Pakistan successfully tests Hatf III missile
May 10th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday successfully tested its short-range ballistic missile Hatf III or Ghaznavi, the military said.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the missile can carry nuclear and ... Read more...
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra apologises for delays in his films
May 9th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who is ready to release his next production "Ferrari Ki Sawaari", says their films get delayed because they don't start the project ... Read more...
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Hope ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari’ gets positive response: Sharman
May 8th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) "Ferrari Ki Sawaari" is Sharman Joshi's solo hero movie and he hopes that viewers enjoy watching him in the comedy."I'll be going and talking about the ... Read more...
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‘MGNREGA 2.0′ with 30 new works launched
May 8th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The 100-days employment guarantee scheme was Tuesday expanded to include 30 new works related to agriculture, watershed, livestock, fisheries, flood management and irrigation and aligned ... Read more...
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‘No secrets in kitchen’ is celebrity Indian chef’s mantra
May 8th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) US-based celebrity writer-chef Vikas Khanna, whose signature Indian dish 'Tree of Life' - a variation of gobi ka pakoda - is soon to be ... Read more...
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Bharti Airtel launches 4G services in Bangalore
May 7th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Bharti Airtel Monday launched broadband wireless access (BWA) services based on 4G technology in Bangalore followed by the recent inaugural launch of the services in ... Read more...
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Idea Cellular biggest gainer of mobile number portability
May 6th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Idea Cellular has been the biggest gainer of mobile number portability (MNP) service with a net addition of 3.32 million customers as on March 31 ... Read more...
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China launches new mapping satellite
May 6th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 6 (IANS) China launched a new mapping satellite early Sunday.The satellite - Tianhui I-02 - will mainly be used to conduct scientific experiments, carry out land resource surveys ... Read more...
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S3
May 4th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 4 (IANS) Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship phone the Galaxy S3 here.The phone's most innovative feature is built-in face-tracking and voice control - allowing, Samsung claims, for ... Read more...
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Irish cricketer Kevin disappointed at missing IPL
May 4th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Ireland cricketer Kevin O'Brien, who holds the record for the fastest century in the World Cup, is disappointed at missing the Indian Premier League ... Read more...
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Over 41 mn mobile users want to change operators
May 3rd, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Over 41 million mobile subscribers have submitted requests till the end of March to port their number to a different network through mobile number portability ... Read more...
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Transparency can be suicidal: Kejriwal
May 3rd, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The strategies of Team Anna cannot be revealed as transparency can be suicidal, a prominent member of the group, Arvind Kejriwal has said.He was commenting ... Read more...
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Big B’s commitment bowls over Gulshan Grover
May 3rd, 2012 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Gulshan Grover is quite impressed with Amitabh Bachchan's commitment and praises him for shooting for his make-up man Deepak Sawant's Bhojpuri film "Gangadevi" despite his ... Read more...
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DS Group acquires dairy plant in Rajasthan
May 2nd, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 2 (IANS) Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group), a Rs.2,200 crore multi-diversified conglomerate Wednesday announced its strategic foray into the dairy business, with the acquisition of an existing dairy ... Read more...
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I want to be fit, not all muscles: Anil Kapoor
May 1st, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) Sculpted body is a fad in filmdom and most of the top-notch actors sport six or eight-pack abs, but Anil Kapoor says he focuses on ... Read more...
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Nargis Fakhri’s Hindi lessons yielding results
May 1st, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) American model-turned-actress Nargis Fakhri, whose voice in her debut film "Rockstar" was dubbed due to her poor Hindi diction, is busy working on the language ... Read more...
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Chitrangada still struggling to get over ‘Geeta Rao’
May 1st, 2012 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) Actress Chitrangada Singh, whose performance in her debut film "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi" was acclaimed by critics and audience alike, says even after nine years she struggling ... Read more...
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Delhi to get international poll institute
May 1st, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Expressing hope it would develop as a world class facility on poll management, Chief Election Commissioner of India S.Y. Quraishi Monday laid the foundation ... Read more...
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Pakistan braces for anti-government protests
April 30th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 30 (IANS) The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Monday announced a nationwide stir against the government of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani after he refused to ... Read more...
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India, Japan to resume n-deal talks, launch maritime dialogue (Lead)
April 30th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Ending the post-Fukushima lull, India and Japan Monday decided to resume their civil nuclear deal negotiations and initiated key steps, including the launch of two ... Read more...
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Zohra Sehgal celebrates her century with ‘official biography’ (With Image)
April 28th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) "Abhi na jaana chhod kar... ki cake abhi kata nahin... ki pet abhi bhara nahin (Don't leave the party, the cake hasn't been cut ... Read more...
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IMF lowers India growth forecast to 6.9 percent
April 27th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday lowered India's economic growth forecast to 6.9 percent for 2012 as compared to 7 percent projection announced in January.The ... Read more...
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Lara won’t return to a film set soon (Movie Snippets)
April 26th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) Actress-producer Lara Dutta, who gave birth to a baby girl in January this year, says although she is reading scripts, she won't be back to ... Read more...
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US happy Pakistan informed India before missile test
April 26th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 26 (IANS) The United States declined to criticise Pakistan too for test-firing a nuclear-capable missile less than a week after India tested a long range missile, but ... Read more...
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‘Government to fund health mission for five more years’
April 26th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's flagship health scheme, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is set to get another lease of life with Health ... Read more...
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‘Vicky Donor’ earns Rs.13.40 crore, Shoojit Sircar ecstatic
April 25th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) "Vicky Donor" is going places. After receiving rave reviews from the critics as well as the audiences, it has earned Rs.13.40 crore in the opening ... Read more...
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First private spacecraft launch to ISS delayed
April 25th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Dragon, the first private spacecraft to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled to blast off May 7, a week later than ... Read more...
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Pakistan test-fires n-capable missile (Second Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday successfully test-fired an intermediate range nuclear-capable missile, less than a week after India tested a 5,000-km range missile that can reach deep inside China."Pakistan ... Read more...
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Apple doubles profit on solid iPhone sales
April 25th, 2012 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 25 (IANS) Proving the sceptics wrong again, Apple nearly doubled its profit last quarter thanks to much stronger-than-expected iPhone sales to raise the cash hoard of world's most ... Read more...
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Tibetan activists launch signature campaign
April 24th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) The voice for a free Tibet sounded louder here Tuesday after three motorcyclists who have embarked on an all-India tour arrived in this Assamese city to ... Read more...
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Now a 7-inch tablet for Rs.5,399!
April 24th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 24 (IANS) Giving competition to the government's Aakash tablet, Telmoco Development Labs Pvt. has come out with a Tablet PC - Attitude Daksha - a 7-inch tablet variant ... Read more...
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ABD eyeing 10 pc market share
April 24th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) After its all-India foray into the semi premium whiskey market last August, Allied Blenders and Distillers (ABD), the country's third largest spirits company, is eyeing a ... Read more...
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New paper launched in Mexico
April 24th, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 24 (IANS/EFE) Reporte Indigo Cinco Dias, a new Monday-Friday newspaper, was launched Monday in Mexico, with the twist that the print publication builds off a successful online ... Read more...
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No gender bias in science: Missile scientist Tessy Thomas (Interview, With Images)
April 23rd, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) She sees no paradox in a woman working to develop Agni-V, the indigenously developed, 5,000-km range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile that some would call a weapon of ... Read more...
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Nisha Kothari wants to work with Bengali directors
April 22nd, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Aiming to return to her roots, Kolkata-born Bollywood actress Nisha Kothari Sunday expressed her desire to work in Bengali films with directors like Rituparno Ghosh."I ... Read more...
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