No space in Mumbai to shoot Shahid-Priyanka qawwali!
December 7th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Director Kunal Kohli needed ample space to put up a set for the next schedule of his film, but he couldn't find it here so ... Read more...
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Operation on to retrieve Arunachal chief minister’s body
May 5th, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 5 (IANS) Hundreds of soldiers accompanied by local villagers early Thursday undertook an arduous uphill trek from a remote mountain terrain to carry the bodies of Arunachal Pradesh ... Read more...
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Software shows how Earth evolved millions of years ago
March 17th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 17 (IANS) A new software allows us to see not only the Earth's surface as it is now, but also takes us back in time to see how ... Read more...
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‘Legend of Holy Thorn in Glastonbury’ set for Hollywood treatment
January 12th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 12 (ANI): Hollywood producers are set to make a film on the Glastonbury legend of Joseph of Arimathea and the Holy Thorn.'Glastonbury: Isle of Light'- the 50-mllion-pound budget film- is ... Read more...
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Bangladesh takes sanitation lessons from Tripura
December 18th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 18 (IANS) The Bangladesh government is learning from the Indian state of Tripura how to maintain sanitation and supply drinking water in mountainous regions.A 12-member team, led by local government ... Read more...
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India’s launches its first South Pole expedition
November 1st, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) India Monday launched its first expedition to the South Pole to study the changes in climate patterns that have taken place in the Antarctica over the last ... Read more...
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India launches its first South Pole expedition Monday
October 31st, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) India will Monday send its first expedition to the South Pole to study the changes in climate patterns that have taken place in Antarctica over the last ... Read more...
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India’s South Pole expedition to study climate change
October 29th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) India will send an expedition to the South Pole to study changes in climate patterns that have taken place in Antarctica in the last thousands of years, ... Read more...
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Rajkot Zoo sets up top-open enclosures for leopards
May 29th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Rajkot, May 29 (ANI): Zoo authorities in Rajkot have set up top-open enclosures for leopards.Praduman Park, a small hilly area surrounded by two lakes and situated on the outskirts of Rajkot ... Read more...
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Arunachal group supports Ramesh’s stand on Chinese expertise
May 12th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 12 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's controversial stand on hiring Chinese expertise Wednesday got support from a group representing Arunachal Pradesh's indigenous people.
"India needs foreign technical expertise in ... Read more...
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Sediment layers may help shed light on Mars’ climate history
May 6th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 6 (ANI): A new stratigraphic record of Martian polar layered deposits could help provide new insights into Mars' climate history, believe scientists.Stratigraphic layers can give scientists important clues about the ... Read more...
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NTPC targets 10,000MW in south India by 2017
April 30th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) Power utility NTPC said Friday it is planning to produce over 10,000 MW in south India by 2017.
The company currently has an installed capacity of 5,460 MW in ... Read more...
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Lightning kills five in Tripura
April 29th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 29 (IANS) Five people, including two children, were killed and 11 injured in lightning strikes in different parts of Tripura, officials said Thursday.
Eight-year-old Rajiv Bhoumij and his six-year-old sister ... Read more...
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Abhishek Mistaken For A Real Cop In Goa
April 26th, 2010 - 11:18 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 26, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): If Rohan Sippy's Dum Maro Dum boasts of shooting the underbelly of Goa, then the actors in the film, too, will be seen like never before.Whether ... Read more...
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Sydney is world’s most hostile city for cycling
March 13th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 13 (ANI): Sydney, Australia has earned itself the name of being the developed world's most hostile city for cycling.US academic John Pucher, who spent a sabbatical year researching ways to ... Read more...
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Indo-Bangladesh border talks begin
March 8th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): The six-day conference between the Directors General of Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) began at the BSF headquarters here today.Raman Shrivastav, BSF Director ... Read more...
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India-Bangladesh border coordination conference from Monday
March 6th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 6 (ANI): The border coordination conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) would commence in New Delhi from Monday.According to the BSF, the 19-member ... Read more...
