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  • Maruti to launch five CNG cars in a single day next month

    In an unprecedented move to defend market share, the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India will launch five cars in CNG version in a single day in the second week of next month. The company, whose market share has come down below 50 percent in the quarter ended June for the first time in its […]

    TRAI sees complete shift to digital broadcast signals by 2013

    Broadcast regulator TRAI on Friday said the media industry would see a complete shift to digital broadcast signals by December 2013. “We are forward-looking and pro-active on regulation on digitalisation. By 2013, the entire media industry will witness a major shift from analog to digital broadcast,” TRAI chairman JS Sarma said while addressing a conference […]

    Orissa govt resumes land acquisition for Posco project

    Orissa government on Friday resumed land acquisition at Posco’s proposed Rs 51,000 crore mega steel plant site near Paradip after a two-day halt to the process after facing stiff opposition from villagers. “We have distributed compensation to six betel farmers, who agreed to part with their betel vines today. In all eight betel vines have so far been […]

    US, India sign agreement on reprocessing of nuclear spent fuel

    India and the US have signed an agreement on reprocessing of American nuclear spent fuel by India, marking the final steps in terms of implementation of the landmark civil nuclear deal between the two countries. Upon entry into force, the arrangements and procedures will enable reprocessing by India of the US obligated nuclear material at […]

    400 people died due to rains in Pak

    Nearly 400 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains in different parts of Pakistan, with most of the deaths reported in the country’s northwest that has seen the worst flooding in eight decades. The Edhi Foundation, an NGO that operates rescue services across Pakistan, said 291 people had died in […]

    Heavy rains lash national capital, traffic disrupted

    Heavy rains lashed Delhi Saturday morning, bringing much-needed relief to residents from the high humidity, but commuters had a tough time as waterlogging in many areas led to traffic snarls. The showers led to traffic jams on the BRT corridor, Sheikh Sarai, Chirag Delhi, Anzal Plaza, Siri Fort, Mehrauli, Lajpat Nagar, Raja Garden, Ashram and […]

    MP passes bill to provide public services in time-bound manner

    In a landmark development, the Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously passed Public Service Guarantee Bill, 2010 that seeks to provide various services to the people in a time-bound manner and penalises officers in case of delay. As per the Bill, different public services like providing birth and caste certificates, copy of land records among several others […]

    Indefinite curfew imposed in major towns of Kashmir Valley

    Indefinite curfew was clamped in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley Saturday in the wake of protests, even as the death toll in the violent clashes between locals and security forces rose to four. There were also reports of sporadic protests in some parts of the Valley. Two of the 70 people injured during […]

    Apple, the world’s most valuable brand in Forbes list

    Apple Computers has emerged as the world’s most valuable brand in the 50 Top valuable brand list of the Forbes magazine.  “This (Apple) is a company that has faced setbacks before and bounced back to become the world’s most valuable brand–worth USD 57.4 billion,” Forbes said, explaining the company’s number 1 position in its Top […]

    Cabinet clears Rs 4,868 cr for banks towards interest subsidy

    The government has decided to release Rs 4,868 crore to PSU banks for providing short-term crop loans to farmers at a concession of up to 4 percent in lending rates. The decision, taken at a Cabinet meeting, is aimed at bringing more farmers under the net of institutional credit and raising farm productivity. The banks […]