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Non-subsidized LPG price hiked by Rs. 26.50 to Rs. 922 per cylinder Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Updated: November 01, 2012 15:37 IST New Delhi:  The price of non-subsidised cooking gas cylinders has been increased by Rs. 26.5. The 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder that consumers buy beyond their entitled six bottles at subsidised rates, will  now cost Rs. 922, up from Rs. 895.50 in Delhi, according to Indian Oil Corporation, the nation's largest fuel retailer. A subsidised cylinder costs Rs. 410.42  in Delhi. There is no restriction on the number of non-subsidised cylinders that a consumer can buy beyond the six subsidised bottles. In September, the government reigned in subsidies by introducing a limit of six discounted cylinders for every household.  That reform was one of the reasons for the exit of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress from the Prime Minister's coalition, reducing his government to a minority. The Congress has said that in

  New post on TruthDive   Evidence of water flows in Mars by Saravanan Jawahar Washington, Sep 28 (TruthDive): NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity has confirmed that water once flowed in the surface of Mars around ankle to waist deep and also was suitable for microbial life. Scientists have come to the conclusion after briefing on Thursday with the images looking like an ancient gravel stream bed. These stream bed slabs which are named as Hottah are rounded stones ranging from a sand grain to a golf ball, cemented together with water which flow freely on the surface of Mars and believed to settle on the floor of Gale Crater some billion years ago. WiIliam Dietrich, Mission scientist of California-Berkeley University said that it appears like water was moving in the surface around 3 feet per second and the depth of it was between ankle and hip-deep. Dietrich sa

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/in-new-york-the-messy-paan-becomes-a-sore-topic-254296   I just happen to read the news above, but the most brutal wound was caused by words “Bad Habits Of Their Homeland”. The article above is talking about the problem faced by local residents in new York’s 74 th street district……. The problem of “spitting of Paan” on streets and sidewalks.  Those who don’t know anything about “paan” can read the article (link above), and those who know what paan is… Can u people realize the shame thrown upon u by those words “ad Habits Of Their Homeland”??? Can u realize the shame cause by those words which means bad habits of India???   I myself likes sweet paan, and I don’t know if anybody can spit out half of it…. It’s so nice to chew it all. But I do agree with the fact that all lower class people keep spitting gutka/paan all over the place they go in their useless life. Personally I had been so much frustrated seeing such useless humans dirtying

  Whenever cool breeze kisses my face softly, I hate that bcoz it reminds me of u. Whenever the morning sun smiles at me, I hate that bcoz it reminds me of u. Whenever the evening sun says bye, I hate that bcoz it reminds me… Whenever cottony clouds hover above me, I hate that bcoz it reminds me… Whenever rain drops tickles me, I hate that bcoz it reminds… Whenever the butterfly tries to woo me, I hate that bcoz it reminds… Whenever I see flowers dancing on their branches, I hate that bcoz… Whenever I realize I’m just a name for u, I hate that bcoz… Whenever u r too busy to forget me all day, I hate that… Whenever I misses u without any reason, I hate that… Whenever I find myself thinking about u, I hate myself.   I hate to hate anything in life, but ur absence did the magic…   Now I hate everything which I used to luv...   GS Virdi

Outrage to follow UK headline that asks if Manmohan is 'Sonia's poodle' Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Updated: July 16, 2012 11:37 IST Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/outrage-to-follow-uk-headline-that-asks-if-manmohan-is-sonia-s-poodle-243739 After Time magazine, which branded the Prime minister as an underachiever on its cover just last week, a UK daily has carried a similar piece with a headline that is likely to provoke fierce outrage among the Congress. "Manmohan Singh: Saviour or Sonia's Poodle" runs in today's edition of The Independent . It offers few observations that go beyond what Time magazine made, or the analysis offered in a Standard and Poor's report in June that said the Prime Minister has no real hold over his Cabinet. The Independent says "Observers say one of Mr Singh's problems is that he has no genuine political power. Rather, he owes his position to Sonia Gandhi... this has meant he has s

Eyewitness rushes child to hospital, offers gold chain for treatment Mid-Day.com | Updated: July 12, 2012 15:06 IST Source : http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/eyewitness-rushes-child-to-hospital-offers-gold-chain-for-treatment-242609 Mumbai:  A 12-year-old school-going boy was luckless enough to get hit by a speeding biker, but was fortunate to be found by a good samaritan, who took him to hospital and even deposited his gold chain with the doctors as collateral for the medical expenses. The incident took place at Jitendra road near DJ High School at Malad on Tuesday around 7 am. Meet Shah, 22, was on his way to college when he saw a biker come and hit a boy on a bicycle. Instead of helping the victim, the biker fled from the scene. "I took the boy to a clinic in an auto and admitted him for treatment as he was still unconscious. I was in a hurry, as I needed to get to my college for some project work, but was also concerned about his health. I handed my go

God Particle discovered? Scientists could make announcement soon Updated: July 02, 2012 17:06 IST Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/god-particle-discovered-scientists-could-make-announcement-soon-238372 ( One possible signature of a Higgs boson from a simulated proton-proton collision. It decays almost immediately into two jets of hadrons and two electrons , visible as lines. - Wiki’s Photo) Geneva:  It has been fancifully dubbed the angel of creation and, to the particular scorn of physicists, the god particle. The Higgs Boson is said to have appeared out of the chaos of the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago and turned the flying debris from that primeval explosion into galaxies, stars, and planets. Its formal discovery, according to a broad scientific consensus, would be the greatest advance in knowledge of the universe in decades. But until now, in the four decades of research since its existence was first posited, no-one has claimed to have more