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Krishna does not have much expectation from Indo-Pak talks
1:47 Bangalore /Islamabad, June 27 (ANI): Foreign Minister S. M Krishna on Saturday candidly confessed that although he has no expectations from Home Minister Chidambaram's visit to Pakistan, it is still a new beginning for both the countries. However, he termed the visit as a notable landmark. Krishna informed that Chidambaram would report the outcome of his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Rehman Malik to the Cabinet as soon as he returns to India. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 586
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Mahindra group all set to enter aerospace industry
1:21 Bangalore, June 27 (ANI): India's auto major Mahindras is all set to make its presence felt in the skies since it is making a foray in the aviation sector. Anand Mahindra, Managing Director of Mahindra and Mahindra disclosed this at Bangalore on Saturday .He said that the company is investing 2.5 billion rupees into the aerospace business. Mahindra mentioned the company would invest 1.5 billion rupees into aircraft component manufacturing, and another 1 billion rupees in aircraft manufacturing adding that the group is open to inorganic opportunities to grow its aerospace business. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 726
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WB villagers accuse CRPF personnel of physical torture
1:57 Jhargram, June 27 (ANI): Residents of various villages in Jhargram district of West Bengal have accused the security forces deployed for the 'Operation Green Hunt', to flush out Maoists from their jungle bases, of torturing them. The villagers also mentioned that the police personnel have not spared even school going students. Speaking to the media persons on Saturday at one of the village hospitals, a young injured student recalled the atrocities by the uniformed personnel in course of their routine patrolling of the rural areas. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 835
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Police bust a Maoist training camp in Dantewada
1:47 Dantewada, June 27 (ANI): Police busted a training camp of Maoists in Dantewada district on Friday during routine surveillance in Kirandul region of Chhattisgarh The camp was busted after police team comprising of 150 personnel spotted certain Maoists who engaged the cops in a prolonged gun-battle. Amid the firing and sound of gunshots, the Maoists managed to escape into the nearby dense forest. Maoists had established the training camp in deep forests with the latest equipments. As the forces approached the camp, the rebels started firing at them. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 709
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Manipur journos protest over death threats
1:29 Imphal, June 27 (ANI): Angered by the threats issued to regional journalists by a militant faction, members of All Manipur Working Journalist Union (AMWJU), the forum of scribes in the state, staged a sit-in protest at Imphal on Saturday. In a passionate display of solidarity with their colleagues, members of the AMWJU lashed out at the Lanheiba faction of the radical regional Kangleipak Communist Party-Military Council (KCP-MC) for allegedly using unlawful means to intimidate journalists. The union members also closed down all the state vernacular press offices and broadcasters in the city. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 568
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Saina clinches Indonesia Open title
0:51 New Delhi, June 27 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal achieved an incredible feat on Sunday when she defeated Japan's Sayaka Sato 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 to win the Indonesian Open Super series title. Saina was the defending champion and it’s her third straight win in three weeks. Saina who recently jumped to her career best ranking of World No 3, came into this event on the back of successive wins in the India Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super series title. The defending champion has now consolidated her place among the sport's best by winning her third Super series title. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 820
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Security beefed up following G20 summit protests in Toronto
1:5 Toronto, June 27 (ANI): Authorities in Canada tightened security on Sunday, a day after protesters set police cars ablaze and smashed store windows in a show of opposition to the G20 leadership summit. An estimated 10,000 demonstrators clashed with Toronto Police and other law enforcement authorities on Saturday. Police to contain the violence, closed off a long stretch of King Street, and used the road to move officers. Initially peaceful march, organized by labor groups that say G20 economic policies favor the rich, turned violent, after the demonstrators moved within blocks of the 10-foot fence that rings the G20 summit site. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 541
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WB jute farmers expect good yield after heavy rainfall
1:26 West Bengal, June 27 (ANI): Jute farmers in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal are expecting a good production this year, as the area has received heavy rainfall. Even the weather experts believe that jute production may increase as they feel weather conditions to be apt for the crop. Meanwhile, the farmers are expecting some relief and benefit from the government as well, like, a rise in the prices of jute so that they are able to earn a fixed income. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 865
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Economic blockade cost Manipur two billion rupees a day
1:48 Imphal, June 27 (ANI): The economic blockade may have ended in Manipur, but the loss that the state has suffered due to the 66-day long deadlock is enormous. Manipur suffered a loss of about two billion rupees per day due to the economic blockade. Economists say that during the blockade petrol was not merely scarce but its price in black market had gone up to 140 rupees a litre. He further said that all the private and government schools stopped functioning because petrol was not available and vans could not ply. Singh added, the blockade not only brought the state to a standstill but also created a space for black marketing. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 662
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Buddhist Monks start prayer ceremony for world peace
1:45 Gangtok, June 27 (ANI): Buddhist monks in Gangtok started a weeklong prayer session for world peace on Sunday. Hundreds of Buddhist devotees and Buddhist monks congregated at Guru Lhakhang to pray for world peace and welfare of the humanity. The organisers of the ceremony claim that the objective of this ‘Annual Vajra Guru Recitation’ is to help improve the sufferings caused by nuclear weapons, evil spirits, terrible diseases, destruction from natural calamities and to achieve ultimate happiness, world peace, perfect and complete Buddha hood. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 801
