US may use new weapons for quick strikes
Washington, Apr. 23 ANI: In the coming years, President Obama will decide whether to deploy a new class of weapons capable of reaching any corner of the earth from the United States in under an hour and  read more
Posted by aniin on Saturday Apr 24
Obama crosses 'colour line', elected first black US presiden
INT59International/PoliticsObama crosses 'colour line', elected first black US president AfternoonleadBy Arun KumarWashington, Nov 5 IANS Declaring that "change has come to America", Barack Obama created history Tuesday with a resounding win over rival John McCain, crossing the country's "colour line" to be elected the country's first African American president ."Change has come to America," the Democratic candidate said, addressing the country as the  read more
Posted by IANS on Friday Nov 07
SIACHEN GLACIER
NAT10National/Environment/DefenceSiachen trek: The experience of a lifetime With imagesBy Ritu SharmaSiachen Glacier, Oct 28 IANS It was for me the experience of a lifetime: an eight-day trek up the Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir, once regarded as the world's highest battlefield at 22,00 feet where the guns have been silent since 2003 after an India-Pakistan truce.The 80-km trek from the Siachen Base Camp to Camp 3 and back by a 32-member group of defence personnel, military school students  read more
Posted by IANS on Wednesday Oct 29
Incredibly rare meteor 'fireball' captured on camera
INT27International/ScienceIncredibly rare meteor 'fireball' captured on cameraToronto, Oct 25 IANS A network of cameras captured an incredibly rare video footage of a bright, slow, meteor fireball crashing to the earth at predawn, north of Ontario, weighing a few hundred grams.These cameras, operated by the physics and astronomy department of the University of Western Ontario's UWO Meteor Group, captured these images in March this year. Peter Brown associate professor and Phil McCausland,  read more
Posted by IANS on Sunday Oct 26
Gale winds put Richard Branson's transatlantic record attemp
London, Oct 25 ANI: English business magnate Sir Richard Branson's attempt at a transatlantic record may be in jeopardy after "massive seas and very strong gales" swept away a life raft, and ripped the main sail. Branson, his children Holly, 26, Sam, 23, and Olympic hero Ben Ainslie had set sail from New York on October 22 in an attempt to set a record for the fastest crossing.The billionaire spoke via satellite from his 99-foot yacht Virgin Money, and revealed that the storms hammering  read more
Posted by aniin on Sunday Oct 26
Guy made Madge feel 'worthless'
London, October 18 ANI: Madonna has based her divorce on extraordinary grounds - the Queen of Pop is claiming that her hubby Guy Ritchie insulted her at various public occasions making her feel 'worthless'.The 50-year-old singer was believed to have had the upper hand in her marriage, but her claims have revealed an all-together different story, reports the Daily Mail.The allegations include Guy humiliating Madonna in public saying 'she looked like a granny' in comparison to her younger  read more
Posted by aniin on Monday Oct 20
Big B, the real fighter
  He started his career with a bunch of flops. After years of struggle, Hrishikesh Mukherji gave him a break and after Anand and Guddi, everyone in the film fraternity confirmed the birth of a new superstar  read more
Posted by subhasis on Thursday Oct 16
People blockade roads, damage buses after Kolkata accident
NAT39National/Accident/CrimePeople blockade roads, damage buses after Kolkata accidentKolkata, Oct 11 IANS Residents of north Kolkata blockaded roads and broke windows of at least three buses Saturday morning after a private bus overran a youth Friday night."About 20 people blockaded Khanna crossing near Shyambazar in north Kolkata Saturday morning and broke window panes and glasses of at least three private buses, demanding proper road dividers in the area after a youth was overrun by a private bus," said a police official at Lalbazar - the city police headquarters - here  read more
Posted by IANS on Sunday Oct 12
Agra school girls pick up the broom to clean city
NAT33National/EnvironmentAgra school girls pick up the broom to clean cityAgra, Oct 1 IANS Over 500 school girls used brooms to clean up a road as part of a cleanliness campaign in this Uttar Pradesh city, which is home to the Taj.The girl students from St Anthony's College, who were armed with broomsticks, Tuesday cleaned up a part of the Mall road used by tourists to go to the Taj Mahal. The clean up was part of "My Clean Agra" campaign.In other Clean Agra campaign activities, students  read more
Posted by IANS on Thursday Oct 02
Rupee fall, festivals lead to surge in remittances from Gulf
INT12International/Diaspora/BusinessRupee fall, festivals lead to surge in remittances from GulfBy Aroonim BhuyanDubai, Sep 27 IANS The fall in the value of the rupee against the dollar has led to a surge in remittances from expatriate Indians in the Gulf in the last couple of weeks, especially as the festival season is on back home.Exchange houses and banks in the region have reported that the fall in the value of the rupee, coupled with the ongoing Islamic holy month of Ramadan and Kerala's  read more
Posted by IANS on Monday Sep 29
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