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Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh addressing a National Conference on Integrated Watershed Management Programme, in New Delhi on June 08, 2012.

Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh addressing a National Conference on Integrated Watershed Management Programme, in New Delhi on June 08, 2012.

The Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh addressing a National Conference on Integrated Watershed Management Programme, in New Delhi on June 08, 2012. The Minister of State for Rural Development, Pradeep Jain and the Secretary,...
Ratnakar Gaikwad takes oath as new State Chief Information Chief

Ratnakar Gaikwad takes oath as new State Chief Information Chief

Mumbai, June 08 : The Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan on Friday administered oath of office to the new Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra Ratnakar Yashwant Gaikwad at a brief ceremony held at the Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan Mumbai. The...
Pranab mulls special package for northeast

Pranab mulls special package for northeast

Agartala, June 8  Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has assured the cash-strapped northeast states that his ministry and the Planning Commission would soon work out strategy to provide special financial aid. Tripura Finance Minister Badal Choudhury...
RIL to invest Rs.1 trillion in five years

RIL to invest Rs.1 trillion in five years

Mumbai, June 8  Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) plans to invest nearly Rs.1 trillion ($18 billion) on expansion of its retail, petrochemical and telecom businesses in India over the next five years and targets to double profit during this period. “We...
Karnataka gets Rs.5-trillion worth investment proposals

Karnataka gets Rs.5-trillion worth investment proposals

Bangalore, June 8  About 600 global and Indian firms committed to invest a whopping Rs.5 trillion (Rs.5 lakh crore) in the state across 14 sectors on the first day of the second Global Investors Meet (GIM 2012) here. “About 600 firms have signed...
Loan agreement for Rs 7575 crore signed  for  Meja Urja

Loan agreement for Rs 7575 crore signed for Meja Urja

New Delhi, June 08 : Meja Urja Nigam Private Limited , a 50:50 Joint Venture of NTPC Ltd and UPRVUN Limited has achieved financial closure for Meja Thermal Power Project consisting of two units of 660 MW each. The project is situated in the state of Uttar...
US military seeks greater engagement with India

US military seeks greater engagement with India

Washington, June 8  The United States aspires to have greater engagement with India sitting on an enormously important geostrategic location on the sea lines of communication from the Mideast into Pacific, according to a top US military officer. “We...
India on Watch List : US ACTION UNCALLED FOR…

India on Watch List : US ACTION UNCALLED FOR…

India on Watch List US ACTION UNCALLED FOR Dr. PK Vasudeva New Delhi, June 08 : The US continues to revel in its ‘big brother’ syndrome, despite the fact that equations are changing regularly. Nations can be upset with such an attitude. And India,...
India, Bangladesh to sign extradition treaty soon: Envoy

India, Bangladesh to sign extradition treaty soon: Envoy

Agartala, June 6 India and Bangladesh are expected to sign an extradition treaty in the near future, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran said here Wednesday. “If New Delhi and Dhaka signed the treaty, it would be a positive...
Prime Minister pushes for infrastructure-led growth

Prime Minister pushes for infrastructure-led growth

New Delhi, June 6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his government will remove all bottlenecks in the infrastructure sector and create an environment for investment to revive the India growth story. “In these difficult times, we must...