May 14th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 14 (ANI): A team from the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder in US are going to build a 34 million dollar instrument package for a US Environmental Satellite slated for launch in 2013, which would help monitor global climate change.
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May 14th, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by admin
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Ahmedabad, May 14(IANS) An increasing number of children are suffering from diabetes due to stress since parents pressure them to excel in both academics and extra curricular activities, says a medical expert. "Tension is the main cause for diabetes. Tension combined with fast food affects even kids in the second ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Actor-producer Suniel Shetty is all set to play a real life character in "Red Alert-The War Within" about the Maoist movement in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. Suniel plays the central character of Narasimha, a farm labourer who needs money to fund the education of ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Sikander Kher's introductory scene in his debut "Woodstock Villa" was inspired from Tom Cruise starrer "Days of Thunder" and shot at a whopping budget of Rs.15 million. "A special bike Yamaha MP01 costing above Rs.2 million was imported for the scene. The hero rides on it ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 7:30 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Children's entertainment on television is set to get livelier this summer. Nick, one the country's leading entertainment channels in India, is set to woo children aged between four and 14 with the "Mighty Masked Cat Niyander", a new episode of the channel's hit series, "Ninja ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Stylised filmmaker of Bollywood Sanjay Gupta announced the launch of his next project "Acid Factory" with all the cast and crew, but didn't name the female lead. "The cast of the film includes Fardeen Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Irrfan Khan, Dino Morea, Manoj Bajpai, Danny Denzongpa and ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 12 (ANI): Stephen Hawking, the physicist of international acclaim, has launched a search for the Einsteins of Africa, which would seek some of the most brilliant scientists of Africa.
According to a report in the Telegraph, Professor Hawking announced the launch of this search with a lecture at ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by admin
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London , May 11 (ANI): Matching their pace with men doesnt seem to satisfy women, at least not in the realm of business. A new survey has revealed that women think they have to be superior than men in order to succeed in business.
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May 10th, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by admin
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Shantou (China), May 10 (Xinhua) The Olympic torch relay in Shantou in China started in rain Saturday, marking the last stopover in Guangdong province. The launch ceremony overcame the rainstorm, with a former weightlifting world champion, Cai Yanshu, taking over the first torch from an official in the Dragon Bay ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (ANI - Business Wire India): CHILD, the second issue of the new English monthly parenting magazine, hit the stands today with Darsheel Safary. The star of Taare Zameen Par.
Darsheel Safary refuses to be called 'child star' smiles off the cover of the May issue of ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Endorsing the scheme for high-security number plates for vehicles, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government and the states to work out the modalities to implement it in six months. A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat sought making high-security, tamper-proof number plates compulsory to ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile with a range of 350 km Thursday, a day after India tested a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to targets up to 3,000 km away. Pakistan's Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) missile had been ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad , May 8 (ANI): A day after India launched its Agni-III missile, Pakistan test-fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII air-launched cruise missile, which has a range of 350 kilometers.
A Pakistan military spokesperson said that the Hatf-VIII or Raad Missile would enhance the countrys capability to strike at targets on land ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 1:20 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 8 (Xinhua) Pakistan Thursday successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII air-launched cruise missile, an army statement said. The test of the Hatf-VIII or Raad missile was part of a "continuing process of validating the design parameters of the weapon system", the statement said without mentioning where the missile ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): Eyeing the potential for superbikes in the market, Italian-based Ducati Motor, the world's leading producer of racing motorcycles announced its entery into the Indian market with its premium range vehicles.
