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Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Bad roads and poor air connectivity are hampering tourism in the tribal districts of Himachal Pradesh, popularly known as the Buddhist circuit.

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Book: 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.399

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Book: 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.399

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Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) Students from countries like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are once again lining up at the city's higher education institutions, which had seen a decline in the number of foreign scholars due to terrorism in Punjab in the 80s

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Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Bad roads and poor air connectivity are hampering tourism in the tribal districts of Himachal Pradesh, popularly known as the Buddhist circuit.

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Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Three years have passed since floods in this city claimed over 400 lives, but very little has been done to ensure that a similar disaster does not reoccur - desilting work on three rivers hasn't started and a grant announced by

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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Controversial Punjabi pop singer Mika, who sung the chartbuster 'Mauja hi mauja' in 'Jab We Met' last year, is now all set to make his acting debut with 'Love.com'.

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Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) Students from countries like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are once again lining up at the city's higher education institutions, which had seen a decline in the number of foreign scholars due to terrorism in Punjab in the 80s

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Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) The serial blasts in Bangalore may bring back to focus the probe into three bomb explosions that rocked the Andhra Pradesh capital last year killing over 50 people. The investigators into the terror acts are yet to make any

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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Controversial Punjabi pop singer Mika, who sung the chartbuster 'Mauja hi mauja' in 'Jab We Met' last year, is now all set to make his acting debut with 'Love.com'.

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I have a confession to make. As the recent debate on the trust vote sought by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Indo-US nuclear deal neared its climax and news channels dizzyingly zoomed in on the display board that would announce the results, I c

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Rajmahal Hills (Jharkhand), July 26 (IANS) Nature's treasure trove of fossils, some dating back to the Jurassic era and preserved for millions of years in Jharkhand's Sahebganj district, is being steadily eroded by rampant mining, say scientists.

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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) It has been a rather profound journey for psychoanalyst-author Sudhir Kakar from translating the Kamasutra into English to exploring Indian sexuality to probing the existence of the mad and divine in today's materialistic wo

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Film: 'Prom Night'; Cast: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Idris Elba, Jonathan Schaech; Director: Nelson McCormick; Ratings: *

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I have a confession to make. As the recent debate on the trust vote sought by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Indo-US nuclear deal neared its climax and news channels dizzyingly zoomed in on the display board that would announce the results, I c

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Rajmahal Hills (Jharkhand), July 26 (IANS) Nature's treasure trove of fossils, some dating back to the Jurassic era and preserved for millions of years in Jharkhand's Sahebganj district, is being steadily eroded by rampant mining, say scientists.

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Film: 'Prom Night'; Cast: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Idris Elba, Jonathan Schaech; Director: Nelson McCormick; Ratings: *

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Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Former crime boss and Dawood Ibrahim's associate Om Prakash Shrivastav, better known as Babloo Shrivastav, apparently wants to turn producer now and make a film on his first novel 'Adhure Khwab'.

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Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Neil Nitin Mukesh, who comes from a family of great playback singers, says music is in his blood but being an actor is his identity now. The budding star wouldn't mind turning composer in the future though.

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Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Former crime boss and Dawood Ibrahim's associate Om Prakash Shrivastav, better known as Babloo Shrivastav, apparently wants to turn producer now and make a film on his first novel 'Adhure Khwab'.

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Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) Eight bombs went off within an hour in Bangalore's central business district and other crowded areas Friday afternoon, killing a woman at a deserted bus stop, injuring seven people and putting the focus on terror cells in In

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Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Neil Nitin Mukesh, who comes from a family of great playback singers, says music is in his blood but being an actor is his identity now. The budding star wouldn't mind turning composer in the future though.

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Lucknow, July 25(IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati laid the foundation stone of a 345 million litres per day sewage treatment plant (STP) here Friday for cleaning up the Gomti river and lambasted the state's previous governments for not mak

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Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday announced that scholarships would be given to meritorious students of the Gautam Buddha Nagar University in Noida for pursuing higher studies in foreign universities.

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Chennai, July 25 (IANS) Vigil and patrolling in major towns and cities in Tamil Nadu, especially the border districts, were stepped up following the serial blasts in Bangalore Friday in which one person was killed and seven were injured.

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Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday announced that scholarships would be given to meritorious students of the Gautam Buddha Nagar University in Noida for pursuing higher studies in foreign universities.

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New Delhi, July 25(IANS) A diverse selection of animated, short and feature Indian and international films will serve as 'entertainment with a purpose' for children and young adults alike at a seven-day film festival that kicked off here Friday.

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Tirupur (Tamil Nadu), July 25 (IANS) The Income Tax authorities raided the residence and 14 business premises here of V. Palanisamy, a former AIADMK legislator, and seized documents relating to assets and investments worth over Rs.200 million, offici

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New Delhi, July 25(IANS) A diverse selection of animated, short and feature Indian and international films will serve as 'entertainment with a purpose' for children and young adults alike at a seven-day film festival that kicked off here Friday.

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Tirupur (Tamil Nadu), July 25 (IANS) The Income Tax authorities raided the residence and 14 business premises here of V. Palanisamy, a former AIADMK legislator, and seized documents relating to assets and investments worth over Rs.200 million, offici

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Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Friday said it had busted an inter-state gang dealing in fake currency with the arrest of four people from Lucknow district and the recovery of counterfeit currency worth Rs.1.6 million.

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Chandigarh, July 25 (IANS) The Haryana Police Friday claimed to have busted an international gang of idol thieves with the arrest of two men and the recovery of Jain temple idols from them.

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Kharagpur (West Bengal), July 25 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-K) will soon collaborate with 15 foreign universities for academic and research activities, the director of the institute said here Friday.

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Kharagpur (West Bengal), July 25 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-K) will soon collaborate with 15 foreign universities for academic and research activities, the director of the institute said here Friday.

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Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) The explosive material used in Friday's serial blasts here and the places where they occurred - in garbage dumps or in storm water drains - has baffled the police and made them wonder whether it was a trial run for bigger at

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Noida, July 25 (IANS) Two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants shot a labour contractor here and made off with his bag containing Rs.439,000, police said.

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Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) A woman was killed, allegedly in firing by Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) leader Dipak Gurung, when a group of rival Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters were protesting outside his house Friday in West Bengal's D

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Ghaziabad, July 25 (IANS) All city-specific TV channels here were banned by the district administration Friday for presenting 'wrong facts' in their news programmes.

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New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Concerned over the dwindling numbers of the red jungle fowl, the government is preparing an action plan for its conservation, the environment ministry said Friday.

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Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) A woman was killed, allegedly in firing by Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) leader Dipak Gurung, when a group of rival Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters were protesting outside his house Friday in West Bengal's D

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