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Success of ICAR project a model for cyclone prone areas

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 3 min read

CUTTACK, Aug 6 (UNI); Sripati had never dreamt that one day he would earn enough to support his family and lead a life with diginity after his land and home was...

Anil Ambani to interact with people through his new website

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (UNI): Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran today launched a website of business magnate and Rajya Sabha member Anil Ambani. The webs...

Great Silk Route being revived

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (UNI): The Great Silk Route, which used to be a major trade link between India and central Asian countries, is being revived again to give boos...

Left frowns at Chidambaram's remarks on FDI

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (UNI): Within two days of the UPA-Left Coordination Panel holding its first formal meet, the Left parties today took Finance Minister P Chidamb...

Singapore asks India to "Look East"

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 3 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): Becoming the first top foreign dignitary to visit India after the installation of a new government here, Singapore Prime Minister Goh C...

Indo-Pak friendship through "Dostkari"

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 2 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): Pakistan High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan is of the view that interaction between the craftspersons of India and Pakistan will go a lo...

Rescue Centre for trapped leopards in Mumbai

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 2 min read

Mumbai, July 9 (UNI): In view of the recent leopard attacks in the Mumbai suburbs, the Maharashtra Government has decided to build a Rescue Centre for leopards ...

NDA boycotts "tainted" Shibu Soren a la Fernandes

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 1 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): Members of the National Democratic Alliance today staged a walkout as soon as Coal and Mines Minister Shibu Soren got up to speak in th...

'Bihar package' is alteration of NDA announcement: JD

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 1 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): Janata Dal MPs from Bihar today alleged in the Lok Sabha that the "Bihar package" mentioned in the General Budget presented yesterday w...

Opposition stages walkout in RS on starvation deaths issue

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 3 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): The Opposition in the Rajya Sabha today staged a walkout, expressing its dissatisfaction with Human Resources Development Minister Arju...

Commission to probe Godhra train fire

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 1 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): The Centre is examining the possibility of setting up a High Power Committee to inquire into the fire in Sabarmati Express near Godhra ...

Chidambaram rejects proposal to set up apex RRBs body

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 2 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): Finance Minister P Chidambaram today rejected a proposal to set up a National Rural Bank to regulate the affairs of 196 Regional Rural ...

Rs.4044 crore FDI in country's mineral sector

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 1 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has so far approved a total FDI of Rs 4044 crore from 20 countries in the mining sector while...

Sweltering Iraqis blame US for power cuts

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 2 min read

BAGHDAD, July 9 (Reuters): In the sweltering summer heat, some Iraqis plunged into the polluted Tigris river in the capital to cool off while many blamed the Un...

Pathos of widowhood captured on film

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2004 · 2 min read

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI): The story of Priya, a young woman suddenly thrust into the sordid realm of widowhood, mirrors the life of scores of unfortunate women i...

India turning 'dark zone' with groundwater depletion: expert

Staff Reporter · Jun 12, 2004 · 3 min read

LUCKNOW, June 11 (UNI) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) director Sunita Narain has warned that groundwater levels in the country are depleting at an ala...

Jharkhand pips J&K to top states in POTA arrests

Staff Reporter · Jun 12, 2004 · 3 min read

RANCHI, June 11 (UNI) Jharkhand, the nascent Eastern state carved out of 18 districts of Bihar, has earned the dubious distinction of registering the highest nu...

T-72 upgrade faces delay, new tender next month

Staff Reporter · Jun 12, 2004 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 11 (UNI) Project 'Rhino,' the Indian Army's move to upgrade its T-72M1 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) to meet the requirements of the modern-day battl...

CMP not dictated by allies: Cong

Staff Reporter · Jun 12, 2004 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Jun 11 (UNI) The Congress today denied that it has been "compelled" to accept the Common Minimum Programme (CMP), saying its major policy statements ...

Balakrishna's wife surrenders before court

Staff Reporter · Jun 12, 2004 · 1 min read

HYDERABAD, Jun 11 (UNI) Actor Nandamuri Balakrishna's wife Vasundhara today surrendered before a court. Vasundhara is facing charges under section 201 of the IP...

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