Coal India ready to sign modified FSA with power firms
September 18th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) Public sector Coal India Limited (CIL), the world's largest coal miner, Tuesday said it is now ready to sign the modified Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) with ... Read more...
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Femina Miss India pageant enters 50th year
September 18th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) The Femina Miss India beauty pageant Tuesday kickstarted the celebrations of its 50 years.The first Miss India Meher Castellino, was joined by other former Miss India ... Read more...
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I work with newcomers because my story demands it: Sekhar
September 18th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) Telugu director Sekhar Kammula says he has nothing against working with big heroes, and admits he loves working with newcomers as his story demands them."I love ... Read more...
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Exciting races on cards
September 14th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 14 (IANS) With a maximum of 75 points up for grabs, the three LGB Formula 4 races scheduled for the weekend are likely to generate a lot of ... Read more...
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Coal India to invest Rs.40,000 crore in 12th Plan
September 12th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) State miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) said Wednesday the company was committed to investing Rs.40,000 crore in the 12th Plan period (2012-17)."Capital investment plan for ... Read more...
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‘Rebel’ shooting complete, audio to be released Sep 14
September 5th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) Director Raghava Lawrence Wednesday wrapped up the shooting of his action film "Rebel" and is set to release its audio Sep 14.The film went on floors ... Read more...
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TRS chief expects Telangana issue resolution this month
September 5th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Wednesday exuded confidence that the Telangana issue would be solved this month."The Telangana issue will definitely be ... Read more...
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Coal India board okays new fuel supply agreement model
September 1st, 2012 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The board of state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) has cleared the cost plus model for fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with power firms but asked the coal ... Read more...
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Nehru Cup: Syria hold Cameroon to a 2-2 draw
August 24th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Santosh Rao
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Cameroon, "The Indomitable Lions", started their Nehru Cup football tournament campaign with an unconvincing 2-2 draw with Syria at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here ... Read more...
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Cyberabad police to build confidence among northeast people
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) In an attempt to instill confidence among people from Assam and other northeastern states, the Cyberabad police have decided to form confidence building committees, a police ... Read more...
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SC to hear plea for more time for 2G licence auction
August 21st, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear Friday the central government's plea for another extension of time for commencing the auction and allocation of ... Read more...
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Pressure on Andhra chief minister to ‘bail out’ colleagues
August 21st, 2012 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Ministers in Andhra Pradesh are mounting pressure on the chief minister not to accept the resignation of their colleague Dharmana Prasada Rao and bail out others ... Read more...
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Cherish to vie for Mumbai badminton triple crown
August 17th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Cherish D'Souza is in line for a triple crown, having made the finals of the girls under-19, under-17 and under-15 singles in the Mumbai Suburban District ... Read more...
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Hyderabad cops allay fears of northeast people, set up helpline
August 17th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 17 (IANS) A few people from the northeast had left this Andhra Pradesh capital but there was no exodus, police officials said Friday, adding that a helpline had ... Read more...
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No final decision on fuel supply agreement: Coal India
August 14th, 2012 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) State-run Coal India Limited, the country's largest coal miner, said its board Monday reviewed the changes in the model fuel supply agreement (FSA) to be signed ... Read more...
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Coal India reports marginal net profit growth in Q1 (Lead)
August 13th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) State miner Coal India Limited (CIL) Monday declared a marginal net profit growth with a stand-alone net profit of Rs.45,765.70 million for the quarter ended ... Read more...
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Kerala fomenting designs of radical communal groups: BJP
August 12th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary P. Muralidhar Rao, who is in-charge of the party's affairs in Kerala, Sunday said Kerala is becoming a ... Read more...
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Coal may have to be imported to meet power demand
August 12th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) State miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) believes 50 per cent of the demand for power-grade fuel by electricity producers may have to be ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa faces probe in one more land deal case
August 10th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 10 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his son and BJP Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra will face a probe in one more illegal land deal ... Read more...
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Coal India approves supply penalty clause
August 7th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 7 (IANS) In a decision crucial to India's power generation capacity, Coal India Tuesday agreed to a revised penalty regime in case of shortfall in supplies to ... Read more...
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Coal India approves 80 percent trigger point for supplies
July 31st, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) The board of Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world's largest coal miner, Tuesday approved supplying coal to a minimum 80 percent of contracted fuel to power ... Read more...
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SC pulls up Odisha on lawyer’s absence (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on the Odisha government for its failure to nominate a lawyer to appear in nearly half a dozen ... Read more...
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Patient murdered in Delhi hospital
July 25th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Two days after being admitted to a government hospital here, a 50-year-old man was Tuesday found murdered under mysterious circumstances on its campus, police said.The ... Read more...
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Two Karnataka legislators summoned in Andhra cash-for-bail scam
July 24th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's Anti-Corruption of Bureau (ACB) Tuesday issued notice to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy's brother G. Somasekhara Reddy and T. H. Suresh Babu, ... Read more...
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Vijayamma’s fast in Telangana concludes amid protests
July 23rd, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 23 (IANS) YSR Congress party honorary president Y.S. Vijayamma managed to fast for weavers' problems in Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region amid violent protests by the Telangana Rashtra ... Read more...
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Chopper case: Romesh Sharma gets 10-year jail
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Romesh Sharma, a suspected aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was Monday awarded 10 years' imprisonment by a Delhi court in a cheating and extortion ... Read more...
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Telangana town tense as YSR Congress, TRS workers clash
July 23rd, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 23 (IANS) Workers of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and YSR Congress clashed in Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region Monday, leading to tension.Trouble broke out in Karimnagar district's ... Read more...
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Global conference of sex workers starts in Kolkata
July 22nd, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Aiming to provide a pathway for ensuring basic freedoms for sex workers, a week-long festival started Sunday in Kolkata with 500 participants from 41 countries.The Sex ... Read more...
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Diaz’s mystery man
July 21st, 2012 - 8:23 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 21 (IANS) It seems actress Cameron Diaz is back in the dating game as she was seen dining with a mysterious man.The 39-year-old was seen with ... Read more...
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Maruti crisis: Local village headmen see conspiracy
July 20th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 20 (IANS) Local village heads (sarpanches) of the Manesar area Friday decried the repeated crises in leading car-maker Maruti's Manesar plant, blaming these on "outsiders", and demanded a ... Read more...
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Karnataka CM-designate Shettar in land deal row
July 12th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 11 (IANS) On the eve of taking over as Karnataka chief minister, Jagadish Shettar was Wednesday caught in an illegal land deal row and a complaint was ... Read more...
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Kusum Ansal foundation awards new Hindi, Tamil authors
July 11th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Writers Usha Kiran Khan and K. Vittal Rao will be honoured with the Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman for their literary works, "Sirjanhaar" and "Vaazvin Sila Unnathangkal", ... Read more...
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Mediator received Rs.9.5 crore to arrange bail for Reddy
July 3rd, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) A rowdy sheeter arrested in cash-for-bail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy received Rs.9.5 crore as advance for a deal between Reddy's relatives and ... Read more...
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Court pulls up cop for lax rape probe
June 20th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Pulling up the investigation officer (IO) in a four-year-old girl's rape case, a Delhi court has sought an explanation from her for not conducting the ... Read more...
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Andhra CBI judge arrested in cash-for-bail case
June 19th, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 19 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday arrested suspended CBI judge T. Pattabhirama Rao in the cash-for-bail case involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy.The ... Read more...
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