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Google 14th Birthday Celebrations

Google on Thursday greeted itself a happy 14th birthday the only way it knew how: with a doodle. Visitors to Google’s website Thursday came upon a doodle of an animated chocolate cake with candles, which was eaten up and replaced with the word “Google.” Fourteen candles arranged like tally marks would then be seen under [...]

No roaming Bills starting 2013 : Kapil Sibal

Telecom minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that mobile phone subscribers will not have to pay roaming charges from next year. “From next year. Our secretary has told you that it will be free from next year,” Sibal said here in response to a query on the timing of removing roaming charges as proposed in [...]

Mamata Banerjee to skip Chief Ministers’ meet on anti-terror body tomorrow

New Delhi:  All non-Congress Chief Ministers, barring Mamata Banerjee, who had come together to oppose the Centre on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and other issues, will be attending Monday’s Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security, which has been called by the government. Strengthening of counter terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police [...]

Politics

Mamata Banerjee to skip Chief Ministers’ meet on anti-terror body tomorrow

New Delhi:  All non-Congress Chief Ministers, barring Mamata Banerjee, who had come together to oppose the Centre on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and other issues, will be attending Monday’s Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security, which has been called by the government. Strengthening of counter terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police [...]

BJP tells Chidambaram not adopt authoritarian role on formation of NCTC

Patna, Apr 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday told Home Minister P. Chidambaram to not to work in an authoritarian manner while building consensus on formation of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). Commenting on the meeting of Chidambaram with state chief ministers to discuss the establishment of NCTC, BJP spokesperson Shahnwaz Hussain [...]

Pratibha Patil cryptogram 2G Spectrum reference

President Pratibha Patil has noticed the Presidential Reference by which the government has sought simplicity from the Supreme Court on auctioning of natural reserves including range.   With many telecom companies testing the cancellation of their licenses by the Supreme Court, the government wants complete clearness on those landmark judgments. The Department of Telecom feels [...]

Movie News

The Amazing Spider-Man

Plot Summary: One of the world’s most popular characters is back on the big screen as a new chapter in the Spider-Man legacy is revealed in “The Amazing Spider-Man.” Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, [...]

Devasthanam

Devasthanam is not an educational or informative film, it is a guide to good living with a beautiful story, supreme yet simple. Writer, director and producer Janardhana Maharshi uses senior citizens and stalwarts K. Viswanath and SP Balasubramaniam to run a human drama with a light-hearted approach but towards the end of the film, brings a [...]

Teja’s Neeku Naaku Dash Dash “A” certificate

Teja’s upcoming film new romantic thriller film “Neeku Naaku Dash Dash” censor certification formalities have been successfully completed. This film was rated as “A” by the censor officials. This story is a love story in the back drop of Liquor syndicate. V Anand Prasad is producing this movie under Bhavya creations banner. Close sources from [...]

Health Updates

Sex Change Stuns Zoo Silver Pheasant’s

Lucknow, Apr 5 (IANS): In a rare and a first-of-its-kind phenomenon, a Silver Pheasant, a bird belonging to the peacock family, has changed its sex from female to a male. Confirming this and terming it a kind of “sex dimorphism”, zoo director Renu Singh told IANS that the phenomenon had surprised most of the staff in [...]

10 health benefits using Tomato

Tomatoes are enriched and loaded with several minerals and nutrients that can be useful in the health problems of individuals. It is incredibly full of nutrient contents such as vitamin A, C, B, K, coumaric acid, Calcium, lycopene, and many others that can be used to develop good health. A tomato has been considered forever [...]

Good Health Three Pillars

Ayurveda says that the holistic wellbeing of human beings is fundamentally sustained on three major factors, just like three pillars holding a building. Each of these factors is equally important and disturbances to even one will cause imbalance in the being. And the qualities of these three aspects determine the quality of ones being too. [...]

Sports

Ajinkya Rahane: Rajasthan Royals’ new star

Bangalore: Apr15, 2012 Ajinkya Rahane scored the maiden century of Indian Premier League (IPL) season five to power Rajasthan Royals (RR) to a mammoth 195 for two against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.  Rahane produced a scintillating 103-run unbeaten knock off just 60 balls and together with Owais Shah (60) [...]

Punjab beat Kolkata in last-ball finish

Kolkata finished their last two overs – with both bat and ball – badly to lose by two runs in a home game KOLKATA: Piyush Chawla bowled Kings XI Punjab to a thrilling two-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here, on Sunday. Chawla picked up three wickets, including those of the [...]

Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals highlights

New Delhi: Statistical highlights of the IPL 5 match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. # Kieron Pollard’s tally of seven sixes is the most by  a batsman in the IPL 2012. # Pollard became the third all-rounder after Paul Valthaty and Yuvraj Singh to register an all-round feat of a fifty and four wickets in [...]

Business

Sensex falls as banks

The BSE Sensex and Nifty fell on Wednesday, as lenders were hit by risingdoubts about whether the RBI will cut rates next week, which exacerbated concerns over a sector facing an acute liquidity crunch and lower lending due to high interest rates. The falls came during a session marked by waning global risk appetite given the uncertainty [...]

Jewellers’ strike enters 21st day

Jewellers across India have been on a  for 21 days; they say this has resulted in losses of Rs 20,000 crore already. They are upset with the finance minister’s decision to increase the import duty on gold and the excise duty on unbranded jewelry. (Watch: Jewellers’ strike enters 21st day) Here are 10 big facts on [...]

Bangalore a remake to avoid being “Bangalored”

Rajesh Rao is among a handful of Indian entrepreneurs who may prevent the country’s software industry from getting “Bangalored”. The 41-year-old self-confessed geek runs Dhruva, a firm that sells content and services to global online But plain vanilla outsourcing – help desks and back office operations – is finding cheaper locations abroad. India’s software industry [...]

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Haj to be once in a lifetime affair only, Centre tells SC

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

New Delhi: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a “once in a lifetime” affair as against the existing policy of “once in five years”. In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the government said the new guidelines have been [...]

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Asia’s first dolphin research centre to come up in Bihar

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Patna: With only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago, the Bihar government is planning to set up Asia’s first research centre to strengthen conservation efforts to save the endangered mammal. An official in the chief minister’s office said the Gangetic dolphin research centre would [...]

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Taliban attack Pak prison, free militants

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Taliban militants attacked a prison in north-west Pakistan on Sunday, freeing at least 380 prisoners, including at least 20 insurgents described by police as “very dangerous,” authorities and the militants said. The raid by more than 100 fighters was a dramatic display of the strength of the insurgency gripping the nuclear—armed country. The escaped prisoners [...]

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