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PVP Group buys IBLs Hyderabad franchise
Hyderabad-based PVP Group Wednesday became the first franchise of the proposed $1 million Indian Badminton League (IBL). PVP Group chairman Prasad V. Potluri said: "We are extremely delighted with our association with the Indian Badminton League. PVP Group aims to utilise this platform and will ensure that badminton in India grows and continues to produce world champions. "Badminton has ...
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Konkan Railway introduces green toilets
Regular toilets will be replaced by eco-friendly bio-toilets for disposing human waste at all stations of the Konkan Railway (KR), an official said here Wednesday. Two railway stations, Chiplun and Kankavali on the KR route, had earlier been selected for installing the country's first green toilets to bio-degrade night soil through technology developed by the Defence Research and Development ...
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18-month-old stable after complex surgery
An 18-month-old girl suffering a rare disorder in which her head swelled to an unprecedented 94 cm is stable and progressing well after a complex surgery, doctors treating her said Wednesday. According to doctors, Roona Begum has shown a remarkable improvement in her condition. She had been admitted to Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) here in April. "For the first three weeks after ...
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Supported Nitish to keep communal BJP at bay Congress
The Congress Wednesday said it supported the Janata Dal-United government in Bihar to "keep communal BJP at bay", and endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's view that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was a secular person. "We supported the JD-U government without any condition. We wanted to keep the communal forces at bay. The BJP wanted to defeat the government," Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko ...
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77 more stranded tourists airlifted in Himachal
The Himachal Pradesh government Wednesday continued its operations to airlift tourists stranded for the past four days in Kinnaur district, which has been entirely cut off following landslides, an official said here. Seventy-seven sick, old and women tourists were evacuated from Sangla, Pooh, Kaza and Rekong Peo, the district headquarters, by a state-run helicopter, Special Secretary (Revenue) ...
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Mamata accuses media house of planning to murder her
In the wake of a noisy protest she faced while visiting a gang-rape-murder victim, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday claimed that a leading media house was conspiring with the CPI-M, Congress and Maoists to kill her. Banerjee told a party rally in North 24 Parganas that during her return from the Monday visit to Kamduni village in the district, she was told by police that ...
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Treat your taste buds with mock meats
Here's an interesting offer for vegetarians - a variety of healthy mock meats have been launched to woo their taste buds. Godrej Nature's Basket has introduced variety of healthy mock meats, including alternatives to chicken, crabs, prawns and lobsters, a statement said. Food lovers can choose from delectable vegetarian burgers, fried strips, hot dogs, sausages, veg schnitzels, polony and even ...
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Delhi Plice to get 370 more patrol vans
Delhi Police will get 370 more Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles next week, said an officer Wednesday. "With the addition of 370 PCRs, the number of patrolling vans will go up to 1,000," a Delhi Police officer told IANS. Delhi Police have 630 PCR vans, of which 150 are non-functional. After the Dec 16 gang-rape of a young woman in the capital, the government sanctioned purchase of these new ...
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Sensex closes marginally higher consumer durable stocks gain
A benchmark index of Indian equities market Wednesday ended the day's trade marginally higher than the previous day's close upon hopes of continuation of the US central bank's bond-buying programme. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Samp;P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 19,224.09 points, closed the day's trade at 19,245.70 points, up 22.42 points or 0.12 percent from ...
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Dont judge anti-aging cream by price
Is anti-aging cream worth the money? Expert says the quality of an anti-aging cream depends on the formulation and not the price. There is a plethora of anti-aging products, so it gets difficult to select the right product for the skin. According to Oriflame India's beauty and make-up expert Aakriti Kochar, one needs to be extra careful while choosing such products. "The formulation plays a ...
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World Bank offers $216 mn loan for Kerala transport projects
The World Bank Wednesday offered a $216 million loan for upgrading state highways and road safety in Kerala. A tripartite agreement between the World Bank, the Indian government and Kerala was signed here in this regard. "The objective of the project is to improve road conditions, traffic flow and road safety with a focus on vulnerable road users on selected roads in Kerala," according to an ...
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Ali Zafar happy to spend quality time with family
Pakistani actor Ali Zafar doesn't believe in being overworked as he loves to spend quality time with family. "I am very happy with the kind of scripts that I am getting right now, but more than that I am happy that I am distributing a lot of time to my family and not burning out myself with work," Ali told IANS "I want to balance myself between work and family and I am happy that I am managing ...
