic and hydropower cooperation between India and Bhutan will be the key focus areas of the Prime Ministers visit.
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved setting up the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to meet the needs of the private sector for skilled personnel in different fields. The Planning Commission had proposed to set up a co-ordinated mechanism for skill development encompassing different public and ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Two days after the serial bombings that ripped through Jaipur leaving 61 people dead, the Indian government said there was yet no breakthrough in investigation to establish the perpetrators of the dastardly act. India's National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan Thursday informed the cabinet "there ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Describing India's ties with Bhutan as a "model of inter-state relations", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his two-day visit beginning Friday would reinforce that relationship with the Himalayan nation - South Asia's youngest democracy. The prime minister left Thursday for the state visit, during which ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Pakistan has assured India it will investigate the ceasefire violation after New Delhi registered a formal protest against Pakistani troops opening fire on Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said Thursday. In a flag meeting held ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The government Thursday decided to protect Indian agro products from foreign patenting through an amendment in the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act (APEDA). The amendment, approved during a meeting of the central cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will enable ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 15 (IANS) India's newly appointed envoy to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, Thursday categorically denied reports of a secret pact forged two years ago between his government, the major political parties and embattled King Gyanendra, and said India respected the Nepali people's verdict for a republic and was ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 15 (IANS) The likely absence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from a planned Commonwealth summit to discuss the reform of international institutions has disappointed supporters who want ever-more Indian participation in the affairs of the group. Although known to be a strong supporter of ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 15 (IANS) Leading Pakistani newspapers have lauded India for showing restraint and not indulging in "finger pointing" in the aftermath of the bomb attacks in Jaipur and underlined that such incidents should not derail the peace process between the two countries. "...no Indian government official has blamed Islamabad ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Union government on Thursday decided to set up a Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) to promote basic scientific research.
The Board will aim to enhance the level of basic research, impart necessary autonomy, flexibility and speed up the research and delivery of ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India Thursday underlined its close ties with China and offered assistance worth $5 million to help victims of a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province, killing over 15,000 people. "Keeping in view India's close and good neighbourly ties with China, the government of India has ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by admin
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Brussels, May 15 (IANS) President of the European Commission (EC), Jose Manuel Barroso, has sent a message to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing "shock and great sadness" over the bomb-blasts in Jaipur, EuAsiaNews reported Thursday. "On behalf of the European Commission and on my own behalf, allow me ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) With the clock ticking away for the UPA-Left meeting May 28, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat has said that his party has "nothing new to say" and doesn't want the government to go ahead with the India-US civil nuclear deal. "Our ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 15 (IANS) The horrific blasts in the Indian tourist town of Jaipur that killed 63 shouldn't derail the India-Pakistan peace process, Pakistani newspapers said Thursday, warning that the danger of bad blood between the two nations escalating was real and finger pointing would achieve no end. "The finger-pointing ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Cabinet ministers Thursday discussed the Jaipur terror attacks in great detail and demanded greater coordination among the intelligence agencies to prevent such bombings. A cabinet minister told IANS that the meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, spent most of the one hour debating ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Fifty years after Jawaharlal Nehru went to Bhutan on horseback, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will fly to Thimphu Friday on a two-day trip, the first by an Indian leader since the Himalayan kingdom embraced democracy this year. "We are attaching particular importance to the visit ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:35 am ICT by admin
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Srinagar/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani commanders staged a flag meeting at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday evening following violation of a truce that has been in force since 2003, an official said. "The meeting was held following pressure exerted by the Indian ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:32 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) India Wednesday renewed its offer of assistance to China, where over 15,000 people were reportedly killed Monday in Sichuan province after a massive earthquake. A devastating quake measuring 7.8 on the richter scale hit the southwestern chinese province Monday, damaging houses, roads and infrastructure that ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
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Srinagar/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Violating a truce that has been in force since 2003, Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an incident that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as worrisome. "It is worrisome. The issue is being taken ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:17 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi , May 14 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately convene a meeting of all state chief ministers to discuss internal security concerns in the aftermath of the terror blasts in Jaipur Tuesday. Attacking the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by admin
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By Anil Sharma, Sahil Makkar, Kavita Bajeli-Datt
Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) Curfew was lifted Wednesday evening from Jaipur's terror-hit walled city as the traumatised Rajasthan capital limped back to normalcy after its first bomb attacks left 63 people dead and 216 injured. Hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel, however, patrolled the ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday reiterated his condemnation of the Jaipur serial blasts that claimed 63 lives, saying the "best tribute" to those killed would be to understand the "nefarious designs" of those who wanted to communally divide the country. "The best tribute we can ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) With eight major unsolved terror attacks since the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) took over as its ammunition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to corner the government for its lapses and its inability to nab the culprits. The serial blasts in Jaipur Tuesday ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Bhutan beginning Friday is expected to give an impetus to one of India's major imports - electricity. He will dedicate the 1,020 MW Tala hydroelectric project, built with India's assistance, and lay the foundation of the 1,095 MW ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:38 am ICT by admin
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By Mohammed Najeeb
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday condemned the terror bombings in the Indian city of Jaipur, in which around 60 people were killed and over a 100 injured, and expressed sympathy with the bereaved families. In separate messages to their Indian counterparts, President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:23 am ICT by admin
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By Anil Sharma and Murali Krishnan
Jaipur/New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A series of synchronised bombings ripped through crowded market places in the central Indian tourist city of Jaipur Tuesday evening, killing at least 60 people and injuring nearly 100 others and setting off panic and a stampede in congested neighbourhoods ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by admin
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Jaipur, May 13 (IANS) A string of blasts rocked the walled areas of this historic central Indian city Tuesday evening killing at least 45 people and injuring over 100, police said. "At least 45 people have been killed in seven explosions," Rajasthan police chief A.S. Gill told IANS outside the ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi/Beijing, May 13 (IANS) India Tuesday offered China "any assistance" to help it deal with the situation in Sichuan province where an earthquake has killed more than 12,000 people as Beijing expressed its willingness to accept international aid to handle relief measures. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to his ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:06 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, Tuesday called on President Pratibha Patil and discussed a host of issues, including reforms in madrassa education and the conservation of monuments in India. The Aga Khan, who is on a week-long trip to India, ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 13 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh Tuesday resolved to take on the United Progressive Alliance-led (UPA) central government for its failure to check price-rise and alleged discrimination with the state. At the two-day state party executive meet that started here Tuesday, BJP leaders ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy along with social activists took out a rally in New Delhi on Tuesday to press for justice and draw attention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh towards their plight.
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May 13th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday wrote to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressing India's grief with the "brethren of China" over the massive quake that has killed at least 10,000 people and offered assistance in overcoming the calamity. "The prime minister has expressed deep sorrow at ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, Tuesday called on President Pratibha Patil and discussed reforms in madrassa education in India. The Aga Khan, who is on a week-long trip to India, met the president for about half-an-hour.
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May 13th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Friday go to Bhutan on a two-day visit, the first by an Indian prime minister to the youngest democracy in South Asia after more than a decade. Manmohan Singh will address a joint session of the first elected parliament of ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by admin
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Raipur, May 13 (IANS) After Nobel laureates appealed to the Indian government for release of physician Binayak Sen, rights activists have announced that they will hold a protest rally here Wednesday against his continued detention. Sen, 58, will complete one year of imprisonment in Raipur Central Jail Wednesday.
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:28 am ICT by admin
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