Goa changes gear from beach bumming to river rafting
byPanaji, June 29 (IANS) At a time when fun on the beach becomes almost extinct with the monsoon making the sea at Goa choppy…
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Summer of content: Students serve cancer survivors, raise funds (Health Feature)
byNew Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Meher and Mansi, Class 11 students of a Delhi school, have forgone their leisure trips this summer vacation. Unlike…
Kerry to announce Israel-Palestine peace summit
byJerusalem, June 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry may soon announce a peace summit to renew negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians,…
Tribal leader to head Congress in Tripura
byAgartala, June 29 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed tribal leader Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl to head the party in Left-ruled Tripura, party sources…
Court clean chit for P.J. Kurien in sex scandal
byIdukki (Kerala), June 29 (IANS) A court here has dismissed a review petition filed by the victim in the Suryanelli sex case seeking the…
Rock Veda: Let the fusion play!
byNew Delhi, June 29 (IANS) That music knows no boundaries has been amply proved by fusion band Rock Veda, which has used instruments like…
A.R. Murugadoss to direct Hindi film again
byMumbai, June 29 (IANS) Southern filmmaker A. R. Murugadoss will wield the megaphone for a Hindi project to be produced by Fox Star Studios….
Himachal to soon have another apple cold storage
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh, whose apple industry is worth over Rs.2,000 crore, will soon have another cold chain storage with grading and packing facility in the…
Actor Ayub Khan-Din Takes to stage for Bollywood play
byMumbai, June 29 (IANS) British Pakistani actor-writer Ayub Khan-Din who shot to international fame playing the lead in “My Beautiful Laundrette” and “Sami &…
‘India’s first midnight satellite launch progressing smoothly’
byChennai, June 29 (IANS) The countdown for the first midnight launch of an Indian navigation satellite July 1 began Saturday at Sriharikota rocket launch…