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India to give export incentives to labour-intensive sectors
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New Delhi, August 24 (ANI): India will offer export incentives to some labour-intensive sectors, said Trade Minister Anand Sharma on Monday, while announcing the supplement Foreign Trade Policy in India's capital New Delhi. Sharma added that the additional incentives would cost the government over Rs 10 billion. He further said that due to the uncertain global markets, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has obtained the extension of Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) till June 30, 2011. Under this scheme, the government reimburses duties on imported inputs used in exports.
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Auto ancillary industry seeks check on input cost
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New Delhi, Mar 30(ANI): Hit hard by the rising steel prices, along with high interest rates and the depreciating dollar, auto component manufacturers have sought the government’s help to take fiscal steps to check the spiralling input costs. The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India or ACMA has said that profitability of auto component makers have been hit hard in the quarter ended in December 2007, with many of them registering negative growth.
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Orange production increases in Assam
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Assam, Jan 7 (ANI): The orchard owners of Hakomari village in West Kamrup District of Assam have reaped a bumper harvest of oranges. Under the Technology Mission of the Assam Government’s Agriculture Department, the growers and orchard owners were given extensive training in modern scientific methods of nurturing orange trees. Consequently, the quality and quantity from each tree has been encouraging with farmers being able to get around 800 to 1000 oranges from a single tree.
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US-based NRI adopts a rhino
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Guwahati, August 26 (ANI): A US-based NRI Vavani Sharma has adopted a rhino named 'Pori' at a zoo in Assam and has made an advance payment of 100,000 rupees. This adoption allows him to take care of the six-year-old female rhino for the next one year. The Assam government started an adoption programme way back in 2005 to promote protection of the endangered species and also to reduce the Forest Department's financial burden in managing the zoos.
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Fan sculpts Dharmendra's wax statue
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Ludhiana, January 15 (ANI): Move over Madame Tussauds. our Bollywood stars can now find a place for their wax statues in India itself.Chandrashekhar Prabhakar,an ardent fan of veteran actor Dharmendra, recently unveiled the actor's lifelike wax statue sculpted by him in Ludhiana.The statue portrays Dharmendra wearing a turban and donning the traditional attire of a farmer from Punjab. It has been placed for public viewing at a theatre in Ludhiana, where Dharmendra's latest release 'Yamla Pagla Deewana' is being screened.
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Karnataka BJP govt wins trust vote amid high drama
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Bangalore, October 11 (ANI): Amid scenes of pandemonium, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday won a vote of confidence in the Assembly under a cloud after the Speaker disqualified 16 MLAs, including 11 of BJP, hours before the trial of strength. High drama marked the proceedings when Speaker K G Bopaiah declared the motion of confidence passed by a voice vote.
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Indian boxer Vijender eyes gold medal in upcoming CWG
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Mumbai, March 26 (ANI): On the sidelines of an event by a men's suiting brand, Siyaram's at Mumbai on Thursday Ace Indian boxer Vijender Singh said that he is hoping to win gold medal in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi. He further mentioned that the Indian boxing team's preparations for the mega Commonwealth Games are going fine.
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Revoke special powers act in Kashmir when normalcy returns: Army
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Jammu and Kashmir, October 09 (ANI): In a candid disclosure, Rameshwar Rai, General Officer Commanding of the 16 Corps of the Indian Army on Friday, argued against the revocation of the Kashmir terror law, which gives special powers to the Army. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir, Rai said the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) should be repealed only when peace and order is restored in the restive region. Highlighting the strife-ridden region was still a hub of separatist violence; he said that without the AFSPA, the Army would be powerless in restoring normalcy.
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Opposition asks Govt to lobby for rehabilitation of Lankan Tamils
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Chennai, November 15 (ANI): Senior leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday urged Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to lobby for the rehabilitation of Tamils in Sri Lanka during his two-day visit to Colombo. India last month offered Sri Lanka Dollar100 million to help war refugees return home and rebuild the country's ravaged north.
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Government seeks foreign investment in roads
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New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): India’s Transport Minister Kamal Nath said on Tuesday that India wants foreign investors to fund as much as half of the $20 billion in a year it has earmarked for road building. Building roads has become a priority for the new Congress-led government as it aims to generate demand across the country, and Nath's appointment is seen by analysts as an attempt to push that agenda harder.
