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Honda Siel launches Jazz in India
1:42 New Delhi, June 10 (ANI):Japanese car giant Honda on Wednesday launched its much-awaited hatchback Jazz in New Delhi,priced between Rs 6.98 lakh and Rs 7.33 lakh. The launch of Jazz,with a 1.2 litre petrol engine, in the country marks Honda Siel Cars India's the joint venture between Honda Motor Corp and Siel Group entry into the most competitive and volume driven small car segment in India.The Company said Jazz, with a Euro-IV compatible engine, would give a mileage of 16.1 km per litre as per ARAI standards. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 980
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Government ready to support Air India: Praful Patel
1:11 New Delhi, June 25 (ANI): The government is ready to help Air India, aviation minister Praful Patel said on Wednesday on condition that the struggling state carrier must become leaner and trimmer to secure backing it needs to get through a liquidity crunch. Patel did not say how much cash would be made available, but said the airline would not be given an open-ended chequebook. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 901
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Land row not a communal issue says Intelligentsia
3:5 Jammu & Kashmir, August 13 (ANI): As Jammu and Kashmir reels under tension sparked off by the land allotment issue to a Hindu shrine, and the gulf between Jammu and Kashmir regions widens, Jammu based analysts believe that the land issue is non-communal in nature. The ongoing unrest in the state is being spearheaded by the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti and supported by about 30 Hindu organisations. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1054
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Security beefed up on Indo-Nepal border prior to Ayodhya verdict
1:9 Gorakhpur,September 22 (ANI): Security has been stepped up on the India-Nepal Border in Gorakhpur to prevent entry of anti social elements, prior to judgment on the Babri Mosque-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit on September 24.A high alert has also been sounded on 305-kilometre stretch and personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) were checking thoroughly to prevent entry of illegal weapons or suspected persons into Indian territory. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 469
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Ajmer blast case: Joint investigation on: CBI Director
1:43 Mumbai, July 11 (ANI): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ashwani Kumar in Mumbai on Saturday said the CBI and the State police forces are jointly investigating the 2007 Ajmer bomb blast case. Kumar also said that the media would be informed about the court trials and the charges that will be made against the accused. CBI has reportedly claimed that two Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders allegedly shielded the 2007 Ajmer blasts accused. The CBI would be submitting its findings before the court soon. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 635
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NDMF helping in rescue operations in flood hit Gujarat
1:4 Porbandar, July 27 (ANI): National Disaster Management Force personnel on Sunday distributed food packets to people in flood-affected areas in Gujarat. Over 40 NDMF personnel have been involved in rescue and relief activities in Porbandar district, where several villages have been marooned by floods. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 798
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Lamy calls for Int. coordinated action for global financial recovery
1:48 New Delhi, November 20 (ANI): Director General of World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy, on Friday called for international coordinated policy action for a sustainable global economic recovery and creation of jobs. Speaking at a seminar in New Delhi, Lamy asserted that the measure would lead to reduction of global unbalances. The WTO is the only international organisation that supervises and tries to liberalise international trade between nations. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 603
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Rel GMR GVK L&T to bid for 5000cr NDLS project
1:32 New Delhi 8 Feb (ANI): Many of the nation’s leading developers and corporate groups are gearing up to bag the Rs 5,000-crore government order for the modernization of the New Delhi railway station. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Infrastructure, brother Anil Ambani's Anil Dheerubhai Ambani Group, GMR Group, GVK Power and Infrastructure and Larsen and Toubro are already in the fray to bid for the project. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1387
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Railway budget 'deceitful': CPI-M
2:28 New Delhi, February 26 (ANI): Criticizing Railway Budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in Parliament on Friday, the Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury called it a 'deceitful budget'. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Friday, Yechury described the Railway budget as a series of announcements, which has been prepared under coalition compulsions. Meanwhile, BJP senior leader Gopinath Munde on similar grounds said that the budget is big joke played on the nation. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 345
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Mushrooms curry famous in Tamil Nadu
1:47 Chennai, October 21 (ANI): The Indian cookery has of late become experimental and is trying to give platter a cross-cultural look. Mushroom forms the central culinary in rural part of Tamil Nadu and the recipes with mushroom are now tickling the taste buds of the rural populace. The villagers now can’t stop craving for more. Its popularity has led to spurt in demand, pushing the prices up. However, the people continue to prefer it to the non-vegetarian dishes burning a hole into the pocket. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1763
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Hops cultivation grows popular in Himachal Pradesh
