Bonjour India! France to stage mega festival this December

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet today approved modifications in the existing mega power policy. This would encourage setting up of mega power plants to take advantage of economies of scale and improve their viability.

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The cabinet Thursday approved amendments in the mega power policy to encourage setting up of new power plants. According to the new norms, the states that control the power distribution network can also buy electricity from mega power plants.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF), the capital's answer to the Edinburgh festival, will reach out to the common man this year with interactive music and folk dance performances at malls and historic sites. "The festival is bigger and spread out across more venues.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday greeted people of the country on the eve of Onam, the harvest festival.

July 24th, 2009 Strike averted at Germany's Bayreuth FestivalBAYREUTH, Germany — Union leaders say they have signed an agreement with organizers of the Bayreuth Festival, avoiding a strike one day before the world-famous Wagner celebration was to begin. Ver.di union spokesman Hans Kraft says workers "are relieved" because they achieved what they wanted.

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is promoting an export policy regime for the textiles industry that will cover all potential markets including South East Asia, said Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran Wednesday. The government is also promoting textiles mega shows in potential markets.

July 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The police commissioners of six states have held discussions with the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) to prepare plans for mega city policing needs, parliament was informed Tuesday. The police commissioners of six states have held discussions with BPR&D to prepare a perspective plan for the sub-scheme of mega city policing under the 'modernisation of state police force scheme' with a view to prioritise mega city policing needs, Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government will set up mega industrial clusters in five states to boost the traditional textile and carpet industries and generate "thousands of jobs", Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday. Presenting the union budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha, Mukherjee said: I propose to add one handloom mega cluster each in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu and one powerloom mega cluster in Rajasthan.

June 13th, 2009 AGRA - More than a year after French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the Taj Mahal, a French delegation was in the city to finalise details for holding a festival here, showcasing the art and culture of France. A French festival is likely to be held somewhere close to the Taj Mahal in November.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and France are poised to raise the level of their efforts towards preservation in the fields of film and television. The Embassy of France in India has decided to donate as many as 234 films from its library in New Delhi to the National Film Archives of India (NFAI), Pune, this month.

April 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah Wednesday backed India to host the 2018 Asian Games in Delhi. Delhi had narrowly lost the bid to hold the 2014 Asian Games to Incheon City, Korea.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A five-day 'Thank You India Festival' hosted by Tibetans-living-in-exile in India is underway in New Delhi. The festival organised by the India International Centre and the Bureau of Hisoliness the Dalai Lama is to commemorate the 50 years of exile.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Worried that Tibetans may hold violent protests to observe the 50th year of the Dalai Lama's exile, China Wednesday thanked India for providing security to their missions but reminded New Delhi of its pledge not to allow Tibetans to indulge in political activities. 'Tibetans in India have not stopped protests and candle-light demonstrations.

March 1st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Theatre buffs in Kerala would be treated to more than a dozen award-winning plays at the fifth National Drama Festival that starts here Monday. The festival will be inaugurated by Chief Minister V.S.

January 15th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The United Nations will partner Kerala at a week-long Nishagandi Festival beginning here Jan 20. 'This is the first time that the UN is partnering an event in South India,' State Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told reporters.