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India and China sign 12 agreements including one on 5-years trade and economic co-operation pact

New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): India and China on Thursday signed 12 agreements, including one on five years economic and trade development plan. An agreement on audio visual co-production, two documents on railways, another document on work plan for drug administration and a MoU on culture were exchanged between the two countries. An MoU on peaceful use of outer space and a twinning agreement between Shanghai and Mumbai were also signed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured that he will take concrete steps to correct the trade imbalance and give more market access and investment in China. Sep 18, 2014
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Xi Jinping meets PM Narendra Modi delegation level talks underway

New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Modi is expected to raise issues of China’s incursions into Ladakh. Both leaders are also expected to ink several agreements, including on infrastructure and railways. Jinping is on a three day visit to India which started with his arrival in Ahmedabad on September 17. Sep 18, 2014
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Railway Minister plans connectivity to all north-eastern states

Guwahati, Sep 16 (ANI): Union Railway Minister, Sadananda Gowda, on Tuesday (September 16), expressed satisfaction as he reviewed Northeast Frontier Railway in northeastern Assam state. Gowda held review meetings with the departmental heads and other officials. He said the federal government aimed at completing 34 various ongoing projects of Indian Railways in the northeast over the next six years. Gowda said he has laid special emphasis on cleanliness, catering and safety in his budget. He said he wanted to give importance to the passengers of northeastern states. Gowda said connectivity to states of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh was already established. Sep 16, 2014
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Fashion Railways

India Couture Week, 2014, began on a royal note with Sabyasachi’s vintage collection titled Ferozabad. The ramp which was turned into the classic Ferozabad railway station stunned the audiences. Classic cuts, prints and embellishments reminiscent of the old Ferozabad city set the mood for the show. The design showcase comprised six yards, lehengas, peplum tops, [...] Sep 14, 2014
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PM Modi holds meet to review infrastructure sector progress

New Delhi, Sep 12 (ANI): Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on Friday reviewed progress of eight major infrastructure sectors in the country. The sectors included Civil Aviation, Ports and Inland Waterways, Railways, Roads, Telecom, Power, Coal, and New and Renewable Energy. The meet was a part of the regular series of reviews on infrastructure, which the prime minister takes every month. Modi stated that accelerated infrastructure development was his top priority, and also stressed the need for creating world-class infrastructure in India. The Prime Minister said initiatives undertaken by state governments as well as Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) with other countries, including SAARC countries, should also be taken into account while monitoring the progress of infrastructure sectors. Sep 12, 2014
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Delhi to Taj Mahal in 90 minutes, high speed train cracks trial run

Agra/ New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): Rail travellers will be able to reach the famed Taj Mahal's Agra city from New Delhi in just 90 minutes once commercial operations of the high speed train, which has successfully completed its second and the final trial run, starts in November. Railways on Thursday successfully conducted a trial run of a passenger train at a speed of 160 km per hour between Delhi and Agra, making it the country's fastest train. Neeraj Sharma, Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO), Northern Railways said that this trial run was not for testing the speed but for time-tabling. The railways had decided to conduct three trials for the semi-high speed train but the second trial scheduled on August 22 was cancelled due to unavailability of resources. Therefore, the authorities decided to make the September 11 trial the final one. Sep 11, 2014
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Rail Minister gives order to help J&K flood victims, ministry to send 50 lakh water bottles daily

New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): ADG Public Relations, Indian Railways, Anil Saxena on Thursday said that Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has given orders to the ministry to help Jammu & Kashmir flood victims in all possible way. Saxena also said that Katra-Udhampur rail connectivity, which had been affected by the floods in Jammu and Kashmir, is back to normal. He said that the ministry have established transit pint and nodal at New Delhi railway station. He also said that the railways department is sending 50 lakh bottles of water daily to the flood ravaged state. Sep 11, 2014
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Trade minister says initiatives taken directly influence socio-economic policy

New Delhi, Sept 09 (ANI): Union trade minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that inclination in country’s industrial growth will have a positive bearing on socio-economic policy. Sitharaman was addressing a press conference in New Delhi, where she highlighted a number of initiatives taken by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, as well as the international agreements it had signed. Sitharaman said that the priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was to improve on excellence. She added that the major policy initiatives that India has taken in terms of opening up many sectors of investment from abroad such as defence, railways and construction, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been eased out. Sep 9, 2014
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