| COBRA force to combat Maoist menace |
| The Union Government has given the green signal to raise a 10,000-strong special anti-Naxal force COBRA to combat the growing Left-wing extremism in the country. |
2008-08-28
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| 3G-spectrum auction by October: Telecom Minister |
| Telecom Minister A Raja today said the auction process for 3G spectrum would be completed by October-end and services could start by this year itself. |
2008-08-28
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| Ties between Central and South Asia facing hiccups: Expert |
| Links between Central Asia and South Asia stand a chance of improving only if the historical linkages of the past are given their due importance and applied in the modern context, a strategic affairs expert has said. |
2008-08-28
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| TERI to organize India Energy Conference 2008 |
| Recognizing the grave financial and security implications the skyrocketing crude oil prices has on the economy, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed) is organizing India Energy Conference 2008. |
2008-08-28
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| India, ASEAN conclude negotiation on Free Trade Agreement |
| India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday successfully concluded six years of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at Singapore. |
2008-08-28
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| Unity in Asia, the key to avoiding politics of confrontation: Nazarbayev |
| The recently concluded two-day Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) saw Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev significantly dwelling on several points, the sum objective of which was to promote greater unity and association in the Asian region to ward off traditional and non-traditional security challenges. |
2008-08-28
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| 13th National Symposium on Hydrology in Delhi |
| The 13th National Symposium on Hydrology with focal theme on "Inflow Forecasting during Extremes", began here today. |
2008-08-28
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| Nepal Foreign Minister in India for BIMSTEC moot |
| Nepal Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav arrived here today to attend a meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). |
2008-08-28
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| Antony to lay foundation stone of Sainik School |
| Defence Minister AK Antony will lay the foundation stone of a Sainik School in Rewari district of Haryana on Friday. |
2008-08-28
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| General Kapoor to visit UK to strengthen defence ties |
| Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor will be on four day official visit to the United Kingdom from September 1-4 to strengthen existing defence ties. |
2008-08-28
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| Indo-Bangladesh Home Secretary level talks on Aug 30-31 |
| The 9th Home Secretary level talks between India and Bangladesh will be held at Dhaka on August 30-31. |
2008-08-28
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| Australia largely untouched by humans, say scientists |
| Scientists have found that the continent of Australia has been largely untouched by humans, and stands as one of the world's top five wilderness havens, ranking alongside the Amazon forest and the Sahara desert. |
2008-08-28
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