| Dev Anand honours senior citizens |
| NAT19National/SocietyDev Anand honours senior citizensMumbai, Oct 8 IANS Legendary actor Dev Anand gave away awards here to senior citizens for their contribution to the society. Apart from Dev Anand, Congress MP Priya Dutt, Justice Leila Seth and Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir also presented the Harmony Silver Awards at an event late Tuesday. Each award carries of Rs.51,000 and a citation. The award winners included Baba Adhav and Mandakini Dravid Pune, Parthibhai Bhatol Ahmedabad, Kambel Chulai read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Oct 08 |
| West Bengal rocks to fusion Puja chic |
| NAT10National/Religion/Society/CultureWest Bengal rocks to fusion Puja chicBy Madhusree ChatterjeeKolkata, Oct 5 IANS The sultry October afternoon does not deter the crowd in a south Kolkata market from thronging the shops that line a busy thoroughfare. It is carnival time for shoppers in this eastern megalopolis scouting for the best festival bargains.For the Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival here, the flavour this year is fusion. It swings between the glittering chic from Gujarat and Maharashtra to eco-crafts from rural Bengal read more |
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Posted by IANS on Monday Oct 06 |
| Rahul sweats it out under the Sun |
| Kota Rajasthan, Oct 3 ANI: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi put on the garb of a poor labourer, toiling hard under a blazing Sun in Rajasthan, carrying big stones on his shoulders and extending... read more |
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| A day later, Jodhpur still numbed by temple tragedy |
| NAT37National/Disaster/ReligionA day later, Jodhpur still numbed by temple tragedyJodhpur, Oct 1 IANS Funeral processions snaked through numerous neighbourhoods in this Rajasthan town Wednesday as grieving families cremated many of the 149 killed in a temple stampede a day earlier.The elderly moaned the loss of so many residents, a large number of them young, in the early morning tragedy Tuesday as hundreds of devotees packed a narrow pathway leading to the hilltop Chamundi Mata temple. Women wailed in many homes in Jodhpur, 330 km from the Rajasthan capital Jaipur read more |
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Posted by IANS on Thursday Oct 02 |
| ALWAR RAJASTHAN |
| BUS10Business/BusinessMetso begins work to set up Rs.1.65 bn industrial park in AlwarAlwar Rajasthan, Oct 1 IANS Engineering and technology company Metso commenced work Wednesday to set up a 49-acre multi-functional industrial facility, Metso Park, in this Rajasthan district.The company will invest close to Rs.1.65 billion $35.8 million over two years to develop the industrial park. The facility will be fully operational by 2010 and will create around 700 jobs.Metso has planned an investment of approximately 40 million euros $56 read more |
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Posted by IANS on Thursday Oct 02 |
| Advani promises national board for pilgrimage centres |
| NAT62National/Politics/ReligionAdvani promises national board for pilgrimage centresMumbai, Oct 1 IANS Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday promised to set up a national board to provide better facilities and ensure safety at all religious places if his party was voted to power in general elections.Making a reference to the temple stampede in Rajasthan's Jodhpur town Tuesday that killed 149 people, Advani told a public rally at Washim town in Maharashtra that the issue of pilgrims' facilities had not got adequate attention until now read more |
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Posted by IANS on Thursday Oct 02 |
| 40 killed, 120 injured in temple stampede in Rajasthan |
| NAT5National/Accident40 killed, 120 injured in temple stampede in RajasthanJodhpur, Sep 30 IANS At least 40 people were killed and 120 injured in a stampede at the Chamunda temple on top of the famous Mehrangarh fort in Rajasthan's Jodhpur town Tuesday, officials said. Thousands of people had gathered at the temple early Tuesday to offer prayers to mark the beginning of the Navratri festival. The stampede occurred about 150 feet from the temple when the devotees were rushing downhill on their way back to the town read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Oct 01 |
| Northern zone chief ministers' meeting postponed |
| NAT33National/PoliticsNorthern zone chief ministers' meeting postponedShimla, Sep 28 IANS The 26th Northern Zone Chief Ministers' Conference to be held in this Himachal Pradesh capital Monday has been postponed, an official statement said Sunday.In the meeting, the chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, the governor of Jammu and Kashmir and the Chandigarh administrator were to deliberate on internal security, police modernisation, communal harmony and disaster management read more |
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Posted by IANS on Tuesday Sep 30 |
| Shifting Nano plant: Tatas keep options open |
| BUS13Business/BusinessShifting Nano plant: Tatas keep options openMumbai, Sep 26 IANS Auto major Tata Motors is keeping its options open on shifting out of West Bengal's simmering Singur area the plant to make the world's cheapest car Nano, according to a company official.Ever since company chairman Ratan Tata indicated his decision to shift out of Singur, Tata Motors has been besieged with offers from many states, including Maharashtra, offering them all facilities to relocate the Nano plant read more |
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Posted by IANS on Sunday Sep 28 |
| Sydney, Sep 25 IANS Australia's depleted spin attack receive |
| SPO12SportsAustralian spinner McGain struggling with shoulder problemSydney, Sep 25 IANS Australia's depleted spin attack received another blow with Bryce McGain, frontrunner for the slow bowling berth in India, still recovering from a shoulder problem.Thirty-six-year-old McGain was injured during his time with Australia A earlier this month in India. Coach Tim Nielsen, however, is confident that he will get to the bowling crease in the next couple of days."Bryce is keen to have a bowl, read more |
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