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A for effort, Z for intent
A ncient Indians discovered the Zero, but modern, cyber-savvy Indians everywhere are discovering the Zed. That’s Rajan Zed, a Nevada-based Indo-American statesman who modestly refers to himself as an “acclaimed Hindu spokesperson” in an endless series of press releases that are slowing down the Internet, or at least my home connection.

Karnataka seeks to expand railway network
V Madhu, principal secretary, infrastructure development department, government of Karnataka said that the government was keen to partner with the railway ministry to expand the network in the state. Incidentally, the rail coverage in Karnataka lags neighbouring Tamil Nadu by a factor of two with the former having only 16 kms of railway lines per 1000 square kilometres compared to Tamil Nadu’s 30 kms.

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China threatens to ban import of Indian seafood
Beijing has threatened to ban import of seafood and other food products from India if New Delhi continues to restrict import of milk products from China, the government informed the Lok Sabha today.
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Rs 110,000 cr highway projects to be executed in 3 yrs

Highway projects worth about Rs 110,000 crore will be executed in the country over the next three years, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways R P N Singh informed the Rajya Sabha today. - Govt to invite bids for 10 mega highway projects soon - Govt admits to delays in 145 highway projects - NHAI identifies 10 mega projects worth Rs 45,000 cr - Govt okays Rs 10k cr highway projects in three states - New highway bidding scheme to save time - Govt to invite bids for three mega road projects "The Government has formulated work plans for National Highway sector for 2009-10 for projects aggregating to 15,911 km," he said replying to supplementaries during Question Hour. Out of this, 11,947 kms are under various phases of National Highway Development Project (NHDP) that are being implemented through National Highways Authority of India at an approximate cost of more than Rs 100,000 crore. The remaining 3,964 km under NHDP Phase-VI-A and other projects are to be implemented through NHAI and the state governments at an approximate cost of Rs 9,892 crore, he said. "These projects are to be implemented mainly on public-private partnership (PPP) basis in next three years," he added.


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