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- 'Not a single legal auto stand in national capital'
This is hard to believe, but there is not a single legally authorised stand for the 55,000-odd auto rickshaws registered in the capital, says a suit filed by an NGO that is working to improve the lives of auto rickshaw drivers. - Entertainment and media industry to grow 11 percent annually
The Indian entertainment and media industry is estimated to grow 11 percent annually to touch Rs.93,200 crore (Rs.932 billion/$18.6 billion) by 2013, a report released Suday said. - Himachal chief minister launches Meow radio station
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Sunday launched an FM radio station - Meow 104.8 FM - here. - India to test world's third largest solid rocket booster
The Indian space agency is expected to take a major step in January towards realising its next generation rocket by ground-firing the world's third largest - in terms of fuel mass and length - solid rocket booster developed in-house. - I will now focus on tourism: Narendra Modi
Chief Minister Narendra Modi has set his sights on marketing Gujarat as a tourism destination and is inviting private investors to develop infrastructure at major sites like the picturesque Rann of Kutch. - India's fast breeder n-reactor achieves second milestone
India's first indigenously designed 500MW fast breeder nuclear power project at Kalpakkam achieved its second milestone when the huge main vessel was lowered into the safety vessel, an official said Sunday. - Digitise land records, ease acquisition norms: CII
The proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, slated to be introduced in parliament this winter, needs to include provisions for easing land acquisition norms and digitising land records, according to an industry lobby report. - States should compete to promote tourism: Kumari Selja
Tourism Minister Kumari Selja believes state governments should 'wake up' and compete among themselves 'aggressively' abroad to promote tourism in India. And the middle class tourist is high on her list. - Maoists scaring off investors from Chhattisgarh
The increasing dominance of Maoists in Chhatisgarh's iron ore-rich pockets have led to the halt of several key industrial projects in the region and scared off potential investors, say businessmen and officials. - How humble paan has taken on mighty steel in Orissa
It is a simple, spade-shaped, green leaf that stands between the South Korean steel giant POSCO and its ambitions of carrying out a $12 billion mega-project in this sleepy cluster of villages in coastal Orissa. - India's fast breeder reactor achieves second milestone
India's first indigenously designed 500MW fast breeder nuclear power project achieved its second milestone albeit silently when the huge main vessel was lowered into the safety vessel, an official said. - Mamata flags of two ladies' specials in Bengal
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday flagged off two trains exclusively for women in West Bengal. - Delhi airport bomb scare turns out to be security drill
The passengers were seated and the plane was readying for takeoff when the panic button was pressed - there was a bomb on board! Security agencies swung into action and passengers were made to disembark but in the end, it turned out to be a mock drill. - India to add 220 million to workforce by 2030: RBI
India will add a whopping 220 million to its workforce by 2030, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn said Saturday. - Work to create National Population Register starts next year
Ahead of the India's gigantic 2011 census operation, data collection for creation of the National Population Register (NPR) along with house listing and housing census will be taken up in May next year, officials said here Saturday.