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...teenage girl living in Mahipatram Ashram in Raipur and studying in Std XI, ended her life by hanging herself in the bathroom of the ashram. The police, however, are clueless as to what led the girl to take the extreme step and are probing to find a lead in...
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_teenage-girl-kills-self-in-raipur-s-mahipatram-ashram_1699378
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...May 25: The management of Raipur Tea Estate today proposed to the Jalpaiguri administration that the garden lease be renewed in its name, a day after workers turned away court officials who had come to attach the property to recover debts incurred by the previous...
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Calcutta Telegraph
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120526/jsp/siliguri/story_15533619.jsp
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...Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh was also present on the occasion. This would be the eight edition of The Pioneer from Raipur. The newspaper at present has editions from Delhi, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun and Ranchi. It could...
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Business Standard
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-pioneer-to-launch-hindi-edition-in-raipur/473573/
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...garden city and construction is currently in full swing. Slated to be the country's second planned city after Chandigarh, Naya Raipur with 21 residential sectors will accommodate a population of 16,000 initially and around 5.6 lakh once the project is completed...
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3314274.ece
Chhattisgarh engineer has assets of Rs.40 millionSifyRaipur, Nov 25 (IANS) Simultaneous raids Thursday on two houses of a junior engineer in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur town revealed that the official owns assets ...Assets worth crores found at sub-engineer's residenceZopagall 7 news articles »
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...(UID No.) to its existing customers as well as future customers by collecting biometric and demographic details as per UID norms. Raipur (IANS)- The Chhattigarh capital set a new record for the state Wednesday as Dhanteras shopping clocked a business of Rs.250...
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IndiaVision
http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/business/121498/
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The 8425 and 8426 Raipur-Bhubaneswar Intercity Express will be extended up to the temple town of Puri in Orissa from December 20.
According to a South East Central Railway release, the train, running daily between the two state capitals via Sambalpur
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20091217/1407434.html
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...Pradesh Congress Committee President Dhanendra Sahu today expressed concern over killing of a deputy forest ranger in Raipur district. ''The incident of Naxal violence in Raipur district has virtually created panic among the people across the state as it...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20091128/1394031.html
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...Nov 25(ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district forced a shutdown on Wednesday in protest against non-fulfillment of their demands. The farmer's courted arrest, but the shutdown remained largely peaceful. "We made the tea stalls, shops shutdown...
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OneIndia
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/oneindia-all-news/~3/GWCuR4YX6g0/raipurfarmers-protest-against-non-fulfilment-of-theirdeman.html
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...matter (SPM) in the Raipur and Siltara areas are at least 10 times higher than prescribed limits.' 'Some one million people of Raipur and its 40 surrounding villages close to the polluting units are suffering from serious respiratory diseases and skin cancer...
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India eNews
http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20090923/222631.htm
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RAIPUR: Thousands of people in and
around the Chhattisgarh capital are believed to be suffering from respiratory
problems because of polluting industrial units on this city's outskirts, and
residents allege the government is turning a blind eye to it.
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Economic Times
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Raipur-home-to-polluting-units-respiratory-patients-/articleshow/5013004.cms
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...Janata Party (BJP) government since December 2003. "I have decided not to allow any new sponge iron units on the outskirts of Raipur and also ensure that industries run ESPs round-the-clock." Ironically, a legislator from his own party blames the government. ...
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/environment/pollution/Raipur-home-to-polluting-units-respiratory-patients-/articleshow/5013004.cms
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...party blames the government. “The Chhattisgarh government is like a sitting duck, watching some 145 units on the outskirts of Raipur flouting all pollution norms,” said Devji Bhai Patel, the BJP legislator from the Dharsiwa constituency under which Siltara,...
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Sindh Today
http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/50167.htm
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...And so, their hotels tend to be geared more toward the business traveller than the pleasure seeking one. Most tourists visiting Raipur are ones that are out to seal lucrative Government Contracts and business deals and tend to overlook the overriding sense...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2125105/hotels_guide_for_business_travelers.html
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Ahmedabad: When terrorism wipes out common people, their memory survives only within their heartbroken families. But in Khadia and Raipur, the innocent lives of the 26/7 victims are forever enshrined in a citizen memorial at Raipur Chakla.
