| Madrid, Oct 11 IANS Shiv Kapur 69, 75 missed the halfway cut |
| SPO13SportsKapur misses cut at Madrid MastersMadrid, Oct 11 IANS Shiv Kapur 69, 75 missed the halfway cut of even par 142 at the Madrid Masters. Kapur totalled two over 144 to lie tied 86th after round two Friday. In his second round of four over 75, Kapur birdied the fourth and made bogeys on the 10th, 13th, 18th and double bogeyed the 12th.--Indo-Asian News Servicevks/av/jg70 Words11101624 read more |
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| Idol immersion in Ganga worries environmentalists |
| NAT47National/Environment/ReligionIdol immersion in Ganga worries environmentalistsPatna, Oct 11 IANS The annual ritual of immersing in the Ganga idols of goddess Durga and other Hindu deities has alarmed environmentalists, who point out that the practice will not only threaten the survival of the endangered river dolphin and other aquatic creatures but also increases pollution in the already polluted river."The government has again failed to stop immersion in the Ganga here as no alternative facility was created for it," said Guddu Baba, who leads a movement to clean the Ganga read more |
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| Mani Ratnam violates Kerala forest rules, shooting stopped |
| NAT38National/Environment/CinemaMani Ratnam violates Kerala forest rules, shooting stoppedKochi, Oct 11 IANS Veteran film maker Mani Ratnam, who is shooting his latest multilingual film "Ravana" in the forests of Malayatoor near here, was asked to stop filming after he violated an agreement with the Kerala Forest Department, an official said. The forest is a two-hour drive from Kochi and is a prime spot for eco-tourism. Speaking to IANS, Krishnadev Prasad Sahu of the Malayatoor Forest read more |
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| Bihar invites tenders to seal breaches in Kosi river |
| NAT53National/Disaster/EconomyBihar invites tenders to seal breaches in Kosi riverPatna, Oct 11 IANS After a hue and cry over the delay of work in sealing the breaches in the Kosi river, the Bihar government Saturday invited tenders for the work.The move comes a day after Rs.1.97 billion were approved for sealing the breaches in the flooded river, which claimed 50 lives and affected over three million people in Bihar last month.Radhakrishna Choudhary, joint cabinet secretary, said the government read more |
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| 13 Chhattisgarh cops suspended for refusing to serve in Maoi |
| NAT41National/Security13 Chhattisgarh cops suspended for refusing to serve in Maoist landRaipur, Oct 11 IANS The Chhattisgarh government Saturday suspended 13 policemen, including six inspectors, for refusing to accept transfers to the insurgency-hit Bastar region interiors."We had no option left but to crack the whip on 13 policemen who defied the government transfer order and refused to join duty in Bastar region, despite repeated reminders," R.K. Vij, inspector general administration, told IANS read more |
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| UPA playing politics on terrorism: Rajnath Singh |
| NAT74National/Politics/TerrorismUPA playing politics on terrorism: Rajnath SinghRaipur, Oct 11 IANS The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance UPA government is "soft on terrorists because of vote bank politics", Bharatiya Janata Party BJP President Rajnath Singh said here Saturday.Singh was in the Chhattisgarh capital on a daylong trip to finalise the party's manifesto in the state, where assembly polls are due by the year end.Terming terrorism as the biggest threat to nation's read more |
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| Christian ex-employee held for disfiguring Bible cage |
| NAT72National/Religion/CrimeChristian ex-employee held for disfiguring Bible cageChennai, Oct 11 IANS A 41-year-old ex-employee of a Protestant church in the western suburbs here was arrested Saturday, a day after he allegedly disfigured the glass cage of a wall-embedded Bible, police said. "The suspect, Yesuraj, admitted during questioning that he had a grudge against the institution's management for having sacked him after 23 years of service. He confessed that he destroyed the Bible's glass cage in a moment of anger," a police official said read more |
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| SEVEROMORSK RUSSIA |
| INT57International/DefenceRussian president observes Barents Sea military drillSeveromorsk Russia, Oct 11 RIA Novosti Russian President Dmitry Medvedev joined the Northern Fleet Saturday to observe military exercises, including a full-range test of the Sineva ballistic missile, in the Barents Sea. Medvedev arrived Saturday along with Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Navy Commander Admiral Vladimir Kuznetsov to observe the exercises. Medvedev announced that the missile had travelled a record 11,547 km read more |
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| World's first Islamic helpline in Abu Dhabi gaining in popul |
| Abu Dhabi, Oct.10 ANI: Believe it or not, religious advice pertaining to the Koran and other Islamic injunctions is now available on the Internet. All this is thanks to 48-year-old Abdul Rahman Ammoura, one of the most distinguished muftis in the Gulf.Ammoura usually dispenses his religious advice to the faithful at a nearby mosque, but can often be found answering the telephone at the world's first call centre for people seeking a fatwa, or religious edict from a small cubicle in Abu Dhabi. read more |
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| Prime Minister to arrive in J-K today |
| Srinagar, Oct 10 ANI: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will arrive in Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit today. During his visit, Dr. Singh is scheduled to inaugurate the 450 MW Baglihar Hydro Electric Power Project in Ramban district.This is the third power project commissioned in the border state on river Chenab. The Baglihar Project has been completed at a cost of Rs. 5200 crores and will generate 2800 million units of electricity every year.Later, Dr. Singh will fly to Srinagar where he will read more |
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