IAF to open bids for heavy choppers, tankers (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 20 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) would soon open bids for heavy-lift helicopters and flight fueling tankers and finalise bids for 22 Apache attack choppers, IAF chief ... Read more...
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Mexican firm ordered to clean up oil spill
August 25th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 25 (IANS/EFE) Mexican environmental authorities are demanding that state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos clean up a crude spill that occurred when a loading buoy sank nearly two ... Read more...
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Maharashtra faces drought-like situation
August 1st, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) With available water storage dipping to barely 31 percent owing to poor rains, a severe drought-like situation could envelop Maharashtra, officials said here Wednesday.Agriculture Minister ... Read more...
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Mumbai, Maharashtra face grave water crisis
June 25th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) As the monsoon continues to play truant, Maharashtra stands on the threshold of a grave water crisis, a top official indicated here Monday.Ringing alarm bells, Deputy ... Read more...
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Over 10,000 evacuated in China after tankers’ collision
May 17th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 16 (IANS) Over 10,000 residents had to be evacuated in China after two tankers carrying dangerous chemicals collided in Zhejiang province, Xinhua reported Wednesday.The two vehicles, carrying 27 ... Read more...
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Maharashtra drought: Governor’s help sought
April 20th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Drought is affecting supply of potable water and cattle fodder in western Maharashtra and is hitting irrigation schemes, Governor K. Sankaranarayanan was told Friday.A group of ... Read more...
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‘Italian vessel can’t sail till Monday’
March 30th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 30 (IANS) A division bench of the Kerala High Court Friday stayed an order by a single bench permitting the Italian cargo ship Enrica Lexie, from which two ... Read more...
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Italian vessel can sail after furnishing bond (Lead)
March 29th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 29 (IANS) The Italian cargo ship Enrica Lexie, from which two marines had opened fire killing two Indian fishermen, will be permitted to sail after its owners furnish ... Read more...
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Italian ship will have to wait till forensic report: Kerala
March 28th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 28 (IANS) The Kerala government Wednesday informed the high court that a decision on whether Italian ship Enrica Lexie, from which marines had opened fire killing two Indian ... Read more...
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Pentagon chief in Kyrgyzstan for talks
March 13th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bishkek, March 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has arrived in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek for talks with the country's Defence Minister Taalaybek Omuraliyev."The agenda of the talks is ... Read more...
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Kyrgyzstan wants US out of Manas airbase in 2014
February 21st, 2012 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
Bishkek, Feb 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kyrgyzstan has reiterated that the US must withdraw all its troops from the Manas airbase in the country when the current lease agreement expires ... Read more...
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Mexican oil giant needs $25 bn in annual investment
February 8th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 8 (IANS/EFE) State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, will "require annual investment and acquisitions" for its operations "exceeding 320 billion pesos (nearly $25.2 billion)" over the ... Read more...
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Snowfall again closes Srinagar-Jammu highway (With Images)
January 19th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 19 (IANS) Snowfall Thursday again halted commuting on the Srinagar-Jammu highway but one-way traffic is likely to be restored during the day."Snow has accumulated on the highway in ... Read more...
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Three trains collide in US
January 7th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) Two crew members were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries after three freight trains collided and caught fire in the US state of Indiana Friday, Xinhua reported quoting ... Read more...
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Dark new year for cyclone-hit Tamil Nadu districts
January 1st, 2012 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) Tamil Nadu welcomed 2012 with celebrations but it was a dark new year for people in Cyclone Thane-hit Cuddalore and Chidambaram districts as there was no ... Read more...
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Involve corporates to develop villages: Hazare (Lead)
November 22nd, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Nov 22 (IANS) Anna Hazare Tuesday called for returning to the Gandhian principles of holistic development of villages and creating more 'model villages' with the help of ... Read more...
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Shipping Corp going slow on new vessel orders
November 15th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) Going slow on new vessel orders due to sluggish global trade and over-supply of fleet, state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will only order about half ... Read more...
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Major fire at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard
November 3rd, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 3 (IANS) A major fire engulfed an administrative building of Mumbai's over 270 years old Naval Dockyard Thursday, officials said. No casualties have been reported in the blaze.
"We ... Read more...
