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Bollywood movies ambushed by political and social ire
Bollywood | Feb 10, 2013, 06:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 10: Finally Kamal Haasan's ‘Vishwaroopam' is breathing in an open air after being trapped by religious groups. But the damage is being done to the flick as the Box Office collection is
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Hurricane Sandy paralyzes New York, city flooded by 13 foot wall of water
World | Oct 31, 2012, 09:02 AM ISTNew York, Oct 31: The deadly superstorm Hurrican Sandy struck New York and New Jersey paralyzing the entire power system and throwing the megacity into darkness. A 13-foot wall of water smashed into the eastern
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Villagers protest 'Sholay' style to get water
India | Oct 19, 2012, 03:11 PM ISTJalgaon, Oct 19 : In a reminder of actor Dharmendra's famous way of protesting on a tank top in Hindi film ‘Sholay', some villagers took the same route in support of their demand for regular
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Arvind Kejriwal launches satyagraha over water, power tariff
India | Oct 06, 2012, 02:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 6 : India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal today launched a ‘bijli-paani satyagraha' here to protest against “inflated” power and water bills and hike in tariffs by restoring electricity connection to the
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Assam govt yet to provide food, water to 1 lakh refugees in camps
India | Jul 26, 2012, 01:07 PM ISTKokrajhar, July 26: As more and more Bengali Muslims continue to pour into 21 temporary relief camps set up by their community here, their number has crossed the one lakh figure. The Assam government is
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Delhi Senior Citizen Killed In Fight Over Water With Policeman
India | Feb 29, 2012, 09:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 29: Asking a Delhi policeman for water cost a 66-year-old businessman his life on late Tuesday night. The incident took place at Subroto Park police station at around 1 AM where the deceased's
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DJB Increases Water, Sewer Development Charges
India | May 30, 2011, 10:00 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 30: The Delhi Jal Board today increased water and sewer development charges significantly, which will mainly affect residents in unauthorised colonies and areas where sewer lines have been laid recently or will
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Evacuation Zone At Nuclear Plant Declared Restricted Area
World | Apr 21, 2011, 12:02 PM ISTTokyo, Japan Apr 21: Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometre) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly
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Toxic Water Leak Plugged At Japan's Crippled N-plant
World | Apr 06, 2011, 05:55 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Apr 6: Japanese workers at the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today plugged a crack leaking highly toxic water into the sea from a concrete pit, though authorities were concerned about a possible hydrogen blast
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Japan Disaster Sparks Social Media Innovation
World | Mar 31, 2011, 05:56 PM ISTTokyo, Mar 31: As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis—the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster
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High Radiation Levels Make Tokyo Water Unsafe For Babies
World | Mar 23, 2011, 08:46 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 23: High levels of radioactive iodine were detected in Tokyo's tap water prompting government today to declare it unsafe for infants, as rising smoke from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced another evacuation
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Millions Without Food, Water, Power In Japan
World | Mar 14, 2011, 06:30 AM ISTTAGAJO, Japan Mar 13: The death toll in Japan's earthquake and tsunami will likely exceed 10,000 in one state alone, an official said Sunday, as millions of survivors were left without drinking water, electricity and
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18 PC Of Delhi Jal Board Water Unfit For Drinking
India | Mar 10, 2011, 08:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 10: Eighteen percent of water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board is unfit for drinking and every fifth person in the city is consuming contaminated water, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Public
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Kiwi PM In 'Hot' Water Over Liz Hurley Quip
Hollywood | Feb 04, 2011, 10:31 PM ISTMelbourne, Feb 3: New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has been slammed for describing British actress and estranged wife of Indian business tycoon Arun Nayar, Liz Hurley, as "hot". Women rights campaigners in New Zealand
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NASA Rocket, Probe Crash Into Moon's South Pole In Search Of Ice
World | Oct 09, 2009, 02:15 AM ISTNASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 a.m., followed four minutes