British schools face space crunch
July 27th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) Nearly one million extra school places will be needed within eight years as rising birth rates and immigration push pupil numbers to a 50-year high, the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Two-storey public toilets in Kolkata
June 24th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Kolkata will get the country's first two-storey public toilets.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will build 170 such toilets across the city. Each will cost Rs.18 ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Feasibility study for new Mumbai suburban rail corridors
January 13th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) In a bid to ease the inhuman conditions of commuting for Mumbaikars, the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Friday invited proposals to conduct a feasibility study for ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Space crunch keeps diaspora delegates out at PBD inaugural
January 8th, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 8 (IANS) A space crunch at the venue forced many delegates from abroad to miss Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's inaugural address at the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas here ... Read more...
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No romance for Delhi zoo’s bears, deer this winter
November 20th, 2011 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) It will be a cold and lonely winter for Delhi Zoo's bears and deer population as the authorities have segregated the male and female of ... Read more...
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Mamata kick-starts Kolkata’s ‘London makeover’ (Lead)
August 2nd, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) In a step towards fulfilling her poll pledge of sprucing up Kolkata to match London, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday kick-started an ambitious ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Blue suede shoes? Clean and keep them right (Lead)
March 9th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Remember the Elvis Presley cult hit, "You can do anything but lay off my blue suede shoes"? Well, if you love your suede or ... Read more...
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Blue suede shoes? Here’s how to preserve them
March 9th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Remember the Elvis Presley cult hit, "You can do anything but lay off my blue suede shoes"? Well, if you love your suede or ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Road rage: Khan Market accident waiting to happen?
January 12th, 2011 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) A day after a restaurant manager lost his life over a fight in a lane congested with parked cars, shoppers, shopkeepers and parking attendants said the gruesome ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Space crunch space, lack of blood for train accident victims
July 19th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Suri (West Bengal), July 19 (IANS) The injured in Monday's train accident in Sainthia town of West Bengal battled a space crunch and shortage of blood in Suri district hospital where ... Read more...
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Brazil to track undertrials with electronic devices
April 27th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 27 (IANS/EFE) In an effort to cope with the growing space crunch in the country's jails, Brazil is considering release of undertrial prisoners and tracking them with electronic ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
All Bollywood films revolve around Mumbai this Friday
April 19th, 2010 - 9:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) "Apartment", "City of Gold", "Bird Idol", "Kuchh Kariye" and "Muskurake Dekh Zara" - all the Hindi films releasing Friday have a common thread. All of them ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
‘Apartment’: on perils of sharing room with strangers
April 18th, 2010 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Director Jagmohan Mundhra, who has always portrayed real-life issues in his film, is now making "Apartment" on the risks of sharing apartment with strangers, a common phenomenon ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Thiruvananthapuram passport office faces space crunch
January 27th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27 (IANS) The Thiruvananthapuram passport office, which receives the maximum number of applications for new passports, is struggling for space. In this age of technological innovation, its staff is doing ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Street vendors to get space in Lucknow shopping centres
August 19th, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) Vegetable and fruit sellers, barbers and cobblers, who set up make-shift stalls on roadsides, will soon get their own space in shopping centres in this Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Bamboo classrooms - answer to Delhi University’s space crunch
June 22nd, 2009 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
By Vaishali Bhambri
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) You've heard of bamboo houses, but classrooms? Yes, the idea has taken seed in many Delhi University colleges that are gearing up to cope with ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lucknow Zoo faces space crunch for housing leopards
September 14th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Sept 14 (ANI): Authorities in Lucknow Zoo, that has been a home to many rescued leopards, has been facing space crunch for keeping the animals.
Apart from the three big cats, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
National Museum cant expand, faces space crunch
August 29th, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Strange as it may sound, the National Museum - the country's largest museum - is able to display only a tenth of its 200,000 artefacts as ... Read more...
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