SC lifts ban on 18 iron ore mines in Karnataka (Lead)
September 3rd, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday lifted the ban on iron ore mining in 18 category A mines in Karnataka's Bellary, Chitradurg and Timkur districts.Category A mines ... Read more...
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SC lifts ban on iron ore mining for Karnataka
September 3rd, 2012 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday lifted the ban on iron ore mining in category A mines in Karnataka's Bellary, Chitradurga and Timkur districts.The apex court forest ... Read more...
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SC may allow some iron ore mining to resume in Karnataka
August 31st, 2012 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday indicated that it may permit resumption of iron ore mining in category A mines in Karnataka's Bellary, Chitradurga and Timkur districts, ... Read more...
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Karnataka to re-open eight iron ore mines soon
July 5th, 2012 - 5:44 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) The Karnataka government will permit re-opening of eight iron mines in Bellary and Chitradurga districts to augment the raw material supply for steel plants in the ... Read more...
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Supreme Court bans mining in Karnataka’s Tumkur, Chitradurga
August 26th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After Bellary, the Supreme Court Friday banned iron ore mining in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka after an expert panel's report of widespread illegalities ... Read more...
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Mining ban stays if miners don’t cooperate: Apex court
August 19th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said that unless the private miners co-operated in the reclamation and rehabilitation of the devastated mines in Aravalli ranges of Faridabad ... Read more...
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Over 7,000 participate in Mumbai Cyclothon
February 13th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) More than 7,000 people participated in the 'Mumbai Cyclothon - Tour de Mumbai 2011' here Sunday, two days after the Nashik leg of the race.The second edition of ... Read more...
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Film festival on Mother Teresa in Mumbai
September 24th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) As a part of Mother Teresa's birth centenary celebrations, an NGO will organise an international film festival here on the Nobel Peace Prize winner Saturday, a spokesperson Friday ... Read more...
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Kolkata Port Trust to resolve Salukhali port land issue
June 30th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) expects to resolve next week the issue of land acquisition for a Rs.600-crore port at Salukhali in East Midnapore district, a top port ... Read more...
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US not fighting Afghan people: Clinton reassures
May 14th, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has rubbished reports of the ambitious Kandahar reclamation operation having a devastating effect on the city and its people.Clinton maintained that ... Read more...
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Headley met Mumbai realty agent in October to hire flat
November 13th, 2009 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Mumbai realty broker Sunny Singh said that the LeT terror suspect David Coleman Headley, in custody of the FBI, and his "wife" had approached him in early October ... Read more...
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World Bank okays Rs.1,332 crore loan for Uttar Pradesh
June 7th, 2009 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 7 (IANS) The World Bank has given its nod to a whopping Rs.1,332 crore (Rs.13.32 billion) soft loan for reclamation of sodic land in Uttar Pradesh - a move that ... Read more...
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Search for clean water leads to tech innovations
March 23rd, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 23 (IANS) As growing demand for clean water stretches the resources of even the developed world, scientists and engineers are turning to new technology and novel ideas to find ... Read more...
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Gujarat minister rejects demand for aid for farmers’ kin
March 10th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, March 10 (IANS) Gujarat Agriculture Minister Dilip Singhani Monday turned down a demand for financial aid, raised by a group of relatives of farmers, who committed suicide because they could not ... Read more...
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