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CII to help Delhi varsity empower students (Thaindian News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:52:17 GMT

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has joined hands with Delhi University (DU) to empower students to fill a serious skills shortage to ensure India’s competitive edge. The CII will run the programme, called the Professional Skills Project, at DU’s School of Open Learning from July 7. The pact was [...]

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Delhi Congress wary of simultaneous elections (Thaindian News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:59:36 GMT

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The looming election clouds have Delhi’s ruling Congress worried. Having been in power for a decade, it knows there is plenty going against it, particularly soaring food prices and the sealing and demolition of illegal buildings in the city that has left tens of thousands distressed. With the row over [...]

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I'm finally here! - New Delhi, India (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:20:41 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map New Delhi, India Wow! I'm here! Finally - it's been a long trip. And this whole jet lag thing is real. Even today I feel super dizzy and weird. Our welcome here in New Delhi has been so awesome. We had Fulbright meet us at the airport with flowers. As soon as we stepped outside there were lots of people bugging us, "Please lady, you look so tired, long...

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Property dealer shot dead in south Delhi (Thaindian News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:24:50 GMT

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A 24-year-old property dealer was shot dead outside his south Delhi home apparently over a business dispute, police said Saturday. Sonu was gunned down by unknown assailants in Sangam Vihar when he was returning home late Friday. He was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where [...]

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Hordes of visitors throng mango festival in Delhi (Thaindian News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:37:22 GMT

New Delhi, July 5 (ANI): Mouth-watering varieties of mangoes from across the India are on display at the 20th Mango Festival. The three-day mango festival, which commenced on Friday, has been organised by the Delhi Tourism Department in collaboration with the Government of Delhi. At least 500 varieties of mangoes like Sirki, Suwarn, Jahangir, Neeleshwari, Royal [...]

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Can't fly to Delhi, so athlete to miss world championship (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:00:14 GMT

Chinchu Jose will miss the World Junior Athletics Championships in Poland, because her family failed to raise enough money to fly her to New Delhi, from where the Indian team leaves for the tournament.

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Delhi is gearing up for a new green revolution (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:45 GMT

NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has prepared ambitious schemes to green the city as part of its preparations for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. These schemes would cost over Rs.34 crore. Addressing a press conference here ...

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‘Govt. committed to making Delhi polio-free’ (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:32:59 GMT

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday launched another round of pulse polio campaign in the Capital by administering anti-polio drops to children at her Motilal Nehru Place residence. Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Dikshit ...

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Delhi in for a new green revolution (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:32:21 GMT

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Congress team for Delhi (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:23:30 GMT

BANGALORE: A 20-member delegation of senior Congress leaders headed by the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly M. Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday left for New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Finance ...

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Delhi to get 30 fire stations (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:44:30 GMT

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday announced that 30 more fire stations would be set up in the city soon to extend fire protection coverage to new colonies. Inaugurating a new fire station at Hari Nagar here, the Chief ...

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Crime on the rise in East Delhi colonies (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:44:29 GMT

NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indraprastha Extension Societies Residents’ Welfare Association has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in East Delhi. “Incidents of chain snatching, car theft and ...

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New bus queue shelters for Delhi before 2010 Games (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:44:29 GMT

Over 1,000 of them are being modernised by DTC

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Delhi Metro likely to sign MoU with Indonesia (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:44:29 GMT

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which carried out its first international consultancy project in Jakarta, is likely to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Indonesian Government for sharing technical know-how about the mass ...

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Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway hit by huge jam (Hindu)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:53:06 GMT

Fall-out of Haryana Janhit Congress protest against Special Economic Zone in Jhajjar

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THE UNDERGROUND, DELHI – THE BEST OF WHAT’S NEXT (Hindu)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:36:27 GMT

This one is a ground-breaking album in many senses. The effort from Saregama to bring to the fore some lesser know musicians is worth appreciation. But then again, since when did bands like Cyanide, Jalebee Cartel or even East India Company come ...

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Talking Talking (Blog Catalog Blog Directory)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:32:27 GMT

Its a blog about things I like - Web 2.0, New Delhi, Bollywood Movies and Music...

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IITs have lot to offer to humanities students too (Thaindian News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:50:51 GMT

By Vaaruni Eashwar New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Science is science and humanities is humanities…But it does look like the twain have met - at least at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)! Now the IITs have more to offer than just engineering - studying there is an option for those interested in humanities, management [...]

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Preserving Mughal architecture with American help (Thaindian News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:04:04 GMT

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The splendour of Mughal architecture - its mosques, tombs and other structures - is in danger of being lost to neglect and pillage of time but an American university has taken up the task of documentation of neglected Islamic monuments in India. The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), a [...]

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India Advocates B&Bs to Ease Hotel Crunch (Washington Post)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

NEW DELHI -- When schoolteacher Meera Dass quit her job last year, she just wanted to enjoy being at home for a change. Then she read a newspaper ad that said she could earn money at home while making friends from all around the world.

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