1:34 Himachal Pradesh, October 18(ANI): Farmers in Keylong region of Himachal Pradesh state are reaping rich dividends by cultivating hops.Hops are female flower clusters,commonly known as cones or strobiles,of the hop plant, which are primarily used as a flavouring and stability agent in beer. More and more farmers are taking to cultivating hops because of its lucrative value as one kilogram of hops fetches the farmers anywhere from between rupees 60 to 70. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1093
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Aishwarya Bachchan sashays in Kolkata
1:35 Kolkata, October 4 (ANI): Bollywood actor and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai sashayed down the ramp in Kolkata on Friday. Aishwarya said she and her husband Abhishek Bachchan would start shooting for director Mani Ratnam's film by next week. The film has been given a working title of Ravan but she was not sure whether the same name would be retained. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1187
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Priyanka and Hurman share no hard feelings now
1:12 New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): After their much-publicised breakup last year, Bollywood actors Priyanka Chopra and Hurman Baweja met at a party recently but didn't display any hard feelings said a source who saw the two dancing together. The party was thrown by filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker last week to celebrate the completion of a 100-day shooting schedule of his romantic comedy What's Your Rashee?, in which Priyanka and Hurman are playing the lead roles. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 940
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Pak entrepreneurs urge India to ease cotton export restrictions
2:4 New Delhi, December 27 (ANI): Highlighting the anomalies in India's export policy, Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Textile Mills Association on Sunday Shahzad Ali Khan, urged the Indian government to ease restrictions on cotton exports to facilitate bilateral trade. Addressing media persons in New Delhi, Khan said that due to the restrictions imposed by the Indian government on cotton exports, several deals struck by entrepreneurs on both sides of the border had been left in the lurch, causing traders to incur heavy losses. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 492
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Bollywood to woo audience with 'Main Aurr Mrs Khanna'
1:36 Mumbai, September 10 (ANI): Bollywood's latest romantic drama Main Aur Mrs Khanna featuring bollywood hunk Salman Khan and the sizzling hot Kareena Kapoor is all set to woo the audiences with its originality. This was revealed by the film’s cast and crew, at the film’s music launch held in Mumbai recently. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 819
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Fourteen people killed in a road accident
1:4 Mumbai, May 4(ANI): Fourteen people were killed and five injured when the jeep they were travelling in collided with a container truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in western Maharashtra on May 04. The jeep that had started from Satara district carrying people of a marriage party rammed into the container truck at around 5.30 a.m. near Shedung village killing seven people on the spot. Local authorities said the ghastly accident was due to human error. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1652
About 4,500 rounds recovered from a militant hideout
0:59 Poonch, June 4 (ANI): Security personnel recover at least 4,500 rounds of AK-47 ammunition from a militant hideout near Line of Control in Poonch region of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, the personnel of Special Operation Group (SOG) and 40 Rashtriya Rifles launched a search operation in Mandi area of the district and busted a militant hideout recovering six boxes of ammunitions buried underground. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 847
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India Inc. slams US decision as discriminatory
1:35 Bangalore, September 09 (ANI): Terming the outsourcing ban threat by the State of Ohio in the U.S. as discriminatory', the Indian information technology industry on Thursday said any such move was against the policy of open markets and hampers promotion of free trade. Reportedly, through an executive order last month, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland prohibited the expenditure of public funds for services provided offshore, a move which is being seen as a blow to Indian IT companies, which have been tapping opportunities in the US across sectors. However, others said that state government projects like that of Ohio were too less to really impact the total revenue. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 680
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Recession evokes mixed reaction
2:15 New Delhi, November 21 (ANI): The ongoing global economic crisis has evoked mixed reaction from Indian Inc. Though the slump is felt in India and the heat has impacted various sectors, still many entrepreneurs have expressed optimism about overcoming the current recession. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HCL Info systems India said that the demand for the IT services in India might slow down due to the present economic crisis. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1461
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Salman Khan's Jaipur marathon takes an ugly turn
0:53 Jaipur,January 24 (ANI):After creating a stampede like situation while promoting his latest film Veer at a mall in Hyderabad,actor Salman Khan did something similar at Jaipur today also.The actor was in pink city to flag off a marathon.Incidentally,when the actor did not take part in the marathon and left the place just after flagging the event,his umpteen fans went berserk and started throwing chairs and water bottles at the police.With the situation turning out of control,police was left with no option but to lathicharge the rowdy crowd leaving many people hurt. Added: 15843 days ago Views: 1775 |