Anand, India News

After travelling to countries like US, Japan and Turkey, 'Mana' - a French cirque spectacle - is making its debut at the Kingdom of Dreams.

New Delhi, May 15 : Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday left for five-day three nation tour of UK, France and Qatar.

Jabs International Pvt.Ltd, a Government- rrecognized Trading House and largest exporter of spices from India has won 12 awards for excellence in spice export from Spices Board for the year 2009-10 , 2010-11 & 2011-2012. These awards were presented to Mr.

The state government transferred 19 deputy superintendents of police in a routine reshuffle late on Saturday.

New Delhi, May 12: India is likely to ask China to open up its markets for pharmaceuticals and infotech at the trade talks scheduled here this month.

With "substantial gap" yet to be bridged in the India-EU FTA, the meeting between their trade ministers will only be scheduled after concrete deliverables are achieved during the talks between the chief negotiators here on May 15.

British retailer Tesco has sought clarification on sourcing norms from the government before firming up its plan to enter the Indian multi-brand retail sector, which was opened up for 51 per cent foreign direct investment last year.

Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion Secretary Saurabh Chandra told Business Standard that a foreign retail chain was free to buy a brownfield facility but it would need to invest at least $50 million "towards creating additional back-end infrastructure there". Greenfield units relate to areas where no previous facilities existed, while ... (more)

Certain films need the right perspective to be truly appreciated. A little background always helps.

Hindustan Times, India May 9 2013 Anand held by Aronian in first round PTI Sandnes, Norway, May 09, 2013 World champion Viswanthan Anand could do little with white pieces as his opponent Levon Aronian of Armenia held him to an easy draw in the first round of Norway Chess 2013 super tournament that got underway here.

British retailer Tesco's chief executive officer Phillip Clarke and Tata International managing director Noel Tata are scheduled to meet commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma later this week, official sources told The Indian Express.

A panel of judges comprising Karan Anand , Veena Patil , Deep Kalra , Manju Kashyap , Rajeev Waghle shortlisted 42 categories and put them to vote amongst the Lonely Planet Magazine readers.

A recent study by the Indian Green Building Council predicts that, in the next 10 to 15 years, India will need at least 70 new cities with populations of 500,000 each to handle the rural-to-urban migration and avoid overpopulation in its existing metropolitan areas.

Barely a week after clearing Swedish furniture major IKEA\'s Rs 10,500-crore single-brand retail investment proposal, which ended a spell of uncertainty over local sourcing norms, the government has put a rider in similar norms for multi-brand retail chains.

New Delhi, May 6 : The Indian government on Monday said India and Australia had reviewed their bilateral trade and investment in their 14th Joint Ministerial Commission meeting that was held in New Delhi on Jan 29.

Russia, Germany and some other countries have expressed keen interest in participating in the proposed national investment and manufacturing zones , Parliament was informed today.

Chennai, May 6 : Popular Tamil film and TV actor Mohan Raman, also a well-known philatelist, was pleasantly surprised when the government honoured actors he had recommended from the south through 50 stamps that were released at the 60th National Film Awards.

Film aficionados can now preserve the memories of legendary artistes of the India cinema in the form of attractive commemorative stamps, with the Department of Posts coming out with a set of such stamps depicting 50 iconic personalities of reel life.

Import and export of embryos was a boon for childless couples opting for surrogacy as it eliminated the need of the couple to take treatment in a foreign country.

Panaji, May 3 : Goa Tourism Development Corporation in association with Indiatourism, sponsored a three-day bus tour and a river cruise in Goa at a concessional rate for around 100 school children in the age group of 9 to 12 years along with their teachers from Anand Niketan school in Sevagram, Wardha in Maharashtra from Apr 30 to May 2. Anant Prem ... (more)