| Punjab's heritage buildings going the heritage hotels way |
| Punjab being an erstwhile princely State today boasts of several heritage buildings. These edifices are now being converted into heritage hotels while opening an entirely new industry in the state. |
2008-09-05
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| E-bike industry flourishes in Punjab |
| The low-cost, low maintenance and cool, electric-motorized bicycles (e-bikes) are ready to replace motorcycles and scooters. |
2008-09-02
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| Punjab has a huge market for hi-tech 3G mobiles phones |
| Thanks to an expanding affluent middle-class, India is today the world's fastest growing cellular phone market. Having registered success in the lower segment, the transnational mobile phone makers are now targeting the high-end segment. |
2008-08-31
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| Radio Pakistan falsely projects negative impact of farmers suicides and Blue Star operation in East |
| Pakistan Radio in its latest anti-India diatribe has tried to provoke public sentiments again over the 1984 Blue Star Operation and incidents of farmers' suicides citing non-remunerative prices of their agriculture produce as the reason for the latter. |
2008-08-30
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| Chandigarh savours exotic dishes |
| Food enthusiasts got something to cheer about recently in Chandigarh when two food festivals were held there, which tickled their palates. |
2008-08-27
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| Bindra the golden boy of Punjab |
| Abhinav Bindra, the ace shooter from Punjab, brought laurels to the country by winning the first ever individual gold medal for India at the Beijing Olympics Games in the men's 10 metres air rifle event. |
2008-08-26
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| Chandigarh, Coimbatore fast emerging as India's new IT hub |
| Chandigarh and Coimbatore are fast emerging as India's new IT hub leaving behind traditional centres of Bangalore and Hyderabad, as information technology services grow at 20 per cent annually. |
2008-08-26
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| India and Central Asia need to stay engaged, says ex-envoy |
| Calling for out of the "official" box initiatives to make the relationship between India and the five Central Asian republics more meaningful and "people-centric", a former Indian diplomat to the erstwhile Soviet Union, said last evening that these ties have acquired a maturity over the last decade and a half, and therefore, it is desirable that both these entities continue to remain engaged in all spheres. |
2008-08-26
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| Top Canadian universities in India to attract students |
| Fifteen of Canada's elite universities are in India to hold information sessions on Canada as a destination for higher education. |
2008-08-25
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| India to pitch for counters to terrorism threat and greater Asian development at Third CICA Summit |
| The Indian delegation attending the Third Summit Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is likely to stridently voice its opinion on the ever growing threat of terrorism and trans-national crimes, and seek to convince the representatives of 17 other participating Asian countries to come up with firm proposals to counter this menace. |
2008-08-25
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| Punjab CM seeks Centre help for his flood-hit state |
| Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal met Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here last evening to brief him about the grim flood situation in his state, as several villages continue to be submerged rendering thousands homeless. |
2008-08-23
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| Almaty to host first forum on security and cooperation in Central Asian-Caspian region |
| The first conference on security and cooperation in Central Asian-Caspian region will be held in Almaty on August 25. he Institute of World Economy and Politics, Almaty will organize the conference, in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan. The participants will make analysis and discuss the role of Central Asian-Caspian region in the global and Asian security system, interaction and cooperation in economic, political, politico-military and other spheres," the MFA's representative said. |
2008-08-20
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