Everything you need to know about N.v.colony: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about N.v.colony: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 2,500 police officers are engaged in search of four inmates, jailed for murder and burglary, who escaped from a prison in the East Siberia's Irkutsk region by digging a tunnel, local officials said Saturday.
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Researchers have linked four genes in baboons that regulate levels of "bad" cholesterol.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): When a coffee stain dries, its edges become noticeably darker and thicker, while the middle of the stain remains almost unsoiled.
St. Lucia, a tiny island nation of 176,000 people in the eastern Caribbean, held its first Indian Arrival Day programme to commemorate the arrival of the first group of Indian indentured workers over a century and a half ago.
Washington, May 8 (IANS/EFE) The population of honeybees in the US declined by 31 percent last winter, a situation that endangers a number of crops requiring bees for pollination, the Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 25 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy Thursday said that the BJP is ready to unconditionally extend its support to the government on the Chinese intrusion issue, for the sake of national security.
Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): The Netherlands-based nonprofit project Mars One, which opened its astronaut-selection process on April 22, plans to land four people on the Red Planet in 2023 as the vanguard of a permanent human colony on the Red Planet.
London, April 22 (ANI): A company from the Netherlands is planning to send four astronauts on a trip to Mars to set up a human colony in 2023.
London, April 10 (IANS) Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr has accused late former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher of making "unabashedly racist" comments, where she said Australia will become "like Fiji where Indian migrants have taken over".
Melbourne, Apr 7 (ANI): Second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin has his sight set on the next big step for man - Mars.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A 43-year-old CBI officer committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his official residence here Tuesday evening, police said.
London, Apr 2 (ANI): In yet another important milestone on Burma's journey to democracy, private daily newspapers are being sold in the country for the first time in almost 50 years.
Panaji, April 2 (IANS) With the future of the multi-million dollar mining industry uncertain, Goa is now looking to Malaysia for inspiration and revival of its fiscal fortunes. The manner in which Malaysia converted adversity in the form of a fading tin mining industry more than 30 years ago and transformed into a tourism giant is a model which Goa tourism now seeks to emulate.
London, Mar 31 (ANI): A woman from Yorkshire, who as a child was kidnapped and left to fend for herself in the Columbian rainforest, said she was "mesmerised" by the small carablanca monkeys which became her companions.
London, Mar 25 (ANI): Eavesdropping on the buzzing of honey bees in their hives can reveal whether they are suffering from disease, scientists have claimed.
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) The explosion at a house in Andhra Pradesh's Vikarabad town Friday night was caused by leakage from a cooking gas cylinder, police said Saturday.
Paris, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A French corporal was killed during fighting in Mali, bringing to five the toll of the French military contingent fighting armed Islamists in the west African country, the president's office said.
Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A daring Hollywood-style attempt to spring two inmates from a penal colony in Ukraine was foiled by prison guards, the country's penitentiary service said.
Chennai, March 13 (IANS) Having made 24 Telugu films in a little over three decades, southern director Vamsi, who is currently busy working on his 25th Telugu romantic-drama "Love", says he never makes films in a hurry.
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Seventeen people sustained burns and around 150 huts were gutted in a major fire that engulfed a slum near Bandra station here, officials said Thursday.
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Eight people sustained burn injuries and around 100 huts were reduced to ashes in a major fire that engulfed a slum near Bandra station in west Mumbai, officials said Thursday.
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Television actor Rohit Roy seems to be serious about his production plans - he and his actress wife Mansi Joshi are working on a "spice of life" kind of show for the small screen.
BJP had accused Delhi Government of carrying out substandard development work in haste in the unauthorized colonies of Delhi and also of corruption in this work. BJP Delhi Pradesh President Vijender Gupta has demanded the Lt. Governor of Delhi
Tel Aviv, Feb 5 (IANS) You may dismiss pea aphids as irritable insects, but their skills could teach aerospace engineers a thing or two about flight control, says an Israeli research.
London, Feb 1 (ANI): One of the jailed members of Russian feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot has been moved to a prison with a hospital after suffering headaches and fatigue.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Unesco will do everything possible to safeguard and rebuild Mali's cultural heritage, the UN agency's director-general said Thursday following burning of ancient manuscripts and destruction of mausoleums by Islamist rebels in the west African nation.
