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Chhattisgarh to announce new industrial policy soon

October 19th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Oct 19 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh met the state's major investors here Monday to give the final touches to the government's new industrial policy. Industry department officials said the government ...

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Restriction on US officials’ unfettered movement at Islamabad airport

Restriction on US officials’ unfettered movement at Islamabad airport

October 14th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Pakistan has restricted the hitherto unfettered movement of US and UN officials at the international airport here, citing misuse of the facility that was granted in the ...

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Powerless Punjab offers major sops in industrial policy

October 6th, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Oct 6 (IANS) Punjab's scheduled and unscheduled power cuts may have made people weary but the state government Tuesday announced Punjab's new industrial policy, lining up a slew of concessions to ...

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IANS Top Stories At 9

IANS Top Stories At 9

September 25th, 2009 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS -
NATIONAL India's probe first to sniff water on moon - Second Lead moved at 1924 Fight against Maoists long drawn, no army involvement: Chidambaram - Roundup moved at 1923 Balco chimney crash toll rises ...

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Another Indian assaulted, regretful Australia gives sops for students (Roundup)

September 25th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Melbourne/New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) An Indian taxi driver was assaulted by an Australian star footballer in Melbourne in an incident that visiting Victoria state premier John Brumby termed as "regrettable", even ...

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Australia sops to Indian students - safe housing, transport (Lead)

September 25th, 2009 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) In a bid to woo students to Australia amid reports of racial attacks down under, Premier of Australian state of Victoria John Brumby Friday said it will ...

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After 13 weeks, inflation turns positive at 0.12 percent (Second Lead)

After 13 weeks, inflation turns positive at 0.12 percent (Second Lead)

September 17th, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) After remaining in the negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks, India's annual rate of inflation was back to positive at 0.12 percent for the week ended ...

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Sops for surrendering Maoists: vocational training, stipend

Sops for surrendering Maoists: vocational training, stipend

September 7th, 2009 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The government has offered surrendering Leftwing rebels a series of sops, including vocational training along with a monthly stipend of Rs.2,000 for up to three years ...

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No deadline for paramilitary troops withdrawal from Kashmir: Omar

No deadline for paramilitary troops withdrawal from Kashmir: Omar

September 1st, 2009 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that withdrawal of paramilitary forces from the state was an ongoing process and no time limit had ...

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IANS Top Stories at 9

August 29th, 2009 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS -
NATIONAL Lunarcraft loses contact, India may abort moon mission - Second Lead moved at 2057 India has excellent investment climate: PM - Second Lead moved at 1759 Controversy over Pokhran-II needless: PM - Lead ...

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Rajasthan demands refinery, oil firms want more sops

Rajasthan demands refinery, oil firms want more sops

August 29th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Barmer (Rajasthan), Aug 29 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Saturday reiterated its demand for a refinery in the state, but Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) chairman R.S. Sharma indicated that the ...

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India seeks to reverse export decline in new trade policy (Lead)

August 27th, 2009 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India's new Foreign Trade Policy was unveiled Thursday with a mix of fiscal sops and procedural reforms in a bid to reverse 10 consecutive months of decline ...

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Highlights of India’s new Foreign Trade Policy

August 27th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Following are the highlights of the new Foreign Trade Policy that was unveiled by Commerce Minister Anand Sharma here Thursday: -Duty entitlement passbook scheme extended till December 2010 -Extension ...

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New foreign trade policy seeks to reverse fall in exports

August 27th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India's new Foreign Trade Policy was unveiled Thursday with a mix of fiscal sops and procedural reforms in a bid to reverse 10 consecutive months of decline ...

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Punjab offers uninterrupted power supply to IT firms

August 19th, 2009 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) The Punjab government is offering various sops to information technology (IT) companies operating in the state, including a 24-hour uninterrupted power supply, in order to boost the sector, ...

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IANS Top Stories at 9

IANS Top Stories at 9

July 23rd, 2009 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS -
NATIONAL India wants Pakistan to fight all terrorists with 'same force' - Lead moved 2043 Bill Gates ups AIDS aid to $338 mn in India - Moved 1858 IndiGo flight passenger's hoax creates ...

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IANS Top Stories at 6

IANS Top Stories at 6

July 23rd, 2009 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS -
NATIONAL IndiGo flight passenger's hoax creates midair scare - Moved 1602 Joint statement diplomatic paper not legal document: Tharoor - Moved 1535 Kasab's confession accepted on court record, trial to ...

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Exim policy will have sops for exports sector: Sharma

July 23rd, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The government will announce more sops for the slowdown-hit exports sector in the export-import policy (Exim) for 2009-10, which will be released next month, Commerce and Industry ...

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Maran promises more sops for textile industry

July 7th, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Welcoming the general budget 2009-10, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran Tuesday said some more announcements on empowerment of weaker sections and facilities for the growth of medium and ...

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Tourism gets only a token increase (Lead)

Tourism gets only a token increase (Lead)

July 6th, 2009 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Tourism has not found much favour with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who gave only a token Rs.20 crore increase in allocation for the ministry in the ...

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Bangalore’s poor give thumbs up to Pranab’s budget

Bangalore’s poor give thumbs up to Pranab’s budget

July 6th, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, July 6 (IANS) Bangalore's urban poor, who reside mostly in slums, have hailed Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget as pro-poor. "Firstly, I appreciate Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for presenting a pro-poor ...

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Nothing in budget for Kerala diaspora: Minister

Nothing in budget for Kerala diaspora: Minister

July 6th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) The union budget for 2009-10 presented in the Lok Sabha Monday offered nothing to the non-resident Keralites (NRKs), who were hit hard by the slowdown in the ...

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BSE crosses 15,000 points ahead of budget presentation

BSE crosses 15,000 points ahead of budget presentation

July 6th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) crossed 15,000 points on Monday as investors built positions ahead of presentation of general budget. Following the trends of the BSE the ...

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Mamata uses rail budget to needle Left Front

Mamata uses rail budget to needle Left Front

July 4th, 2009 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lost no opportunity to needle West Bengal's ruling Left Front when she proposed a new rail line from ...

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Mamata rains sops on West Bengal in her Railway budget

Mamata rains sops on West Bengal in her Railway budget

July 3rd, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee rolled out her "please all" budget Friday, making a large number of proposals ahead of the 2011 assembly elections in West ...

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Over 100,000 NGOs operational in Pakistan

June 30th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, June 30 (ANI): Over 100,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are currently operational in Pakistan, the country's National Assembly has been informed. Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Samina Khalid Ghurki informed ...

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Varanasi carpet industry hopes for budget sops

June 29th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI -
Varanasi, June 29 (ANI): Carpet traders and weavers in Uttar Pradesh are hoping that the forthcoming annual budget will offer some sops to them. Traders and weavers in the state's Bhadohi district, which ...

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Selja meets Pranab, asks for budgetary sops for tourism

June 26th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Union Minister for Tourism Kumari Selja Friday urged Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to offer budgetary incentives for the tourism industry as it is facing a crunch due ...

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Ganguly defends school project amid protest

June 26th, 2009 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Even as a section of residents sat on a hunger strike against his move to construct a school at the upscale satellite township of Salt Lake, former Indian ...

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Goa will be finished if more tourists come: minister

June 5th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) Following Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik's call to assess the "quality" of foreign tourists coming to Goa, Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Churchill Alemao has now raised fears ...

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