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Supreme Court May Altogether Ban Usage Of Smokeless Tobacco »
Gutkha, Pan Masala and other smokeless tobacco known to cause cancer can now be completely banned. The Supreme Court Of India is considering a total ban on gutkha and other smokeless tobacco products. According to Srinath Reddy...
More Purchasing Power for IPL Franchisees »
Money involved in Indian Premier League is already sky-rocketing and is all set to increase. Chairman and Commissioner of the IPL, Lalit Modi, has announced today that each franchisee will be allowed to keep a purse of USD...
Pune and Kochi to join the IPL bandwagon in 2011 »
Two new teams will join the existing 8 teams to expand the IPL in 2011. Pune and Kochi will be the home base for the two new teams. The addition of two new teams means that the...
India A Major Online Drug Trade Country – Govt. To Curb Measures »
By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty New Delhi, March 2 – According to the data presented by International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), India had become a major threat of sourcing shady online drug trade. The board had warned Indian government...
Bangladesh ‘Children-Day-Out’ In Doom »
By Md. Hasenur Rahman Dhaka, Jan. 18 — Bangladesh, a nation with an audacious vision 2021, where the ruling party is committed towards digitization of the whole country within the next 10-13 years, it is rather unfortunate...
Comrade Jyoti Basu: The Tall Mass Leader »
Jan 17th (Obituary) By Saadia Azim Kolkata, Jan. 17 – Ninety six year old Marxist leader Jyoti Basu struggled for life for sixteen days before breathing his last at 11.41 a.m on Sunday at the AMRI hospital at...
Sex Is No More Taboo For Indian Teenagers »
By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty Sex is no longer discussed in hush tones by today’s teenagers. It is something ‘cool’ and they have no qualms flaunting their sexuality. No wonder Vishal Joshi (name changed) a 19-year-old boy was quite...
Faridabad – Emerging Reality Boom Town »
By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty FARIDABAD, India: It might have lost to Gurgaon earlier in the battle of the satellite township, but today Faridabad has come into its own: the once mainly industrial town is emerging as an attractive...
Team India Eyes No.1 Rank in ODIs »
India will top the one-day rankings if they defeat both Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the league stage and also win the finals of the on-going Compaq Cup Tri-Series in Sri Lanka. “We have set our goals,” ...
BSNL resduced STD rates up to 50 pc »
BSNL has announced a 40-50 percent reduction in STD charges of cellular services under various plans. It also announced to slash the call charges of landline services by 50 per cent. Under the landline services, STD rates...
Maharashtra State Board HSC results declared »
The Maharashtra State Board results for HSC has been declared on Saturday at 11:00 am. This year a total of 11,39,697 students appeared for the HSC examination conducted in February/March. The pass percentage for the Class 12...
Shimla summer Festival to begin tomorrow »
The annual Shimla Summer festival will be start from Monday in Shimla. V.S. Kokje the Himachal Governor V.S. Kokje will inaugurate the festival at the historic Ridge Maidan. Bollywood singer Javed Ali & Punjabi singers Hans Raj...
CBSE Class 10 results declared »
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the Class 10th board examination results today. Scores of students were seen at Internet cafes & calling dedicated telephone numbers to know how they had fared in the...
CBSE Class XII results will be declared on 21st and 23rd May »
The results of Class XII examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be announced on 21st & 23rd May while the results of Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE) will come out on Tuesday....
“Sakal Times” will be launched on May 7 »
The English daily from the Sakal group, “Sakal Times”, will be launched on May 7. The first edition of the newspaper “Sakal Times” will be launched in Pune, the hometown of the Sakal group. To be sure,...
Chardham pilgrimage began »
The Chardham pilgrimage has been began on Wednesday with reopening of the portals of Kedarnath, Gangotri & Yamunotri shrines. Amid chanting of vedic hymns & shlokas, the doors of Kedarnath, Gangotri & Yamunotri temples were reopened coinciding...
Vodafone signed an agreement with Apple to sell iphone in India »
Vodafone a mobile services provider said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with software products major Apple to sell iphone in India, besides nine other markets. An official said, “Later this year, Vodafone customers in...
“Baisakhi” celebrated throughout Punjab »
Baisakhi has been celebrated throughout Punjab on Monday. Baisakhi is the festival of wheat harvesting & creation of the “Khalsa Panth” by tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Thousands of devotees took holy dip in sacred...
IMF: “Rising food prices could lead to starvation” »
IMF the International Monetary Fund has warned that spikes in food costs around the world could lead to starvation & the crumbling of governments. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said, “We are facing a huge problem”. The IMF is often...
Gudi Padwa celebrating throughout Maharashtra »
Maharashtrians are celebrating Gudi Padwa on Sunday. It is the first day of the Marathi calendar & marks the beginning of spring. Many believed that this is the day Brahma created the world. Women work on intricate...
