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The agitating executive pilots of Air India called off their four-day-old strike on Wednesday. The government, on Tuesday, had given an assurance that status quo will prevail on cost cutting measures relating to productivity-linked incentive.Capt V K Bhal...
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Washington: Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Pakistan-based group widely believed to be behind the Mumbai terror attacks, remains largely intact and determined to strike India again, The New York Times has reported citing current and former members of the group and i...
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Immigrants in Britain are facing "discriminatory and unethical" treatment, claimed an NRI forum, which accused authorities in London of forcing migrants to pay excessive fees for Home Office services."Immigrants in the UK demand fair treatment from the Ho...
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Hyderabad: Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s supporters in Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Congress appear to be heading for a confrontation with the party’s central leadership as five legislators yesterday threatened to quit if the son of the late Y S Rajasekhara Red...
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Thiruvananthapuram: The congestion on the roads of Kerala’s capital city and Kochi, the state’s commercial hub, will ease somewhat if Transport Minister Jose Thettayil’s assurance on introducing Volvo low-floor buses in October becomes a reality. Jo...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Tuesday that India had a comprehensive export controls system on nuclear technology and was committed to non-transfer of sensitive technologies and equipment to other countries that do not possess them. It was al...
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As preparations for the Copenhagen Summit are in the homestretch, the European Union (EU) is of the view that developing countries should have the flexibility to set their own emission targets and that India should draw its own national action plan that c...
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohammad ElBaradei on Tuesday acknowledged India as a “leading advocate” for nuclear disarmament and felt the world must listen to its “voice” for the complete elimination of all nuclear w...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has forecast a sharp spike up in energy through the nuclear route by 2050 if a three-stage strategy proves to be successful. Inaugurating an international conference on peaceful use of atomic energy here on Tuesday, Dr. Singh...
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Thiruvananthapuram: The first batch of unique identification numbers would be issued in the next 18 months, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman Nandan Nilekani on Tuesday said. Nilekani stated this while briefing top Kerala Governmen...
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New Delhi: Olympic and World Championship bronze medallist Vijender Singh has achieved yet another first for Indian boxing by becoming the world's top-ranked pugilist in the middle weight (75kg) category. The 23-year-old Bhiwani boxer, who won India's mai...
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New Delhi: The cash-strapped Air India plunged deeper into crisis on Tuesday, after its chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav announced the suspension of bookings for the airline’s domestic operations. “Booking for Air India's domestic flights ...
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday described the spectre of nuclear terrorism as a formidable challenge and supported strengthening of global efforts in improving nuclear security. He also welcomed US President Barack Obama's initiative t...
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BANGALORE: Just a week after the $3.9-billion Perot Systems buyout by Dell, even bigger a deal has hit the market on Monday with Xerox Corporation announcing its acquisition of Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), a BPO provider, for $6.4 bill...
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Indian-American Human rights activist Mallika Dutt has won the American Courage Award for her human rights work in India and the United States.The 47-year-old activist, who grew up in Calcutta, will receive the award on October 1 from the Asian American J...
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New Delhi:The Centre has asked states to give more operational and financial autonomy to Directors General of Police to acquire logistics and have a larger say in administrative matters, Home Ministry officials said.The fresh directive comes close on the ...
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Reliance Infrastructure Ltd’s Samalkot power plant in Andhra Pradesh is preparing for a shutdown today, though gas supply to it is still on.he issue of stoppage of the supply has arisen with the Anil Ambani-owned company refusing to pay marketing margin...
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India has told Pakistan that the resumption of broad-based dialogue hinges on tangible investigations and purposeful prosecution by Islamabad of all those involved in last November’s Mumbai terror attacks.The message was conveyed by External Affairs Min...
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NEW DELHI: After speculation that Air India may suspend operations over the stalemate with the striking pilots, the Civil Aviation Ministry late tonight ruled out a shutdown of the airline and asked the management to enter into a "comprehensive dialogue" ...
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Natco Pharma Ltd, a Hyderabad-based company, has introduced a generic version of Tamiflu Oseltamivir called Natflu for treating swine flu under license agreement with Rosche, the patent holder in the United States..Only six pharma firms had received the g...
