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New Indian Army Chief, General Bikram Singh addresses the media at the defence ministry in New Delhi on June 1, 2012. General Bikram Singh, who took over as the 25th Chief of the Indian Army May 31, visited the Amar Jawan Jyoti to lay a wreath at the memorial for Indian soldiers and then proceeded to the lawns of the South Block where he was given a guard of honour. General Bikram Singh succeeds General VK Singh, whose 26-month tenure was mired in controversies.
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I shot off letters to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Minority Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Consulate General in India, Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, National Human Rights Commission, Prime Minister of India, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and home secretaries of Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra and Karnataka
Imam Khomeini wielded the weapon of love and understanding, and succeeded in upturning even the strongest of the martial nations with it. He has left the world (both Muslim and non Muslim) richer with a valuable and enduring ideals.
We’re working with NGOs in Mumbai, in New Delhi... In other places as well... Calcutta is definitely on the radar... In fact, I’d like hundreds of Mewsic centres, not just a handful... A few days ago, we opened one in New Delhi for those affected by autism... Last year, the first centre, in Mumbai, was for slum children... My aim is to change as many lives as I can.More quotes »
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Clinton to press India on Iran oil imports
wants to see more.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview Clinton's private discussions in Kolkata and New Delhi , said the "trend lines are good" but "we really need to receive assurances that they are going to continue to make good progress."The Read more »
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Zimmerman: To free Tibet, boycott China
after riots in 1989 and again in 2008, when hundreds of protesters were killed or detained by security forces.And last month in New Delhi , to protest the visit of Chinese premier Hu Jintao , Tibetan exile Jamphel Yeshi died after setting himself on fire. Read more »
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Pakistan chief heads to India for low-profile trip
Asif Ali Zardari is just having a quick lunch with India's leader on his way to visit a Muslim shrine. But Zardari's trip to New Delhi on Sunday marks a milestone in the warming relations between the two neighbors.Such are the pressures on the nuclear-armed Read more »
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China: Dalai Lama behind self-immolation protests
understand that he was in the hospital, Wangyal said.Activists say India was detaining hundreds of Tibetans who protested Monday. Legally, they can be held for up to a week.___Associated Press writer Tim Sullivan contributed to this report from New Delhi. Read more »
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State election routs cripple India's ruling party
scaled back growth expectations to around 7 percent for the year ending March, down from an earlier projection of 9 percent.New Delhi is also struggling to plug an unwieldy fiscal deficit, which economists predict will exceed the target of 4.6 percent of GDP Read more »
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Monsoon to hit Kerala by June 5
Delhi: Monsoon, the lifline of Indian agriculture, is most likely to hit Kerala by June 5 and there is no room for concern over sowing of kharif (summer) crops like paddy and pulses, a top IMD official said on Friday. "Most likely, the southwest monsoon will 36 m ago from Zee News Read more »
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Slowdown in India’s foreign trade compounds economic woes (with video)
DELHI – Indian export data released on Friday confirmed a sharp slowdown in foreign trade, adding to the woes of Asia’s third-largest economy and piling more pressure on the weak coalition government to take steps to boost economic growth. Indian exports inched 41 m ago from Montreal Gazette Read more »
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The Taj Mahal Hotel – a grace of ancient and modern
of the Taj Mahal hotel located on Number One Mansingh Road, New Delhi. The hotel is situated on the diplomatic center of Delhi, so near the airport and railway station. It meets all the aspects of a comfortable stay with ultimate luxury; hence it became the 43 m ago from Silicon India Read more »
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Audi Reports 10 Percent Growth in May Sales in India
Delhi: German luxury car maker Audi reported a 10 percent jump in sales in India during May at 450 units. In the year-ago period, the company had sold 408 cars, Audi India said in a statement. "In 2012, we will continue our strategic course of product expansion 49 m ago from Silicon India Read more »
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'Stimulus package needed to revive economic growth'
DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India should cut key policy rates by at least one per cent, and the government needs to come out with stimulus package to revive the economy, Adi Godrej, president of Confederation of Indian Industry ( CII), said on Friday. Godrej's 50 m ago from Economic Times Read more »
