| Paragliding in Yelagiri Hills of Tamil Nadu |
| Located 14 kilometres from Ponneri on the Vaniyambadi-Tirupattur Road and situated midway between Chennai and Bangalore Yelagiri Hills is a hill resort which is also known as the 'Poor Man's Ooty'. |
2008-08-29
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| Sify launches its fourth state-of-the-art data centre in Mumbai |
| Sify Technologies Limited announced today the launch of its fourth state-of-the-art Data Centre at Airoli near Mumbai. |
2008-08-28
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| Shrine row issue being politicised, say Muslim clerics |
| Muslim clerics on Wednesday accused the lawmakers for politicizing the issue of Amarnath land allotment to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) in Jammu and Kashmir. |
2008-08-27
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| Poor children 'adopted' in Australia were stolen from India, reveals Time magazine |
| A gang of criminals active in southern India kidnaps "pretty" children belonging to the lowest strata of the society, gives them new identifies and finally sell them to "adoption" agencies who, in turn, shift them to countries like Australia for "adoption" by affluent childless families. This has been revealed in a report to be published in the Time magazine's forthcoming edition. |
2008-08-23
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| BEML gets order to develop electrical multiple units for railways |
| The Railway Board has accepted the proposal of Defence Public Sector Undertaking BEML Ltd designed Stainless Steel Electrical Multiple Unit (SS EMU). These units will be built for first time in country. |
2008-08-22
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| "Poor Indian kids kidnapped for adoption in Australia" scam unearthed |
| In a startling revelation made by Time magazine, poor children are first kidnapped from Chennai, in southern India, sold out to an adoption agency "Malaysian Social Services" for an amount as low as Rs 10,000-12000, and the agency finally sends them out to Australia to be "adopted" by different families. |
2008-08-22
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| Hindustan Latex to develop medial integrated devices |
| Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL), a mini ratna Company under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India, today signed a memorandum of agreement with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL and FS) for the development of its Integrated Medical Devices and Diagnostic Manufacturing Park, MediPark. |
2008-08-21
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| Fish turn into beauty experts at Chennai salon |
| After gaining popularity in China, Japan and other countries, fish pedicure has emerged as a new age beauty treatment for tired souls in Chennai. |
2008-08-21
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| Banana boats a new craze in Tamil Nadu |
| After scooter boats, motor boats, peddling boats, cycle boats and rowing boats, it is now the 'banana boats' that have become a new craze amongst the boating fans in Tamil Nadu. |
2008-08-20
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| Municipal Corporation of greater Mumbai partners with Sify Technologies |
| Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY), a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities, announced today its partnership with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the country's first and largest municipal corporation. |
2008-08-18
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| Seventh luxury JW Marriott hotel planned for India by Marriott International |
| The seventh luxurious JW Marriott-branded hotel is planned for India by Marriott International under a management agreement reached with Uppal Hospitality Ltd., which is also developing the 175-room JW Marriott Hotel Chandigarh. |
2008-08-18
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| AIDS vaccine made in India found safe in Phase I trial |
| The successful completion of phase-1 of clinical trials of the AIDS vaccine developed in India has indicated that it had acceptable levels of safety and was well tolerated, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced. |
2008-08-17
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