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India can achieve 9-10 percent growth: Mukherjee
1:4 New Delhi,January 09 (ANI):India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday in New Delhi said that the country is poised for 9-10 percent growth rate if the current trend continues. India's economy grew an annual 7.9 percent in the quarter through September,its fastest in 18 months, prompting the finance ministry to revise the growth forecast for the current fiscal year to around 8 percent from 7.0 percent. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 795
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India inks one billion dollar loan deal with Bangladesh
2:0 Dhaka, August 08 (ANI): India and Bangladesh signed a one billion US dollars credit line agreement on Saturday in Dhaka, which will be used for development of infrastructure in Bangladesh. The $1 billion credit deal, which was offered during a visit by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India six months ago, carries 1.75 percent annual interest and would be repayable in 20 years including a five-year grace period. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 592
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Unless Pak stops terrorism, talks will have limits: Menon
1:56 Washington DC, October 01 (ANI): National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon on Thursday said that India is willing to talk to Pakistan only if it stops backing terrorist activities in India. Menon said that there are limits on how far the dialogue can proceed depending upon the initiatives taken by Pakistan. He was addressing a gathering in Washington D.C. ahead of U.S President Barack Obama’s Indian visit in November 2010. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 542
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We are not targeting any team: Zimbabwean cricketer Taibu
1:35 Nagpur, February 15 (ANI): The Zimbabwe team on Monday said that they are not aiming at targeting any team during the warm-up or one-day matches of the upcoming World Cup tournament. While addressing media in Nagpur Zimbabwean cricketer, Tatenda Taibu, said that his team's focus would be to play good cricket. Meanwhile his teammate, Brenden Taylor said that some of his teammates are rather new to international cricket and are training really hard. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 396
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Pawan Kumar Bansal slams Joshi over PAC fiasco
1:56 Chandigarh, April 30 (ANI): India's Parliamentary Affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today slammed BJP leader and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) probe panel, Murli Manohar Joshi, for walking out of PAC meet that was held on Thursday. Bansal further said that the BJP's allegation that the rejection of the report by the committee as unauthorized is baseless. As per the claims of the Congress-led UPA Government, the report was rejected by 11:10 votes, though Joshi is claiming that since he had adjourned the sitting of the panel, it was not rejected. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 432
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Pak Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir meets S M Krishna
0:47 New Delhi, February 26 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir today met India's Foreign Minister S M Krishna in New Delhi and discussed bilateral relations.Bashir met Krishna after holding talks with his Indian counterpart,Nirupama Rao,and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon on Thursday.They are understood to have taken stock of the bilateral relations and reviewed the discussions that were held between the two foreign secretaries yesterday. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 785
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Famous heartbreaks of tinsel town
2:32 New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Behind the world of glitz and glamour, lies a gory world of linkups, tiffs and breakups. One moment you hear a hot celeb couple coming out into the open and making their rocking relationship public and the next moment you see that very lovey-dovey couple complaining of their relationship getting rocky. Here’s looking at the spiciest of breakup sagas in tinselville. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 1099
Pakistan eyes re-entry to Commonwealth next month
2:28 Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Apr 22(ANI): Pakistan expects to be readmitted to the Commonwealth at a meeting of the group's ministers next month to review its suspension from the 53-nation body. The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group will meet in London on May 12 to review the suspension. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told a news conference with his British counterpart, David Miliband that they had discussed Pakistan's re-entry to the group of mostly former British colonies. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 1300
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Curfew imposed in four districts of Kashmir
1:24 Srinagar, October 27 (ANI): Curfew was on Wednesday clamped in four districts of Kashmir Valley to foil a march by the separatists to the United Nations office in Srinagar demanding withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir. Besides the four districts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora, curfew has also been imposed in Awantipora. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 447
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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for Mary Kom
1:3 Imphal, August 1 (ANI): M C Mary Kom, a four-time champion of women's world boxing will be awarded India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. It will be conferred on her by the president Pratibha Patil on August 29. Her family and friends are very happy with her achievement. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 977
