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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday released a set of commemorative postage stamps on eight Indian musicians, describing them among "the greatest music maestros of contemporary India". The stamps feature luminaries in…
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Mathura :  Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti stressed on cleaning the Yamuna river during a surprise visit to the ghats here. The minister visited Mathura in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday when she changed her plan to go to Barsana to attend the…
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Chennai :  Arun Vaidyanathan had teamed up with actor Prasanna in 2009 Tamil thriller "Achchamundu! Achchamundu!" and now the filmmaker plans to collaborate again provided they both find time from their respective commitments. "Prasanna…
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Mumbai :  Not a single out of 33 incidents in various nuclear power plants in India during 2013-2014 has been classified as "accident" as per the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, India's atomic energy regulator said…
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New York :  Console games downloaded over broadband internet are causing more greenhouse gas emissions than Blu-ray discs delivered via retail stores, new research reveals. It is not always true that digital distribution of media will have…
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Washington : NASA has invited the public to submit short messages and images on social media that could be placed in a time capsule aboard a spacecraft to be launched in 2016 for an asteroid study. Called the Origins-Spectral…
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Lucknow : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will hold a 10-day conclave here in October, an official said Wednesday. Top RSS functionaries, including sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat and karyavak Bhaiyya Ji Joshi, will attend the event…
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Washington :  India-born scientist Dr Thomas John Colacot has won the American Chemical Society's ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry, one of the top honours in the field. Colacot, who studied at St Berchman's College, Changanacherry, Kerala…
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New Delhi : A Delhi BJP legislator Wednesday grappled an assailant who shot at him thrice. The bullets harmlessly whizzed past, police said. The attack took place outside the Shahdara home of Jitender Singh Shunty at about 6 a.m. Shunty…
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JAMMU: The young skaters of Jodhamal brought laurels by winning the overall trophy by their stalwart performance in the just concluded North Zone Roller Skating Championship at Delhi. The championship was hosted by the Roller Skating…
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