Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) A decision on reinstating 35 dismissed workers of the Hyundai Motor India was deferred for the third time Friday to Sep 13, with Tamil Nadu Labour Minister T.M. Anbarasan seeking more time to prepare a report on the issue.
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) In a bid to placate agitating farmers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday announced a new land acquisition policy which offers several sops to the people whose lands are acquired....
Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) The Srinagar international airport was Friday closed for a fortnight for runway repairs, but officials said that air link to the Kashmir Valley will not be snapped....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) India's slum population is projected to rise to 93.06 million by 2011, or 7.75 percent of the total population, say a report of an expert committee set up by the housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry. ...
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) The special committee set up jointly by the union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to enquire into the status of implementation of Forest Rights Act in the country is arriving on a three-day visit to Uttar Pradesh Saturday....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) General Motors India Friday said it will commission a 160,000-unit powertrain engine plant at its Talegaon manufacturing facility in Maharashtra by this year-end....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The country's largest wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy Friday said it has won a 30 MW wind turbine order from Bhubaneswar-based mineral developer Altrade Group....
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Tide Water Oil Co (India) would decide on a follow-on public offer (FPO) only after the government formally confirms that the state-owned Andrew Yule & Co will not divest its 26 percent stake in the company, a top official said here Friday.
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New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) India Friday urged Ghana to sign at the earliest a bilateral treaty aimed at protecting and promoting their investments in each other's territories....
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities closed almost flat Friday in volatile but range-bound trade. Broader markets, however, continued to see robust buys....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) India will need investment of $4.5 trillion in the energy sector to cut carbon emissions as part of a global initiative to reduce global warming by 2050, the International Energy Agency Executive Director, Nobuo Tanaka, said here Friday....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) India's move to bring in supplier liability could have an impact on its nuclear programme but the actual outcome is still unknown, an official of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said here Friday....
Bangalore, Sep 3 (IANS) Global software major Microsoft has designed a computer programme that allows you to scan the universe and zoom into outer space through its Windows.
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New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Delhi Metro's Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar link, that connects the city's north with its satellite town of Gurgaon in Haryana, was opened to the public Friday by Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy....
Dhaka, Sep 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who heads the National Population Council that resumed work after 14 years, has called for "a balanced approach" to curb Bangladesh's population growth that is projected to reach 170 million by 2020....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Food inflation in India rose to 10.86 percent for the week ended Aug 21 from 10.05 percent a week earlier, snapping a two-week decline, official data released Friday showed....
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South America where countries have been able to ramp up food production with new technology and farming methods. And to take lessons first-hand, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will visit Argentina, Brazil and Mexico this month....
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Toronto, Sep 3 (IANS) Despite reports from the US Thursday that initial jobless claims fell to 472,000 last week and pending home resales were up 5.2 per cent in July, Canada's top Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank said the economic recovery in North America is slipping after positive hints four months ago....
Brasilia, Sep 3 (IANS) India's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to expand a trade agreement....
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities was ruling moderately higher from its previous close, but trading was choppy during the first 30 minutes since opening bell....
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