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Braille Mitra' aid for visually impaired launched
1:56 Pune, March 27(ANI): A new device called `Braille Mitra' brought out for the first time in India by a company Modular InfoTech, at Pune in the western state of Maharashtra that has made reading books a lot easier for the visually impaired. Visually impaired students who face difficulties in reading and carrying conventional bulky Braille books can now heave a sigh of relief. `Braille Mitra' comes in two sizes, one, weighing I kg amd the other 70 gms. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1611
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Pro-Tibet protests continue in Nepal
1:37 Kathmandu, March 27 (ANI): Police in Nepal detained at least 17 Tibetans on March 27 as anti-China demonstrations continued in Kathmandu. Police forced protesters outside a Chinese consulate office to move, some of whom were put into police vans. Nepal is home to more than 20,000 Tibetans who have been living there since fleeing their Himalayan homeland in 1959. The Chinese ambassador Zhang Yan met India's Minister for Home Affairs Shivraj Patil on March 27 in New Delhi Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1705
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Rakhi in the big budget league with Krazzy 4
1:38 New Delhi, Mar 26(ANI): Rakesh Roshan's Krazzy 4 is undoubtedly one of the much-awaited movies of 2008. Not only does it promise to be a rib-tickler, but is also probably the first movie serving a big doze of three item numbers, marking the entry of the controversial actress Rakhi Sawant, in big budget movies. The song, for which Rakhi has shed six kilos, marks her entry into big budget movies. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1164
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After Ranbir, Bipasha eyes Neil Nitin Mukesh
1:14 New Delhi, Mar 28(ANI): Dating younger men seems to very much in vogue among bollywood actresses. Earlier Dimple Kapadia attempted the dare pair with Akshaye Khanna in Dil Chahta Hai, Saif Ali Khan in Being Cyrus. It's now Bipasha Basu who's attempting to pair with Ranbir Kapoor and Neil Nitin Mukesh in two of her forthcoming films of 2007. Ranbir's is her co-star in Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseenon and its Neil in new-director Jehangir Surti's Freeze. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1284
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India to create relief fund to support loan waiver
2:35 New Delhi/Hulkoti, Mar 28(ANI): Indian federal government has decided to create a farmers relief fund with an initial corpus of 100 billion to implement the farmers loan waiver scheme announced in the budget. Meanwhile, addressing farmers at Hulkoti on the third day of his four-day tour of southern Karnataka, Congress party’s general secretary Rahul Gandhi said that blanket waiver of loans given to the farmers would be against sustainable development. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1382
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U.S. says it’s not pressing Pak on war on terror
2:10 Islamabad, Mar 28(ANI): John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State has rejected suggestions that the United States was trying to dictate anti-terrorism policy to Pakistan's new government. Addressing a news conference in Karachi, Negroponte also said there was no hidden agenda and US had no desire to interfere or intervene in any way in the political arrangements that are developing in the country. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1077
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Super Sehwag scores a double century
1:12 New Delhi, March 28 (ANI): India’s opening batsman Virender Sehwag posted his second successive Test century on March 28 at the MA Chambaram Stadium in Chennai, as India's opening pair made a strong reply against South Africa in the opening Test match. The century partnership between Sehwag and Jaffer is the highest of three opening century partnerships, surpassing their 159-run stand against the West Indies at Gros Islet two years ago. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1319
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Cop hurt in accidental fires outside PMO
1:54 New Delhi, March 28(ANI): The high-security area near the Prime Minister's Office on March 28 witnessed some panic moments as an official of the Delhi Police was shot at and injured allegedly by a colleague. According to officials Head Constable Sanjay received a gun shot wound in his left thigh in the shooting incident at around 11 am. Police said it could have been a case of accidental firing but constable Suraj Pal has been detained for questioning to ascertain how the incident occurred. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1079
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Protestors breach security at Nepal U N office
1:20 Kathmandu, March 28(ANI): About a dozen pro-Tibet protesters jumped the walls of a building housing the offices of the United Nations in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Friday March 28, seeking U.N. intervention following the unrest in the Himalayan region. Tibetans living in Nepal have been protesting almost every day since the trouble began this month in the Tibetan capital Lhasa and hundreds, including nuns and monks, were detained to break up their march to the U.N. offices. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1214
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One Two Three opens to a mix response
1:24 New Delhi, march 28(ANI): The sole release of this week is Ashwani Dheer's One Two Three. For this comedy flick the director roped in some of the best comic actors including Sunil Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor and Paresh Rawal with Upen Patel, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy and Tanisha Mukherjee. The movie basically revolves around the three crazy men who share a common name Laxmi Narayan due to which various confusions start and thus create the basic plot of the film. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1519
