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WASHINGTON: An asteroid will safely pass about three times the distance of Earth to the Moon on January 26, according to NASA. From its reflected brightness, astronomers estimate that the asteroid, designated 2004 BL86, is about 0.5…
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New Delhi: Former CBI Director AP Singh, who ran into rough weather over his purported links with controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi, has resigned as UPSC member after a special court in Mumbai termed charges levelled against BJP…
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New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesady said Ganga cleansing programmes have been going on for over three decades with almost no impact on the ground and wondered whether the government wanted to do something during this tenure or would it…
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New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday launched the country's first passenger train powered by CNG (compressed natural gas) on the Rewari-Rohtak section of the Northern Railway. The move assumes significance as it is the…
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Kolkata: Questioning the relevance of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the chief of India's public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati Wednesday said it was time to move on and involve communities in heritage conservation. The more…
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Srinagar: An encounter broke out between security forces and militants early morning today in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. At least three terrorists have been cornered so far in nomads huts as J&K Police, army and CRPF jointly…
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Srinagar: As PDP showed disinclination to take its support, National Conference on Wednesday said its offer was limited to outside support for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir and attacked PDP, saying it was "ready to make every…
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Srinagar: A top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in a six-hour-long gunbattle with security forces in Sopore town of north Kashmir Baramulla district, police said. An encounter broke out between security forces and the LeT…
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Islamabad: Pakistan's first-ever high security prison, where dreaded terrorists will be kept is ready for inauguration in Sahiwal in Punjab province. The jail has been set up after militants staged spectacular jail-breaks in the previous…
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NEW DELHI: The government today defended its surprising move to sack top missile scientist Avinash Chander as the chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO. "I recommended this. We didn't want somebody on contract…
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