The Mumbai Marathon will be held on 17-1-2010. The race categories are Full Marathon (42.195 km), Half Marathon (21.097 km), Dream Run (6 km), Senior Citizens’ Run (4.3 km) and the Wheelchair Event (2.5 km). The prize money for the fastest runners in Men’s and Women’s category are $31,000 each, with an additional $2,250 being [...]

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Below is Video of Live Solar Eclipse in Rameshwaram, Trivanpuram and other parts of India. The Eclipse is presently going on. The Grahan will end after 3.00 clock. The peak time of grahan is 1.20 pm

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) India will give $1 million in cash for immediate emergency relief in quake-devastated Haiti. Indian peacekeepers and civilian police officers in the island nation have been ascertained to be safe.

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Thursday denied a media report that its computers had been hacked or those in other central government departments.
Asked about a Headlines Today TV channel report that "hackers from China have targeted computers in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)", an official in the PMO denied [...]

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Eight swine flu deaths were reported in India Thursday, taking the toll to 1,108, Indian health authorities said here.
Also, 62 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious virus to 28,047.

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Sydney, Jan 14 (IANS) Not all attacks on Indians in Australia are racist in nature, says music maestro A.R. Rahman, now here for a free concert in a bid to bridge relations between India and Australia.
The Indian Oscar winner urged the media not to go overboard.

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Air Traffic Control systems, which help aircraft take off and land, crashed at the Delhi International Airport Thursday evening disrupting flights for more than an hour since 6.30 p.m.

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Shimla, Jan 14 (IANS) People of Himachal Pradesh got some respite from cold conditions Thursday as mercury rose marginally in the state, a day after rain and snowfall.
"Almost the entire hill state witnessed a bright sunny day today (Thursday) after snow and rain yesterday (Wednesday)," Manmohan Singh, director of the Meteorological Office here, told [...]

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) After a few clear days, dense fog returned to the capital Thursday, wreaking havoc with flight and train schedules once again, officials here said.
"Fourteen domestic flights were delayed today (Thursday) because of the fog. However, the situation improved later in the day," an airport official told IANS.

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Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Jan 14 (IANS) It was a sight for the gods to behold. Amid Vedic chants and temple bell chimes, wave upon wave of pilgrims tumbled into the freezing waters of the Ganga river for a holy dip, marking the beginning of the Mahakumbh Mela here Thursday.
Cries of "Jai Ganga Maiya" and "Har [...]

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, who met Thursday to discuss the proposed fuel prices hike, were unable to agree on the quantum of support to be given to oil marketing companies for losses incurred by sale of subsidised petroleum products.
"No decision was taken," Deora told [...]

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Kites dotted the sky in Indian cities and people feasted on sweets and took holy dips in the rivers as they celebrated the annual harvest festival Thursday in diverse forms of Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Bhogali Bihu, marking the transition from winter season to spring.
The day also heralded the [...]

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Bhubaneswar, Jan 14 (IANS) Four officials from South Korean steel major Posco were Thursday taken "hostage" in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district, by villagers protesting against the company’s proposed $12 billion project, police said.
Sub-divisional police officer S.K. Das said a group of villagers took the officials hostage when they were doing some survey work near the [...]

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Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) Haryana is expecting nearly 10 lakh people to visit the holy city of Kurukshetra on the occasion of solar eclipse Friday, officials said Thursday.
"About 10 lakh people are likely to visit Kurukshetra on the occasion of solar eclipse. Nineteen special trains and 300 additional buses have been arranged for the [...]

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Beijing, Jan 14 (IANS) China confirmed Thursday that a group of Indian nationals has been detained on smuggling charges.
"Chinese police detained some Indians suspected of smuggling," foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told a press briefing Thursday.

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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices index, rose sharply to 7.31 percent in December from 4.78 percent in the previous month mainly on account of increasing food prices, official data released Thursday showed.
The annual inflation rate was 6.15 percent in December 2008.

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Hyderabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Throwing to wind the ban and police warnings on cockfights, legislators and other public representatives in Andhra Pradesh openly participated in the gambling sport on the occasion of Sankranti Thursday.

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Singapore, Jan 14 (DPA) A Singapore court Thursday sentenced an Indian national to 17 years in jail for killing a pregnant prostitute, a media report said.
Madhuri Jaya Chandra Reddy, 21, who pleaded guilty to culpable homicide, is to also be caned 12 strokes.

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