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Buddhas skull found in 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda in China

November 25th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 25 (ANI): Archaeologists have claimed that a 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda, unearthed in Nanjing, China, holds a piece of skull belonging to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. According to ...

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Trinamool leader and ex-Union Minister Ajit Panja dead

November 14th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Nov.14 (ANI): Former Union Minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Ajit Panja died of cancer at a private hospital in Kolkata on Friday morning. He was 72 and is survived ...

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A Raja calls for strengthening broadband services

September 30th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 30 (ANI): Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology A. Raja today asked public sector BSNL to give top most priority to the growth of cellular and broadband ...

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Bidding for mobile number portability agency in a week

September 18th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The bidding for an agency that will overlook the rollout of the proposed mobile number portability (MNP) will open within a week, telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura said ...

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Floods pose threat to zoo inmates in Bihar

August 21st, 2008 - 9:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Patna , August 21 (ANI): Heavy rains in Patna have caused flooding at a local zoo posing a serious threat to the animals residing there with fears of their drowning if ...

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Trai advocates separate licence for mobile virtual operator

August 6th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Wednesday recommended to the government granting of separate licences to operators who do not have their own spectrum for ...

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Exhibition portrays facets of women in Indian popular art

August 2nd, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS -
By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Want to see how women can be provocative, trendy and empowered at the same time through popular art? Visit the ongoing exhibition here, showing them ...

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Vice-chancellor takes ill after ‘house arrest’ by students

July 24th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) The vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University fell ill Thursday after students at the campus put him and other varsity officials under 'house arrest', university official said here Thursday. "Vice-chancellor ...

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Himalayan bike rally flagged off

June 28th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , June 28 (ANI): The fifth edition of the 'Himalayan Odyssey 2008' that will test the endurance of 50 bikers on the rough hilly terrain was flagged off from ...

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Bikers set out for Himalayan Odyssey

June 28th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Fifty Royal Enfield bikers Saturday set out to conquer Khardung La - the world's highest motorable road above sea level. The bikers set out on the first ...

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Indian shares extend fall to more than four per cent

June 27th, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, June 27 (ANI): Indian shares extended losses to more than four per cent this morning, tracking sharply weaker global markets and weighed down by expectation that domestic inflation would remain ...

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Twin spark technology not patentable: Eicher

June 18th, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, June 18 (IANS) Eicher Motors managing director and chief executive Siddhartha Lal says the twin-spark technology - the issue behind a court battle between Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor - is ...

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Eicher to expand Royal Enfield plant capacity

June 18th, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, June 18 (IANS): Riding the increase in sales of its lifestyle bikes Bullet, Thunderbird, and Electra, Eicher Motors Ltd will increase the production capacity at the Royal Enfield division, a top ...

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‘Tier 1 Indian cites to lose IT jobs to tier 2 cities’

May 29th, 2008 - 5:15 pm ICT by admin -
Kochi, May 29 (IANS) In five years, 1.7 million jobs in Information Technology (IT) sector in India will move out of tier 1 cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, to ...

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Gujarat cop goes to court over ‘exam cheating’

May 27th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, May 27 (IANS) Gujarat's Deputy Inspector General of Police Rajnish Rai, held guilty of copying in a law examination, has again approached the Gujarat High Court. Rai has contended in his ...

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Volvo to invest $270 mn in Indian venture

May 26th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Leading global automobile manufacturer Volvo and India's Eicher Motors Limited (EML) Monday said they will set up a new joint venture for commercial vehicles in India, with ...

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Bachchan’s figures on ‘Paanchvi Pass’ give incomplete picture: Siddhartha Basu

May 26th, 2008 - 9:41 am ICT by admin -
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The statistics that veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan presented in his blog about "Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain" hosted by Shah Rukh Khan fail ...

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Senior Gujarat police officer found guilty of ‘copying’

May 26th, 2008 - 12:29 am ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, May 25 (IANS) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Gujarat police Rajnish Rai was Sunday held guilty of copying in a law degree examination and was declared failed in all subjects. J.J. ...

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Two shows, two channels, two stars - Siddhartha Basu’s masterstroke

May 22nd, 2008 - 8:59 am ICT by admin -
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Television firm Synergy Adlabs headed by Siddhartha Basu is going great guns. While its ongoing show on STAR Plus has Shah Rukh Khan playing host, ...

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Gujarat cop asked to reply on copying charge

May 12th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, May 12 (IANS) A senior Gujarat police officer, facing charges of using 'unfair means' while appearing for a law degree examination last month, has been asked to present his arguments before ...

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Bhimani to lend voice to Nobel laureate’s work

May 10th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by admin -
By Devapriyo Bhattacharjee Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) Harish Bhimani, the voiceover talent of India, has been signed on by a US-based company to narrate the audio book, "Siddhartha", penned by German Nobel laureate ...

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Bigadda.com attracts women users from Asian Countries

April 17th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, Apr 17 (ANI/Business Wire India): Bigadda.com is attracting a large number of users, especially women, from the neighboring Asian countries. Over the last month it has been observed that a ...

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Special agency for textile sector may take off soon

April 10th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, April 10 (IANS) The central government's proposed special purpose vehicle (SPV) to help the textile industry that has been hit by the rupee appreciation is poised to take off in four ...

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Special agency for textile sector may take off soon

April 10th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, April 10 (IANS) The central government's proposed special purpose vehicle (SPV) to help the textile industry that has been hit by the rupee appreciation is poised to take off in four ...

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Sony TV denies Salman Khan will host a show

March 26th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Sony Entertainment Television has denied that Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been roped in to host a reality show for the channel for a whopping Rs.890 million. ...

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‘Indian animation industry needs more content development’

March 25th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Indian animation industry has huge business potential and the industry is beginning to scale new heights, however, content development is the need of the hour in order to ...

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COAI questions Virgin’s ‘backdoor’ entry, seeks clear policy

March 20th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Opposing the Virgin Group's entry into mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) services in India, leading cell phone service operators of the dominant GSM technology have urged authorities ...

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India rules out ban on BlackBerry services

March 14th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) India will not ban the use of BlackBerry technology, top communications ministry officials assured Friday, even as Bharti group chairman Sunil B. Mittal hoped its security concerns ...

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Tata-Virgin tie-up can go ahead, says DoT

March 5th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Wednesday said it will not stop Tata Teleservices from launching mobile phone services in partnership with Britain's Virgin Mobile, but it sought ...

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BigAdda users can now type in eight regional languages

March 5th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, March 5(IANS) BigAdda, a social networking site that recently achieved a user base of over 1.5 million in a just six months, has now gone a step further and given ...

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