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Himachal to connect all villages by roads by 2012
February 17th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will connect all villages with a population of over 250 people with roads by the year 2012, Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Gulab Singh Thakur said ... Read more...
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Information on landscape diversity can help in conservation of insects
February 8th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 8 (ANI): In a new research, scientists used satellite images to collect information on the topography and diversity of habitats in a particular landscape, in order to help in the ... Read more...
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Delhi allows standard floor buses to battle delay in low-floor
February 3rd, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Even as the delivery of low floor buses could take some time, the Delhi cabinet Wednesday decided to allow private companies to buy standard floor buses to ... Read more...
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Amount of ice needed to create Martian land formations estimated
January 3rd, 2010 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
Washington, January 3 (ANI): A research by a team of scientists has determined how much ice would be needed to create the land formations observed on Mars.The research was carried out by ... Read more...
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Rural America more prosperous than expected
December 3rd, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 3 (ANI): A recent study by researchers at the University of Illinois (U of I) found that much of rural America is more prosperous than expected, particularly in the Midwest ... Read more...
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Scientists make first detailed documentation of tsunami erosion
October 29th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 29 (ANI): A group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented for the first time the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and found ... Read more...
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Antarctica had more room for ice 34 mln yrs ago than previously thought
September 10th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 10 (ANI): Scientists, in a new research, have found that about 34 million years ago, Antarctica had more room for ice than previously thought.Scientists from the University of California, Santa ... Read more...
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Vidya Balan’s disappearing act in Cambridge
August 25th, 2009 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K Jha
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Vidya Balan proved to be more adventurous than her sedate image suggests. While shooting for R. Balakrishna's "Pa" in Cambridge, she fell in love ... Read more...
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Vidya Balan vanishes in Cambridge!
August 24th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Subhash K Jha
Vidya Balan proved to be more adventurous than her sedate image and serene personality suggest.
Recently while shooting for Balki's Amitabh-Abhishek starrer Paa in Cambridge, Vidya simply disappeared into thin ... Read more...
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Fire Blazing In Northern Utah
August 7th, 2009 - 6:07 pm ICT by GD
The northern reaches of Utah on Thursday night was aglow, the horizon above awash with an angry and lilting red as more than a dozen summer fires broke out in the region. ... Read more...
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Mysterious South American glaciers grow as others shrink
June 23rd, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 23 (ANI): In times when most glaciers in the world are shrinking due to global warming, two mysterious South American glaciers are displaying strange behavior in the sense that ... Read more...
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Congress MP seeks separate civil services cadre for Goa
May 29th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 29 (IANS) Terming Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers posted to Goa as "inefficient, lazy and uncooperative", a Congress MP Friday demanded a separate civil services cadre for the state.
Addressing ... Read more...
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Smallest polymer films might revolutionize microelectronic industry
February 22nd, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a new way of producing the smallest and most perfect polymer films, which might revolutionize the microelectronic and storage industries.The team that ... Read more...
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Government snubs Modi for 26/11 remarks, BJP fumes (Third Lead)
February 11th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) A war of words broke out Wednesday between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hours after Home Minister P. Chidambaram snubbed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra ... Read more...
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Why not Chandni Chowk to Bangkok?
December 17th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The movie's name might be Chandni Chownk to China but in reality the the picture was supposed to be shot in China but had to make do with Bangkok instead.The shooting in ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan-1 to be launched tomorrow
October 21st, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 21 (ANI): Chandrayaan-1, India''s spacecraft mission to moon will be launched tomorrow from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikotta.
Presently, Chandrayan-1, is undergoing final checks, prior to ... Read more...
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Countdown for Chandrayaan-I’’s launch begins
October 20th, 2008 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 20(ANI): The countdown for the launch of Chandrayaan-1, India''s first unmanned moon mission, has begun today at the Satish Dhawan Space centre at Sriharikota.
The spacecraft will be ... Read more...
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Wi-Fi ”dead zones” may soon be history
September 26th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 26 (ANI): Getting away with Wi-Fi "dead zones" in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities can take a toll on your pocket. But now, thanks to ... Read more...
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