You may
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_raipur-memorial-citizens-26-7-salute_1274162
Northern Voices Onlineब्रम्हऋषि आचार्य चन्द्रमणी वशिष्ठ ...Northern Voices Online, India... on 25-26-27 dece.2009 for steel & power to raipur pl. confirm for your visit to the exhibition .... vrushesh: sir , shree virbhadra singh . as we informed that recently u are choosen as a steel minister for cabinet we are inviting u for our great. ...
http://nvonews.com/2009/06/07/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%8B%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE/
Mid-DayIf only Binayak had read some nonsense novelsMid-Day, IndiaTheir charge: he had hand-delivered a letter from a detained Naxal leader whom he had been treating medically in the Raipur jail to another Naxal. Sen says this charge has no basis since his meetings with prisoners were undertaken openly, ...
http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/jun/040609-Nabarun-Bhattacharjee-novella-Binayak-Sen-Chhattisgarh-government.htm
Calcutta Telegraph3 cops slain for gunsCalcutta Telegraph, IndiaThe attackers fled towards Raipur, from where the Jharkhand border is not far. District police chief Vishal Garg, who went to the spot, about 200km from Calcutta, said: “The border has been sealed.” The condition of constable Nitendranath Das and ...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090604/jsp/bengal/story_11061752.jsp
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...meeting was attended among others by State Sports and Youth Welfare minister Lata Usendi and Chief Secretary P Joy Oommen. Raipur, May 31 : The Chhattisgarh government has decided to construct a world class hockey stadium in this capital city of Raipur....
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New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-47683.html
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Mumbai: Dr Binayak Sen, a public health specialist and human rights activist who was arrested two years back after being accused of having links with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, walked out of jail this week after being granted bail by the Supreme Court.
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1260407
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Sen after hearing the news of his bail in Raipur on Monday. (PTI)
May 25: The Supreme Court today granted bail to one of Indias most famous prisoners, social activist Binayak Sen, who has been in a Chhattisgarh jail for two years since his arrest as
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Calcutta Telegraph
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090526/jsp/frontpage/story_11021075.jsp
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The following is a timeline of events since the May 2007 arrest of civil rights activist Binayak Sen on unproven charges of links with Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
May 14, 2007 - Binayak Sen arrested in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur town on charges of acting as
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090525/1260778.html
enterpriser.inNovatium Plans Aggressive Expansion across Indiaenterpriser.in, India... online education, telephony and business productivity. Novatium has already been launched in the following 12 cities along with BSNL: Chennai, Tamilnadu, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Dehradun, Lucknow, Ambala, Dimapur, Agartala, and Trivandrum.
http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Know_It/Novatium_Plans_Aggressive_Expansion_across_India/551-102305-448.html
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Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh have started expanding their base to new forested areas in the state's Raipur and Dhamtari districts, according to worrying police intelligence inputs.
The banned leftist insurgent outfit, Communist Party of
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090524/1260077.html
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...A Raipur-Indore-Mumbai flight, which usually takes four hours,to reach Mumbai, turned into a 36-hour ordeal for a group of consultants visiting Raipur for a UNICEF workshop. On May 21, Reshma S (32), a consultant from Mumbai, took a Kingfisher Red flight IT...
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1258476
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Strong resentment has started brewing in the faction-ridden Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress with many leaders openly demanding a change in the state party leadership in the wake of Congress' drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
In a
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090519/1256955.html
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...Chief Minister Raman Singh has ordered immediate restoration and conservation of all 22 ponds and other waterbodies in Raipur. After conducting inspection of half-a-dozen historic ponds in the capital yesterday, the Chief Minister directed the civic authorities...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090510/1250634.html
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RIGHTS-INDIA:
BANGALORE, May 8 (IPS) - Even while India goes to the polls in a lumbering show of democracy, human rights activist-doctor Binayak Sen remains in prison on unproven terrorism charges.
Sens bail plea was finally admitted by
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Inter Press Service
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46770
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People in Fafadih Market, one of the busiest areas of this Chhattisgarh capital, were shocked Thursday when a leopard strolled into the area. The forest officials were able to tranquilize and trap the animal only after an eight-hour effort.
The animal
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India eNews
http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20090507/196537.htm
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Faced with acute water shortage and tired of awaiting their turn at the municipality tap, women in one of the slums pockets in this Chhattisgarh capital decided to dig a well and ended up digging three in a month.
"What's the point of just accusing the
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=f473aea5-30f8-44f4-b56c-8e6cdd0b5748&SectionName=RSSFeed-News
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A convoy of 15 cars and over 200 motorbikes meanders through village roads under the blazing sun with a smiling leader in white dhoti-kurta on a hood-less jeep waving at people along the roads.
A bespectacled man in white kurta-pyjama gets into a
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Calcutta Telegraph
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090430/jsp/nation/story_10897372.jsp
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He bled to death on polling day on the bumpy road ride to hospital after a Naxalite attack in remote Jharkhand. A helicopter could have saved the life of BSF constable Birendra Yadav.
But the government’s Rs 45-crore Dhruv helicopter, maintained every
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=5196446a-aca1-473d-a9c0-fd2ca87ce464&SectionName=RSSFeed-India
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RAIPUR: Senior BJP leader L.K.Advani on Monday said people should chant the slogan “Jai Shree Ram” only after a magnificent temple is built in Ayodhya.
