2014

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Thursday asked NGO CPIL to file an affidavit in support of its documents alleging that CBI director Ranjit Sinha met people being investigated by the agency at his residence over a period of 15 months. "After…
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New York :  Savoring the sweetness of chocolates may come with a bitter side-effect on your health as researchers have found varying levels of lead and cadmium in samples of chocolate purchased in Brazil. Dark chocolates had the highest…
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Bangalore : Jain Irrigation Limited Wednesday unveiled its integrated solar powered micro irrigation system for small farmers at the World Water Week 2014 being held in Stockholm, Sweden. "As our solar powered micro irrigation system…
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Srinagar :  Authorities in Kashmir today closed all educational institutions in five districts of the Valley in view of the flood threat due to incessant rains. All schools and colleges in five districts of Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag,…
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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said teachers hold great importance in the life of students as he addressed them on the eve of the Teachers' Day here. Modi said that after becoming the chief minister of Gujarat, he…
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New York :  Top seeds Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares beat Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins in the US Open mixed doubles semi-finals to set up a summit clash against unseeeded pair Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez here. Wednesday was the…
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London :  South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics unveiled Wednesday a range of devices including a smartphone with a curved screen that gives it the ability to offer two sources of display. The Galaxy Note Edge has a curved 5.6…
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Washington  :  If you could not log on to your Facebook account Wednesday afternoon, it was because the popular social networking site suffered an outage for about 15 minutes that affected users around the world. The outage was due to "an…
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Hyderabad : Finally ending the suspense, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Thursday announced that Vijayawada will be the capital of the state. He told the state legislative assembly Thursday that the government has…
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Mumbai : Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott started his India visit from Mumbai where he arrived early Thursday, heading a 30-strong business delegation. His day, full of engagements, started by paying homage to the 26/11 terror attack…
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