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Anti-government strike paralyses Bangladesh
1:16 Dhaka, June 27 (ANI): A dawn to dusk general strike organised by main opposition parties paralysed Bangladesh on Sunday. The protest was led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and ally, the Jamaat-e-Islami party with an aim to draw public attention to failures and excesses by the government and to muster support for their demand for an early election. The opposition is accusing the government of being unable to deliver on promises such as improving power and gas supplies, improving the law and order situation and halting a rise in food prices. They also want Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to scrap all agreements she signed during her visit to India in January, including allowing New Delhi to use the Chittagong port. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 782
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India favours concerted efforts to consolidate global economy
2:30 Toronto, June 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his British Counterpart David Cameroon on the sidelines of the ongoing G-20 summit on Saturday. He made India’s stand amply clear that the global economic recovery was still tentative and it still required concerted efforts by countries to anchor it firmly. He suggested government spending could make up for weak private demand. Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Vishnu Prakash confirmed this, while addressing media persons, on Sunday. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 740
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Export of India's spices record an all time high
1:52 Kochi, June 26 (ANI): India recorded an all time high in exports of spices in 2009-10, touching rupees 55.60 billion against rupees 53 billion in the previous year, despite global recession. The Board expects a further increase in the exports in the years to come. In the export basket of spices and spice products, spice oils including mint products like mint oils, menthol crystals, and menthol powder contributed 34 percent of the total export earnings. Chilli contributed 23 percent followed by cumin 10 percent, turmeric 7 percent and pepper 6 percent. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 533
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Govt gets flak from political parties over fuel hike
2:33 New Delhi/Jaipur, June 26 (ANI): The central government's decision to increase fuel prices simmered into a political potboiler as politicians and the masses across India unanimously condemned the move. Echoing people's concerns at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar lashed out at the ruling UPA government by saying it was an anti-people decision. Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav also slammed congress by alleging that the price hike was because of an 'understanding' existing between the corporate big-wigs and the UPA government. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 556
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CRPF holds anti-Maoist convention in Jharhkand village
1:38 Jharkhand, June 26 (ANI): Personnel of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) interacted with villagers at an anti-Maoist convention in Jharhkand, near the village of top Maoist leader, Kundan Pahan, on Friday, who is also accused of instructing the beheading of a police official, Francis Induvar. The CRPF Commandant, Nehal Singh Gujjar, said that the convention was aimed at seeking the opinion of villagers on making the area violence-free. Also participating in the meet was maoist leader Kundan Pahan’s brother, who appealed him to join the mainstream. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 516
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Maoists kidnap Communist leader in West Bengal
1:9 West Bengal, June 26 (ANI):Suspected Maoists kidnapped Srimanti Mandi, a local leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Satbanki village in Paschimi Medinipur district of West Bengal state on Friday. Reportedly, they kidnapped Srimanti, demanding the release of their fellow lady Maoist Durga Mandi who was arrested earlier by the police. Srimanti Mandi is a farmer in the village as well as an active leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Added: 15849 days ago Views: 570
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Malik terms talks with Chidambaram as a 'good start'
1:27 Islamabad, June 26 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik termed his meeting with Indian home minister P Chidambaram, in Islamabad on Friday, as a 'good start'. Chidambaram is expected to discuss with Malik on a wide range issues, including terrorism and New Delhi's persistent demand for the prosecution of Hafiz Saeed, the alleged Pakistani mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 540
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Commoners worried over fuel price hike
1:40 New Delhi,June 26 (ANI):The decision of Indian government's Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to hike prices of petrol and diesel on Friday has evoked strong criticism from the commoners as well as political parties.The common man who has to ultimately bear the brunt is badly hit by this hike as growing inflation has already made the cost of living very high.The government has raised the price of petrol by rupees 3.73 per litre while it is rupees 2 for diesel.For kerosene and LPG the hike is of Rs.3 and Rs. 35 respectively. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 543
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Imran Khan hopes India-Pakistan talks to be fruitful
1:49 Islamabad, June 26 (ANI): Famed former Pakistani cricketer, Imran Khan, who is also the chairman of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party,said that he is optimistic about the success of India-Pakistan talks.Khan, however,said that the core issue of Kashmir should be solved at the outset.Further he noted that incidents like 26 by 11 have played a vital role in weakening the ties between the two neighbouring countries and it is very vital for both to deal with militancy. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 567
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Security tightened in Gujarat's coastal areas, temples
1:41 Gujrat,June 26 (ANI): Security has been beefed up at various points along the costal area of Gujarat, following intelligence reports that militants are planning to enter into India from the place.The Gujarat police have taken steps particularly for the safety of Somnath temple,where visitors are checked three times before allowing them to enter inside the temple.The terrorist attack on the state's Akshardham temple in 2002,in which 29 devotees were killed and 79 wounded, is still fresh in the memory of the people.Hence they are also fully ready to co-operate with security officers.Also they are appreciating the initiative of the police. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 847
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