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Tata Nano to be launched on March 23
1:23 New Delhi, February 26 (ANI): The much-awaited Tata Nano will be ready for launch on March 23rd, with deliveries commencing from the first week of April.Tata Motors on Thursday announced that Tata Nano would be launched at a function in Mumbai.The 33 bhp 625cc petrol engine will be offered, as cars will start rolling out from either the Pantnagar plant in Himachal Pradesh or the Pimpri Plant in Pune.The cars will be on display at Tata Motors dealerships from the first week of April 2009. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 1139
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Team India leaves for ICC Champions trophy in SA
0:51 Mumbai, September 18 (ANI): Riding high on confidence after their the tri-nation Compaq Cup triumph in Sri Lanka,the Indian cricket team today left for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 595
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Hrithik vows to love Suzanne even more,this Valentine
1:15 New Delhi, February 14 (ANI): Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan is all set to make this Valentine's Day extra special for his beloved wife Suzanne, by gifting her something that will bring a big smile to her face. Hrithik adds that since he is an incurably a romantic person he just renews the vows with Suzanne of being together and loving her. The day is special for him, as One Valentine's Day, a year after he started dating Sussanne, he went down on his knees on Juhu beach in Mumbai and proposed to her. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 418
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Govt was always open to new Lokpal bill: Moily
2:51 New Delhi, April 09 (ANI): Defending the government, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said on Saturday that the government was always open to negotiations over the formulation of a new Lokpal bill. Moily added that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked for time from Hazare for discussion over the bill, but the social activist had already set date for his fast until death. The minister said that there has never been any confrontation between government and Hazare's representatives, and hopes the bill is drafted as fast as possible since it is in the good of the nation. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 422
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Indian Army misutilises public money to buy golf carts
1:22 New Delhi, July 11 (ANI):In a shocking revelation,a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General or CAG of India on Friday has found the Indian army misusing its special financial powers.The Indian army has squandered the funds on purchasing golf carts for their private pleasure.It claimed the vehicles to be used for patients but were actually used in golf courses. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 940
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Ram Vilas Paswan advocates central rule in Orissa
1:45 New Delhi, October 10 (ANI): Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian minister for steel, on Thursday advocated central rule in Orissa in the wake of attacks on Christian community. The federal Home Minister has shot off a letter asking the state's ruling government, supported by Bharatiya Janata Party, to do more to check the violence. Paswan urged the Communist alliance, who severed ties with the federal coalition earlier this year, to muster a 3 4th majority in parliament in favour of the move. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 1249
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Kandahar blast kills 60 people
1:31 Arghandab, Afghanistan, Feb 17(ANI): A suspected suicide bomb attack at a picnic spot in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on February 17 killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens. According to the government there is a possibility that as many as 80 people got killed in the blast. The attack took place in a field where a crowd of people including policemen was gathered to watch dog fights in Arghandab, on the western outskirts of Kandahar city. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 1209
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Families await justice 11 yrs after Uphaar Cinema fire
1:41 New Delhi, June 13(ANI): It was an emotional moment for the relatives of the victims of the Uphaar Cinema hall tragedy that occurred 11 year ago. The kin of the victims held special prayers for their loved ones who died in the killer fire. It was on this day in 1997 that a movie show turned into the worst nightmare when a cinema hall caught fire, killing 59 people. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 1010
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Separatist leader Sajjad Lone to contest elections
1:33 Srinagar, April 12 (ANI): In a surprising move on Saturday, Kashmir's senior separatist leader Sajjad Gani Lone, who has opposed Indian rule in the disputed region for decades, said that he would contest the imminent general elections. Lone said he wanted to take his struggle to the parliament in New Delhi. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 952
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India picks three spinners in World Cup squad
2:10 Chennai, January 17 (ANI): Off-spinner R Ashwin and leg-spinner Piyush Chawla were awarded World Cup berths by the Selection Committee that met in Chennai on Monday. However, Rohit Sharma missed out in the 15-strong squad for the ICC World Cup 2011, which begins from February 19. Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be leading a batting line-up that starts with Sehwag and Gambhir and a set of explosive stroke-players such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan and himself. Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel are the four medium-pacers while both R Ashwin and Piyush Chawla came in as spinners to assist Harbhajan Singh. Added: 15845 days ago Views: 683
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