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  Broadcast frequency change underway for DD, AIR: Prakash Javadekar

  India | July 20, 2014 6:55 IST

  Pune: An ambitious project to switch Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) broadcasts from medium wave frequency to ‘FM' will soon be completed to enhance the audio quality, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar

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  Brazil ready to finally get World Cup underway

  Football | June 11, 2014 23:20 IST

  SAO PAULO :  It's almost time. The day Brazilians have been anxiously waiting for is finally arriving.   Brazil plays Croatia on Thursday to get the home World Cup underway, beginning its quest for a sixth

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  35 percent polling till noon in Telangana's first polls

  India | April 30, 2014 13:50 IST

  Hyderabad: About 35 percent polling was recorded till noon for 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 state assembly seats in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, officials said.Barring minor incidents, balloting was on peacefully amid tight

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  45 per cent polling in Odisha till 2 PM

  India | April 17, 2014 16:32 IST

  Bhubaneswar: An estimated 45 per cent voters exercised their franchise till 2 PM for the simultaneous second and last phase of the elections to 11 Lok Sabha and 77 Assembly constituencies in Odisha today.  Angul

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  Geneva II conference on Syria under way

  World | January 22, 2014 16:21 IST

  Geneva: A UN-backed international conference started on Wednesday in the Swiss lakeside city of Montreux, aiming to end the three-year-long conflict in Syria.The meeting, dubbed Geneva II and chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is

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  Tanzanian conjoined twins separated at Chennai hospital

  India | December 17, 2013 15:01 IST

  Chennai: Nine-month-old Ericana and Eluidi, pygapagus (joined at the buttocks) twins from Tanzania, were separated after an operation at the Apollo Speciality Hospital here Monday, doctors said. Their condition is stable.A medical bulletin issued by