Saibaba Temple trust introduces new system of 'aarti' passes

SHIRDI (Maharashtra): The trust managing Saibaba Temple here in Western Maharashtra has introduced paid passes for devotees wanting to attend "aartis" throughout the week.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) held...

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Egypt's Brotherhood offers talks to "exit" post-Morsi crisis

CAIRO: An Islamist coalition led by the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday offered negotiations to end the deadly tumult since Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's overthrow, without explicitly insisting on his reinstatement.The coalition "calls on all revolutionary...

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5.5 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Japan: US Geological Survey

TOKYO: A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Japan on Saturday evening, according to the US Geological Survey, causing skyscrapers to shake in Tokyo and temporarily halting high speed trains.The quake hit at 8:44pm local time (1144 GMT) at a depth...

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Modi's anointment unconstitutional: Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla

JANJGIR-CHAMPA: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla on Saturday hit out at BJP which it quit recently, saying anointment of Narendra Modi's as its prime ministerial candidate was against the Constitution."It is against constitution...

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PM Manmohan Singh congratulates Tendulkar, CNR Rao on getting Bharat Ratna

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday congratulated scientist CNR Rao and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on being conferred the Bharat Ratna.The prime minister telephoned both the recipients of the country's highest civilian honour and wished...

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Australian brewery apologizes for using Hindu deities on beer bottles

MELBOURNE: An Australian brewery has apologized for using images of Hindu deities Ganesh and Lakshmi on its alcoholic ginger beer bottles after the labels triggered an outrage from the Indian community."We're lovers, not fighters, we want to make it...

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Minor fire in store room of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

CHENNAI: A minor fire, which broke out in the store room at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, some 100 km from Chennai, has been doused off, sources said today. The "minor fire" in a small store room, which was spotted around 5am on Thursday...

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New US ambassador Caroline Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan: Caroline Kennedy, the lone surviving child of slain US president John F. Kennedy, arrived in Tokyo on Friday to take up the post of US ambassador to Japan, pledging to boost ties.The 55-year-old Kennedy's arrival comes a week before the...

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Fire breaks out at Srinagar electricity grid station, some areas hit

SRINAGAR: A fire broke out on Friday afternoon in an electricity department grid station in the city."Electricity supply to some places including Lal Chowk, Residency Road and other areas receiving supply from the grid station situated behind the Tourist...

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Dont' give undue weightage to minor lapses in probe: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: Guilty people will have a field day if courts get carried away by every mistake and give unnecessary weightage to minor "errors or lapses" in police probe, the Supreme Court has said.A bench headed by justice Ranjana Prakash Desai said that...

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Prominent Hindi writer Hari Krishna Devsare dies in Ghaziabad

NEW DELHI: Prominent Hindi writer Hari Krishna Devsare, known for his prolific work in the field of children's literature, died on Thursday at the age of 75.His son Shashin Devsare said the author, who had been battling a prolonged illness, died at a...

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DMRC told to pay Rs 10,000 for thumb injury due to Metro X-Ray machine

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 10,000 to a man who suffered a thumb injury while picking up his bag from an x-ray machine used to screen luggage of passengers before they board the Metro.The...

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Bangladesh garment makers agree $68 monthly minimum wage

DHAKA:Bangladesh garment manufacturers have agreed to a $68 minimum monthly wage for the country's four million garment workers after days of labour unrest forced the closure of hundreds of factories, officials said.The agreement came after the manufacturers...

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India is poised to be world's number one in printing by 2015: Minister

The author has posted comments on this articleIANS | Nov 14, 2013, 07.08PM IST GREATER NOIDA: A record 263 exhibitors from 22 countries are taking part in the four-day 9th international exhibition of printing and allied machinery industry (PAMEX...

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Deep depression to cross near Nagapattinam on November 16

CHENNAI/NAGAPATTINAM: A deep depression is slated to cross the coast near Nagapattinam on November 16, prompting the district administration to review its preparedness and put in place the required mechanism to face any impact.Squally winds with speeds...

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2013 saw one of the worst flooding episodes on India-Nepal border: WMO

NEW DELHI: We may have dismissed it as just a very lengthy monsoon but the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says this year's early onset brought the worst flooding and devastation in the past half century to regions near the India-Nepal border.In...

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Haryana Roadways strike hits transport services

CHANDIGARH: The two-day strike called by the Haryana Roadways employees in support of their demands hit transport services, with buses staying off the roads across the state on the first day on Wednesday, inconveniencing a large number of office-goers...

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Thai commandos guard 300kg gold for Mahabodhi temple in Bihar

PATNA: Two dozen commandos from Thailand are guarding nearly 300 kg gold in 13 boxes in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town as work began to cover the dome of 1,500-year old Mahabodhi temple in glitter.The much awaited work to gold-plate the dome is being carried...

