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Microsoft to have 7,000 engineers in India

Posted on December 8, 2005 with No Comments

Chairman of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates said on Wednesday that the company was planning to increase the number of engineers working on its products in India to 7,000 from 4,000 over the next 3-4 years. Read More »

High alert in the wake of 13th anniversary of Babri masjid demolition-Ayodhya

Posted on December 7, 2005 with No Comments

The whole country has been put in a state of alert and security has been beefed up in and around Ayodhya in the wake of the 13th anniversary of Babri masjid demolition. Read More »

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BJP expelled Uma Bharti

Posted on December 6, 2005 with No Comments

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday expelled suspended leader Uma Bharati from the primary membership of the party and reserved the decision on the fate of 13 MLAs who have been supporting her and against whom the show cause notice was also served. Read More »

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Sensex ended on 8800 from 9,033 points

Posted on December 1, 2005 with No Comments

On the back of heavy profit booking across the board, the sensex on Wednesday ended below 8800 points after surging past 9,000 points in the early trading. Read More »

India’s Ist WTA tour event in Bangalore

Posted on November 29, 2005 with No Comments

India’s first WTA tour event has been shifted from Hyderabad to Bangalore. The event will be hosted in the new venue from February 13 to 19. Read More »

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Indian Consulate office start functioning from Jan in Karachi

Posted on November 28, 2005 with No Comments

Indian Consulate office in Karachi would start functioning from January, an Indian diplomat posted at the Indian high commission in Islamabad. Read More »

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India rejected ‘Self-Governance’ idea of Pak in J&K

Posted on November 22, 2005 with No Comments

India rejected Pakistan’s idea of “so-called self-governance” in Jammu and Kashmir. In the answer, Official authorities said that people of the state already enjoyed autonomy and popular democratic rights Read More »

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W.Bengal CM speech in the convention

Posted on November 21, 2005 with No Comments

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal said in Kolkata on Sunday that his Government was completely supportive Read More »

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Sonia Gandhi & Lalu Prasad will address rallies in Bihar

Posted on November 10, 2005 with No Comments

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Lalu Prasad will address four election rallies in Bihar on Nov 10.

Bihar Congress spokesman Kripanath Pathak said that Gandhi is expected to arrive at Purnea from New Delhi by a special aircraft at 10.45 a.m. on Nov 10. Read More »

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Bush condemned the explosions in Delhi

Posted on October 31, 2005 with No Comments

US President George W Bush has condemned the deadly series of bomb blasts in Delhi and said these attacks have yet again showed that terrorists were enemies of humanity.

He said, “By targeting innocent civilians on the final preparations for holiday celebrations, terrorists have demonstrated yet again that they are enemies of humanity” . Read More »

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