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Heritage festival in Haryana |
| Thousands of locals and tourists thronged the beautifully landscaped Pinjore Gardens near Chandigarh to enjoy the third Pinjore Heritage Festival that highlights the centuries-old heritage of the Mughal Gardens. Organised at the Yadavindra Gardens in Pinjore town, the festival showcases the rich history and culture of Haryana and attracts tourists from across the country. |
| Date: 2008-10-07 02:55:20 - Added by: pooja |
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Sand Durga spreads environmental awareness |
| If spreading awareness about global warming is the aim, what better way than to use the help of goddess Durga during the Pujas? One of pandals in Kolkata has done exactly that by engaging a sand artist to create an idol of the goddess completely out of sand using no toxic colours. The demon Mahisasura has been conceived as holding the globe in his mouth. |
| Date: 2008-10-06 02:59:20 - Added by: pooja |
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Bolly beauties and their 'hatke' roles |
| Most of our Bollywood actors confess to looking to play roles that are off the beaten track. And some of Bollywood’s leading ladies have proved that they can pull off non-mainstream roles. Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee and Priyanka Chopra are just some of the leading ladies who have proved their mettle in off-beat and ‘hatke’ roles. |
| Date: 2008-10-05 04:46:29 - Added by: pooja |
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Mitsubishi Outlander launched in India |
| Adventure lovers in India have reason to rejoice. On Friday, Hindustan Motors and Mitsubishi Motors launched the Mitsubishi Outlander, a hi-tech car in the SUV category. The Outlander's launch in India comes after it tasted success in North America, Japan, Australia, Canada and Western Europe. |
| Date: 2008-10-04 06:54:08 - Added by: pooja |
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Tatas pull out of Singur |
| Tata group chairman Ratan Tata on Friday finally decided to pull out from the Nano car plant from Singur in West Bengal because of continuing political opposition. Ratan Tata met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, but the meeting failed to convince Tata to stay on. While addressing the media, Tata announced that Nano will be manufactured as per the committed time and that the company is exploring offers from three-four states about the new site of the project. |
| Date: 2008-10-04 06:48:10 - Added by: pooja |
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Sourav Ganguly at the nets |
| After being selected for the home series against Australia, Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly was seen sharpening his batting skills at the nets in Chennai on Thursday. The first test between India and Australia will be played in Bangalore from Oct 9 while the second game of the four-match series will start in Mohali on Oct 17. |
| Date: 2008-10-04 06:37:25 - Added by: pooja |
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Indo-Bangladesh trade fair attracts crowds |
| A large number of people thronged the annual Indo Bangladesh trade fair organised in Siliguri district of West Bengal. The trade show is organised annually under the joint venture of the Siliguri Merchants’ Association in India and the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata. Traders from both countries were very hopeful about their sale in the show. |
| Date: 2008-10-04 06:29:03 - Added by: pooja |
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Puja fever strikes the Nano |
| Even as the West Bengal government struggles to keep the Nano project in Bengal in the face of massive opposition from the Trinamool Congress, puja organisers in the city are using Durga Puja to marshall support for keeping the Tata project in the state. A makeshift Tata plant housing a Nano within is their way of proclaiming solidarity with the small car project. |
| Date: 2008-10-03 06:43:30 - Added by: pooja |
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Indian Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Fitr |
| Muslims across India celebrated Eid ul-Fitr on Thursday, marking the end of the fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims in New Delhi thronged the biggest and hugely popular mosque ‘Jama Masjid’ to offer Eid prayers. Eid is regarded not only as a time of spiritual devotion and verbal expression of love and brotherhood but also a time of religious unity. |
| Date: 2008-10-03 06:32:49 - Added by: pooja |
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Bollywood’s drama queens |
| Bollywood’s movies are known for their melodrama quotient, but its resident drama queens cannot be left out of the picture. With Ameesha Patel, Himesh Reshammiya and Rakhi Sawant doing their bit to raise scandals, shed tears and simply hog the Bolly limelight from time to time, there can never be a dearth of drama in Mumbai’s movie industry. |
| Date: 2008-10-03 06:22:25 - Added by: pooja |
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