Update 2: 8/29/08 -- It may be encephalitisUpdate 8/27/08 -- 35 more have died""“We really don’t know what exactly it is; we are depending on the finding of a team of specialists from New Delhi.”...
Dr Rajendra Pachauri, is the Patron of the Second International Scientific and Business Congress on Protecting the Climate– A World Joint Strategy –India finally joining in with the help of the european Union....
"The BCCI announced that Austrlia will be playing one practice match at Hyderabad against a select India XI from October 2-5. This will be followed by the first test as scheduled and there will be no change due to safety concerns."
"The BCCI has ruled out the possibility of playing an international ODI series in either Pakistan or South Africa in place of the Champions Trophy in the gap created in the international calendar created by the postponement of the ICC Champions Trophy. Instead they want to...
The BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to treat the alarming flood situation in Bihar as a national calamity and take up with Nepal the issue of a major breach in Kosi river in the Himalayan country which...
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"Bihar devastated by Kosi"The Kosi river, which gathers water from Everest, the highest mountains in the world and enters India in Bihar, has rendered useless more than 300km of embankments that had been built to control its ever-angry waters. The effect has...
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Dogs in Delhi never had it so great. Delhi is going to organise a mass wedding for dogs. Over 100 canines will be united in wedlock at a ceremony to be organised in New Delhi on 30th September. Organised by animal rights activists people have lapped...
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"MUSSOORIE: 17 Aug: The Bhadraj Temple Tourism Fair, an annual festival held every year immediately after Independence Day was celebrated with great devotion and gaiety today. It is a festival organised every year in...
The much hyped iconic Apple iPhone was launched in India in the western style fashion at mid-night but it failed to generate much interest because of high pricing. There is big following of Apple products...
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The internet continues to revolutionize communications around the world; this is the Network Age."Under the plan proposed this week by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, people could call from their personal...
More than 10 million government workers in India participated in a national strike Wednesday, disrupting airports, trains and banks. "A nationwide strike by government workers and bank employees protesting rising...
Today marks India's Independence Day from British rule, and thousands of Muslims protested today about New Delhi's rule in Kashmir, with some even burning the national flag."Srinagar and other parts of the...
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Indian NAZ foundation which challenged at the High Court arrests made in 2002 under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code , has expressed concerns over the removal of provison in section 377 without proper...
Lessons learnt during the preparations for the Beijing Olympics that opens on Friday can help promote more green initiatives for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, says United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner. "The 2008 Olympic...