IFFCO Ranks First in Fertiliser Category of Fortune India 500 List

NEW DELHI: Once again IFFCO has proved that it is a force to reckon with in the Indian corporate sphere. IFFCO, India’s largest fertiliser manufacturer and marketer has been ranked first in the Fertiliser and Agro Chemical category and ranked 37 overall in the recently released India Fortune 500 list for the year 2011......more

Kazakh ruling party scores landslide win

ASTANA: The ruling party of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was declared the landslide winner Monday of snap polls in which two nominally-opposition groups won parliament seats for the first time......more

Dr Awasthi welcomes 2012 as International Year of Cooperatives

NEW DELHI: The IFFCO Managing Director, Dr U S Awasthi, has welcomed the declaration of the 2012 as International Year of Cooperatives by the United Nations. In his New Year Message, Dr Awasthi said despite steep rise in prices of raw materials and unprecedented rupee depreciation in the year 2011, IFFCO has not passed on the increasing cost of fertilizers to farmers......more

Priyanka Gandhi on campaign trail in Amethi, Rae Bareli

AMETHI: Priyanka Gandhi on Monday began her tour of Congress strongholds Amethi and Rae Bareli and met with party workers to devise a strategy for the upcoming UP Assembly polls......more

Congress will consider reservation for muslims if it comes to power: Digvijay

NEW DELHI: The congress party has said that it would consider giving reservation to muslims in Uttar Pradesh on the lines of similar reservation in states of Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, if it comes to power in Uttar Pradesh......more

IFFCO experience in soil rejuvenation and productivity enhancement

NEW DELHI: Food and nutritional security is important to any country and India is not an exception to this. Achieving this on sustainable basis is indeed a gigantic task. IFFCO continues to provide services to the farmers and cooperatives through various field programmes such as rejuvenation of soil health, water resource development, mitigating climate change and transfer of technology so as to bring about a perceptible change in the area......more

14 killed in Bomb strikes Shiite procession in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: At least 14 people were killed and 20 wounded on Sunday in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab when a bombing targeted a Shiite procession, government officials said......more

Agni-V in final phase of testing, launch soon: DRDO

Agni-V, the 5,000-km version of the nuclear capable missile, is in the final phase of testing and is soon set for launch, a senior DRDO official said in Chandigarh on Sunday. "Agni-V is in the final phase of testing. I cannot predict the exact date of its launch, but it will be launched shortly," Chief Controller R and D (Missiles and Strategic Systems) at DRDO, Avinash Chander, said......more

Japanese Technology Meets Indian Opportunity at Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2011

GURGAON: Japanese Golfer Yasunobu Fukuda won the prestigious Indo-Nippon Golf cup 2011 held at Golden Green Golf Resort in Gurgaon on Sunday by claiming the Best Score Gross. While Yasunobu Fukuda was also adjudged the Winner Best Score Nett Japanese, the Indian Golfer Ajay Dadwal was declared Winner Best Score Nett Indian. The Ladies Winner of the Indo-Nippon Golf Tournament was Ms Neelam Pratap Rudy and Runners Up was Ms Garima Sehgal......more

Carpet Design Awards 2012 announced at Domotex

By Sushma Arora

HANNOVER: The winners of the Carpet Design Award 2012 have been chosen. On Sunday, 30 carpet designers from various countries received the prestigious design award at DOMOTEX. The exciting designs displayed at the leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings impressed visitors from the trade and other professionals. In fact, the entire event offers an abundance of ideas and information, highlighting the patterns, colours and materials that will dominate in the season ahead......more

@ DOMOTEX 2012: Business meets Lifestyle

Sarkozy vows reform after France downgrade

PARIS: France braced Sunday for the fallout from its credit rating downgrade as President Nicolas Sarkozy appealed for calm and vowed to carry out more reforms to lead the country out of crisis......more

Hafiz Saeed against MFN status to India

KARACHI: Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, has opposed the grant of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, saying it "is like shooting ourselves in the foot"......more

'No plans' for Western military action on Syria, Iran

LONDON: Western nations have no immediate plans for military action to stop the repression of protests in Syria or to halt Iran's nuclear programme, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday......more

Hrithik Roshan completes 12 years, thanks fans

MUMBAI: Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan has thanked his fans as he completes 12 years in the Hindi film industry. "12 years. Really? Wow, thanks guys for the wishes! Now back to work! Hrithik wrote on his Twitter page......more

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