Addressing a public meeting at Dhamtari in the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency, he said the
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/04/14/stories/2009041457851400.htm
ChannelTimes.com (press release)D-Link Appoints Digicare Service PartnersChannelTimes.com (press release), IndiaBy ChannelTimes Staff D-Link India is expanding the reach of its service centers, and has appointed service partners in Surat, Baroda, Nagpur, Raipur and Jammu to provide service and support for D-Link and Digilink range of products. ...
http://www.channeltimes.com/India/News/D-Link_Appoints_Digicare_Service_Partners/551-100912-752.html
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A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating his parents and son to death in Chhattisgarh, police said Tuesday.
Parasram Sahu killed his father Bhagiram Sahu, 65, mother Kejai Bai, 60, and his only son Hemant Sahu, 19, Sunday night in
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090407/1219328.html
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A
LOT of hope rests on India’s ability to buck the current downturn. Much of
this hope emanates from continuing growth of a vibrant domestic economy, fuelled
by increased economic activity in rural and semi-urban India. Financial crisis
or not, the
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Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Bringing-hope-to-the-marginalised-/rssarticleshow/4365032.cms
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A
LOT of hope rests on India’s ability to buck the current downturn. Much of
this hope emanates from continuing growth of a vibrant domestic economy, fuelled
by increased economic activity in rural and semi-urban India. Financial crisis
or not, the
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Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Bringing_hope_to_the_marginalised_/rssarticleshow/4365032.cms
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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today demanded an inquiry against all those Indians who visited Switzerland more than five times during the last 25 years.
Talking to reporters at Raipur airport on way to his election campaign in Orissa, Mr Modi
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090405/1217890.html
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On Monday, March 16, the first batch of satyagrahis marched through Raipur towards the Central Jail where Dr. Binayak Sen has been wrongfully incarcerated for almost two years.
Flanked by the police, we walked for 2 kilometres with our banners,
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Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-courtroom-farce-in-chhattisgarh/442923/
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Germplasm of over 20,000 indigenous varieties of rice has been conserved in India by National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) for its use by future generations and to avert it from becoming extinct, noted biotechnologist Dr Swapan K Dutta
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090326/1209260.html
SamayLiveTwo poachers heldSamayLive, IndiaDehra Dun: Two poachers have been arrested along with body parts of animals in Raipur area near Rajaji Park, police said today. Rajpal and Palu, both residents of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, were arrested yesterday with parts of various endangered ...
http://www.samaylive.com/news/two-poachers-held/615349.html
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According to Raipur police, the man had allegedly died after coming under a train late last night. Police were informed of the mutilated body by locals around 0815 hrs. The body had been sent for a post-mortem, police said.
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090323/1205896.html
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Bankura, March 20: A man in his mid-30s has been arrested in a Bankura village for allegedly wiping out his entire family.
According to police, Sadhan Ghosh, 35, smothered his mother, wife and daughter, strangulated his son and bludgeoned his father to
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Calcutta Telegraph
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090321/jsp/bengal/story_10702435.jsp
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Kolkata: There has been no breakthrough in the investigation of five dead bodies of a family which were found in Demusna village in Bankura on Tuesday. Police have, however, not given a clean chit to the sole surviving member of the family, Sadhan
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Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-leads-yet-in-demusna-family-death-probe/436923/
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...the new stadium. The telephonic discussion between Dr Singh and IPL Chairman was very positive. Mr Bhatia said and hoped that Raipur would be alloted a couple of IPL matches scheduled in May. The ICS built at a cost of Rs 100 crore by the state government...
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New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-3324.html
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MUMBAI: Blue Star has won an order to aircondition the integrated terminal building for domestic and international operations at Raipur airport. According to a release, the order valued at Rs. 8.50 crore has been placed by Era Infra Engineering. This
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/14/stories/2009031451841400.htm
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MUMBAI: Central air-conditioning major, Blue Star, on Tuesday said that it has won a Rs 8.5-crore order to air-condition the integrated terminal building for domestic/international operations at Raipur airport.
This order has been placed by Era Infra
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Hindu Business Line
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/02101814.htm
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Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission secretary Dilip Bhatt told reporters that an eight-member team carried out a surprise inspection of the district government hospital in Raipur's Pandri locality and found expired medicine stocks.
The team also
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New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-106592.html
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...State Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism Minister Brijmohan Agrawal urged the AAI to ensure round-the-clock operation of Raipur with increase in security and other manpower and said his government was ready to provide all sorts of cooperation and land required...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090220/1182158.html
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...P. Joy Oommen and AAI chairman V.P. Agarwal. Raipur, Feb 20 : The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will invest Rs.1.36 billion for construction of a new integrated terminal at the Raipur airport, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Friday....
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New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-97291.html

