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'Bank of India sees subdued growth on corporate loans'
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: State-run Bank of India sees subdued growth on corporate loans going forward, while rising debt restructuring by corporates is exerting stress on the bank's assets, executive director N. Seshadri said on Friday. | He said stress is evident in the loans given to textile, aviation, steel and p...
British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives for an EU Foreign Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Thursday March 10, 2011. The European Union is hitting the regime of Moammar Gadhafi with more financial sanctions just as France says it is recognizing the Libyan opposition's Interim Governing Council and plans to exchange ambassadors with it.
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UK wants stronger, deeper ties with India: Hague
Zeenews
London: Noting that India is making its mark on the global economy with electrifying skill, innovation and dynamism, British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that now is the time to make a "stronger, wider and deeper" relationship with India. | "We want a relationship between India and Brita...
Someone in Pakistan knew about Osama's hideout: Panetta
The Times Of India
WASHINGTON: The US still believes that someone in authority in Pakistan knew where the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was hiding in the country, nine months after the raid that killed al-Qaeda chief. | Bolstering his hunch, Defence Sec...
UN launches tree plantation campaign in Pakistan
The Times Of India
ISLAMABAD: The UN has launched a tree plantation campaign in Pakistan's flood-hit areas and plans to plant 200,000 trees in 400 villages. | The campaign is part of an initiative by the UN Human Settlements Programme or the UN-Habitat. It is the UN's ...
Indian-origin woman dies in US jail after 15-day hunger strike
Deccan Chronicle
| An Indian-origin woman, who was being held at a Chicago jail for allegedly failing to show up for jury duty, has died in custody after a 15-day hunger strike. | 52-year-old Lyvita Gomes, a former airline trainer for Delta Airlines, died in Lake Cou...
From self-immolations to mass protests: China crackdowns breed heightened violence in Tibet
Orlando Sentinel
BEIJING (AP) — A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. Protesters rise up to defend him, and demonstrations break out in two other Tibetan areas of western China to sup...
The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jaipal Reddy addressing a press conference after the bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Mr. Asim Hussain, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012.
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India, Pakistan say strategy soon for gas import from Turkmenistan
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan are closer to agreeing on a transit fee and a joint strategy to develop gas fields and import the hydrocarbon via pipeline from the central asian repu...
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ITC plans to set up luxury hotel in Sri Lanka
The Hindu
ITC is planning to go overseas with its hotel business and is planning to set up a premium, green, luxury property in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. | Confirming the developmen...
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LVMH co Sephora set for India foray
The Times Of India
LVMH co Sephora set for India foray | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleSamidha Sharma & Boby Kurian, TNN | Jan 23, 2012, 0...
India-Pakistan rivalry's new battleground
Al Jazeera
" />" /> | The historic rivalry between India and Pakistan has often been played out on the cricket field. | Now, the two nuclear-armed nations take the battle to the kitchen as Foodistan, a reality show, pits some of the finest chefs from both count...
Government to rope in person from India Inc for NHAI CEO post
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: In what is a first for the infrastructure sector, the government has decided to rope in talent from Corporate India to fill up the long-vacant post of National Highways Authority of India chairman. So far, the private sector's role has bee...
Pakistani doctor gave key information for Osama bin Laden raid: US
The Times Of India
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetUS defense secretary Leon Panetta said the doctor helped verify bin Laden's presence in the compound. | WASHINGTON: US defense secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provi...
Prosecutor: Ramapo bride from India suffered sex abuse, beatings, servitude
Lower Hudson Online
| NEW CITY — An unwilling bride in an arranged marriage was brought to Rockland from India, and then overworked, beaten and sexually abused by her in-laws until she unsuccessfully tried to take her life. | That’s the picture prosecutors painted...
South Asia Industrial
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Vodafone not liable for $4.4B India tax bill
Kansas City Star
| MUMBAI, India -- British telecom giant Vodafone is not liable for up to $4.4 billion in back taxes and penalties, India's top court said Friday, in a ruling that removes significant uncertainty for foreign companies investing in the country. | The decision will come as a relief to international investors who feared the Vodafone precedent would ex...
South Asia Technology
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing at the inauguration of the newly constructed Building of Municipal Corporation Raipur, Chhattisgarh on June 25, 2011.
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President Patil urges diaspora to participate in India's development
The Siasat Daily
| Jaipur, January 10: Emphasizing on the need for development in education and health care sectors, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has urged the overseas Indian community to continue helping India in becoming a global power. | President Patil in her valedictory address at the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations here on Monday, said that i...



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