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Rajasthan to announce new industrial policy soon

Staff Reporter · Apr 10, 2010 · 1 min read

JAIPUR, Feb 4 (Agencies): The Rajasthan government is announcing a new industrial policy soon to give impetus to industrial progress in the state. State industr...

Govt may hike petrol prices this week; duty cut unlikely

Staff Reporter · Apr 10, 2010 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 4 (Agencies): Government may raise petrol price by Rs 2 a litre and diesel by Re one a litre this week, but a duty rejig to minimise impact of hi...

Under night curfew for 60 years

Staff Reporter · Apr 10, 2010 · 3 min read

GUWAHATI, Feb 4 (Agencies): The plight of villages on the Indo-Bangladesh border trapped from sunset to sunrise behind large iron gates and fencing for nearly 6...

Whips have become mute spectators in House: Hamid Ansari

Staff Reporter · Apr 10, 2010 · 2 min read

MUMBAI, Feb 4 (Agencies): In a scathing review of how legislatures function in the country, Vice President Hamid Ansari today said that whips have been merely r...

Budget session set for stormy start

Staff Reporter · Feb 22, 2010 · 8 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 21 (UNI): The Budget session of Parliament beginning tomorrow is set for a stormy start with the Opposition geared up to attack the Government on...

Gujjars agree to resume talks with Raj govt

Staff Reporter · Feb 18, 2010 · 2 min read

KARWADI/JAIPUR, June e 12 (Agencies): After two days of deadlock, Gujjar leadership today agreed to resume talks with the Rajasthan government following grant o...

Aarushi murder: narco-analysis test on Krishna begins

Staff Reporter · Feb 18, 2010 · 1 min read

BANGALORE, June e 12 (Agencies): A Narco-analysis test on Krishna, compounder of dentist Rajesh Talwar, began here today in connection with the Noida twin murde...

Gorkhaland crisis: Army called in Siliguri

Staff Reporter · Feb 18, 2010 · 8 min read

KOLKATA/SILIGURI, June e 12 (Agencies): The army was called out to patrol streets of Siliguri and adjacent areas on Thursday following attacks on local people, ...

Govt hikes paddy MSP to Rs 850 a qtl for this year

Staff Reporter · Feb 18, 2010 · 4 min read

NEW DELHI, June e 12 (Agencies): The government today announced an increase of Rs 105 a quintal in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy at Rs 850 per quinta...

Indian accused of stealing diamonds in world's smallest Island

Staff Reporter · Feb 18, 2010 · 8 min read

NEW DELHI, June e 12 (Agencies): An Indian national has been accused of stealing and decamping with three fine diamonds worth lakhs of rupees in the world's sma...

Carjacker gang busted, 3 cars recovered

Staff Reporter · Jan 21, 2010 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (UNI): Delhi Police today claimed to havebusted a gang of carjackers with the arrest of four of itsmembers. "Sehnawaz Khan alias Babloo (28), ...

India overwhelmingly popular among Afghans : Study

Staff Reporter · Jan 21, 2010 · 7 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (UNI): India has tremendous goodwillin Afghanistan with an overwhelming 71 per cent of theAfghan population putting it far ahead of even theUn...

Copenhagen commitments: India kicks off the process

Staff Reporter · Jan 21, 2010 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (UNI): In fulfillment of the commitment given to the global community at the Copenhagen Conference to bring down carbon emissions by 25 per ce...

Delhi gets ready for 'renewable' power

Staff Reporter · Jan 21, 2010 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (UNI): Amid the rising worries of climatechange and global warming, Delhi is all set to generatepower via an environmentfriendly mechanism. Co...

IndoItalian firm to develop trade fair infrastructure

Staff Reporter · Jan 21, 2010 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (UNI): Aiming to improve India's trade fairinfrastructure, especially in secondary cities, an Italiancompany has joined hands with an Indian f...

CAT asks govt to review penalty of RAW official

Staff Reporter · Dec 20, 2009 · 4 min read

KT NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Dec 19: The Central Administrative Tribunal has come to the rescue of a top RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) sleuth summarily dismiss...

VP to inaugurate National Youth Festival

Staff Reporter · Nov 13, 2009 · 2 min read

AMRITSAR, Jan 12 (Agencies): Vice President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate the fourteenth National Youth Festival here on Monday. It is the first time that Nation...

Hamid Karzai, Manmohan Singh to discuss terrorism

Staff Reporter · Nov 13, 2009 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (Agencies): Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here on Monday and hold discussion on the latest developm...

Sunny morning greets Delhiites

Staff Reporter · Nov 13, 2009 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (Agencies): Delhiites woke up to a sunny morning on Monday with the minimum temperature settling at 6.6 degrees Celsius. The minimum had dropp...

Centre calls meet on truckers' strike

Staff Reporter · Nov 13, 2009 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (Agencies): The Centre has called a meeting of state transport ministers on Monday to deal with the situation arising out of the truckers' str...

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