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Jaipur franchisee of IPL unveils team logo
1:17 Jaipur, March 28(ANI): Indian Premier League's Jaipur franchisee Emerging Media unveiled the logo of the IPL team Rajasthan Royals on March 28 in India's northwestern city of Jaipur, ahead of the league championship slated to begin from April 18. Indian middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif was also present on the occasion. Aussie legend Shane Warne who captains the Rajasthan Royals while speaking on the occasion said that their team has an exciting squad. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1383
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Anti Taliban demo rocks Islamabad
2:24 Islamabad, March 28(ANI): More than two hundred members of a Shi'ite Student Organization took to the streets of Islamabad after Friday prayers on March 28 to demonstrate against a widening rift between the two Muslim sects of Shi'ite Sunni. Sectarian violence between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims has intensified in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan on March 28, with at least 22 people reportedly killed in gunbattles. Fighting overnight was concentrated in three villages of Kohat district. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1305
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Owls fuel Indian collector's penchant for curios
1:55 Orissa, March29 (ANI ): Owls may not be everyone's idea of an attractive bird but, Chandra Das of Orissa lives upto the adage that 'Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder' and feels that the bird is a 'rare beauty'. Such is her fascination for owls that she has stocked up her house in eastern Kolkata with various forms of the bird in every shape and size. Das, who started collecting owl curios since 1984, has always harboured a fascination for the bird, resulting in a vast collection of show pieces, penchant, vases and sculptures that fill up her home. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1283
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Bollywood film 'Sirf’ set for release
1:55 Mumbai, March 29(ANI): Bollywood film 'Sirf - life looks greener on the other side' which essays the story of four couples is all set for release. The film is produced by Sanjay Kotadia, Ghanshyam Patel and Kanu Patel while the film is directed by Rajaatsh Nayar. The film star's Kay Kay Menon, Manisha Koirala, Ranvir Shorey, Sonali Kulkarni, Parvin Dabbas and Rituparna Sengupta besides many others. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1382
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IIM (A) students to help MPs to spend grants
1:5 New Delhi, March 29 (ANI): The country's premier business school is all set to help MPs to effectively spend their grants so that maximum number of people can reap benefits. A group of students of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad have taken up a project to study the spending pattern and to suggest ways to spend the Rs two crore grant given each year to parliamentarians under the MPs Local Area Development scheme. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1178
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FM signals concern about price pressures
1:25 Mumbai, Mar 29(ANI): Expressing concern about price pressures after inflation hit a 14-month high on March 28, Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that India could give up a bit of growth to bring it down. Data on Friday showed annual inflation at 6.68 percent in the 12 months to March 15, higher than the previous week's 5.92 percent and well above the RBI's comfort ceiling of 5 percent. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1208
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Kareena vies with Katrina to earn big bucks
1:25 New Delhi, Mar 29(ANI): Bollywood stars are known to jack up their rates commanding astronomical sums. The latest to throw starry tantrums is actress Kareena Kapoor. After winning the best actress award for Jab We Met, the star who charges Rs. 3.5 crs, reportedly began charging a whopping Rs. 6 cr. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1342
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Dalai Lama urges China to be a respected host
1:55 New Delhi, March 29 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said that he supports the Beijing Olympics but urges China to be a respected host. China has accused the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a spate of monk-led anti China protests and rioting in a bid to wreck the August 8-24 Beijing Olympic Games, while the Tibetan leader has denied of having masterminded the protests in Lhasa. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1083
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Maoists are wooing voters ahead of polls in Nepal
1:45 Kathmandu, March 29(ANI): With Nepal heading for the elections next months, Maoists have shunned their guns are using every means to woo their potential voters. Nepalese Maoist Chairman Prachanda has begun his election campaign and is meeting his potential voters for the first time after 10 years of a bitter people's war in Nepal. Prachanda started the tour in his constituency of Katmandu where mostly farmers and their families live. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1160
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Gilani secures unanimous approval of Pak Assembly
1:35 Islamabad, March 29(ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani laid out plans on March 29 for his government's first 100 days. Gilani said that the fight against terrorism, poverty and unemployment would be on top of his agenda. Gilani, a top official from Pakistan People's Party, secured the unanimous approval of the National Assembly earlier today without a vote of confidence after the opposition said it supported him. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1198
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