Gurgaon, Jan 30 (IANS) A third-year undergraduate student was arrested here Wednesday for killing a teenaged boy after a brawl during a cricket match the day before, police said. Another accused was sent to two days' police custody by a court.
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US will intensify its involvement in an ongoing military operation in Mali, where the French-led offensive against Islamists has entered its third week, the Department of Defense said.
London, Jan. 19 (ANI): Falklands government has set a date for a referendum on the future sovereignty of the islands.
Berlin, January 13 (ANI): Economic and identity issues, rather than starvation and disease, drove Viking descendent out of Greenland back to their ancestral homes in the 15th century, researchers say.
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): French troops have entered Mali to help the country's sagging Malian army in its battle against advancing Islamist fighters.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) A woman and her brother were arrested for allegedly killing her paramour as he wanted to develop a relationship with her daughter, police said Wednesday.
London, Jan 9 (ANI): Pro-democracy politicians are making a symbolic attempt to impeach Hong Kong's Beijing-backed leader.
Moscow, Jan 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three inmates died when a fire broke out at a penal colony in Russia's Vologda region Monday, a source in the region's law enforcement authority said.
London, Jan 4 (IANS) A nature-loving British couple have moved to an island inhabited only by 10,000 birds after winning a competition for the posts of the isle's wildlife wardens.
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan. 2 (ANI): In a bid to provide relief and rehabilitation to migrated Kashmiri Hindus, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has constructed a colony at Nathnoosa in Kupwara District.
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) A 17-year-old school student was sedated and raped by two men in the upscale south Delhi colony of Safdarjung Enclave on the night of Dec 31, when hundreds had gathered across the national capital to call in the New Year with protests against rape. The two men in their late 20s were arrested and sent to Tihar Jail.
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The 50-year-old principal of a municipal school in Delhi committed suicide by hanging himself in his office early Friday, police said, adding depression over his relatives not returning a loan seemed the reason for the extreme step.
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) A 50-year-old principal of a municipal school in Delhi committed suicide by hanging himself in his office early Friday, police said.
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A jailed member of the Pussy Riot group has been reprimanded for oversleeping at a penal colony where she is serving time for a high-profile protest in Moscow's largest cathedral.
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) The wife of a Pakistani politician was killed when unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire at their house in Sindh province, Geo News reported Sunday.
Washington, Dec. 14 (ANI): Hollywood superstar Jackie Chan has sparked controversy after he suggested that the Chinese Government should regulate 'what can and cannot be protested' in his hometown, Hong Kong.
Moscow, Dec 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Kazakhstan court Tuesday handed down a life sentence to a former border guard convicted of killing 15 people this summer at an outpost near the Kazakh-Chinese border.
London, Dec 11 (ANI): Internet search giant Google avoided to pay tax in the UK on 10 billion pounds revenue last year by doubling the amount of money put into a shell company in Bermuda, it has emerged.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) PSU power major NTPC Sunday said it is optimistic of finding a "middle path" solution to the stalled 1,600 MW project at Katwa in West Bengal's Burdwan district as the state government is "keen" to see that the project takes off.
Johannesburg, Dec. 9 (ANI): Zimbabwe's long-serving President Robert Mugabe has vowed to fight like a 'wounded beast' to retain power in elections due next year.
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and around 200 party supporters were detained by the Delhi Police Friday for protesting outside Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence, police said. They were released after some hours.
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Kolkata, Dec 3 (IANS) Nari Contractor, who led India to its first cricket Test series win against England over half-a-century ago, disapproved skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's continued insistence on a rank turner from Day 1 of the home matches recently.
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Supporters of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party were allegedly roughed up by police Saturday while they were protesting police's refusal to register a complaint on a minor's rape in the capital.
Suva (Fiji), Nov 29 (IANS) Signifying an end of an era, Fiji's central bank will remove the portrait of British Queen Elizabeth II from all banknotes and coins in Fiji in 2013, and replace it with local flora and fauna, the bank said Thursday.
