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December 1st, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Bharatpur (Rajasthan), Dec 1 (ANI): As the Assembly elections are approaching in Rajasthan, people of Bharatpur are demanding political support to promote tourism in the city, which is renowned for its ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 7:02 am ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) At least 80 people, including a foreign tourist and four top police officers, were killed and over 250 injured as terrorists struck in yet another series of planned ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 6:33 am ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Trains resumed plying normally early Thursday at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), nearly six hours after it was closed following a series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai.The Mumbai ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 4:37 am ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) At least 78 people, including a foreign tourist and a top counter-terror officer, were killed and about 250 injured as terrorists struck in yet another series of planned ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 3:43 am ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Dozens of people, including a foreign tourist and the top counter-terror officer, were reported killed and many more injured as terrorists struck in yet another series of planned ...
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November 26th, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 26 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has uncovered 2,700 previously unrecorded historic features along the length of Hadrians Wall in England, by studying thousands of aerial pictures.
Hadrians Wall, ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 7:57 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov.21 (ANI): Ecologists, academics, scientists and religious leaders from around the world will gather in London next week. Their aim will be to prevent the destruction of the Gulf of ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
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Kalka (Haryana), Nov 11 (IANS) With Unesco declaring the Kalka-Shimla railway line as a World Heritage Site, people here hope the narrow-gauge line that is over a century old will ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Ansari heads to a new democratic Maldives Monday - Moved at 1710
At 105, Kalka-Shimla railway declared World Heritage Site - Moved at 1615
Maoists kill two BJP leaders in Chhattisgarh - Moved ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Ansari heads to a new democratic Maldives Monday - Moved at 1710
At 105, Kalka-Shimla railway declared World Heritage Site - Moved ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
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!-- Imagr --Kalka (Haryana), Nov 9 (IANS) The 105-year-old railway line that meanders through the hills between Kalka and Shimla, covering 102 tunnels and 800 bridges, was Sunday officially declared a ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
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By Surya Pratap Singh
Bodh Gaya, Nov.9 (ANI): With the onset of winter, Bodh Gaya, the famous holy pilgrimage center ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Nov 5 (IANS) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, India's former president and father of the country's missile programme, will be the guest of honour at the convocation of a private university in Nepal ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 4 (DPA) At least 13 Taliban militants and three security personnel were killed Tuesday in aerial strikes by government forces and attacks by Islamist insurgents in northwest Pakistan, officials and ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
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Kuala Lumpur, Oct 23 (ANI): The state government of Malacca is seeing Shah Rukh Khans acceptance of a Malaysian award as a door opening for more Bollywood movies to be shot ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Mehrauli Serai, where Saturday's blast occurred, is a congested locality situated on the outskirts of the national capital. The explosion took place in front of an electronics ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) All the five trains were back on the world heritage Kalka-Shimla rail line in Himachal Pradesh Friday morning, a senior railway official said.The rail traffic remained disrupted during ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Sep 24 (IANS) Five trains that run to and fro daily on the world heritage Kalka-Shimla rail line in Himachal Pradesh will remain off the tracks for a few more days ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Planning Commission is considering a project to supply 350-million cubic feet of water per year to help protect the wetlands in Rajasthan's Keoladeo National Park, a ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, Sep 12 (IANS) The following are the highlights, other than on the India-US nuclear deal, of Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh's address at the party's national executive meeting here Friday:* ...
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August 31st, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) If you thought that monsoons are not the best time to pack the bags and head for a tourist destination, then think again as Madhya Pradesh has ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Aug 27 (IANS) Danish toy-maker Lego is next month launching build-yourself models of the Taj Mahal, consisting of as many as 5,922 pieces, including the monument's intricate minarets, domes and finials."The ...
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August 24th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Assam on a two-day visit Monday amid expectations that he will announce a financial package besides making concrete offers to solve the ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 7:15 am ICT by IANS
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By Madhusree Chatterjee
This is where India's dreams coalesced during the First War of Independence in 1857; 90 years later on Aug 15, 1947, this is where millions gathered to watch first prime ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
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By Fakir Balaji
Hospet (Karnataka), Aug 13 (IANS) On the spur of the moment, union railways minister Lalu Prasad Wednesday announced that a Garib Rath (air-conditioned train for the poor) would be run ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
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By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, Aug 6 (IANS) Indian rock art needs more recognition globally and the country itself has to realise it is a repository of much more than the Indus Valley and ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Novosibirsk (Russia), Aug 5 (RIA Novosti) Russian scientists exploring the depths of Siberia's Lake Baikal are studying the processes through which the lake's organisms digest crude oil that seeps from cracks ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 30 (ANI): Satellite images have revealed that mountain glaciers in Peru are receding rapidly due to global warming, with 26 per cent of their surface area lost in the ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
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RIA Novosti
Irkutsk (Russia), July 29 (RIA Novosti) A team of Russian scientists descended to the bottom of Siberia's Lake Baikal in two mini-submarines Tuesday, setting a new world record for a freshwater ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Moscow, July 29 (DPA) Two Russian submersibles plumbed the depths of Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia Tuesday, diving a record 1,680 metres in one of the world's largest lakes. "It is a ...
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