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    WB signs 975 mn USD loan agreement for Railway’s eastern DFC

    Giving a boost to Railway’s ambitious Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project, the World Bank on Thursday signed a 975 million USD loan agreement with the government for execution of the plan in the eastern corridor. The financing for the project will cover 1,130 km of the 1839 km corridor which will connect Ludhiana in Punjab to […]

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    Anti-naxal search operation launched in Gumla district of Jharkhand

    In Jharkhand, the police on Thursday launched an anti-naxal search operation in Gumla district bordering Khunti and Simdega. Police sources told AIR Ranchi Correspondent that the operation is being carried out in Sukudih areas in which police forces of Basia, Palkot and Gumla police stations are taking part. The operation was launched after the police […]

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    Bhutan King arrives in Jaipur on a five day visit to Rajasthan

    King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk on Thursday arrived in Jaipur on a five day visit to Rajasthan. King Wangchuk arrived by a special train. The State Industry Minister Rajendra Parik welcomed the King of Bhutan and his wife Queen Jesun Pema in Rajasthani tradition. The royal couple during their Rajasthan visit will also […]

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    Tunisian court frees former Libyan PM

    A Tunisian court has freed former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi despite an extradition request from Libyan authorities. ABC reports said, a judicial source confirmed that Mr. Mahmoudi was now a free man. The former prime minister had fled Libya to neighbouring Tunisia soon after the rule of Moamar Gaddafi collapsed in August and […]

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    ADB to provide Bangladesh $4.5 billion up to 2015

    The Asian Development Bank has approved a new Country Partnership Strategy for Bangladesh involving an investment of 4.5 billion US Dollars for the period 2011-2015. Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Senior Country Specialist at ADB’s Bangladesh Resident Mission said the new Country Partnership Strategy will seek to assist Bangladesh to face development challenges in a way that […]

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    Australia Post releases new postage stamp to mark CHOGM

    The Australian postal department has released a new postage stamp to mark the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth. Managing Director and Chief Executive of Australia Post, Ahmed Fahour said the organisation is commemorating the event with the release of a stamp. The CHOGM 2011 stamp, designed by Rachelle Flynn costs 60 cents […]

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    Suspected US drone strike kills 5 militants in Pakistan

    In Pakistan, a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed five militants linked to a top Taliban commander in the country’s northwest tribal region. Pakistani intelligence officials said, officials said the unmanned aircraft on Thursday fired missiles at a vehicle in the town of Azam Warsak in South Waziristan, killing the younger brother of Taliban commander […]

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    Gunmen attacks vehicle, kills 4 in Kenya

    In Kenya, gunmen attacked a vehicle killing at least four people. Local media reports said the attack took place in the sparsely populated northeastern district of Mandera, near the Somali-Kenya border. The incident is the latest in a series of attacks throughout the country, following Kenya’s military offensive into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab insurgents, whom […]

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    Crime in India increased by 4.9% in 2010

    Crime in 2010 has increased by 4.9 per cent compared to 2009 in the country. In 2010 a total of 22,24,831 crimes were reported as against 21,21,345 cases in the previous year. Home Minister P. Chidambaram released a report, Crime in India-2010 brought out by National Crime Records Bureau, NCRB in New Delhi on Thursday. […]

    National

    Actor Ronit Roy arrested for rash driving

    Film and television actor Ronit Roy was arrested for rash and negligent driving on Thursday after he was involved in an accident in suburban Amboli in Mumbai. The 42-year-old actor was driving his Mercedes when he rammed into a WagonR with four occupants at around 6.45am on Thursday morning on Linking Road in suburban Amboli. […]

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