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NASA is scrapping a controversial piece of hardware from its next-generation Mars.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Los Angeles: NASA is scrapping a controversial piece of hardware from its next-generation Mars rover that would have allowed the spacecraft to store rock fragments in a mini-basket for a future mission.
The decision to slash the storage bin from the Mars Science Laboratory's payload came as engineers raced to meet an October 2009 launch deadline on a project beset by escalating costs and technic
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The Pune police have now decided to go harsh on such offenders.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Cities
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Mumbai: If you think you can defy traffic rules and get away by whacking the traffic cop who dares to stop you, then you are certainly mistaken.
Rattled by the spate of attacks on traffic cops, the Pune police have now decided to go harsh on such offenders.
And to make their message go loud and clear to those who indulge in such crime, the Pune police had arrested Manas Khen, a software engineer
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Pune
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Vetalbaba-Chowk
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Prakash Jha heads to New Jersey, USA to judge beauty contest and pick a leading lady for Ranbir Kapo
Saturday, November 22, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Entertainment
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India: Prakash Jha heads to New Jersey, USA to judge beauty contest and pick a leading lady for Ranbir Kapoor.
Prakash Jha is very embarrassed by his latest mission. Today, he heads to New Jersey to serve as a judge at a beauty contest.
Known for his hard-hitting Bihar-based gritty dramas and for his various charitable causes, Prakash would seem to be the last candidate to judge a beauty contes
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India
Prakash-Jha
Ranbir-Kapoor
USA
New-Jersey
Bihar
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The dreamlike watercolours on canvas, which he painted with his hands and feet..
Saturday, November 22, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Features
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Bangalore: He was probably born with a brush in his hand. The dreamlike watercolours on canvas, which he painted with his hands and feet, are still hosted by prominent galleries around the world. Raghava's work also features in corporate and celebrity collections, as well as in the collections of art collectors and investors around the world.
His latest work, Drawn and Quartered, was showcased
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Bangalore
colours
Raghava||s
Mumbai
Nethra
Goa
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Lopez replacing injured World No 1 Rafael Nadal, stormed to Spain's rescue yesterday when he levell
Saturday, November 22, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Sports - Soccer
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MAR DEL PLATA (Argentina): Feliciano Lopez, who had been handed the unenviable task of replacing injured World No 1 Rafael Nadal, stormed to Spain's rescue yesterday when he levelled the Davis Cup final against Argentina.
The stylish left-hander defeated Argentine No 1 Juan Martin del Potro 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 to make the score 1-1 after David Nalbandian had put the home side ahead wi
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All good things come at a price, and unfortunately, they're only getting dearer with the mournful m
Friday, November 21, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Health
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Mumbai: With the global financial crisis hitting your local sabzi mandi, you'd want to cut costs. But shelling out extra dough for fruits and veggies beats living on sasta junk food. iTALK tells you why.
All good things come at a price, and unfortunately, they're only getting dearer with the mournful meltdown. On top of this list is nutritious foodstuff, which, too, is facing the aftermath of r
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iTALK
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The benchmark Sensex today opened higher by 162 points on heavy short-covering by speculators.
Friday, November 21, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Business
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Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex today opened higher by 162 points on heavy short-covering by speculators and increased buying by domestic financial institutions.
The Bombay Stock Exchange barometer, which had lost 322.77 points yesterday, rose by 162.49 points to 8,613.50 despite meltdown on the global equity markets.
The wide-base National Stock Exchange's Nifty moved up by 58.15 points at 2,611.
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Mumbai
Sensex
Bombay-Stock
global
Deepak-Pahwa
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Yaba, a new psychotropic drug, is available as a pill and is a combination of methamphetamine and c
Friday, November 21, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Local
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Mumbai: It's a new psychotropic drug that's already reached Bangladesh from Thailand. Cheap, it has the potential to slowly destroy a healthy man in a year. Target: Rave partygoers.
Nobody has heard of it in India. Its nearest location right now is in Bangladesh, and it's expected to cross the border into India in a couple of months. It can slowly and painfully destroy a healthy human being in
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Mumbai
Thailand
Bangladesh
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Australia took four wickets in the first session of play to keep New Zealand restricted to 108 for 4
Friday, November 21, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Brisbane: Australia took four wickets in the first session of play to keep New Zealand restricted to 108 for 4 on Day Two of the first Test at the Gabba today morning.
New Zealand's top order struggled as all four of Australia's pacers struck to claim a wicket each.
But Ross Taylor stuck it out and posted an entertaining 40 not out with able support from Daniel Flynn (6 not out) at the time of
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Brisbane
Australia
Gabba
New-Zealand
Ross-Taylor
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God is in demand, and Indian youth have hijacked him from the elderly and conservative.
Friday, November 21, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Features
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Mumbai: Confidence booster. Shoulder to weep on. Provider of goodies. Stress buster. Weekend friend. God is in demand, and Indian youth have hijacked him from the elderly and conservative. Aastha Atray Banan finds out why GenNext is singing, keep the faith
Bhavik Shah is just 19, and he's already made up his mind about who his whole and soul is. It's not a girl. It's the man whose existence ha
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GenNext
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