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) India and France are set to further their diplomatic and cultural ties January 2013, as the French festival in India, "Bon Jour", opens again under the aegis of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
Jaipur, Nov 27 (IANS) The desert state Rajasthan has prepared a draft law obligating its residents in urban areas to plant a tree in every house built on over 200 square metres of land and moots steep penalties for unauthorised tree felling, officials said Monday.
Washington, Nov. 27 (ANI): The billionaire founder and CEO of private spaceflight company SpaceX, Elon Musk is planning to help establish a Mars colony of up to 80,000 people by ferrying explorers to the Red Planet for about 500,000 dollars a trip.
Moscow, Nov 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) One of the two jailed members of the Pussy Riot group, Maria Alyokhina, will be placed in solitary confinement for the next three months at her own request, a regional prisons spokesperson told RIA Novosti Friday.
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) An archaeologist's plans to locate the graves of Indian indentured workers killed 110 years ago in Suriname has revived interest in a long buried episode in the history of the Indian community in the South American nation.
Washington, November 21 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that some grey seal mums adopt risky tactics when it comes to the future of their young, a strategy that can give their pup a real advantage.
Naharlagun, Nov. 16 (ANI): The hilly and agrarian state of Arunachal Pradesh can learn a lot from New Zealand, said the state's Deputy Speaker Jomde Kena, who returned from a visit to New Zealand recently.
Ghaziabad, Nov 11 (IANS) A woman was killed here when unidentified assailants barged into her house and fired shots, police said Sunday.
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Nine people, including a woman, were arrested for using forged documents to grab land meant for the evictees of a demolished slum cluster here, police said Sunday.
Panaji, Nov 10 (IANS) The Portuguese Commonwealth Games due in Goa a year from now seem to be going the way the preparations for the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games went - at least as far as controversy is concerned.
Washington, November 8 (ANI): Scientists using high-precision techniques have estimated that the first human settlers arrived in Polynesia nearly 3000 years ago.
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Chanting "Yes We Can", Barack Hussein Obama made history four years ago as he became America's first African-American president. On Tuesday, he did it again to retain the world's most powerful office.
Moscow, Nov 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two women in a Russian town are charged with killing their female friend on suspicion that she was the source of their lice infestation, authorities said Tuesday.
London, October 29(ANI): It may take decades before astronauts could set foot on Mars, but scientists have warned that humans could be a danger to the planet's native if they land on it.
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Tilak Vihar could be just another congested neighbourhood in west Delhi until you take a closer look. Everywhere, there is a profusion of turbans and beards - a traumatic reminder that this is a Sikh resettlement colony built on the charred memories of riots 28 years ago.
London, Oct 28 (ANI): Francis Drake has at last been credited with discovering California during one of his epic sea voyages 433 years ago.
Los Angeles, Oct 28 (IANS) Actress Halle Berry was forced to move out of her Hollywood home after a gardener found a colony of black widow spiders under a lawn chair in her pool area.
London, October 22 (ANI): The tale of a Yorkshire housewife, who spent five years in her childhood with a colony of capuchin monkeys in Colombia, is going to be told for the first time in a book and planned television documentary, it has been revealed.
Gurgaon, Oct 20 (IANS) The residents of a posh colony here Saturday organised a 'dharna' (protest rally) at the main office of their builder for not providing basic amenities and were involved in an alteercation ruckus they said was not of their making.
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) If all goes as planned, the script of yet-to-be released "Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana" may soon be launched as a book! And, what's more, it will also reveal the secret Chicken Khurana recipe.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) An 11-year-old girl here was stabbed by her neighbour, who reportedly attempted to rape her, police said Friday. The assailant has been arrested.
Moscow, Oct 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Yekaterina Samutsevich, a member of the anti-Putin punk group Pussy Riot, has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights, Kommersant daily reported Friday.
London, Oct. 18 (ANI): About 60 iconic fighter planes, or 'Spitfires', which were hidden in airfields in Burma after battling against invading troops during the Second World War, will be dug up over the next few weeks.
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (IANS) The CPI-M state committee that met here over the past two days has decided to launch a series of protests against the Oommen Chandy government in Kerala for taking "an anti-people stance".
