2014

Moscow: strange chunk of rock with "unusual Christmas colouring" which is stuffed with 30,000 tiny diamonds has been found in a mine in Russia. The ornament-sized red and green rock was pulled from Russia's huge Udachnaya diamond mine.…
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New Delhi: The least glamorous among all raw materials, coal has turned out to be a pricey affair for the government and corporates alike -- undermining investments totalling lakhs of crores of rupees during 2014 and it will require a lot…
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Melbourne:  Australia-India ties gained significant momentum in 2014 as it saw reciprocal visits by the Prime Ministers in the same year for the first time during which multiple agreements, most importantly a nuclear deal and a landmark…
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Chandigarh:  The winter session of Punjab assembly, commencing here tomorrow, is set to be fiery with main opposition Congress prepared to take on ruling SAD-BJP combine on several issues, including drug abuse, in the state. The assembly…
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Srinagar: The 40-day period of harshest winter in Kashmir Valley, known as Chillai-Kalan, began today on a warmer note as night temperatures rose across the Valley, increasing the chances of first snowfall of the season. Chillai-Kalan,…
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New Delhi: India by 2017 will have five or six top-class railway stations on the pattern of monumental Grand Central Terminal, New York, or famed Gare d'Austerlitz terminus in Paris, a top Railway Board official has said. "We should be…
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Hyderabad:  Days after Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju was convicted in SFIO cases, a special court here is expected to pronounce its verdict on Tuesday in the multi-crore accounting fraud in the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited…
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Chennai:  As India celebrated its success in testing an unmanned space crew module on Thursday, over 1.7 lakh Indians had another reason to be happy as a similar NASA spacecraft carrying a microchip containing their names was brought back…
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New York:  Facebook is less popular among teenagers than last year, says a survey, adding that 88 percent of teenagers now use the social network against 94 percent last year. The website is also losing popularity among all other age…
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New York: Sex behind the wheel can distract young drivers, leading to over-speeding and even a crash in some cases, says a new study. According to researchers from the University of South Dakota, there was a fair amount of sex - including…
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