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    Hindustan Unilever seeks partnerships to market products

    New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), with interest in personal and home care products and food and beverages, Tuesday said it wants partnerships with state bodies and NGOs to market fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) among the poor.


    After rains, Patna has become an ‘urban slum’, says court

    Patna, Aug 19 (IANS) As heavy rains continue to flood streets and homes here during the ongoing monsoon, the Patna High Court came down heavily on civic authorities for the failure in checking waterlogging and waste management, saying that the city had been reduced to an “urban slum”.

Five die as bus overturns in Uttar Pradesh

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 19 (IANS) Five people were killed and five others seriously injured when a bus overturned in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Tuesday.



Zimbabwe inflation rate hits 11.2 million percent

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Harare, Aug 19 (DPA) Zimbabwe’s inflation rate reached a new high of 11.2 million percent in June, state media reported, quoting figures from the central statistics office.



‘Ring of fire’ to light up new Dubai cricket stadium

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Dubai, Aug 19 (IANS) A new state-of-the-art cricket stadium in Dubai Sports City (DSC) will be lit up by a 350-plus-floodlight ‘ring of fire’ when it opens early next year.



NATO looks for strong line, continued dialogue with Russia

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Brussels, Aug 19 (DPA) NATO should take a strong line with Russia over its use of force in the conflict with Georgia, but that strong line should not imperil NATO-Russia dialogue, the alliance’s foreign ministers said at an emergency meeting in Brussels Tuesday.



NATO looks for strong line, continued dialogue with Russia

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Brussels, Aug 19 (DPA) NATO should take a strong line with Russia over its use of force in the conflict with Georgia, but that strong line should not imperil NATO-Russia dialogue, the alliance’s foreign ministers said at an emergency meeting in Brussels Tuesday.



Oil majors against pricing policy change

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) State-owned oil majors don’t want the petroleum product pricing model to be changed from trade parity to base export parity model as recommended by a high-power committee on fuel pricing, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora was told here here Tuesday.



Southeast Asian nations conduct anti-terror naval exercise

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Singapore, Aug 19 (Xinhua) Navies from six Southeast Asian nations, together with the US Navy, are taking part in an annual anti-terror maritime exercise, Singapore’s defence ministry said Tuesday.



Soren in court in connection with 1975 murder case

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Ranchi, Aug 19 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren, an aspirant to the chief minister’s post, appeared in a Giridih court Tuesday in connection with a 1975 murder case.