High court questions Himachal on quota for disabled
September 2nd, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 2 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday asked the director of elementary education here to state his department's policy on reservation for the physically challenged in jobs.This ... Read more...
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Taps gone dry, Bihar braces for parched summer
March 10th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 10 (IANS) For Maheshwar Singh and Mohammed Fazal in Bihar's Gaya district, it's going to be a long and dry summer. They have asked their families not to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
UK’s Olympic swimming team poses naked for underwater photo-shoot
March 4th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): A dozen of swimmers from Britain's Olympic team have got together to pose naked for a daring underwater photo-shoot.The group included swimmers, divers, water polo players and one ... Read more...
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How Jurassic predators evolved into mega meat-eaters
October 2nd, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): New findings have shed light on how adaptations for a mega meat-eating lifestyle extended to some full-time water dwellers as well as to certain land-based animals, like dinosaurs.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Devotees offer prayers as Yamuna water reaches temple in Vrindavan
September 27th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
By Nitin GautamVrindavan (Uttar Pradesh), Sep. 27 (ANI): Devotees in the holy town of Vrindavan are lighting lamps and offering special prayers to the River Yamuna for reaching the steps of a ... Read more...
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As Yamuna overflows, Vrindavan celebrates Pulin Utsav
September 25th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 25 (IANS) As the Yamuna river rose and spilled its water onto its banks in the holy town of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, hundreds of devotees turned up at the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Where there’s a will, there’s water!
May 5th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujeet Kumar
Raipur, May 5 (IANS) Faced with acute water shortage and tired of awaiting their turn at the municipality tap, women in one of the slums pockets in this Chhattisgarh capital ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Modi calls Manmohan Singh “weak”, yet again
May 3rd, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May. 3 (ANI): BJP leader Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a weak leader, and the office he is holding has been lowered."When we ... Read more...
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Seers in Varanasi offer prayers to River Ganges, vow to cleanse it
October 23rd, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi, Oct 23 (ANI): Seers in Varanasi offer prayers to holy river Ganges and vow to cleanse it of all the pollutants.
Residents, environmentalists and religious groups, who have formed a ''Ganga ... Read more...
Posted in National |