India issues two millionth UIDAI number using Morpho’s technology
March 16th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): Morpho, a high-technology company that provides identification, today announced that its technology has enabled the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue its two millionth identification ... Read more...
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Seven Indian students get prestigious Australian scholarship
September 21st, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese today announced that seven Indian students will be offered the prestigious Australian Leadership Award (ALA) scholarship.These scholarships are implemented ... Read more...
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LG ICC Awards 2010 set to take place in Bengaluru
August 17th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Aug.17 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the seventh LG ICC Awards ceremony would take place in Bengaluru on October 6, 2010.The event will be staged in ... Read more...
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Veer grosses Rs. 41 Crores in its opening weekend worldwide
January 27th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Eros International, the Indian media and Entertainment Company today announced that Salman Khan starrer- Veer in its opening weekend, has had gross collections of Rs. 41 crores worldwide at the box office. ... Read more...
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Thaindian News signs contract with BNO News
December 1st, 2009 - 1:36 am ICT by admin
News portal to syndicate international contentTILBURG/BANGKOK – November 30, 2009 – BNO News today announced that it signed a contract with Thaindian News, the second client of the BNO News Wire, a ... Read more...
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Google to buy AdMob for $750 million
November 10th, 2009 - 12:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mountain View, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Search Engine major Google today announced that it has signed a substantial agreement to buy AdMob, which is a mobile display advertisement technology provider. The ... Read more...
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Google to Acquire AdMob
November 10th, 2009 - 12:31 am ICT by admin
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (November 9, 2009) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display ad technology provider, for $750 ... Read more...
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Government promotes energy efficiency projects: Shinde
November 4th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): Union Minister of Power Sushil Kumar Shinde at the Economic Editors' Conference today announced that the Ministry of Power is promoting a company called Energy Efficiency ... Read more...
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US envoy announces relief for flood victims
October 8th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.8 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer today announced that the United States will contribute 100,000 dollars as assistance to victims of the recent floods in southern and ... Read more...
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Jon’s family expresses dismay over verdict, say he has been victimised
September 1st, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep.1 (ANI): The family of Indian-born fashion designer Anand Jon has reacted with dismay to the 59-year sentence handed over to him by a US court for sexually assaulting ... Read more...
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Grand Finale designers for Men’s Week announced
August 31st, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IBNS
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IBNS) Van Heusen today announced that Ashish Soni, and Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, will design for the Van Heusen Grand Finale for the forthcoming Van Heusen India Men’s ... Read more...
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Victoria Premier announces 120 additional police on the streets and more police powers
August 12th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug.12 (ANI): Victoria Premier John Brumby today announced that the State Government would put an additional 120 full-time police officers on the streets to help make the Victorian public safer."Today ... Read more...
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Facebook Agrees to Acquire Sharing Service FriendFeed
August 11th, 2009 - 2:28 am ICT by admin
PALO ALTO, Calif. — August 10, 2009 — Facebook today announced that it has agreed to acquire FriendFeed, the innovative service for sharing online. As part of the agreement, all FriendFeed employees ... Read more...
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ICICIdirect waives off transaction fees for HNI Mutual Funds customers
July 29th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
ICICIdirect, one of the largest financial product distributors in India, today announced that it has waived off transaction fees for its HNI Mutual Funds customers.
ICICIdirect is the first distributors to revise its ... Read more...
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Delhi Stock Exchange teams up with IBM to re-start its operations
July 15th, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): IBM today announced that it has signed a 10-year information technology (IT) services agreement with Delhi Stock Exchange, one of the leading stock exchanges in India.As ... Read more...
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ICDS to be extended to every child under six by March 2012
July 6th, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee while presenting the General Budget in Parliament today announced that the Government is committed to the universalisation of the Integrated Child ... Read more...
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Gautam Thapar accepts role to join Asian Tour Board
May 25th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Sentosa, May 25 (IANS) The Asian Tour today announced that India's Gautam Thapar has accepted to become a Board Member on the Asian Tour.
Thapar, the President of the Professional Golf Tour of ... Read more...
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Congress-DMK talks fail
May 21st, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) today announced that it would now give outside support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government after talks failed on the ... Read more...
