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Tehelka Scandal: All you wanted to know about Tarun Tejpal and his businesses
India | Jun 24, 2014, 08:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: Tarun J. Tejpal is the promoter of Tehelka magazine. He stepped down as editor-in-chief for six months after a woman colleague accused him of sexual molestation. He is a journalist, publisher and novelist
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Know about world's most expensive fighter jet B-2 Spirit
World | Nov 29, 2013, 06:47 AM ISTNew Delhi: The world's most expensive military aircraft is the US-made B-2 Spirit, which costs more than $1.3 billion each.The B-2 is hard to detect via infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual or radar signals. It is
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Know about the man behind Bangladesh creation, K Sankaran Nair
India | Nov 28, 2013, 06:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: He was RAW founder chief R N Kao's number two man, and the man responsible for the 1971 operation that led to the break up of Pakistan and the liberation of Bangladesh. At
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Know about Lee Harvey Oswald, the lone assassin of JFK
World | Jun 17, 2014, 10:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: At the centre of one of the 20th century's most shocking and traumatic events - the assassination of President John F. Kennedy - was a 24-year-old whose unusual life's journey stretched from New
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Know about Sonepur Mela, the largest cattle fair in Asia
India | Jun 17, 2014, 10:05 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Sonepur Mela is organized in the Indian state of Bihar, every year in auspicious Hindu month of Karthik. Also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela, it is a month-long mela or fair where
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Know about Kalavantin Durg, world's most dangerous fortress
India | May 06, 2014, 01:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prabalgad Fort, also known as Kalavantin Durg (Kalavantin's Fort), is located between Matheran and Panvel in the Indian state of Maharashtra, at an elevation of 2,300 feet in the Western Ghats.It is located
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Know about India's tallest man Vikas Uppal (watch pics)
India | Nov 15, 2013, 06:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: Vikas Uppal was India's tallest man until his death in 2007. His height was 8 ft 3 inch in 2004 and a website rediff news claimed in 2005 that his height increased to
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World's 10 secret nuclear testing sites to know about
World | Jun 17, 2014, 10:05 AM ISTNew Delhi: Only a few nations possess nuclear weapons or are suspected of seeking them. The only countries known to have detonated nuclear weapons—and that acknowledge possessing such weapons are United States, the Soviet Union,
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Know about Haryana girl Pamela, once Gaddafi's escort
India | Oct 25, 2013, 07:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: The fact that ex-Libyan dictator Colonel Muamar Gaddafi had an all-female personal protection force, the Amazonian Guards, whose members were hand-picked by Gaddafi himself is an open secret. The members of Amazonian Guards
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Know about the world's 3 greatest gold treasure hunts
World | Sep 29, 2014, 02:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Treasure! The vaults of museums around the world are filled with precious antiquities, but who knows how many historical relics are still out there waiting to be discovered? Indian archeologists are digging up a
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Know about Indian Mujahideen, India's first home grown jehadi terror outfit
India | Aug 02, 2013, 12:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress General Secretary Shakeel Ahmed started a controversy by claiming that it was the 2002 Gujarat riots that led to the formation of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM). Hitting back, the BJP said
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Know about Virat Kohli, India's most eligible bachelor
Cricket | Jul 13, 2014, 11:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Of late, Virat Kohli has been celebrating milestones with the repose of a mystique, something unthinkable in his insolent younger days. Born 5 November 1988, Kohli made his One Day International debut in
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Know about Delhi's builder Deepak Bhardwaj
India | Mar 27, 2013, 08:28 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 26: The journey of Deepak Bhardwaj's life is a typical rags-to-riches story. Twenty years ago, he was working as a clerk in the Delhi government's flood control department.At that time, there were