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  • Iron ore polluting Goas rivers

    The ferrying of iron ore from Goa's mining hinterland to the sea port by river for decades could be taking a toll on the health of two key rivers, the Mandovi and the Zuari. A research report released recently by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) reveals iron content in the Mandovi (north Goa) and Zuari (south Goa) and blames it on mining operations in the drainage basins ...

  • Pleasant morning in Delhi partly cloudy day ahead

    It was a pleasant morning in the capital Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 25.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below average for this time of the season. The Met Office has forecast a partly cloudy and humid day ahead. "The sky will be partly cloudy. There has been no rain so far and none is expected during the day. The humid weather is likely to continue," an official at the ...

  • Hear Sonam Kapoor `speak in Tamil in Raanjhanaa

    What Mani Ratnam couldn't do, Aanand Rai has succeeded in doing. Audiences will be getting to hear Bollywood actress Sonam speak in Tamil for the first time in "Raanjhanaa". The Tamil version of "Raanjhanna" entitled "Ambikapathy" would see Sonam speak in Tamil, albeit dubbed by a professional Tamil dubbing artiste. Some time ago Mani Rathnam wanted Sonam in his Tamil film "Kadhalan". But ...

  • Katy Perry waiting for Mr.Right

    still believes in love. She also hopes that she finds a man who will love her "in the right way" in the future. Perry divorced comedian-actor Russell Brand in 2011. The 28-year-old, who also recently split from lover John Mayer, says she is content being single at the moment. "I'm not in a relationship, I'm just on my own, I am myself in my own bed. I have to be happy being alone, and I am ...

  • DU gets around 1.5 lakh paper forms online registration triples

    Delhi University (DU) received around 1.5 lakh offline admission forms while its online registration tripled compared to last year as the admission process to its four year undergraduate programme ended Wednesday. Dean, Students Welfare, J.M Khurana said: "There has been an almost 200 percent increase in the number of online registration forms. We have received 138,605 online registration forms ...

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James and the Giant Peach [Blu-Ray]

James and the Giant Peach [Blu-Ray]

James and the Giant Peach, which was adapted from Roald Dahls popular 1961 book, feels like a story being made up on the spot. It is clearly constructed of the most fundamental elements of childrens fantasy literature--the scrappy orphan hero, evil step-parents ( ... ...

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  • Tamil Nadu to upgrade power transmission with Japanese aid

    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Wednesday said a new project to improve the power transmission in the state will be implemented with the financial assistance of Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA). She also requested JICA for a line of credit to for viability gap funding and credit to private parties in infrastructure projects. In a statement issued here by the government, ...

  • Sonia surveys flood-hit Uttarakhand seeks quick relief for victims

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday, sought quick relief for stranded people, a party statement said. The Congress president urged the state government to evacuate the stranded and expeditiously restore communications systems, a party statement said. According to the ...

  • Bhaag Milkha Bhaag not a sports film Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

    Producer-director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who is all set to release his film, "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", based on the life of former athlete Milkha Singh, said that the film was not based on sports and could have been on anybody in an endeavour to show the human spirit. "I will like to clarify that the film is not based on sports or about a sportsman. It is about the triumph of the human spirit. ...

  • Pakistani troops violate LoC ceasefire after infiltration foiled

    A civilian was injured as Pakistani troops Wednesday violated the ceasefire and fired across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district after an infiltration bid was foiled by the Indian Army, a defence official said. Defence PRO S.N. Acharya said a group of four militants from Pakistan-administered Kashmir were seen moving towards the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch ...

  • Khurshid leaves for Iraq

    In the first trip by an Indian minister in decades, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Wednesday left for Baghdad on a two-day visit in a concerted effort by India to engage with Iraq at the highest level and deepen ties with the oil-rich country. Khurshid's visit, which comes after a gap of more than two decades after the trip of then external affairs minister I.K. Gujral, is seen as a ...

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