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Pirates hijack tanker off Nigerian coast
October 11th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, Oct 11 (IANS) The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Tuesday said pirates have hijacked a tanker off the Nigerian coast.The tanker carrying products was attacked late Saturday and the vessel ... Read more...
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Italian ship with six Indians onboard hijacked
October 11th, 2011 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Oct 10 (IANS) Suspected Somali pirates Monday hijacked an Italian ship with 23 crew members, including six Indians, onboard, a former regional maritime official said.According to the Italian-based firm ... Read more...
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Maharashtra declares 999 villages water deficient
September 28th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Wednesday said 999 villages in the state were facing water deficiency due to insufficient rains.Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said the villages were facing ... Read more...
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Pipeline sealed to quell naphtha leak in Goa
August 23rd, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 22 (IANS) Long queues stretched before several petrol pumps here Monday following reports of petroleum shortage after a pipeline was sealed to quell a fire caused by a ... Read more...
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Shell to build world’s largest, heaviest oil rig
May 22nd, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 22 (IANS) A nearly half-kilometre long floating rig will be the world's heaviest and largest, weighing 600,000 tonnes or as much as much as six aircraft carriers.
Shell ... Read more...
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NATO tankers paying no tax in Pakistan: Senate Committee
April 19th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 19(ANI): Pakistan's Senate Committee on Ports and Shipping has revealed that NATO tankers in the country are only paying 450 rupees as handling charges at Port Qasim.The committee has taken ... Read more...
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Pakistan negotiating with US for more F-16 fighter jets
March 9th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 9(ANI): Pakistan is in negotiations with the United States to get more fighter jets, and is simultaneously developing its defence manufacturing capability to reduce its reliance on America.In 2006, ... Read more...
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Two NATO tankers torched in Pak
February 28th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Feb 28(ANI): Two NATO containers have been torched by unidentified armed men in Pakistan's Balochistan province.The containers were carrying goods for alliance's forces stationed in Afghanistan.According to the Daily Times, the ... Read more...
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10 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan, 4 killed
February 25th, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) At least four people were killed as militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region torched 10 NATO tankers meant for fuel supply to troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, a media ... Read more...
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Ship catches fire near Mumbai, many stuck
January 31st, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 31 (ANI): Many people are feared stuck on the ship, INS Vindhyagiri, which caught fire this morning near the naval dockyard in Mumbai.The ship had collided with another vessel, ... Read more...
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Three NATO tankers attacked in Pakistan
January 30th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Jan 30 (IANS) Some unidentified gunmen opened fire on three NATO tankers in Wadh area of Balochistan's Khuzdar District Sunday. Two of the tankers caught fire while the third fell ... Read more...
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After official’s death, oil ministry to tackle adulteration (Lead)
January 27th, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Petroleum Minister S.Jaipal Reddy Thursday condemned the burning alive of a Maharashtra government official by the oil mafia and said his ministry will take steps to prevent ... Read more...
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Maharashtra raids adulterators, widow seeks CBI probe (Night Lead)
January 27th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) The widow of Nashik additional collector Yashwant Sonawane Thursday sought a CBI probe into her husband's killing as authorities cracked down on oil adulterators amid a state-wide strike ... Read more...
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Sonawane’s widow demands CBI probe; government staff strike work (Lead)
January 27th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) The widow of additional collector Yashwant Sonawane, Vijaya, Thursday demanded a CBI probe into her husband's killing even as 1.80 million Maharashtra government employees struck work and residents ... Read more...
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Sonawane a martyr: Reddy
January 27th, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Describing slain Maharashtra additional district collector Yeshwant Sonawane as a martyr, Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy Thursday appealed to the state government to take stringent action against ... Read more...
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Sonawane’s burning: Maharashtra government employees on strike
January 27th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Manmad (Maharashtra), Jan 27 (IANS) Lakhs of government employees across Maharashtra Thursday went on a strike and residents of Manmad city observed a total shutdown to protest the burning of Nashik additional ... Read more...
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Six more held for burning alive Malegaon officer (Lead)
January 26th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Malegaon (Maharashtra), Jan 26 (IANS) Six more people were arrested Wednesday for burning to death additional district collector Yashwant Sonawane when he was conducting a raid on the oil mafia near here, ... Read more...
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