World Book Fair: Was it more books, less business?

By Madhusree Chatterjee---- New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) There may have been a last-minute rush of visitors, but the 19th World Book Fair left many publishers complaining of poor sales and inadequate arrangements. Organisers, however, insist that the volume of international trade was substantially larger this year.

Atal Behari Vajpayee and Dr.Somaiya missed in book fair

By Vivek Shukla---- New Delhi, Feb. 8: While the World Book Fair concluded here on Sunday amid a rush of last-minute visitors and a show paying tribute to the cultural diversity of India,many publishers have dearly missed former Prime Minister Mr.Atal Behari Vajpayee and Dr. S.K.Somaiya,Chairman of the Somaiya Publications in the fair. Both of them were regular visitors to the fair....
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Multiple security threats must be put down: PM

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Emphasising that the road ahead to securing India was hard and there was a lot to achieve, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said multiple threats such as leftwing extremism and insurgencies in the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir required a firm hand to put down. ...
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Dark forces in Pakistan will not succeed: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Cautioning that infiltration levels were on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir since the beginning of the year, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Sunday stressed that �dark forces" in Pakistan "will not succeed in their designs� to create turmoil in the state. ...
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Agni-III successfully test fired, ready for induction

New Delhi/Bhadrak, Feb 7 (IANS) India Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenous nuclear-capable Agni-III missile with a range of over 3,000-km and which can hit targets deep in China, paving the way for its induction in the armed forces. ...
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