260 percent power capacity added between 10th and 11th Plans
August 17th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 17 (IANS) The power generation capacity added during the 11th Plan is about 260 percent of the total capacity added during the 10th Plan, Minister of State ... Read more...
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‘Hera-pheri’ in total sanitation programme: Jairam Ramesh
August 14th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Funds were being misappropriated in the total sanitation programme, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said.Replying to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha, Ramesh said the ... Read more...
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‘Northeast’s connectivity issue to be dealt with’
June 20th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 20 (IANS) High-powered committees formed recently by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for finding possible, early solutions to deal with the northeastern region's connectivity problems and subsequent economic ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa demands withdrawal of cartoon from NCERT book (Lead)
June 13th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday urged the central government to remove from a Class 12 NCERT textbook a cartoon about the anti-Hindi agitation that ... Read more...
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‘External affairs ministry’s budget, staff insufficient’
May 8th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has expressed its concern at "serious under-resourcing" of the ministry of external affairs (MEA), saying its staff and budget were not commensurate ... Read more...
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Himachal government asked for report on road projects
May 8th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 8 (IANS) Miffed over the condition of roads in the state, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Tuesday directed the state government to submit a progress report by May ... Read more...
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Sensex ends in red; power, realty, auto stocks fall (Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) Indian equities markets benchmark indices witnessed choppy trading Thursday, a day after ratings agency Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook to "negative" from "stable" on ... Read more...
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Choppy trading at Indian equities after outlook downgrade
April 26th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) Indian equities market was witnessing choppy trading Thursday, a day after ratings agency Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook to negative from stable on India's ... Read more...
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S&P; lowers outlook for Infosys, TCS, Wipro to negative
April 25th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P;) Wednesday revised outlook for three top Indian information technology companies -- Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro -- ... Read more...
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Ratings downgrade was inevitable: Wipro
April 25th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 25 (IANS) Downgrading of India's sovereign rating to negative from stable by global rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P;) was a cause for concern though inevitable due to ... Read more...
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BJP blames ‘government mismanagement’ for economic rating cut
April 25th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) With ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P;) lowering its outlook on India to negative from stable, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday ... Read more...
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S&P; cuts India’s outlook, warns of ratings downgrade (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Ratings agency Standard & Poor's Wednesday lowered its outlook on India to negative from stable, and warned of a ratings downgrade citing deteriorating economic ... Read more...
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No need to panic on S&P; negative outlook: Mukherjee
April 25th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The government is concerned about ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P;) lowering India's credit rating outlook but there is no need to panic, said ... Read more...
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S&P; lowers India’s outlook to negative
April 25th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Ratings agency Standard & Poor's Wednesday lowered its outlook on India to negative from stable, and warned of a ratings downgrade citing deteriorating economic indicators and ... Read more...
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Rain plays spoilsport in Port of Spain Test
April 20th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain (Trinidad), April 20 (IANS/CMC) Persistent rain spoiled what could have been an enthralling finish to the second cricket Test between the West Indies and Australia, forcing a stalemate ... Read more...
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Wilshere to miss Euro 2012
April 17th, 2012 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 17 (IANS) Arsenal's Jack Wilshere will miss the Euro 2012 finals due to injury, said club manager Arsene Wenger.The 20-year-old has been out for the entire English ... Read more...
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Kerala Police officer held for attack on journalist
April 16th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 16 (IANS) The CBI, probing the role of some Kerala Police officials in the 2011 murderous attack on a Kollam-based senior journalist, Monday arrested a deputy superintendent of ... Read more...
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FIFA official to return to Brazil next week
April 3rd, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 3 (IANS) FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke will return to Brazil next week for a Senate hearing on the country's 2014 World Cup preparations.It will be ... Read more...
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Eliminating level crossings big challenge for railways
February 29th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will have to dig deep into his pocket for eliminating the thousands of unmanned level crossings across the country that ... Read more...
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ANVC expresses unhappiness over ’slow’ progress of talks
February 20th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 20 (IANS) The A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC), engaged in peace talks with the government over the creation of Garoland Autonomous Council in Meghalaya, Monday expressed unhappiness over ... Read more...
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Mehta sparkles with 134 break at National snooker
January 31st, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 31 (IANS) Defending champion Aditya Mehta (PSPB) recorded a break of 134 on the second day of the 78th National Snooker Championship here Tuesday as he lined ... Read more...
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Fiscal deficit management need of the hour: Pranab
January 14th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Faced with a widening fiscal deficit due to a dip in revenue and growth in expenditure, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for containing the ... Read more...
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Haryana to invoke penalty for delayed expressway project
November 16th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) With the concessionaire assigned the crucial Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway failing to complete the work on time, the Haryana government Wednesday announced that it would invoke penal ... Read more...
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India may face 200 mn tonnes coal shortage
September 21st, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Shortage in supply of coal from domestic sources is likely to exceed 200 million tonnes during the next (12th) Five Year Plan (2012-17) if proactive ... Read more...
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Collectors in Maoist areas want to push rural roads project: Ramesh (Lead)
September 10th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) District collectors in Maoist-affected states want the government to push the central government's rural road scheme and land reforms in the areas, according to ... Read more...
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Competitive bidding for coal blocks to begin soon: Minister
July 25th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The government will introduce competitive bidding for allocation of coal blocks by the end of this year in a bid to bring transparency in ... Read more...
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Pakistani state-terror links have to be broken: Rao
July 3rd, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao says the terror links of the Pakistani state and military have to be broken, even as she felt Islamabad's attitude ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan discuss 26/11, Samjhauta, CBMs on Day 1 (Second Intro Roundup)
June 24th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 23 (IANS) India Thursday voiced its concerns over the slow pace of 26/11 trial and Pakistan raked up the Kashmir issue as their foreign secretaries ended the ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan talk — to remove hiccups in ties (Third Lead)
June 23rd, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 23 (IANS) India and Pakistan resumed their diplomatic dialogue here Thursday, with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao saying that New Delhi wished to see "a stable and ... Read more...
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Lokpal draft bill to be ready by June 30: Sibal
May 23rd, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A meeting of the joint drafting committee on the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill held here Monday decided to speed up consultations to keep the deadline ... Read more...
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Police officer arrested for attack on scribe
May 21st, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), May 21 (IANS) A senior police officer, who allegedly played a role in a brutal attack on journalist V.B. Unnithan, was arrested Saturday, police said.Santhosh M. Nair, a ... Read more...
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EU rebukes Pakistan for going slow against Taliban
April 16th, 2011 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, April 16 (IANS) The European Parliament has rebuked Pakistan for the slow progress in the fight against Taliban militancy in the country and directed the European Commission ... Read more...
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Government asked to make statement on Libya evacuation
March 4th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The government was Friday directed by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan to make a statement on the evacuation of Indian citizens from ... Read more...
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Pele warns Brazil 2014 World Cup organisers over slow progress
February 19th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI
Rio de janeiro, Feb 19 (ANI): Pele has warned organisers over the little amount of progress that has been made towards hosting the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.Brazil must be ready by ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s central bank warns government of economic debacle
January 30th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Pakistan's central bank has warned the government that its borrowing has touched an alarming level while its reluctance to pursue tough economic reforms could hinder efforts to achieve ... Read more...
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