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Taj Mahal joins Wonders of the World list

The Taj Mahal, regarded as one of the most beautiful monuments, was on Saturday voted in a global poll as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.The declaration of the new list of the Seven......

From pilot to Santa, all in a day's work for Kalam

From pilot to Santa, President A P J Abdul Kalam did it all within no time. The 75-year-old Kalam, who is in Greece on a three-day state visit, began his morning on Friday with a visit to the......

Taj set to enter new Seven Wonders' list

The Taj Mahal appears set to figure among the new Seven Wonders of the World, with votes polled across the world so far placing it among the top seven candidates for the title.People from around......

Taj Mahal in new 7 wonders candidate list

India's Taj Mahal, China's Great Wall, the Stonehenge monoliths in England and the desert city of Petra in Jordan are among 21 candidate sites to be named the new seven wonders of the world,......

Sahara, US firm in construction JV

Sahara Prime City, realty development arm of the Sahara India group, has joined hands with the US-based Turner Construction Company. The joint venture, named Sahara Turner Construction Ltd, is to......

PVR earmarks Rs 500 cr for 500 screens

PVR Ltd., the retail entertainment company, is planning to open 500 screens across the country in three years. For this financial year, the company plans to open 60 screens in cities including......

Apartments for Rs 4.5 crore! Will they sell?

With the range of properties coming up in various parts of the country, one can't help but feel that a lot of people probably plan to living in apartments or residential areas that boast the......

Corporate biggies romancing the Taj

I Media Corporation, part of the Bhaskar group, has drawn up a Rs 70-crore advertising blitz to support the "Vote for Taj" campaign, part of a global voting exercise to include archeological sites......

This is what dreams are made of

Imagine the view from the 20th floor of a condominium with its grounds landscaped into lush green gardens, a swimming pool and interesting water features.A place where you walk into a plush......

Actor Mohnish Behl's father dies in fire

Actor Mohnish Behl's father Colonel Rajneesh Behl died on Tuesday after his flat in the 32-storeyed apartment complex in upscale Colaba in South Mumbai caught fire. He suffered third degree burns.......

Acropolis ceremony sets Olympics stage

The Olympic flame reached the Acropolis on Thursday after an unprecedented journey across five continents and will rest among its ancient temples before launching the Athens Games on Friday.......

Full moon beams down on Athens one-year countdown

Bathed by the good-omen glow of a full moon over the famed Acropolis, Athens on Wednesday started the one-year countdown to the return of the Olympic Games to their birthplace.Athens organisers go......

Naren Kumar placed 18th after first day

India's Naren Kumar weathered one of the toughest dirt tracks and engine problems to finish in the top-20 after seven special stages of the Ultimate Acropolis Rally in Greece on Friday.Naren became......

Naren Kumar for World Rally Championship

Coimbatore-based Naren Kumar will debut for an Indian team in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship in the Production Class in June, in Greece.\nKumar, a six-time national rally champion, will......

Olympics provided the silver lining

Among the pine-scented groves of Ancient Olympia, along the marathon route traced by Phidippides and on the cycle course beneath the Acropolis, the 2004 Athens Olympics produced a stream of......

People speak for acropolis

QNA

Q. "World Tourism Day ! Where one can find Acropolis Parthenon??
Iqbal Seth: A. more

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Q. tell me something about ancient greek?
Iqbal Seth: A. Ancient Greece had some of the worlds most spectacular sights and monuments of great architectural splendor, apart from boasting of numerous people...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/tell-me-something-about-ancient-greek/24097828/answers/17584477

Q. Quiz Richard meier iz credited 2 which design ? give da rite answer
Anju Chauhan: A. The Getty Center at Los Angeles, California. It is made up of six buildings. Sometimes it is called a \"modern acropolis \" because it...... more

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Arrest of Vijay Singla uncovers a jobs-for-cash scandal that has blown the lid off rampant corruption in railways

The million-dollar nephew: Arrest of Vijay Singla by the CBI uncovers a jobs-for-cash scandal that has blown the lid off rampant corruption in... ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/panwan-bansal-railways-jobs-for-cash-scandal-nephew-vijay-singhla/1/270314.html

Windstar Cruises Introduces New Yacht and Voyage Collection

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CBI sniffs deep-rooted larger conspiracy

_ Even as Pawan Kumar Bansal has been sacked as Railway Minister, the CBI is looking "to unearth the deep rooted larger conspiracy in the case"... ...

http://indiatoday.feedsportal.com/c/33614/f/647966/s/2bccd7dd/l/0Lindiatoday0Bintoday0Bin0Cstory0Cpawan0Ekumar0Ebansal0Erailway0Eminister0Ecorruption0Ecbi0Ecentre0Ebribery0C10C270A6320Bhtml/story01.htm

Now, green trouble for Bansals nephew in Acropolis project

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130511/nation.htm#1

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