Strengthen Arunachal’s economic development, urges MP

October 9th, 2009 BEIJING - The media should promote world peace and development, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday at the opening ceremony of the World Media Summit, attended by about 300 representatives from over 170 media outlets from all over the globe. Hu said: "The media should use their distinctive assets and advantages to convey the messages of peace, development, cooperation, mutual benefit and tolerance." "All media organisations should be dedicated to the lofty cause of pushing forward peace and development." In the backdrop of global financial crisis, Hu said, the world's media should comprehensively cover the measures taken and the achievements of all countries to overcome difficulties.

October 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Exhorting state governments to strengthen legal provisions and reform panchayati raj institutions to make them effective, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday emphasised that more needed to be done to improve the institutions of local governance. "The 73rd amendment of the constitution provides that state legislatures should empower panchayati raj institutions as the institutions of local self government and strengthen them so that they can evolve schemes for social justice and economic development," Manmohan Singh said while commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch of panchayati raj.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The World Bank Monday said it will give a loan of $330 million to Haryana to strengthen the power transmission and distribution system in the state. "These transmission and distribution investments will ensure high economic returns and significant welfare improvements for consumers - both urban and rural," Roberto Zagha, World Bank's country director for India, said Monday.

August 15th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Independence Day Saturday, urged the people to contribute to the state's development by saving water and electricity. Chouhan said development should not be seen just as the government's responsibility, but people should come forward and do their bit too.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Even as they jointly declared to conclude the Doha development round on trade talks by 2010, the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries or G8 Thursday agreed to the demands of the emerging economies (G5) to strengthen financial regulation and reform international financial and other institutions, including the United Nations (UN). "We are committed to seek an ambitious and balanced conclusion to the Doha Development Round in 2010, consistent with its mandate, building on the progress already made, including with regard to modalities," the joint declaration said here.

July 4th, 2009 BEIJING - Asia should have its own monetary fund to better ensure financial stability of the region, a senior UN official has said. "Ultimately Asia should have its own monetary fund," Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), was quoted as saying by the China Daily Saturday.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today sought to make the Railways an instrument of holistic socio-economic development of the country with focus on the backward areas and the poor. Presenting the Railway Budget 2009-10, Banerjee said, "An expert committee will be set up to advise the Railway Ministry on innovative financing and implementation of the so called "economically unviable" but socially desired projects.

June 17th, 2009 Lee and Obama discuss free trade dealWASHINGTON — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is urging representatives of top U.S. companies to push for quick ratification of a stalled U.S.-South Korean free trade deal.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taking a strong stand on terrorism Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that there would be "no tolerance to terror".

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the buzz about whether he would become a minister intensified Friday, Rahul Gandhi categorically said his first job was to strengthen the Congress party. 'Elections come and go.

March 2nd, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh has sought funds from the central government to strengthen Panchayati Raj (local government) institutions in the state, an official release said Sunday. A request to sanction a grant of Rs.159 million (Rs.15.90 crore) was made by state Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at a meeting with Union Minister for Panchayati Raj Development Mani Shankar Aiyar in New Delhi.

February 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) ministers in West Bengal met here Monday to discuss ways to strengthen coordination between state government departments and to focus on rural development. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose, was held at the party's state headquarters on Alimuddin Street.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kerala is eager to enter into tie-ups with central public sector undertakings (PSU) to strengthen and modernise the state's public sector, Industries and Commerce minister Elamaram Kareem said here Tuesday. Speaking after Kerala Electrical & Allied Engineering Company Ltd (KEL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Kareem said the state government's slogan was to 'modernise and strengthen' the PSUs.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Canada have decided to strengthen business and trade ties that will open fresh opportunities 'for our respective business communities', Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said Wednesday after holding talks with Canada's Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Stockwell Day here. The two leaders also agreed to take forward talks for the proposed comprehensive economic partnership agreement.

December 29th, 2008 KOLKATA - West Bengal's principal opposition leader, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, was 'happy' that 'friend'' Shiekh Hasina had won Bangladesh's ninth general election, she said here Tuesday. 'Hasina is a very good friend of mine and we share a special bonding.