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Alert sounded in north-eastern states for cyclone 'Mahasen'

An alert has been sounded across Assam as cyclone 'Mahasen' is likely to hit the north-eastern states on Thursday night, officials have said. All boats and ferry services on Brahmaputra have been......

Prankster Aussie DJ to attend Saldanha's inquest

One of the two Australian radio DJs involved in a prank phone call to a British hospital treating pregnant Kate Middleton will appear at the inquest of the India-born nurse who was found hanged in......

What the Chinese gameplan against India is

The military gap between India and China is growing steadily. Clearly, China's negotiating strategy is to resolve the dispute when the Chinese are in a much stronger position in terms of......

What the Chinese gameplan against India is

The military gap between India and China is growing steadily. Clearly, China's negotiating strategy is to resolve the dispute when the Chinese are in a much stronger position in terms of......

Inquest hearing into Indian nurse's death set for May

The inquest into the death of India-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found hanging after a hoax call made to a United Kingdom hospital treating Kate Middleton, reopened in London on Tuesday.......

COLUMN: How India should reform its trade?

India has not kept pace with the changes in the global trade scene -- increasing emphases on linking with global and regional supply chains, and diversification into new areas of services trade,......

InI Farms: Reaping a harvest of organised play

Mumbai-based pomegranate exporter has attracted early investors but increasing scale & securing large land leases are challenges.Forty-year-old Mahipal Singh and his fellow farmers in Narmada......

How Euro-zone can exit from the present crisis

I have my own Spike Milligan kind of story to tell about a diplomatic brouhaha in Europe over Greece and me! Many moons ago the European Commission (EC) invited me to visit two member countries of......

Honda to set up third two-wheeler plant in India

Japanese auto giant Honda on Thursday said it will set up a third two-wheeler manufacturing facility in India at Narsapuram, in Karnataka, with an installed annual capacity of 12 lakh units by......

What made former Sebi chief successful?

How was C B Bhave as the Sebi chief? Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave has always tried to avoid controversy, but that's something that has followed him like a shadow in the last three years of his......

'Good stories are being told in the South'

Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing director of Studios - Disney UTV, was in Chennai recently to address a meeting, was in Chennai recently to address a meeting organised by the Federation of Indian......

Review: Ek Tha Tiger is Salman at his coolest

Ek Tha Tiger is Salman Khan'smost accomplished works in the recent times says Raja Sen.The shirt stays on. So numbed are we by the onslaught of mindless Southern remakes heavy with punchlines and......

Prez to honour Tomy for circumnavigation feat

It will be a dream come true for Lt Commander Abhilash Tomy when President Pranab Mukherjee felicitates him in Mumbai on Saturday for completing a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe under......

Brazil's first 2014 WC stadium hosts local matches

The Arena Castelao, the first of Brazil's 2014 World Cup stadiums to be completed, held its first matches on Sunday -- a doubleheader in the northeastern Copa do Nordeste. But despite the......

Bolt rallies round for Jamaican eventer

Usain Bolt raced to the rescue to help fellow-Jamaican Samantha Albert on the long and tortuous road to the London Olympics. The triple Olympic sprint champion donated and signed three of his......

Ranji Trophy: Jaffer becomes highest run-getter

Mumbai skipper Wasim Jaffer overtook former teammate Amol Muzumdar (8237 runs) as the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy while notching 82, as his team overhauled Punjab's modest first innings......

New Zealand, Australia book semi-final showdown

Hosts New Zealand and twice champions Australia set up their third World Cup semi-final on Sunday after the All Blacks defeated Argentina 33-10 and Australia scraped an 11-9 win over defending......

People speak for southern cross

QNA

Q. Is it rue that Southern Indians are the descendants of Greeks while Northern Indians are the descendants of Aryans or Central Asia?
Chanakya: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/is-it-rue-that-southern-indians-are-the-descendants-of-greek/23386550/answers/

Q. Which is the longest highway in India and that is from which place to which?
Walmika: A. It is true that Humans first settled in southern part of India. They came from Africa, crossed Arababic desert . Afghanistan following western...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-is-the-longest-highway-in-india-and-that-is-from-which/22420986/answers/23386572

Q. Sailors round the horn - off which country are they doing it
Narendra Sharma: A. National highway no 7 it travels from Kanniyakumari a southern point of India passing through Jabalpur M.P. travel to Varanasi in north and at...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/sailors-round-the-horn---off-which-country-are-they-doing-it/21774612/answers/22420998

Q. What was message of Prophet Mohammad pbuh to Christians of Najran almost at the end of the mission ?
Azam Khan: A. Before the construction of the Panama Canal, the only way for ships to cross between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans was to brave the southern...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-was-message-of-prophet-mohammad-pbuh-to-christians-of-n/21205129/answers/21774711

Web results for Southern Cross

British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack

A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334109/british-soldier-hacked-death-suspected.html

Temperature crosses 40-degree mark again

The southern parts of the city recorded the highest temperature of the season on Wednesday with the mercury touching 41.2 Celsius at Meenambakkam.... ...

http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/c/33039/f/533979/s/2c4634cb/l/0Ltimesofindia0Bindiatimes0N0Ccity0Cchennai0CTemperature0Ecrosses0E40A0Edegree0Emark0Eagain0Carticleshow0C20A21720A40Bcms/story01.htm

Turkey shuts Syria border crossing after deadly bombings

By Jonathon Burch ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar... ...

http://reuters.in.feedsportal.com/c/35218/f/654196/s/2c41cb0f/l/0Lin0Breuters0N0Carticle0C20A130C0A50C220Csyria0Ecrisis0Eturkey0EidINDEE94L0A9120A130A5220DfeedType0FRSS0GfeedName0FworldNews/story01.htm

Turkey locks Syria border crossing after twin bombings

Fifty-one people were killed when twin car bombs ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the southern province of Hatay on May 11,... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/world/turkey-locks-syria-border-crossing-after-twin-bombings-806583.html

Freight train carrying iron ore to Esperance Port derails

The line from Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Esperance remains closed after a train derailed 17km north of Salmon Gums last night, scattering 32 carriages... ...

http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/Freight_train_carrying_iron_ore_to_Esperance_Port_derails/312909.html

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