Sikhs have more in the way of domestic clout and electoral representation in Canada than they do in India. No politician in Ottawa can ignore the concerns of a community with this level of representation, notes Devangshu Datta.
'Our target will come from rural areas as there are more outlets there.'
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After 'mutton biriyani', 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab now wants 'basmati' rice served to him in jail.
'It is a fiercely fought battle, like our fiery chillies in Guntur.'
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India's share in the world market for basmati rice is about 53 per cent, said the government on Friday.
The US has downsized world's rice production by 15 million tonnes following an estimated decline in output of an equal quantity of the grain in India possibly due to drought.
India is a major rice exporting country.
United States ambassador-designate to the United Nations, Susan Rice, identified Kashmir as one of the hot spots and bracketed it with conflict-torn regions, including the Balkans and Golan heights.
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The ban on export of wheat and rice may be eased only after the government fulfills the election promise of providing 25 kg of staple food to poor families at Rs 3 a kg, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said.
Bedi's order however drew flak from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam legislature wing leader A Anbalagan, who told reporters that Bedi was treading the path of 'autocracy' by issuing such directives.
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The government has already implemented one of its five poll guarantees, "Shakti", by providing free services for women in public transport buses.
Scientists have identified a gene that allows rice plants to survive floods; a development that could help poor farmers especially in India who are having a tough time braving floods.
'Both of us believe America has to stand up for the democratic process and for the oppressed people,' Rice said.
He then immediately called Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen to offer his condolences at the loss of innocent lives at the hands of this wanton violence perpetrated by the terrorists.
Australia's triple Olympic champion Stephanie Rice is likely to retire after next year's London Olympics, she said on Thursday.
Pakistan's ungoverned spaces are a problem in the war on terror and militants operating there are able to do hit-and-run raids across the border in Afghanistan, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said. "If you look at South Asia, there is a problem -- a kind of coming together of the ungoverned spaces of Pakistan with the difficult-to-defend Afghan border," Rice said.
Police earlier claimed the three "Naxalites" were killed on a forested hill between Bhomra-Hurtarai villages under Koyalibeda police station limits on Sunday morning in an encounter with security personnel during an anti-Naxal operation.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed questions for the prime minister ahead of his rallies in Karnataka.
The government on Thursday ruled out importing rice in the wake of a massive depletion of stocks in central pool which fell 46 per cent to 109 lakh tonnes in November 2003 as compared to 205 lakh tonnes in the same month of the previous year.
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Susan Rice, the tough-talking United States Ambassador to the UN, was named as President Barack Obama's new National Security Advisor, in a significant shakeup to the White House foreign policy team.
'The karyakartas who wanted to contest were disappointed and it took some time to explain to them why we needed an alliance.'
Will Andhra Pradesh follow the Odisha model, voting differently in Lok Sabha and assembly elections? Or will Odisha follow Andhra Pradesh, voting in new faces in both?
United States President Barack Obama's confidant Susan Rice, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, has joined the White House as the national security advisor.
Australia's Stephanie Rice smashed the world record to win gold in the women's 400 metres individual medley final at the Olympics on Sunday.
A team of experts harvested 1,449.7 kg of rice from about 16.65 acres of experimental arable land with a new strain of rice cultivated using aerospace technology.\n\n
United Arab Emirates is on a rice hunt now.
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Interestingly, while the US embassy confirmed Rice's telephone calls to the Pakistan President, government officials remained tight-lipped about it. There was no word about it either from the Foreign Office or the Presidency.
Govt uneasy at prices, availability for domestic consumption.
Former South Africa captain Clive Rice rates the India bowling attack higher than South Africa's and said the home bowlers would struggle to take 20 wickets against a batting line-up, which boasts of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag, in the Test series starting next week.
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