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Special Eid prayers planned ahead of Ayodhya verdict

Ahead of the much-awaited Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid legal dispute verdict Muslims will hold special Eid prayers for communal harmony



Cabinet okays caste enumeration - in 2011

Union cabinet Thursday gave its approval to the caste census to be implemented through a separate house-to-house enumeration from June to September next year

 
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BIHAR
Will Patna zoo lose 4,000 trees to airport safety?
Bihar transporters on indefinite strike
Bihar parties urged to push for green energy
People flee homes as floodwaters enter 200 Bihar villages
Major Push to the Urban Sector through Samvardhan
Lightning kills 17 in Bihar
Rains lash parched Bihar
Bihar Congress to select candidates for polls by Sep 5
NATION
Quota for poor kids in private schools mandatory: Sibal
BJP, JMM join hands again, Arjun Munda likely at helm
Distributing free foodgrain not practical: PM
Rahul mingles with people, conducts road show
Inquiry ordered into defamation plea against Chidambaram
Direct tax collection rises 14 percent to Rs.1,00,112 crore
INTERNATIONAL
Sri Lanka opposition boycotts parliament
13 children injured in China wall collapse
Obama launches $50 billion infrastructure plan
Iran rejects IAEA report as politically motivated
China to give additional $29 mn to flood-hit Pakistan
Pakistan cricketers were fixing 'almost every match'
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Whither urban development? Bleak future stares at India's cities

A New Delhi newspaper reported last Thursday that local authorities received 117 complaints of waterlogging, five of falling trees and six of building collapses, in one of which a four-year-old boy was killed. A school bus carrying 35 children became so deeply "embedded" in a road that a crane had to be called in, but it, too, got stuck. There was another report of a road caving in. Since it was in an area where several embassies are located, the incident will not send a flattering image of India abroad.

Bangalore phobia will only hurt Western economies

The Indian information and communication technology (ICT) industry and Indian software professionals have earned global kudos for exceptional technical prowess, meticulous software development skills and quality processes for over two decades.

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Away from tyranny, Afghan women dream of freedom

The small classroom is abuzz with conversations in Persian. But it ends as soon as a young woman in salwar-kameez enters and starts teaching English. Meet Aarzoo Hussain, an Afghan national, who is fiercely independent and wants womenfolk from her country to lead a free life too. Hussain is happy that her family chose to come to India and she is away from the land of "tyranny and subjugation".

Kerala food delights to feature on US TV show

Kerala's gastronomic delights like appam, puttu and karimeen curry are set to test the American palate soon. The popular American TV programme "No Reservations", in its sixth season, has reserved an entire episode for Kerala cuisine.

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I can't do films where I just look pretty: Kareena Kapoor

Bollywood star actress Kareena Kapoor feels she has managed to strike the right balance between commercial and meaningful cinema. Hailing from an illustrious film family, she says she can't do films where she only has to dance around trees.

I'm glad restaurants, soaps are named Santoor: Shiv Kumar Sharma

The musical instrument santoor largely remained in the precincts of Jammu and Kashmir until instrumentalist Shiv Kumar Sharma gave his first public performance in 1955. And 55 years thereafter, he is proud that even soaps and restaurants are named after the instrument.

 
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