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If there is no water in the dam, should we urinate into it? Ajit Pawar's...
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has stirred up a hornet's nest with his comments - laced with crass humour -- ridiculing the acute water scarcity in the state .Referring to the ongoing...
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Faster clearances seen key in restarting stalled projects Dev Chatterjee |...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram will meet India Inc leaders and bankers today to kick-start stalled projectsTomorrow, Finance Minister P Chidambaram would meet India Inc leaders and bankers here to...
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Rs 55 cr and counting: Sebi's expense bill to Sahara Press Trust of India |...
Sebi verifying credentials of more than three crore investors for refund, expenses of the exercise would be borne by SaharasMarket regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Sebi has...
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Fear in Indian pharma over EU's demand to seize drugs in transit Sushmi Dey |...
Indian pharmaceutical firms have faced trouble over IPR-related issues in European ports in the past as wellMany in the Indian pharmaceutical industry as well as civil society are worried over the...
View ArticleIridium to re-enter India with domestic partners In talks with BSNL, MTNL to...
Thirteen years after stopping services in the country, US-based mobile satellite communications company Iridium Communications Inc is set to re-enter India with a plan to establish a dedicated gateway...
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A green building is not glass Sunita Narain | New Delhi BS
Since glass traps heat, buildings require more air conditioning. As a result, energy use goes upBuilding green is definitely important. But it is equally important to know how green a green building...
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How Adani shifted base and claimed relief Sudheer Pal Singh | New Delhi BS
Proposed to move site for supply to Gujarat from Korba to coastal Mundra within 10 days of signing PPAJust 10 days after signing a pact with the Gujarat government for supplying 1,000 Mw of power from...
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Why SC got it right on Novartis The judgment will save taxpayers' money...
In September 2007, Arun Kumar*, a serving officer in the Indian Army, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). For the first three of his years of his treatment, he took the standard...
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Mobile phone turns 40, with little fanfare Agence France-presse | Washington
The first mobile call was placed April 3, 1973, by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper that weighed 1 kgThe mobile phone turned 40 on Wednesday, with no fanfare to mark the occasion in a market that seemed...
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The Evil that Rulers Do…
| by Tisaranee Gunasekara“A state of permanent war….where violence pervades all spheres of life, where the rich flourish and the poor live in misery; a state that will be deserted by the best of its...
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Gate closed after the horse is bolted!
Controls against Non Resident Tamils introduced after end of the war!!Non resident Tamils are maintaining dumbfounded silent!!!| by Rajasingham Jayadevan( April 1, 2013, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) The...
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Democratic Party Leader Sarath Fonseka shakes hands with UNPer D. D. Jayasundera, Opposition Leader of Polpithigama Pradeshiya Sabha, who switched his allegiance to the former army commander during a...
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President to appoint probe Commission
Matale mass graveApril 7, 2013, 10:03 pmJVP also wants govt. to release 1995 report on all extra judicial killings Police inspecting the grave. File photoBy Ravi LadduwahettyFollowing the discovery...
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Miliband: The greatest HR crusader ever!
April 7, 2013, 8:03 pm(Writing to The Guardian of UK on 11 March 2013, David Miliband advocated that Britain MUST stand for human rights in Sri Lanka. Having read that, I thought, I MUST appreciate...
View ArticleDayananda Weeraratne
Appreciation:April 7, 2013, 8:05 pm A pall of gloom descended over the hill capital in the evening of the 21st day of March 2013 at the untimely demise of Dayananda Weeraratne, the Chairman of ‘The...
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The Lakshman Kadirgamar statue
April 7, 2013, 8:05 pmI was under the impression that HE the President had given the OK for the statue to be erected on the premises of the institute — and work had begun on the base in ‘rock’...
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Vaiko demands referendum for Tamils in Sri Lanka
April 7, 2013, 10:21 pmMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko has called for an independent international investigation into war crimes allegations agaisnt Sri Lanka and also...
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GL questions TNA, US actions
April 7, 2013, 9:23 pmExternal Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris said that the TNA’s actions were inimical to the ongoing national reconciliation process. Addressing members of the Colombo-based...
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Top oil companies in talks with govt; petroleum secretariat to be independent...
* Bidding round for petroleum exploration licenses for 13 blocks ends September 30, agreements expected to be signed in first quarter of 2014 * Total and Exxon Mobil purchase Sri Lanka’s seismic data...
View ArticleConstruction of Veyangoda flyover ahead of schedule: Access Engineering
April 7, 2013, 7:50 pmAccess Engineering PLC says the construction of the Veyangoda Flyover is ahead of schedule.Design and construction of the Veyangoda railway crossing Flyover was entrusted to...
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