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Creating diverse workforce a challenge Narayanmurthy
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Bangalore, June 15(ANI): Chairman and chief mentor of Infosys Technologies Ltd., N.R. Narayana Murthy said that generating diverse workforce would be a big challenge for companies. Murthy said this while addressing the company's 27th annual general meeting for fiscal 2008 in Bangalore on Saturday. He also announced that for fiscal 2008, Infosys has rewarded its shareholders with a special dividend of Rs.20 per share.
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China to continue dialogue with the Dalai Lama
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Dharamsala, May 4(ANI): The Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-exile, Samdong Rinpoche has confirmed that the dialogue between the envoys of the Dalai Lama and Chinese government officials will continue. Rinpoche said he is hopeful about a concrete outcome. Chinese President Hu Jintao hoped that the talks between government officials and representatives of the Dalai Lama would yield positive results.
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Rajinikanth organises special screening of Robot for B- town stars
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Mumbai,October 5 (ANI): The southern sensation Rajinikanth organised a special screening of his latest blockbuster 'Robot' for the B- Town stars in Mumbai on Monday.Biggies like Amitabh Bachchan,Abhishek Bachchan,Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Dharmendra,Hema Malini,Sunny Deol,Vinod Khanna,Urmila Matondkar as well as renowned directors like Yash Chopra,Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Subhash Ghai attended the event.Touted as the costliest venture to hit the Indian screens, Robot targeted to earn Rs 60 million.And considering the great opening it has got across the globe, we are sure it will achieve the goal.
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Mumbai finally breathes a sigh of relief
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Mumbai, November 29 (ANI): Indian commandos said they killed the last Islamist gunmen holed up at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on Saturday, ending a three-day long battle at landmarks across India's financial capital. Security forces have now freed the landmark Taj hotel here after an intense nightlong firing amid a series of explosions. Sniffer dogs have been taken to the iconic 105-year-old hotel for the sanitization, which might take another 12 hours.
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Five killed as train derails near Jaipur
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Rajasthan, November 14 (ANI): At least five people were killed and 20 injured, when a Delhi-bound Mandor Express derailed in Bassi town near Jaipur. The accident occurred around 1.30 am on Saturday between Jhar and Jathwara stations when five AC, seven sleeper and three general coaches got derailed. The train was travelling from Jodhpur to national capital New Delhi. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital by Government Railway Protection (GRP) personnel.
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China says H1N1 flu can be treated with traditional medicine
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Beijing,August 06 (ANI): A leading Chinese hospital in Beijing has said that Chinese herbal medicine could offer an alternative to Swine flu treatment and works as well or even better than western medicine. Doctors from Ditan hospital said they have treated a total of 297 H1N1 patients since May 16, when Beijing confirmed its first H1N1 infection. According to them, trials showed that Chinese herbal therapies are safe and more effective to cure disease.
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Over fifty hospitalized, 6 critical after gas leak in Mumbai
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Mumbai, July 14 (ANI): Over fifty people have been hospitalized after chlorine gas leaked from cylinders in south Mumbai's Sewri area in the wee hours on Wednesday. Twenty-five students living in the hostel of the Lal Bahadur Collage of Advanced Maritme Studies and Research were among the hospitalized. Local media reports have said that the condition of six people is critical.
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SAARC leaders address terrorism and food prices
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Colombo, August 4 (ANI): SAARC leaders signed a legal cooperation pact aimed at combating terrorism on Sunday. They also agreed to set up a food bank to fight hunger in the face of rising food prices in one of the world's poorest regions. The summit, however, provided no concrete steps to invigorate the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement which came into effect two years ago but has failed to take off.
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Anti-encroachment drive sparks violence in Bhopal
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Bhopal, May 21 (ANI): Locals in Bhopal carried out violent protests on Saturday on the streets against the Bhopal Municipal Corporation’s encroachment drive In an anti-encroachment drive in Bhopal, civic authorities had come to pull down a two storey and three storey building in the Minal Residency area. Though the police force was also deployed, locals started pelting stones and tried to intervene in the proceedings. Municipality Corporation’s and police vehicles were put on fire and severely damaged. Present at the site, Rajesh Singh Chandel, Additional Superintendent of Police, said inquiry is on in the matter.
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Bandh proves Opposition cares about people: Advani
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New Delhi, July 06 (ANI): Thanking the people for making the Bharat Bandh an un precedented success senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani hoped that the 12-hour strike proved that the Opposition cared about people and their plight due to price rise. A 12-hour nationwide opposition shutdown against the price hike of petroleum products and increasing inflation was observed on Monday. The shutdown was marked by widespread protests and arrests of activists belonging to various opposition parties.
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