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The Elephant Festival of Jaipur, Rajasthan.
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@Wildlife The extraordinary painted elephants of India – in pictures
The Elephant Festival takes over the city of Jaipur every year. The animals are draped with jewellery and given majestic multicolour makeovers (complete with pedicures), before doing a procession through the streets. Later they race, play elephant polo and take part in a human v animal tug-of-war.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia Enjoy up to 30% off in Premiere and Economy on flights across India. The offer is valid on one way journey only. Child discount is not permitted. Tickets From Rs 1,499. The Jet Airways offer is applicable for bookings made between July 8 and July 13, 2015, for travel between July 20, 2015 and October 15, 2015. Read more...
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia Mumbai: Budget carrier GoAir today announced the launch of its special one-way fares starting from Rs 999 for travel from 27 January to 14 April 2016 and from Rs 1,299 for travel from 1 July to 30 September 2015. These fares can be availed by customers to go to their destinations across GoAir?s network. The offer fare tickets can be booked from 26 to 30 June 2015. GoAir Customer Care
Call: 092 - 2322 - 2111/020 - 2566 - 2111
Monsoon Helpline:
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Indian railways - Exchange your train ticket & fly to your destination instead.
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#IndianRailways Unable to travel in a train because your waitlist ticket could not be confirmed? Do not cancel your trip as now you have the option to fly to your destination at a competitive fare. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with GoAir and SpiceJet airlines for the benefit of such rail passengers to book their air tickets on IRCTC site. "The passenger try for air ticket through www.air.irctc.co.in for a sector in which the flight and seats are available.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia AirAsia India ‘Big Sale’ offer: Fly in India for Rs 799; Sidney, Melbourne airfare slashed to Rs 5,739
AirAsia India 'Big Sale' offer: AirAsia India on Monday announced 'Big Sale' offering domestic air tickets at Rs 799 for flights from Bengaluru to Goa, Kochi, Pune, New Delhi and many more destinations. Read more...
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India: Festival and Events
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15 August 2015 India Independence Day - Naperville (US): The Chicago suburb of Naperville will officially host the India Independence Day parade this year, making it the first city in Midwest America to do so. The parade will be held on August 16, a Sunday. Naperville's Indian Community Outreach Organization(ICO) and the Alliances of Midwest Indian Association have jointly organized the parade.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#Wildlife Monsoon Floods Kill 10 Endangered Lions - at least 10 of the country's 523 lions killed — the last members of the subspecies left anywhere in the wild — as well as prey animals, including more than 80 spotted deer and 1,670 Asian antelope called blue bulls, according to a report submitted over the weekend to the federal environment ministry in New Delhi. Read more...
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India: Schools, Colleges & Universities
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Nalanda drew students not only from all over India, but also from China, Japan, Korea, Sumatra, and other Asian lands with Buddhist connections, and a few from elsewhere, including Turkey. It was the only institution of higher learning outside China to which any Chinese in the ancient world ever went for education. Read more...
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Revival of Nalanda Mahavihara, the oldest university in the world.
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India: The Stormy Revival of an International University The new venture is meant to be a revival of Nalanda Mahavihara, the oldest university in the world, which began in the early fifth century. By the time the first European university was established in Bologna in 1088, Nalanda had been providing higher education to thousands of students from Asian countries for more than six hundred years. Read more...
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India: Shopping
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Islamic fashion, made in India. EastEssence has been making Islamic clothing in India and selling to the world for the last seven years. Read more...
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India: Shopping
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#BuyAMobilePhone Google’s flagship smartphone, the Nexus 6 has gone through a price-cut in India. Launched at a price of Rs 44,999, the 32GB variant is now available at Rs 34,999 where as the 64GB variant which was launched at Rs 49,999, will now be available for purchase at Rs 39,999.
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Get selection of Indian fish such as the Black Pomfret, White Pomfret, Kingfish, Mackerel in the Dallas, Texas area.
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#IndianGroceryUSA
H-Mart is a Korean store and has a seafood section where you can find good selection of Indian fish such as the Black Pomfret, White Pomfret, Kingfish, Mackerel. The entire store is extremely clean and well lit. The seafood section has fresh fish, shrimp, crabs and lobster as well. Besides buying seafood, its a great store to do your regular grocery. The Dallas area has one store in Carrollton.
Address: 2625 Old Denton Rd. #200 Carrollton, TX
Tel: 972-323-9700
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When Legendary rock group Led Zeppelin visited India.
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#Music When Led Zeppelin visited India. Legendary rock group Led Zeppelin are to unveil previously unheard tracks recorded with Indian musicians during a visit to Mumbai more than four decades ago. Sidharth Bhatia recalls the band's visit to India's entertainment capital in 1972. Read more...
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India: Climate & Weather
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Road melts in Delhi. The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has reached nearly 800 with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas.
Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where more than 750 people have died since last week. Read more...
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India: Travel & Tourism
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On the trail of Indian 'man-eating tiger' Ustad.
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A tiger in one of India's most visited national parks has been branded a killer and caged in a zoo, sparking protests from wildlife activists.
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The son of a poor Indian farmer beats nearly 3.5 million students to top secondary school exams
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The son of a poor Indian farmer who has beaten nearly 3.5 million students to top secondary school exams in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh talks to BBC Hindi about his struggles and ambition.
Fifteen-year-old Sarvesh Verma, son of illiterate parents, scored 96.83% in the test and has been widely praised in India for his hard work. Read more...
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India: Shopping
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CHENNAI, India— Renault S.A. unveiled an affordable small car in India as it seeks to expand in this growing automobile market.
Named Kwid, the car would have a 0.8 liter gasoline engine and go on sale during the festival season that starts around September, Carlos Ghosn, Renault’s chief executive, said after its unveiling. It would be priced between 300,000 rupees ($4,710) and 400,000 rupees ($6,280). Read more...
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India: Science & Technology
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India has led the world in bringing power to the people. For India, in the years between 2010 and 2012 the World Bank estimates 55 million Indians obtained access to electricity for the first time.
That’s more new people on the grid than in any other country during that period. The report, titled “Progress Toward Sustainable Energy: Global Tracking Framework 2015. Read more...
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia Low-cost carrier AirAsia India on Wednesday said its new flights from New Delhi to Bengaluru, Goa and Guwahati will be operational from Thursday.
AirAsia India is offering an all-inclusive promotional fare, as low as Rs.1,700, for flights from New Delhi to Bengaluru and Goa and Rs.1,500 from New Delhi to Guwahati and vice versa.
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India: History, Culture & Religion
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Incarnations: The 50 men and women behind India's story. Incarnations: India in 50 Lives - being presented by historian Sunil Khilnani, director of the India Institute at King's College, London - takes listeners on a journey from ancient India to the 21st Century through the life stories of 50 of India's major figures, series producers told the BBC. Read more...
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India: Restaurants, Groceries & Food
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#IndianCuisineUSA BBQ Chicken at home - Grill or Broil - Quick & Easy to do. The spice is SPICY! National Spice Mix for Chicken Tikka available at Indian Grocery stores in the United States and Canada.
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India: Shopping
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#BuyAMobilePhone Blackberry Leap Available in India - 5" HD display
25 HOURS battery life 1
16 GB Storage
8 MP Camera - Security to keep private matters private. Best-in-class BlackBerry keyboard. Battery that powers through a full day. Master your messages in the BlackBerry Hub. A voice and text
personal assistant. Fast and powerful
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