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Madras high court dismisses PIL challenging India’s participation at CHOGM

MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) against India's participation at the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meetings ( CHOGM) scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka later this week.A...

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Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan orders probe into Campa Cola complex

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said here he has ordered a probe into the row over Campa Cola housing complex in Mumbai, and that the state government is studying the Supreme Court order suspending its demolition."We...

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Controversy over 'Ram Leela': HC notice to Punjab over Sanjay Leela Bhanshali's plea against FIR

CHANDIGARH: Taking up a plea seeking quashing of an FIR registered against the star cast, producer and director of Bollywood flick "Ram Leela" for hurting the religious sentiments, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday issued notice the Punjab...

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Fishermen's killing: NIA questions Italian marines via video-conferencing

NEW DELHI: The NIA has questioned through video-conferencing the four Italian marines who witnessed the killing of two Kerala fishermen by fellow marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone in 2012. The marines, who had earlier declined to travel...

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BJYM leader, wife killed in road accident in Nainital district

DEHRADUN: A BJYM leader and his wife were killed when their motorcycle fell into an irrigation canal at Ramnagar in Nainital district, police said on Tuesday.BJYM's former block president Kannu kargeti (30) and his wife Himani (27) were going back home...

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Chhattisgarh polls: Two BSF jawans killed, many injured in landmine blast in Bastar

RAIPUR: A day after first phase polling in Chhattisgarh's 18 constituencies, series of Maoist violence has taken place killing two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans and one severely injured in Sukma district of troubled Bastar, when they were returning...

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BJP launches padayatra for Gujarat CM Narendra Moid’s Bangalore rally

MYSORE: The BJP on Tuesday launched padayatra to Bangalore as a prelude to Gujarat CM Narendra Moid's rally.Lead by former minister SA Ramdas, the five-day padayatra is aimed at regaining the BJP's lost ground in the city's three assembly constituencies,...

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IIT-Madras, IIT-Kanpur, IISc to offer PhD scholarship programme with Melbourne varsity

CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, IIT-Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore will partner with the University of Melbourne to offer a new joint PhD scholarship programme from 2014.The Melbourne-India Postgraduate Program...

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Officials told to submit plans for Nashik Kumbh Mela slated for 2015-16

NASHIK: Maharashtra additional chief secretary (home) Amitabh Rajan on Monday directed officials concerned to provide detailed plans related to the Kumbh Mela slated to held here and in Trimbakeshwar in 2015-16, by November 13."The plans related to Kumbh...

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Emergency session of Tamil Nadu assembly to be held on Tuesday

CHENNAI: An emergency session of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly will be held at 6pm on Tuesday, according to an official press release issued on Monday by assembly secretary A M B Jamaludeen."The next meeting of the legislature will take place at...

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Corruption case: Jagan Reddy, others accused appear in CBI court

HYDERABAD: YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and others accused in an alleged corruption case involving his companies, on Monday appeared before a special CBI court in connection with Penna Cements case.The court had on September 30 taken cognizance...

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United Nations climate talks open amid 'sobering' typhoon

WARSAW: United Nations launched a new round of talks on Monday for a 2015 deal to cut Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions, in the aftermath of a devastating Philippines typhoon the UN's climate chief labelled "sobering".Christiana Figueres urged progress...

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Opposition candidate wins seat vacated by Bhutan's former PM

THIMPHU: Bhutan's main opposition party DPT has won a byelection for a parliamentary seat vacated by its leader and former Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley, whose party was routed in the general election in July.The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)...

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Jaya hits back at Karunanidhi for questioning her 'silence' on HRD schools initiative

CHENNAI: Hitting back at DMK chief M Karunanidhi for questioning her 'silence' over HRD ministry's model school initiative, chief minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said his statement was made only for political gains, as he did not object to the scheme...

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Protesters hurl shoes as Taiwan's ruling party meets

TAICHUNG, Taiwan: Hundreds of angry protesters threw shoes at riot police on Sunday as Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party held a congress to call for unity as public discontent grows with the government.The demonstrators — some of them jobless after factory...

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Five people injured in explosion at election rally in eastern Nepal

KATHMANDU: Five people have been injured in a bomb explosion at an election campaign rally organized by the CPN-UML in eastern Nepal, police said on Sunday.Victims of Saturday's blast at Khokling Village of Taplejung district include a 12-year-old boy...

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Dutch king and queen pelted with tomatoes in Moscow

MOSCOW: A Russian opposition group says its activists have thrown tomatoes at Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife, Queen Maxima, as they arrived for a concert in Moscow.Eduard Limonov, the leader of the banned National Bolshevik party, said two...

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