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Plea For Restoration Of Ferozepur-Amritsar Rail Line

Mar 2, 2013 - 5:07 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Prior to 1947, Ferozepore in Punjab was a thriving transportation town with great rail and road connectivity with the provincial capital of Lahore and the industrial and commercial capital of Amritsar. Both links were via […]

Bharat Bandh: Nation-Wide Two-Day Trade Union Strike Hits Banking, Transport Services

Feb 22, 2013 - 6:39 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Bharat Bandh:Nation-wide strike hit banking andtransport sector day two of nationwidestrike. While banking services were onFebruary 21 paralysed with ATMs runningout of cash in metro cities and publictransport disrupted during the Centraltrade […]

Ajanta Caves A Legacy From The Golden Age

Feb 22, 2013 - 6:27 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Ajanta and Ellora are the pride of Maharashtra. The rock-cut caves of both these sites are world famous and illustrate the degree of skill and artistry that Indian craftsmen had achieved several hundred years ago. […]

President Pranab Mukherjee May Turn Down 5 More Mercy Pleas

Feb 15, 2013 - 5:29 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Union homeministry is learnt to have recommendedrejection of mercy petitions in five morecases as it seeks to speedily dispose of allthe cases of death row convicts pendingwith it.Seeking to have a […]

Sahara Wants Pune Warriors India To Be Based Out Of Kanpur

Feb 15, 2013 - 4:15 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CHENNAI (TIP): Sahara has expressed its desire to the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to move its Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Pune Warriors India, out of the western city due to ongoing tensions between franchise […]

Incredible India

Panchgani The Switzerland Of India

Jan 25, 2013 - 7:06 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Panchgani, literally mean the place of five hills, is a renowned hill station in Maharashtra. This majestic hill resort is located at 1,334 mt altitude. Panchgani is a vibrant scenic destination and its beauty multiplies […]

India

States Showcase Their Strengths To Woo Investments By Overseas Indians

Jan 11, 2013 - 7:05 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KOCHI (TIP): Ten states of India showcased the multifarious investment opportunities for the Indian Diaspora with a view to identifying areas for forging partnerships with overseas Indians at the concluding day of the 11th Bharatiya […]

India

India Tourism Woos Indian Diaspora; Incentives And A Conducive Environment Vital To Attract Investments

Jan 11, 2013 - 6:47 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KOCHI (TIP): Incentive investors and give them a conducive environment and smoothen the approval processes and witness the surge of investment in the tourism sector, both from overseas and domestic investors. This was the message […]

India

Prime Minister Directs Fast-Tracking Transport Projects

Dec 7, 2012 - 7:24 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Fearing that slow development of transport infrastructure could become the biggest “game stopper” for India‘s economic growth, PM Manmohan Singh has asked for speeding up completion of major railway, road and port projects NEW DELHI […]

India

Pawar re-inducted as Maharashtra Deputy CM

Dec 7, 2012 - 7:19 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Pawar had quit the cabinet in September after his name figured in allegations of irregularities worth Rs 20,000 crore in irrigation projects MUMBAI (TIP): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar was re-inducted as Maharashtra […]

India

Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray The Tiger Of Maharastra

Nov 28, 2012 - 5:42 am EST @theindpanorama 0

In over 40 years since he plunged into social life, there was never an occasion for which Hindu Hriday Samrat (the King of Hindu Hearts) Bal Thackeray lacked an opinion. Whether it was on national […]

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Bal Thackeray dead – Maharashtra : Political Parties in mourning

Nov 22, 2012 - 8:36 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Mumbai: ‘Owner of Mumbai’, Balasaheb Thackeray, has breathed his last on Saturday 3:30 PM here at his residence ‘Matoshree’ in suburban Bandra. Various political personalities made a beeline to ‘Matoshree’ to pay their last tribute […]

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Kasab Hanged – Still unclaimed by Pakistan

Nov 22, 2012 - 8:30 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The culmination of what was code-named Operation X on Wednesday saw the whole of India heave a sigh of relief. Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab , 25, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks […]

India

BJP Sends Gadkari on ‘Exile’

Nov 16, 2012 - 6:41 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari has invariably, well almost, addressed a rally in the Capital whenever the party has planned a nationwide campaign during his tenure. However, he will be in Itanagar in Arunachal […]

India

Chilling reality: Madhya Pradesh tops in child rape, foeticide

Oct 27, 2012 - 6:19 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BHOPAL (TIP): It is sure to come as an eye opener for the state government that claims to have left no stone unturned for the welfare of minor girls. Madhya Pradesh has recorded the highest […]

India

Crime against children up by 24% in 2010-11

Oct 5, 2012 - 6:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): India is fast earning the label of a country unsafe for children, with an alarming 24% increase in crimes against children in 2011 compared to the previous year. Nearly 33,100 cases were […]

India

Maharashtra irrigation scam: Nitin Gadkari in soup over letter to ministry

Oct 5, 2012 - 6:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Gadkari found himself at the centre of yet another controversy on Thursday over a letter he wrote to Union water resources ministry seeking release of funds for an irrigation project […]

Priya Dutt praises donors; cites anti-cancer effort of the Foundation

Oct 5, 2012 - 6:17 am EDT I. S. Saluja 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The Nargis Dutt Foundation organized its 31st annual fundraising event at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in Uniondale, Long Island Sunday, September 30. Member of Parliament Priya Dutt, daughter of the […]

Business & Economics

Auto parts industry attracts heavy online traffic: Study

Oct 5, 2012 - 4:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Is among the top three sectors on B2B site in terms of the number of buyers it attracted from developed and developing countries NEW DELHI (TIP): A report by IndiaMART.com, one of India’s largest online […]

India

Maharashtra irrigation scam: Whistleblower names Gadkari

Sep 28, 2012 - 7:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): In a new twist to the political crisis in Maharashtra that has risen from an irrigation scam, one of the whistleblowers has named Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari for trying to […]

India

COALGATE GOVT PANEL RECOMMENDS DEALLOCATION OF 4 MINES

Sep 14, 2012 - 7:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi (TIP): The inter ministerial group (IMG) on coal blocks allocation has recommended de-allocation of four mines allotted to private firms and encashment of bank guarantee of three others on the ground of non-development […]

India

CBI names Congress MP, kin

Sep 7, 2012 - 9:07 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The probe into the mega-billion ‘Coalgate’ scam moved into a higher gear with the Central Bureau of Investigation registering five FIRs into irregularities against five companies and several individuals, including a leading […]

Business & Economics

Rural spending outpaces urban consumption

Sep 7, 2012 - 8:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Mumbai (TIP): Rural spending outpaced urban consumption in the two years up to 2011-12, the first time in nearly 25 years, according to a study by Crisil Research. This, according to Crisil, was fuelled by […]

India

MNS threatens Asha Bhosale show ‘Sur-Kshetra’, but singer to go ahead

Aug 31, 2012 - 12:23 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has threatened to disrupt Sur-Kshetra, a music show in which eight vocalists from Pakistan and an equal number of Indian singers are scheduled to participate. The MNS’s film wing, […]

India

Now, joint commissioner of police shunted over August 11 riots

Aug 31, 2012 - 12:22 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): A week after the unceremonious exit of police chief Arup Patnaik in the aftermath of the August 11 riots, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday switched positions of joint commissioner (law and order) […]

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