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November 18th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
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Jim Corbett (Uttarakhand), Nov 18 (ANI): Wildlife officials at Jim Corbett National Park on Monday discovered an elephant gored to death by another tusker.
The carcass of the badly mauled elephant, about ...
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November 14th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
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By Sunil Sharma
Chandigarh, Nov.14 (ANI): Not many people may know that modern-day Chandigarh city, mostly designed by Swiss born French architect and planner Le Corbusier, also has a pre-historic past.
About ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by ANI
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Ferozepur, Nov.4 (ANI): Radio Pakistan in its latest broadcast has tried to provoke Punjabs farmers again by stating that there isnt enough water for irrigation in the State and due to ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): A team of Japanese scientists has discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
The ...
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October 16th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): New evidence has emerged that, given enough time, climate change can even alter the course of plate tectonics, by grinding them down.
The march of plate tectonics had ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Oct 8 (IANS) Suresh Rana and Ashish Moudgil won the Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya in the car and bike categories, respectively.The eight-day 'Raid', stretching across 2,400 km, tested both man and machine ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
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By Prem Thakur
Manali, Oct.8 (ANI): The tourist resort of Manali recently played host to the concluding part of the Himalayan Adventure Sports and Tourism Promotion Association (HASTPA) sponsored Hercules Mountain Biking ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 8 (IANS) Lok Sabha MP from Kerala M.P. Veerendrakumar was Wednesday chosen for this year's Vayalar Rama Varma Award for Malayalam literature. The politician has bagged the honour for his ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
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Shimla, Sept 23 (ANI): Rescue operations in Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh are in progress after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains caused immense loss to life and property.
"Thirty seven ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 15 (ANI): A Brit man is planning to go on a 620-mile trip on his unicycle.
Steve Colligan has already conquered Britains highest peaks on his one-wheeler.
The 47 year old ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 8:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Shimla, Sept 14 (ANI): An audacious bunch of bikers on Sunday roared through the dirt tracks of mountainous Shimla in a bid revive the dying sports.
The two-wheeler race ''Shimla Motorcycle Challenge ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Sep 5 (IANS) Six days after the Jammu and Kashmir government reached an agreement giving the Amarnath temple trust temporary use of a piece of forest land, the Shri Amarnath Yatra ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 9:49 am ICT by IANS
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Ponda (Goa), Sep 10 (IANS) Twenty-five years after the Appiko eco-awareness movement swept parts of south India, its leaders say they have seen a "lot of change" specially in the forest policy ...
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August 30th, 2008 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) More rains are expected throughout Uttar Pradesh in September though the state this year has already received 25 percent more rainfall than normal, the weather office said Saturday.While ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 9:59 pm ICT by ANI
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Jammu , August 21 (ANI): Continuing with their protests over the shrine land row demonstrators ransacked a vehicle of the States Food and Supplies Department on Thursday in Jammu.
Situation remained tense ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): Following is the final part of the text of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh''s address from the Red Fort on the occasion of the nation''s 62nd Independence ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 9:44 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Climate change can cause grave harm to India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday, and called for long-term solutions to address the threat. "Climate change can disrupt ...
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August 3rd, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, Aug 3 (ANI): Air passengers travelling on the popular Australian routes experience a " notoriously bumpy ride" due to turbulence.
Experts from University of Melbourne have zeroed in on some of ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, Aug 2 (DPA) Two climbers from an international expedition have died on K2 mountain in the Himalayas, and seven members of the team have gone missing, Italian media reported Saturday. A ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sevanand Gaddala
Film: "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"; Director: Ron Cohen; Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh, Luke Ford; Rating: 1 There have already been quite ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 31 (ANI): Satellite images have shown that the landmass of Bangladesh is growing because of sediment dumped by rivers.
Satellite images of Bangladesh over the past 32 years show ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 30 (ANI): An 8ft ape-like creature that bears a striking resemblance to the legendary Bigfoot has been sighted in Canada.
The unidentified animal had an upright, human-like walk and ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
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By Arvind Padmanabhan and Rajeev Ranjan Roy
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Water is becoming a scarce commodity in the Indian capital that is home to some 16 million people and the crisis ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 28 (ANI): Scientists have determined that hairs picked up in thick forest in the Garo hills in the mountains of Meghalaya in north-east India five years ago, is the ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 28 (ANI): A controversial new theory has proposed that the clashing of supercontinents billions of years ago may have been responsible for the oxygen-rich atmosphere that sustains much of ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
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London, July 28 (IANS) Scientists propose to conduct DNA tests on some hair said to belong to the mythical yeti. Apparently the hair was collected by a yeti believer in a dense ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
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By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Bad roads and poor air connectivity are hampering tourism in the tribal districts of Himachal Pradesh, popularly known as the Buddhist circuit. The trans-Himalayan Buddhist area ...
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July 24th, 2008 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, July 24 (IANS) Geologists here are excited about the discovery of a huge, 25-million-year-old rock fossil of a palm tree in Kasauli town in Himachal Pradesh. The 5.1 by 0.9 meter ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
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By K. Hussain
Karachi, July 23 (IANS) As in India where cricketers are worshipped like Gods, their Pakistani counterparts, too, have the sort of following that the country's film stars here die for. ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, July 23 (IANS) A man committed suicide here Wednesday to protest the cancellation of land transfer to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), eyewitnesses and the police said. Kuldip Kumar Dogra, in ...
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