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Banks Nudge Reluctant Temples To Part With Their Gold To Cut Down On Imports
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI -- India is trying to persuade rich temples to deposit some of their gold hoards with banks to revive a plan to recycle tonnes of the precious metal and cut gold imports, sources said....
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FBI Investigating California Massacre By Pakistani-Origin Couple As 'Act Of...
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating the deadly mass shooting in California by a Pakistani-origin couple that killed 14 people as an act of terrorism, officials said today. The massacre in San...
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How Flood Relief In Cuddalore Can Serve As A Model For Chennai
When the 2004 tsunami wreaked havoc in the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, Cuddallore, besides Nagapattinam, was a district which was badly affected. Gagan Singh Bedi, the then district collector, however...
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Chennai Rains: 'No Stock' Signs Go Up At Filling Stations As City Tackles...
With the sun out, Chennai is slowly getting back to normal. But, those who are trying to get out of the city, taking advantage of the improved climate are stuck. The city has come under the grip of a...
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60-Year-Old Chennai Woman Who Waded Through Waist-Deep Water To Deliver Milk...
"Even if the wind is blowing or the sky is pouring, I will deliver," promised Chennai-based Radha, who has been delivering milk in the city since the late 1970s. As torrential rains disrupted the usual...
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Good Samaritan In Mumbai Finds His Kindness Returned In An Unexpected Way,...
Guruprasad Kulkarni was near the L&T flyover on the Jogeshwari–Vikhroli Link Road in Mumbai when a van cut him off dangerously. Naturally he was upset and wanted to find out why. Kulkarni wrote in...
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Chennai Rains: Army Chief Flies To Flood-Hit Areas, Surveys His Troops'...
CHENNAI -- Army Chief General Dalbir Singh undertook an aerial survey of the worst flood-hit parts of the city and surrounding areas today and said the troops would continue rescue efforts till it was...
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Lashkar-e-Taiba Planning Suicide Attacks In Delhi: Police
The Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is planning suicide attacks in Delhi, an FIR by Delhi police has revealed. The conspiracy was unearthed when the Special Cell of Delhi Police...
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Chennai Rains: National Disaster Response Force Outdoes Itself, Saves Over...
CHENNAI -- NDRF today said it has launched its "most massive" deployment so far as it pressed into service 50 rescue and relief teams with over 200 boats, rescuing over 16,000 people marooned by the...
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Former Journalist S Balakrishnan 'Threatened' For Bidding On Dawood Ibrahim's...
MUMBAI -- Former journalist S Balakrishnan who would be bidding for one of the seven properties of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, today said he has been threatened by the don's aide Chhota...
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Mehbooba Mufti Compares Hindu 'Fringe Elements' To ISIS
NEW DELHI -- PDP President Mehbooba Mufti today demanded that "fringe elements" acting in the name of Hinduism should be checked, drawing comparison with elements of ISIS who misuse Islam. "In our...
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Delhi Comic Con Reveals 'Sikh Park', A Spoof Of Popular Series 'South Park'
NEW DELHI -- A refreshing change from the tired, worn-down tropes of cliched sardarji jokes, the web comic "Sikh Park" is a colourful, quirky, and lighthearted glimpse into the life of the community,...
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Nicole Kidman Says She Has Never Been Offered A Bollywood Film
NEW DELHI -- Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman fell in love with Indian movies while working on Baz Luhrmann's musical "Moulin Rouge!", which was inspired by Bollywood dramas. "I have never been offered,"...
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Will Deepika Padukone Be Seen With Hollywood Actor Vin Diesel Next?
NEW DELHI -- Deepika Padukone's picture with Hollywood actor Vin Diesel has sparked the rumored that the two might be collaborating soon. The 29-year-old actress recently posted on her Twitter account...
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Chennai Floods: New Computerised SMS Helpline Launched For People In Distress
Here's some good news for people in flood-hit Chennai exasperated because of connectivity issues. Now, according to the latest update by Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB), a new...
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POTODOSO: This Term Shook The First Week Of The Climate Change Talks In Paris
PARIS -- Even as the first week of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris concludes with most contentious issues unresolved, debuting on the laundry list of differences between developed and...
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Gadkari Unveils Road Projects Worth Rs 50,000 Crore In Andhra Pradesh
VIJAYWADA -- The Centre is taking up road projects worth more than Rs 50,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh, including an Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Vijayawada, where the State's new capital city is coming up....
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Chennai Floods: Anyone Aware Of Ground Realities Can't Accuse Govt Of Delayed...
As incessant rains brought Chennai to a standstill, laying bare the city’s crumbling infrastructure, all eyes were on Vikram Kapoor, Chennai Corporation Commissioner and the bureaucrat in charge of...
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Manish Malhotra's B'Day Bash Was A Starry Affair
NEW DELHI -- It was B-town's favourite celebrity designer's birthday and it looks like Manish Malhotra had a bash with his pals. The 50-year-old designer took to his Instagram and posted several pics...
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Shahid Kapoor Says Goodbye To His Beard
Shahid Kapoor seems to be having a gala time at the beach in his new avatar. The 34-year-old actor recently took to his Instagram and posted a selfie of himself enjoying a day at the beach. The...
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