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Inside the ultimate pop-up mega city

Every 12 years comes a mystical, mind-boggling phenomenon. It is the Maha Kumbh Mela. Harvard experts map the exotic and the mundane at the spectacle. Arthur J Pais reports With high-powered......

Gujarat: Floods dampen mega riverfront project

The gushing flood waters that raised the level of the Sabarmati river alarmingly in the city recently have also raised doubts over the completion of the Gujarat government's ambitious river front......

Trouble brews ahead of car rally in Guwahati

A beautification drive by the city authorities a fortnight ahead of the mega India-ASEAN car rally from Guwahati to Singapore has created more headaches for the Tarun Gogoi government than it had......

Thousands of landless farmers hit streets in Guwahati

Vehicular traffic came to a halt in many parts of Guwahati city on Thursday for hours as thousands of landless farmers stormed the city demanding land and denouncing government’s design to......

Akhilesh off to Harvard to narrate Kumbh success story

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is finally off to United States to narrate the success story of the 2013 Kumbh Mela at the HarvardUniversityBusinessSchool on April 26. Leading a......

Delhi only Indian city to get average green label

Three big cities -- Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore -- have been rated below average compared to other mega cities in Asia-Pacific in terms of keeping pollution levels in check, said a report of......

India's best cities: Here are the toppers!

Believe it or not, Ahmedabad has been ranked as the best mega-city in India. Surprisingly, it has surpassed Pune, Mumbai and Delhi in opinion poll conducted by market research firm IMRB across......

Mumbai world's cheapest city, claims new study

Mumbai may be terribly expensive for the average Indian, but the country's commercial capital is the cheapest mega city in the world, according to a study released on Tuesday. According to UBS......

75,000 acres acquired for mega city near Ahmedabad

At a time when farmers are agitating against land acquisition in different states, 75,000 acres of land has been acquired at Dholera, 110 km south of Ahmedabad, for one of the biggest urban......

China to build world's biggest mega city

In six years, China is set to build world's biggest mega city developing nine cities around the Pearl River Delta. The new mega-city will cover China's manufacturing base from Guangzhou to......

How Shivaji became Rajinikanth

This fascinating excerpt from Naman Ramachandran's new book, Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography, charts the rise of a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad to the mega-phenomenon called......

Review: The Dark Knight Rises impresses and depresses

The Dark Knight Rises flirts with potentially fantastic ideas, but shies away from taking them to the next level, writes Raja SenComics gave up on the thought-bubble a while back. Superhero comics......

Remembering Ravi: 'Why do you want to spoil old songs?'

The legendary composer Ravi passed into the ages on Wednesday, March 7, aged 86. We salute Ravi's brilliant musical scores, with this interview he granted Rediff.com's Patcy N in 2006. Whether......

Whiff of change before Manchester derby

The red and blue sides of Manchester shared a rare moment of agreement among the barbs on Tuesday with mega-rich City and trophy-rich United sensing a change in the significance of derby day.......

Waugh has 'Cricket City' plan for Kolkata

Furthering his business plans, including the setting up of a mega Cricket City, in Kolkata, Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh submitted a master plan of his projects to West Bengal Chief......

Reaction to England soccer hero Beckham's retirement

Reaction to former England captain David Beckham's announcement on Thursday that he is retiring at the end of the French league season: Sepp Blatter (FIFA president) "David Beckham, one of the most......

We cannot go against FIFA guidelines: AIFF chief

All India Football Federation President, Praful Patel has said that the contentious Sports Code should ensure that National Federations were not pitted against their international parent bodies and......

Pakistan women to play WC games in Cuttack

The International Cricket Council on Friday confirmed that some of the women's cricket World Cup matches have been being relocated to Cuttack, and the summit clash of the mega-event will be played......

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Q. Central Road Research Institute is in
Pravin: A. more

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Q. how many ministers, how many companies and how many letters have influenced Coal-Gate scam till now?
Dharamender Nebhnani: A. CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), DELHI is a premier national laboratory established in 1952, a constituent of Council of Scientific...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-many-ministers-how-many-companies-and-how-many-letters-h/23903459/answers/24745941

Q. Indians have hearts full of LOVE-pure love. Then why so many R*apes Occur daily ?
Time Killer: A. Itz a mega confusion!!!!....such ppl must be hanged on ground of tratory to the nation....selling national assets is also a type of tratory!!!!! more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/indians-have-hearts-full-of-love-pure-love.-then-why-so-many/23733165/answers/23903493

Q. do u find easyday in ur city mall???
Sanjay Maroo: A. The population growth vis-a vis the Crime against Women should be considered .The rates are High in Mega cities(cities having population above ten...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/do-u-find-easyday-in-ur-city-mall/21201884/answers/23733221

Web results for Mega City

Rs 20 crore for affordable luxury home project

Aimed at providing affordable luxury homes to the working class in the cities, the Labour Department has come up with a mega programme - Janani... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Rs-20-crore-for-affordable-luxury-home-project/2013/05/22/article1600631.ece

Fortnight's toil fetches no pay for Games web team

Two years two months have gone by and people may have consigned the Ranchi National Games into oblivion, but 20 students who slogged day in and day... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130522/jsp/jharkhand/story_16921835.jsp

How Google will change the world again

The future of search Google gets down to doing what it knows best - developing new tech - to change your life. Tags: Google | Eric Schmidt |... ...

http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/google-future-plans-technology-world-india/1/194958.html

Macau hosts Asia's largest fair of gambling innovations

MACAU: Casino industry leaders met in the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau on Tuesday for the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day fair of... ...

http://www.mydigitalfc.com/knowledge/macau-hosts-asia%E2%80%99s-largest-fair-gambling-innovations-304

A city that can't even find a way out of its waste heap

Lack of concrete efforts to assess the character of solid waste generated here and identify a suitable technology for processing remains a... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/a-city-that-cant-even-find-a-way-out-of-its-waste-heap/article4737000.ece

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