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The WCG 2007 India Winners have been selected from the following team as well as individual games - Counter Strike 1.6 (5 member team game), Warcraft III, FIFA Soccer 2007, Need for Speed, Age of Empires III and Project Gotham Racing. The 10 Winners - 5 individual team players and 5 members from the ‘Counterstrike’ team will represent India at the WCG World Finals to be held at Seattle.
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The official website of the Maharashtra government was allegedly hacked, forcing the state Information Technology department to lodge a formal complaint with the city police on Tuesday.
The website -- www.maharashtra.gov.in -- was blocked and reportedly had some Arabic content posted on it by the hacker, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria told here. read more »
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The website -- www.maharashtra.gov.in -- was blocked and reportedly had some Arabic content posted on it by the hacker, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria told here. read more »
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Every year 20 lakh girls are killed even before they are born and in Maharashtra the sex ratio stands at 922, which means for every 1,000 men there is a shortfall of 78 women as per a research study by Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women's Studies Centre at the University of Pune.
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Biogas has not been commercially viable because of the high amount of biodegradable waste required to produce small quantity of methane.
This scene is likely to change with the development of Compact Biogas Plant, which requires small amount of biodegradable waste and can be installed in a household. About 40 kg of dung is required to ferment for 40 days to produce 250 gm of methane. read more »
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This scene is likely to change with the development of Compact Biogas Plant, which requires small amount of biodegradable waste and can be installed in a household. About 40 kg of dung is required to ferment for 40 days to produce 250 gm of methane. read more »
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Police in the Indian city of Mumbai are planning to force cyber-café owners to install key-logger software to monitor users.
The move follows recent explosions in Hyderabad and Mumbai that appear to have been planned in internet chat rooms.
Police will also require all cyber-cafés in the city to obtain a licence to keep their businesses running. read more »
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The move follows recent explosions in Hyderabad and Mumbai that appear to have been planned in internet chat rooms.
Police will also require all cyber-cafés in the city to obtain a licence to keep their businesses running. read more »
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The two finalists of Indian Idol, Amit Paul and Prashant Tamang will be at Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund on Tuesday September 11, 2007 to perform live for the first time ever in Mumbai.
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Come October, residents of Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mumbai suburbs like Bhandup and Mulund may face load-shedding with power consumption expected to increase on account of post-monsoon heat and use of water pumps for irrigation in rural areas.
Despite being in the category of urban areas, these cities and suburbs witnessed power outages before monsoon, ranging from four to eight hours a day. In read more »
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Despite being in the category of urban areas, these cities and suburbs witnessed power outages before monsoon, ranging from four to eight hours a day. In read more »
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Parents are becoming toy-phobic. Shama Desai, seven-year-old Bhargav's mother, is locking up his toys. "I do not know if they are safe." She is not the only mother to be scared. Says Mamta Sen, mom to Toya, 3, and Tonoya, 5: "First it was Chinese toys, now even Indian ones have a problem. I have started buying drawing books, musical instruments and clay kits for my kids. But it's difficult t
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Mumbai is running dry on premium imported drinks. The global spirits giants have stayed away from importing fresh stocks into the market since July 4 after the state government imposed 150-200% ad valorem special fees.
Two months on, with the pipeline stocks getting depleted, the city’s lifestyle drinks market is on the edge. Sources said the biggies like Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Bacardi and Br read more »
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Two months on, with the pipeline stocks getting depleted, the city’s lifestyle drinks market is on the edge. Sources said the biggies like Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Bacardi and Br read more »
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Janmashtami, which is celebrated on two consecutive days -- the day when Krishna was born, and the day when he was brought to Gokul by his father Vasudeva, was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety in the commercial capital of the country with chants of ''Govinda Ala Re'' ranting the air.
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Paras Mhambrey, the former Mumbai captain, has been appointed coach of the India A team for the home series against South Africa A after his predecessor, Chandrakant Pandit, was asked to resume his duties with the Maharashtra team.
"It's an excellent responsibility to handle an India A team and I'm looking forward to it," Mhambrey told the Indian Express.
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"It's an excellent responsibility to handle an India A team and I'm looking forward to it," Mhambrey told the Indian Express.
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The Bhagavad Gita is the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna which took place on the sacred plains of Kurukshetra before the commencement of the Mahabharata war. rnrnSant Dnyaneshwar (Jnaneshwar) of Maharashtra (1275-96) composed 9000 verses in the Maharashtri Prakrit (an old dialect) expounding the Gita which contains only 700 verses in Sanskrit. This exposition is called Dnyaneshwari (Jnane
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The number of Marathi medium schools is shrinking in what is widely regarded as the cultural capital of the state that prides itself on the perfect accent and diction. The Environment Status Report (ESR) shows this number has gone down from 719 in 2006 to 604 in 2007. What’s more, the decline has been the biggest in the recent years.
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rnHere we go... Those hair-free chests need buffed-up abs, baby. rnMasseur: Hard mattresses are a pain in the posterior. Stylist: Hmmm, may be, may be not. Sanjay Dutt turned out pretty well. rnSwimming pool: Jailers can pry while the stars preen. Disco: They need to rock around the clock
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