Chandigarh, Oct 16 (IANS) The abrupt transfer of a Haryana official who axed the mutation of a prime plot in Gurgaon sold by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's company to realty giant DLF for Rs.58 crore Tuesday led to a political uproar.
The share price of DLF Ltd Tuesday tumble to 4.26% in Mumbai Stock Exchange amid the news of DLF-Vadra deal cancelled.The Indian bourses however too plummet today due to drops in metal, reality, auto, banks and consumer goods sectors......
Chandigarh, Oct 16 (IANS) A senior Haryana official, who has been transferred, cancelled on his last day the mutation of a prime plot in Manesar area of Gurgaon district that was sold by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's company to realty giant DLF for Rs.58 crore.
Moscow, Oct 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Moscow court freed Pussy Riot member Ekaterina Samutsevich at an appeal hearing Wednesday, but ruled that two other women in the anti-Putin punk group must serve out their two-year sentences.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India Against Corruption Saturday launched a 'bijli-paani satyagraha' to protest against alleged inflated power and water bills by restoring a household's power connection that had been cut for the non-payment of a bill that ran into thousands of rupees.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India Against Corruption Saturday launched a 'bijli-paani satyagraha' to protest against alleged inflated power and water bills by restoring the power connection of household whose connection was cut for the non-payment of bill which ran into thousands.
Thrissur (Kerala), Oct 2 (IANS) The ruling Congress Tuesday launched a fact-finding mission to the colonies of the Scheduled Castes in Kerala's 14 districts to know about their socio-economic condition and present a report to the state government.
Moscow, Sep 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A bilateral agreement on non-visa travel between Russia and Macau comes into effect Sunday, the Russian foreign ministry said.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, CLP Spokesperson Mukesh Sharma has stated that it is strange that certain persons are putting questions on the Delhi Government's decision of regularizing unauthorized colonies
Washington, September 27 (ANI): Slave rebellion is widespread in ants, a new study has revealed.
Berlin, Sep 27 (IANS) Ants enslaved by other ant species damage their oppressors through repeated acts of sabotage, says a new study.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Dikshit has said that the principal opposition party is in habit of misleading people.
Washington, September 23 (ANI): Researchers have found a special population of stem cells in cord blood that has the innate ability to migrate to the intestine and contribute to the cell population there, suggesting the cells' potential to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) Telugu director Sekhar Kammula says he has nothing against working with big heroes, and admits he loves working with newcomers as his story demands them.
A delegation of deliberative wings of all the three Municipal Corporations met the Lt. Governor of Delhi demanding regularization of all the 1639 colonies on the basis of 'as is where is' without charging any cost of land
Film: "Life Is Beautiful"; Cast: Amala Akkineni, Shriya Saran, Anjala Zaveri, Abhijeet Duddala, Sudhakar Komakula, Kaushik, Shagun, Zara Shah and Rashmi Shashtry; Director: Sekhar Kammula; Rating: **
London, Sep 14 (ANI): Majority of the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands have said that they relate to their national identity being a 'Falkland Islander' instead of feeling British, a new survey has revealed.
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) A photo of a part-time maid, suspected to be involved in the murder of a 70-year-old retired woman Income Tax officer here, was released Thursday, police said.
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) A cluster of about 250 families in a government colony in south Delhi are battling official lethargy and the haphazard road laying that has almost cut them off from the nearest main road.
Beijing. Sept. 9 (ANI): Hong Kong officials have dropped plans to make students take Chinese patriotism classes after massive protests.
Standing Committee Chairman of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, Yogendra Chandolia has demanded from the Lt. Governor of Delhi
BJP Delhi Pradesh President Vijender Gupta revealed about large-scale corruption of thousands of crores in the name of development work in unauthorized colonies of Delhi by the Delhi State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation.
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): Thousands of students and parents in Hong Kong have launched a protest against what they call the Chinese government's effort to 'brainwash' the city's children using 'moral and national education'.
Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) This is the second time the release date of director Shekhar Kammula's "Life Is Beautiful" has been postponed. The Telugu film, initially slated to release Aug 31, was first re-scheduled for Sep 13, but now it has been further pushed by one more day and will hit the screens Sep 14.
New Delhi Sep 1 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday launched a plantation drive in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area during which over 5,000 saplings will be planted.