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India China must collaborate for movies culture Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, one of Asian cinema's most prominent faces, is keen that India, the world's largest film producing nation, and China, globally the second largest film market, must collaborate to make movies, and exchange culture more often. Singing and dancing in a Bollywood film is also on his wish-list! In the capital to inaugurate the Chinese Film Festival, jointly organised by the India-China ...
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BJP asks state units to help in Uttarakhand relief
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Wednesday asked state units to postpone their organisational work and provide assistance and relief to people affected by heavy rains and floods in Uttarakhand. In a release, Rajnath Singh expressed his heart-felt condolences to those who have lost members of their families in the floods. "The president has directed all the BJP state units ...
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Congress ministers reject mooted Telangana package
Andhra Pradesh ministers from Telangana have rejected the proposed package for the region, saying only a separate state of Telangna would be acceptable to them. The talk of the central government mulling a package for Telangana sent the ministers belonging to the Congress party in a tizzy. Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, who also hails from the region, left for New Delhi while ...
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Two units of Assams Kopili hydel project shut down
Two units of the 275 MW Kopili Hydel Project in Assam, owned by the North Eastern Electric Corp (NEEPCO), has been temporarily shutdown due to "acidification" of the reservoir water, a senior official said Wednesday. The reservoir at Umrangso, a border area between Assam and Meghalaya, was found to contain acidic water discharged from the Kharkhar river, a tributary of the Kopili river ...
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CBI registers 13th case in coal blocks allocation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday registered its 13th case against a Delhi-based private steel firm for alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocations and carried out searches in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Odisha. The agency registered the 13th First Information Report (FIR) against Rathi Steel and Power Ltd., its CEO Udit Rathi and its directors and others for ...
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Foreigners too enjoy right to life liberty on Indian soil SC
The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under the constitution was available not only to the people of India but also to foreign nationals present on its soil at any given point of time. Referring to the Article 21 of the Constitution which says, "No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established ...
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Sharmila Nicollet pulls out of Slovak Open
Indian golfer Sharmila Nicollet has been forced to withdraw from Allianz Ladies Slovak Open owing to an injured foot. She has been playing with injuries to her toes which have aggravated over a period of time. Sharmila is undergoing treatment currently and has been advised rest. She is awaiting confirmation from the doctor regarding the duration of rest, and when she can resume competitive ...
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Tharoors latest The future is now
Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor's latest edited book brings together India's young parliamentarians, cutting across ideologies, geographies and political affiliations. The young men and women who have contributed to 'India: The Future is Now' provide a perspective on a wide range of sectors, ranging from technology to infrastructure, healthcare, education ...
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Tata Motors unveil eight new variants adopt new marketing strategy
Tata Motors Wednesday unveiled eight new variants across its five passenger car brands under a new marketing strategy to arrest falling sales. According to the company, the new product offerings are part of its new customer-focused strategy for its passenger vehicles termed as 'HORIZONEXT' which comes after the automobile major suffered falling sales in recent months. The company's passenger ...
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350 families moved from flooded Haryana villages
Authorities in Haryana's Palwal district Wednesday shifted nearly 350 families from two villages after the water level in the Yamuna river crossed the danger level. Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Krishna Mohan said that the residents of Mewlipur and Indiranagar villages were shifted as the water entered these areas. The families have been shifted to another ...
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Yamuna to break 35-year record Wednesday
The water level in the Yamuna river here will reach 207.7 metres by Wednesday evening, the highest ever recorded in 35 years, a government official said. The highest level ever reached by the Yamuna waters in the city before this was in 1978, when the river was flowing at 207.48 metres. "The forecast says that the water level of the Yamuna would reach 207.7 metres and this is the highest ever ...
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Court stays ban on advertisements on auto-rickshaws
The Delhi High Court Wednesday suspended the government's order to prohibit auto-rickshaw drivers from displaying advertisements and posters on their vehicles. Appearing on behalf of auto drivers, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activist and lawyer Prashant Bhushan stated before the court that the "government's action was discriminatory against auto drivers" and was targeted at the AAP, whose posters ...
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483 people rescued from flooded areas in north India NDRF
A total of 483 people were rescued by the NDRF from flood-affected areas caused by torrential rains in various places of north India, including Uttarakhand, a disaster management official said Wednesday. "While 392 people were rescued in Uttarakhand, NDRF teams rescued 86 people in Haryana and five in Uttar Pradesh," a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) official said in a ...
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