Ahead of ASEAN summit, India to host Mekong-Ganga meeting
August 13th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Ahead of the India-ASEAN commemorative summit in December, India will be hosting a meeting of the six-nation Mekong-Ganga Cooperation grouping that will bring the foreign ... Read more...
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India, Thailand review FTA talks, push trilateral highway
August 10th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India and Thailand Friday reviewed the progress in their negotiations for a free trade treaty and decided to step up work on landmark connectivity projects ... Read more...
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Auto companies start 2012 with good sales (Roundup)
February 1st, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Automobile companies have begun the new year on a positive note, logging steady and stable growth in sales for the month of January.The industry had ... Read more...
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Thai PM to be chief guest on India’s Republic Day
December 2nd, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Building on the upward swing in New Delhi's Look East policy, India will host Thailand's first woman and youngest Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ... Read more...
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South Asian nations seek total elimination of piracy
November 18th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Maritime nations of Asia Friday want piracy eliminated from the Indian Ocean waters, even as it was projected that the cost of tackling Somali pirates ... Read more...
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Aviation fuel prices raised
April 15th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Friday raised aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 2.10 percent, taking them to Rs.60,404 per kilolitre in Delhi.This is the ... Read more...
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Diesel price deregulation not inevitable: Basu
March 3rd, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Deregulation in the prices of diesel was not inevitable, chief economic adviser to the finance ministry Kaushik Basu said Thursday, and added that the government ... Read more...
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Indian Oil Corporation raises jet fuel prices by 4.5 percent
January 31st, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Monday raised aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 4.5 percent, which now stands at Rs.50,958.79 per kilolitre in Delhi.This is the eighth ... Read more...
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IOC again hikes ATF prices by 2 percent
December 31st, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Friday raised aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by two percent, which now stand at Rs. 47,816 per kilolitre in Delhi.This is the ... Read more...
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Assam’s ruling Congress sounds poll bugle
July 18th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 18 (IANS) The ruling Congress party in Assam and its ally, the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), Sunday literally sounded the poll bugle ahead of next year's assembly elections by taking ... Read more...
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Gold breaches Rs.19,000 per 10 gm mark in India
June 1st, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The retail price of gold for jewellery breached the Rs.19,000 mark for 10 gm for the first time ever in the national capital Tuesday on account of ... Read more...
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‘Over 47 percent Class 5 students cannot read Class 2 books’
February 25th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Portraying a poor picture of the quality of elementary education in the country, India's annual the Economic Survey said Thursday that over 47 percent children studying in ... Read more...
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Main Aurr Mrs Khanna all set for Diwali!
September 15th, 2009 - 10:22 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Sohail Khan Productions and UTV's Main Aurr Mrs Khanna is ready for Diwali release. The romantic flick hits the theatres on 16th October 2009. Starring Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Kareena ... Read more...
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Delhi, Dhaka to step up trade, sign pacts on terror (Lead)
September 10th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) India and Bangladesh Thursday decided to step up trade and connectivity and to conclude three pacts on combating terror. The agreements are expected to be signed ... Read more...
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Delhi, Dhaka to sign pacts on terror, trade
September 10th, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) India and Bangladesh Thursday decided to step up trade and connectivity and to conclude three pacts on combating terror. The agreements are expected to be signed ... Read more...
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Paints industry to grow 10-12 percent, say manufacturers
August 10th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) The Indian Paint Association expects the industry to post 10-12 percent growth this fiscal riding on initial signs of revival of user industries, a top member of the ... Read more...
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Shilpa Shukla steadily making her mark
May 6th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Shilpa Shukla was prominently noticed first in her character of Bindiya Nayak in Shimit Amin's Chak De India where she played the headstrong senior most player of the team. Her confrontation ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s endangered stag population on the rise
April 24th, 2009 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 24 (IANS) There is good news from Jammu and Kashmir - an increase in the population of the endangered stag called hangul.
According to a census conducted by the state wildlife ... Read more...
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Pranab appeals for sincere action against terrorism
February 9th, 2009 - 8:46 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb.9, (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that hurdles in the global war against terrorism are created by an unwillingness or a lack of sincerity on part ... Read more...
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I’ll never do ‘Bigg Boss’ again, says winner Ashutosh Kaushik
November 23rd, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Life for young dhaba owner Ashutosh Kaushik has taken an upward swing ever since he participated in television reality shows. But after winning Rs.10 million on "Bigg ... Read more...
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India’s foodgrain output at 230 mn tonnes may moderate prices (Lead)
July 9th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India's food grain production at 230.67 million tonnes in 2007-08 will help in moderating food prices, a senior government official said Wednesday. "There has been only 5 ... Read more...
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‘Political uncertainty a bad omen for economy’ (Lead)
July 8th, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The current bout of political uncertainty in India could not have come at a worse time, with experts fearing that the fluid political situation ... Read more...
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‘Political uncertainty a bad omen for economy’
July 8th, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The current bout of political uncertainty in India would not have come at a worse time, with experts hoping the stalemate would be over ... Read more...
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