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NY Gov. Paterson activates health emergency preparedness plan; puts state on high alert
April 27th, 2009 - 2:32 am ICT by admin
New York, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – Governor David A. Paterson today announced that he has activated New York State’s health emergency preparedness plan, and put the State on high alert to ... Read more...
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Ebay announces plan to separate from Skype
April 15th, 2009 - 4:14 am ICT by admin
San Jose, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Ebay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) today announced that it plans to separate Skype from the company, beginning with an initial public offering that is intended to ... Read more...
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Aamir Khan leaves for a two month holiday break minus wife
April 10th, 2009 - 8:09 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Aamir Khan today announced that he has gone on a holiday now with his two children but minus his wife Kiran as she is busy working on her first film as ... Read more...
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Pre-feasibility study to run Delhi-Patna bullet train, announces Lalu
February 13th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today announced that a pre-feasibility study to run a bullet train between Delhi and Patna will soon be started.
Presenting the Interim ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh says qualified professionals will be allowed to practice in India
January 8th, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Jan 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today announced that doctors, dentists, pharmacists, engineers, architects and chartered accountants, possessing the overseas citizenship cards issued by India, would be allowed ... Read more...
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Family members of India’’s Miss World runner up celebrate her victory
December 14th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Changacherry (Kerala), Dec 14 (ANI): Family members and relatives of Parvathy Omankuttan, who was adjudged first runner-up in the Miss World 2008 pageant in Johannesburg, celebrated her victory at their ancestral ... Read more...
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Ashok Chavan to be new Maharashtra Chief Minister, Rane rebels
December 5th, 2008 - 7:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Mumbai, Dec.5 (ANI): The Congress party today announced that Maharashtra Industries Minister Ashok Chavan will be the next chief minister of the state, even as signs of an open rebellion ... Read more...
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Max New York Life crosses over Rs. 3,000 Crore in collected premium
November 25th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 25 (ANI/Business Wire India): Max New York Life Insurance, one of the leading life insurance companies of India, today announced that it has crossed Rs. 3,000 crore in ... Read more...
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EC announces seven-phase poll schedule for J-K
October 19th, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): The Election Commission today announced that seven-phase polling will be held in Jammu and Kashmir for 87 Assembly seats.
Addressing a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner ... Read more...
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BSP students forum to stage protest on July 21
July 19th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): The Bahujan Students'' Front (BSF) today announced that it would stage a demonstration in the capital on Monday to protest discrimination against Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, ... Read more...
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Trinamool to begin its anti-Tata Motors stir from Monday
July 11th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
Hooghly (WB), July 11 (ANI): Trinamool Congress today announced that it would renew its agitation against the Tata Motor''s car factory at Singur from Monday.
"There is no question of supporting ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party backs the government over nuclear deal
July 8th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): As the Left parties announced their withdrawal of support to the government over the nuclear deal, which has been a bone of contention, the Samajwadi Party ... Read more...
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Copal partners named #1 by the black book of outsourcing
July 1st, 2008 - 7:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI/Business Wire India): Copal Partners, a leading financial research and analytics company, today announced that it has been named the number one Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) company ... Read more...
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Fidelity announces new business initiative in India
June 30th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, June 30 (ANI/Business Wire India ): Fidelity International today announced that it would launch its world-renowned, award winning, online fund platform, FundsNetworkT in India .FundsNetworkT will be an open ... Read more...
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Rediff.com invests in Vakow.com - sms content sharing social community
June 25th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, June 25 (ANI/Business Wire India): Rediff.com India Limited, India's leading online portal, today announced that it has invested an undisclosed sum in Vakow.com (http://www.vakow.com), a fast growing SMS content sharing ... Read more...
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Idea to acquire 40.8 per cent in Spice Communications
June 25th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 25 (ANI): The Aditya Birla Group's Idea Cellular today announced that it would acquire a 40.8 per cent stake in its rival mobile operator Spice Communications, for over ... Read more...
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Atrinsic announces joint venture to target India market
June 13th, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 13 (ANI/Business Wire India): New Motion, Inc., doing business as Atrinsic (NASDAQ: NWMO), a premier Internet media and mobile entertainment company, today announced that it has formed a ... Read more...
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