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    Western Railway registers 10.50% growth in Passenger Earnings

    Western Railway has registered a growth of 10.50 percent in Passenger Earnings and more than 6 percent increase in long distance passengers’ during the December 2010. This increase is significant in view Gurjar agitation which has adversely affected the train services in Western Railway. The passenger earnings for the month of December- 2010 have been […]

    International

    Euro zone growth down to 0.3% in September quarter of 2010

    Indicating that the pace of growth is yet to pick up, the 16-nation euro zone economy grew by just 0.3 per cent in the September quarter of 2010. This is a much lower than the expansion rate seen in the previous three months. The euro area — comprising 16 countries that share the common currency […]

    International

    US drone attack kills 4 in Pak

    In Pakistan, at least four persons were killed and some others were injured today when a U.S. drone fired missiles into North Waziristan tribal region. Sources said. Four missiles were fired from the pilotless aircraft at a house and a vehicle suspected of carrying militants in Datta Khel area, a place bordering Afghanistan and believed […]

    International

    17 killed in Afghan blast

    In Afghanistan, at least 17 people have died in a blast in a crowded public bath house in southern province of Kandahar. At least 23 people were injured in the attack, which took place this afternoon in the town of Spin Boldak on the Pakistan border. Officials said a suicide bomber was behind the blast, […]

    News

    Washington-based think-tank establishes chair in US-India policy studies

    A prestigious Washington-based think-tank has established a chair in US-India policy studies that will assess strategic issues and major policies of bilateral importance. It will also pursue modifications in policies and strategies to strengthen the relationship. The Center for Strategic & International Studies, CSIS has established the Wadhwani Chair, supported by the Wadhwani Foundation. Karl […]

    International

    Eight LTTE ships being operated by Tigers living overseas

    Eight of the 20 LTTE ships are still being operated by the Tigers living overseas for various illegal activities such as human smuggling. Stating this in the Parliament on Thursday, Sri Lankan Minister Chief Government Whip, Water Supply and Drainage Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena said that though the LTTE was destroyed in May, 2009, its international […]

    International

    Japan, China agree to enhance antiterrorism cooperation

    Japan and China have agreed in their first anti-terrorism dialogue that they will enhance cooperation to counter regional and international terrorism. The Japanese Foreign Ministry sources said in Tokyo that the delegates headed by Takaaki Kojima, Japanese ambassador in charge of international counter-terrorism cooperation, and Luo Zhaohui, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Director General of the […]

    International

    Former Laotian general Vang Pao dies in Californian hospital

    Former Laotian general Vang Pao, who once commanded a CIA-backed secret army of Hmong guerrillas during the Vietnam War, has died in a Californian hospital. He was 81. A spokeswoman for the Clovis Community Medical Center near San Francisco said that he was hospitalised on the 26th of December. A general in the Royal Lao […]

    International

    Tensions ease on Korean peninsula

    Tensions have eased on the Korean peninsula with both Seoul and Pyongyang lowering their military alerts. North Korea today lifted a special military alert implemented in response to the South’s military drills. In response to the lowering of the military alert by the North, both the South and United States forces reduced their alert status […]

    National

    PM announces Studio Theatre Scheme to help performing arts groups

    Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today announced the Studio Theatre Scheme to help performing arts groups build their own performing spaces. Dr Singh, who also heads the Cultural Ministry, announced this in a message on the occasion of 13th Bharat Rang Mahotsav which begins in New Delhi today. The Prime Minister said that the scheme […]

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