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Guests offering Maghrib prayers after attending the Iftaar party hosted by the British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg at his residence, 2 Rajaji Marg, New Delhi, Friday 27 August 2010.

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'Jiyo utho...' targets young generation: CWG lyricist Mehboob

 "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto"... the Commonwealth Games official song exhorts youngsters to live, rise, ascend, win and play the game without malice, says lyricist Mehboob who  »

Paying for her crime by teaching behind bars

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Rahul Gandhi relishes 'samosas', 'jalebis' in Amethi

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After 4,400 deaths, US ends combat in Iraq

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India ups Pakistan flood aid to $25 mn

India has increased its aid for Pakistan flood victims to $25 million from the $5 million announced earlier, but the assistance will be   »

Indian wins American science journalism award

India's Pallava Bagla has won the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism   »

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Sir Syed Birth Anniversary: Essay competition on his vision

As part of the celebrations of the 193rd birth anniversary of its legendary founder and an outstanding social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the Aligarh Muslim University would hold an All India Essay Writing Competition for university and college students in English language on the topic “Sir Syed’s vision of empowerment through character building and modern education”.   »

AMU invites nominations for Sir Syed International Award

IGNOU to take latest farming knowledge to remote villages

IGNOU to offer course in PC hardware, networking

DoPT, IGNOU sign MoU to enable distant learning for Govt. employees

MANUU begins admission process for distance learning courses

AMU Malappuram campus to reflect architectural ethos of the parent

India to build world's largest solar telescope

India is inching closer towards building the world's largest solar telescope in Ladakh on the foothills of the Himalayas that aims to study the sun's microscopic structure. The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) project has gathered momentum with a global tender floated f   »

India moves ahead with robotic revolution in surgery

Google opens new line to internet phone calls

New solar system found 127 light years away

Space expo begins in India’s tech hub

Indian-origin researcher challenges Darwin’s ’survival of the fittest’ theory

China launches exclusive internet cafe for teens

Universe will continue to expand forever, says a scientist of Indian-origin

Coffee, Crackberry and me

Chinese student cycles 15 days to attend her college

A 19-year-old Chinese woman and her father cycled about 15 days covering 1,200 km to attend her first day in college in Beijing, a media report said Monday. Wang Xiaohan became the first woman to undertake such a feat. She arrived in Beijing Saturday, People's  »

Kerala food delights to feature on US TV show

By 2030, India's diabetes population will reach 79 mn

Kolkata, world's 8th most inexpensive city

Indiana professor to spearhead major study on Indian judiciary

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, tweets Shah Rukh Khan

Peepli Live and its Aligarh Connection

Shah Brothers: The Men Inspired by Debacles

Skilled Hands converting couplets into portraits