Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in energy, mass transit, industrial cities and road projects. The MoU was signed by officials of Pakistan's Water and Power Ministry and China's Norinco International in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
A Chinese delegation headed by Norinco's vice president Wang Yitong is currently visiting Pakistan. According to the MoU, Norinco and the Pakistan government will cooperation in the mass transit projects and energy projects, specifically solar power projects. The Chinese company will also help Pakistan in setting up industrial cities along motorways and road projects.
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New Delhi: The industrial production growth has slipped to 2 per cent in April on account of dismal performance of manufacturing, mining and power sectors coupled with lower output of capital goods. The factory output measured in terms of index of industrial production (IIP) had seen a contraction of 1.3 per cent in April last year, according to official data released in New Delhi on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the IIP growth...
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Cairo: Families of Egyptians killed in protests that unseated Hosni Mubarak reacted angrily in court on Saturday when a judge trying the former president over the deaths barred their lawyers from taking part in the case. Mubarak, 85, was brought into the caged dock sitting up in a wheelchair, wearing a white gown and sweater and familiar dark aviator glasses. The former air force general appeared alert and in fair...
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New Delhi: Three accused in the December 16 gangrape case were on Friday identified in a special court in New Delhi by the lady police officer, the prime witness, who had arrested them hours after the heinous crime. The investigating officer (IO), the last and the crucial prosecution witness in the case, began her deposition before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna by correctly identifying Vinay Sharma, Pawan...
06:47 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: With an aim of bringing transparency in judicial proceedings, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said working of trial courts should be audio recorded and discussions are on in this regard. "...We want that to bring transparency, at least the proceedings are audio recorded but the government cannot do this on its own. We will discuss it with judiciary, Chief Justices, because trial courts fall under High Courts...
06:06 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday issued a notice to all 2G scam accused on Central Bureau of Investigation's plea seeking to call Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) chairman Anil Ambani and 16 others as witness in the case. The CBI told the court that Anil's statement was recorded earlier during probe but was not placed before it as he was not arrayed as witness. Anil and his wife...
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08:09 AM, May 30, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Mumbai and invited the neighbouring country's industrialists to invest in the state. "During the meeting, the Chinese Prime Minister evinced keen interest in investing in the infrastructure and pharmaceutical sectors in the state," an official spokesperson said after the meeting. Li sought information from Chavan on Maharashtra government's efforts to develop Mumbai as a global city,...
03:31 AM, May 22, 2013
Milan: The nightclub dancer at the centre of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" sex trial told a court on Friday that guests at the media tycoon's parties dressed as nuns, nurses and US President Barack Obama. Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name "Ruby the Heartstealer", spoke as a witness in a trial at which talent scout Lele Mora, television anchor Emilio Fede and former...
10:20 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: A devastated mother of the Delhi braveheart on Friday made fervent pleas for justice for her daughter before a Special court trying four men accused in the case. The lawyer for one of the accused did not cross-examine her saying she is already in deep pain. The mother of the 23-year-old paramedical student, who was gangraped and assaulted in a moving bus, deposed before the court of Additional...
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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defended on Thursday his repeated demand for special status to the state saying it (the status) will boost private investment in a big way to accelerate its industrial development. "I am pushing for grant of special status to Bihar only to bring private investment in a big way to expedite industrialisation process for generation of employment opportunities," he said in a function at Pataliputra...
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11:06 AM, May 10, 2013
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