The company aims to be the market leader in the high-end bike segment that is ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
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By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, May 8 (IANS) Nano, Tatas' small car with a price tag of just $2,500, is already being viewed as a threat to the North America auto market even before its launch in India. With BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations set to overtake them in production ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 11:26 am ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) India's long-range nuclear capable Agni-III missile, which was successfully tested Wednesday, is not aimed at any particular country but can hit targets deep inside China or any West Asian country, according to Group Captain R.K. Das, spokesperson of the Indian Army's Eastern Command. "The Agni-III is ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 12:30 am ICT by admin
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Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) Launching a month-long campaign to give a boost to Gujarat's agriculture, Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said his government would work to make farmers prosperous. Modi addressed a farmers' rally on the occasion of the launch of Krushi Mahotsav at Bardoli, 34 km from Surat, from ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 11:29 pm ICT by admin
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Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) City-based Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Ltd (DPCL) has commissioned three active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) facilities at Bavla. The three API facilities that provide additional capacity for undertaking contract manufacturing have been set up at a cost of Rs.1.5 billion ($37.5 million), the company said Wednesday in ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu played a perfect brand ambassador at the launch of a perfume brand as she refused to respond to any questions related to her upcoming films like "Bachna Aye Hasino" in the capital Wednesday. She was here to launch the entry of ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, May 7 (IANS) A coalition of India-based NGOs has distributed 100,000 postcards among the Malaysian public to be sent to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, seeking freedom for five jailed Hindu Tamil leaders. Coalition of Malaysian Indian Organisations secretary Gunaraj George said the NGOs are supporting the Hindu ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by admin
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Bhadrak (Orissa), May 7 (IANS) India tested its longest-range nuclear capable missile Agni III, that can hit a target 3,000 km away, from a defence base here Wednesday morning, military sources said. The Agni III, which is capable of carrying warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes, was tested at exactly ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by admin
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Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS) India is making elaborate preparations to test its longest-range nuclear capable missile Agni III from a defence base in Orissa this week, military sources said Tuesday. Agni-III, one of the Agni series missiles, is capable of carrying warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes, is 16 metres ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by admin
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (IANS) Amway India is all set to source coconut oil from Thrissur in Kerala. "This is part of our launch of a range of products catering to the mass market in India and it would include, besides coconut oil, hair oil and cosmetic products," Amway India vice-president ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) "Mudrank", the controversial film on the life of fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi, is all set for release after getting final approval from a Pune civil court. As directed by the court, the film was shown to Telgi in Yerwada jail, Pune April ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by admin
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Harare, May 6 (DPA) In a sign of the growing worthlessness of Zimbabwe's currency, the country's central bank Tuesday introduced two new banknotes - a 100 million Zimbabwe dollar note and a 250 million Zimbabwe dollar note. The launch of the new notes, which was announced on state television Monday ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by admin
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Karachi, May 6 (ANI): A delegation of the Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy carried a pot containing the ashes of Indian leader Nirmala Deshpande to Karachi last evening to perform the last rites here.
The Gandhian leader and apostle of peace had passed away in New Delhi last ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Premier German airlines Lufthansa announced the launch of three new non-stop flights between Mumbai and Munich starting Sunday. With the introduction of the new service, Lufthansa will become the first and only airline operating between Mumbai and Munich with three weekly flights. Airbus A340-300 will be ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 5 (IANS) Jet Airways, India's leading airline, has postponed the launch of its daily service from San Francisco to Mumbai to June 14 from the original May 5. The reason cited in a press release by the airline is the extra time it is taking to finalise ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 5 (ANI): The Queen kept her official commitments aside for a day and enjoyed a secret trip on a miniature steam railway.
The British monarch wore a raincoat, headscarf and glasses as she took the one and a half mile trip around the grounds of a stately home ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by admin
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By Aroonim Bhuyan
Dubai, May 4 (IANS) A flurry of activity in the print media landscape of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in April has signalled exciting times for the newspaper industry in the region. The month first saw the launch of a brand new broadsheet English daily The National from ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 2 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson termed the launch of Apple Computers in Lahore today as a landmark of American investors' confidence in Pakistan.
Information technology, especially in the personal computer sector, has grown phenomenally in Pakistan, she said at a function.
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May 2nd, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 2 (ANI): A television executive has demanded over a million pounds in compensation from the Arabic station al-Jazeera, claiming that she was fired because she was not a Muslim.
Jo Burgin, the former head of planning for the English language service of the news channel, is also ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 11:41 am ICT by admin
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By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, May 2 (IANS) With 53 Guinness world records already under his belt, Toronto-based Suresh Joachim has now set his sights on Bollywood. Next month, he will land in India to create yet another record - making a full-length film in just 12 days. "Yes, a two-hour film ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The National Basketball Association (NBA) in collaboration with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) is all set to organize 'Basketball without Borders', the game's first global development and community outreach programme in India, from July 3. The three-day camp here will use basketball to influence ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The famous American basketball league National Basketball Association (NBA) has tied up with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and is all set to organize the game's first ever global development and community outreach programme in India named 'Basketball without Borders' here from July 3. ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The media should move beyond merely reporting "the here and now" and present the larger view of daily events and shape public opinion in a constructive manner, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Wednesday. "If the media is confined only to 'the here and now', ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, Apr 30 (ANI): Even though the Indo - US cooperation has given impetus to joint space research, the ban on some of the concerns associated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is worrying the scientists.
In an exclusive interview, the chairman of ISRO G. Madhavan Nair in ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): American actress Jennifer Lopez has agreed to let TV cameras into her life, however it will not touch on all parts of her life, nor will it be a reality show.
The show will be about the development of a perfume and its different stages and ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): American socialite Paris Hilton has become a muse for her guitarist and backup vocalist boyfriend Benji Madden.
Hilton is over the moon that Madden has written a song after being inspired by her, and just cannot stop talking about it.
"He actually wrote me a beautiful song, ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 11:32 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan has come up with an innovative, theatrical trailer teaser to promote his nephew Imran, who is being launched in "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na". The 2.5-minute trailer actually takes tongue-in-cheek dig at all star launches and all the hoopla over well-toned muscular ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 8:46 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The new airport at Bangalore will become operational by the end of May with its private operator having to keep an option open for allowing smaller aircrafts to use the existing airport in the city, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel announced here Tuesday. Patel told ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by admin
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