Illegal arms factory busted in Meerut


LUCKNOW - An illegal arms factory was busted in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, leading to the arrest of two men involved in supplying firearms to various states of the country, police said Sunday. The illegal arms factory was unearthed late Saturday in Pahsuma area following a joint operation by the district police and the special ... Read more »».

P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon On Sunday


PHOENIX (GaeaTimes.com)- On Sunday, the participants of P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon would run through the streets of Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe, to win the prize money along with the title. The participants would have to run for nearly 26.2-mile and then reach the finish line to win the marathon. The organizers .... Source article  : P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon On Sunday.

Railways get long-delayed fog shields, but partially


NEW DELHI - Five years after the plan was first mooted, Indian Railways is finally set to instal fog shields on some lines in north India, but only at the end of January. The move follows Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s directive late last year. Though fog continues to disrupt train movement across northern and eastern [..] Read the original article: here.

Orissa to double strength of anti-Maoist force


BHUBANESWAR - Orissa will double the strength of its elite anti-Maoist force - the Special Operations Group (SOG) - to reduce its dependence on central paramilitary forces, a senior official said Sunday. The state now has 50 SOG units comprising about 2,400 personnel. In the next two months, the government will raise another 50 units, .... Source  : Orissa to double strength of anti-Maoist force.

IGNOU to offer several culinary and catering courses


NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University is all set to launch a host of degree and diploma programmes in catering, culinary arts, and food production, a varsity official said Saturday. The courses will be offered by the university’s upcoming Institute of Culinary Arts and aspirants can enrol either in three years degree .... Source  : IGNOU to offer several culinary and catering courses.

Rich visuals, top-class technology makes 'Anaganaga...' a must watch (Telugu Movie Review)


Film: “Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu”; Cast: Siddharth, Shruti Haasan, Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna, Ravi Babu, Ali, Baby Harshita and others; Director: Prakash Rao Kovelamudi; Producers: Prasad Devineni-Prakash Rao Kovelamudi; Music: M.M. Keeravani, Koti, Mickey J. Meyer, Salim-Sulaiman Camera: S. Soundar Rajan; Rating: *** Let us talk about the good points of “Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu” presented by Walt .... Original source  : Rich visuals, top-class technology makes ‘Anaganaga…’ a must watch (Telugu Movie Review).

Sony announced NEX-5 Camera in Gold


Sony is here with its brand new “Goldish” NEX-5 camera. The company announced its latest cool device in Japan this week. If you are speculating whats new features are coming with this new device, it’ll be a bit disappointment for you, since nothing much will be changed except a new body color of the camera. A ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Sony announced NEX-5 Camera in Gold.

Kiwi Spanish resident complains of racist abuse


WELLINGTON - New Zealand police are looking into a racial abuse complaint filed by a Spanish-origin child cancer researcher camping on conservation land. Lucia Alonso-Gonzalez, who was born in Spain, but has lived in New Zealand for five years, claimed that she and her partner Alan McDermott had pitched their tent at the Piano Flat camp .... Read the original article  : Kiwi Spanish resident complains of racist abuse.

Cuba raps Facebook, YouTube


HAVANA - Cuba has denounced online social network Facebook and Google-owned video sharing network YouTube for closing its account and censoring video links from the two websites. YouTube censored the video channel of the Cuban official site Cubadebate and closed it for “alleged violation of copyright”, xinhua reported quoting Cubadebate. “Google censors, Facebook, too. Today .... Read the original article  : Cuba raps Facebook, YouTube.

JD-S corporator shot dead in Bangalore


BANGALORE - Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Bangalore city corporator Divan Ali was shot dead Sunday morning in a busy south Bangalore area, police said. Ali, who had several criminal cases against him, was fired upon at Yarabnagar in Banashankari area which he represented in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Greater Bangalore City Corporation), a spokesperson of ... Read : JD-S corporator shot dead in Bangalore.

Sekimia's Online Coaching Portal: Break Your Political Isolation!


Are you an Information Security or Business Continuity practitioner? BEIRUT, January 16, 2011 - If your answer is Yes, then Sekimia's new coaching portal will definitely be your best ally. Sekimia is publishing an innovative coaching portal dedicated to Information Security and Business Continuity practitioners. It covers interdisciplinary hard and soft skills allowing specialists break .... Source  : Gaea News Network.

Three former Anglican bishops ordained in Catholic Church


LONDON - In a history-making ceremony, three former Anglican church bishops — all married and with children — were Saturday ordained as Catholic priests, a move they took to protest female ordination in the Anglican Church. Westminster Bishop Vincent Nichols, leader of Catholics in England and Wales, ordained the three men — Andrew Burnham, Keith ... Read more »»».

Black hole big enough to swallow solar system


LONDON - This black hole is large enough to swallow our entire solar system and weighs as much as 6.8 billion suns. The M87 black hole is the largest such phenomenon identified so far. Previous estimates had it as only three billion times the weight of the sun. Scientists used a specially adapted telescope in ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Black hole big enough to swallow solar system.

Divert Oz teenage athletes back to cricket: Border


MELBOURNE - Former Australian captain Allan Border has said that Cricket Australia (CA) must divert teenage athletes from Australian Football League (AFL) and other sports to rebuild the national team following the recent Ashes disaster. Border acknowledged the battle for the hearts and minds of junior athletes was “tough” at a time when football codes market .... Original article on Gaea Times at  : Divert Oz teenage athletes back to cricket: Border.

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