November 19th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 19 (ANI): Russia is planning to raise a shipwreck that contains Catherine the Greats treasures like precious porcelain, gold, silver, bronze and Dutch paintings.
According to a report in the ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
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New York, Oct.21 (ANI): Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is outspending Republican rival John McCain in TV ads by nearly four to one, according to the independent Campaign Media Analysis Group.
The ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by ANI
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Wagah Border (Punjab), Oct 13 (ANI): Senior Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and Pakistan Rangers today began talks in Lahore to discuss security measures and strategies to combat the increasing militant ...
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October 11th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
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By Afzal Bhat
Srinagar, Oct.11 (ANI): Annual milk production in Kashmir Valley has touched a record mark of 8.78 lakhs of metric tonnes, an increase of 28,000 metric tonnes over the previous ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 8 (ANI): Groundbreaking research by Welsh scientists is being used to develop a more effective vaccine against TB.
A team of researchers at Aberystwyth University has discovered a protein, which ...
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September 13th, 2008 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Kannur (Kerala), Sep 13 (IANS) Workers of Thiruvepathi Textile Mills here, which was closed down 11 years back, will soon receive financial relief from the central government. The relief amount was handed ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by ANI
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By Sunil Sharma
Chandigarh, Sep.12 (ANI): To promote the city as a major tourist destination, Chandigarh administration has introduced a special `Bed and Breakfast'' scheme to provide budget accommodation to tourists along ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Kuala Lumpur, Sep 12 (IANS) Malaysian Indian minister Joseph Kurup has filed an appeal in the Federal Court challenging a High Court decision declaring his victory in the Pensiangan parliamentary constituency null ...
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August 29th, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Aug 29 (ANI): Indian officials have agreed to start repair and reconstruction of the Koshi embankment breached by the Saptakoshi River on a war-footing with a view to strengthen two ...
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August 25th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday promoted Deputy Director of Education (sports) Sat Pal to the post of additional director of education (sports) as a reward for coaching Olympic ...
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August 25th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhopal, Aug 25 (IANS) A 29-month-old female panther, found dead in her cage at the Van Vihar National Park here, died of asphyxia, the authorities said Monday. "It was an accidental death. ...
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August 23rd, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing, Aug. 23 (ANI): The Air Pollution Index (API) in the Olympic host city has dropped by over 20 percentage points compared with the same period last year, said an official ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) India this week will for the first time see a collection of 15 art works by the world's most expensive artist, Damien Hirst. Global auction house ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Kozhikode, Aug 9 (IANS) The Kerala State AIDS Control Society (KSACS) will open 50 Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs) in private hospitals this year. This is in addition to the 72 ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
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New York, Aug 7 (ANI): US President George Bush who had last year described his Pakistan counterpart Pervez Musharraf like his brother, called Pakistan President Yousuf Raza Gilani the same during ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Beijing, Aug 4 (RIA Novosti) Total investment in the 2008 Beijing Olympics has hit 295 billion yuan ($43.13 billion) since 2001, a city administration spokesman said Monday. Shanghai Daily quoted Liu ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing , Aug 4 (ANI): Amid weather forecast of heavy rains and thunderstorm on August 8, Beijing is praying to the Rain Gods not to play a spoilsport on the Opening ...
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August 3rd, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, Aug 3 (Xinhua) A Beijing weather official said here Sunday that the city may be overcast or even hit by a shower Aug 8, the day of the Olympic opening ceremony. ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, Aug 2 (Xinhua) Beijing Olympics Games organisers say they will not be extravagant in spending and will maintain a balance between income and expenditure. "We will ensure the balance between income ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
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Patna, Aug 2 (ANI): A team of new porcupines is becoming a major attraction in a zoo here.
Patnas Sanjay Gandhi Zoo boasts of ten new Indian porcupines including a porcupette, a ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 31 (Xinhua) Reliable dope test methods will be used for the Beijing Olympic Games, said Wu Moutian, the lab head responsible for the Games doping tests, here. Wu, Beijing laboratory ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 31 (Xinhua) A new testing method has been put in place to check previously undetectable human growth hormone (HGH) during the Beijing Olympic Games. "The new test kits will track ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 31 (IANS) After the biggest field trial of its kind, researchers in the US have found that giant perennial grass Miscanthus can boost ethanol production by 250 percent per acre, ...
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July 27th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 27 (Xinhua) More than 3,000 commodities are available in the international area of the Athletes' Village, said Deng Yaping, spokesperson and deputy director of Olympic Village Department, here Sunday. "Having ...
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July 20th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing , July 20 (ANI): China ''s seismic experts have said that they dont expect earthquakes to hit the country during the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing next month.
Addressing ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Baksar ( Bihar ), July 19 (ANI): Railway police has rescued about 40 tortoises from Baksar in Bihar and handed them over to a zoological park in Patna .
The tortoises were ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Beijing health chiefs are insisting they will create public awareness and use persuasion to discourage smoking in public places, rather than use spot fines to enforce a ban ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, July 17 (IANS) Fans hoping to catch a glimpse of star basketball player Yao Ming will be disappointed as a senior security official said that the player would be kept well ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 9:38 am ICT by IANS
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By Xinhua Lou Chen and Ji Shaoting
Beijing, July 17 (Xinhua) Zhu Baohua beamed proudly as he showed a group of American visitors a century-old wooden bed in his house. Zhu, in his ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 16 (Xinhua) Hotels in Beijing have witnessed a rise in hotel reservations as the host city's tourism is being boosted by a influx of visitors with less than a month ...
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