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New Delhi, July 19 (PTI) The state-run power equipment major BHEL today said it has bagged a Rs 2,665-crore order from Danik Bhaskar Power (DBPL) to set up a 1,200-mw thermal plant in Chhattisgarh. The scope work includes suppling and installing the main plant package for DBPL''s upcoming coal-based power projectat Baradarha in Janjgir district of Chhattisgarh, a company statement said here.

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Isn't it difficult to believe that Sachin Tendulkar enters his 37th year on Saturday? Somehow, it seems only yesterday that he started his international career but we have to pinch ourselves to remind us that it was in Pakistan way back in November 1989.



He started his way out as a curly haired 16-year-old and seems to have drunk from the fountain of youth. Like the evergreen Dev Anand of
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Kuala Lumpur, Jul 19 (ANI): Johor Religious Council adviser Nooh Gadot has said that wearing football jerseys displaying images of crosses, liquor brands and devils were forbidden in Islam.

"It is as if Muslims are worshipping and exalting the symbols of other religions. Islam does not compromise on this matter, regardless of whether it is worn for fun, fashion or sport," he said.

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London, July 19 (PTI) The publishers of Sachin Tendulkar''s autobiography ''Tendulkar Opus'' has decided to come out with a special edition of the book which will have the iconic batsman''s blood on the signature page. The "blood edition" of Tendulkar''s autobiography, which will have pictures of his family not published earlier and thoughts about his career, will be released in February next yea
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Hyderabad, Jul 19 (PTI) A twenty-minute clip on ''the history of Indian horse racing'' will be presented for the first time during the international racing conference to be held in Paris on October 4. Hyderabad Race Club Chairman R Surender Reddy, who will be representing India at the conference along with chairman at other race clubs in the country, told newsmen here tonight.

He said that all
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Kolkata, July 19 (PTI) Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia, who returned home from the ongoing training camp in Portugal due to recurrence of his thyroid-related illness, will be out of action for at least two weeks. The 33-year-old striker, who returned late on Saturday night, began his treatment for Thyroiditis today, sources close to him said.

He had suffered similar problems during hi
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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A fresh spat broke out between Hockey India (HI) and the sports ministry Monday on the issue of guidelines for the July 28 elections after government put an age restriction that could disallow the candidature of HI's interim president Vidya Stokes.

S.K. Mendiratta, the government observer appointed by the sports ministry, pointed out to R.C. Chopra, the returning offi
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Sydney, July 19 (ANI): BMW owners Down Under will soon have wireless internet access in their cars, thanks to the German automaker's new plan to introduce the facility by the end of this year.

ivers and passengers will be able to access the web and email accounts via an internet-capable mobile phone, with the car's iDrive display screen acting as the computer monitor, and the iDrive joystick o
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Washington, July 19 (ANI): Swedish mathematicians have published new designs for what can easily be called the World's smoothest roller coaster ride.

Using the same equations that describe how the planets orbit the sun, Hanno Essen of Royal Institute of Technology drew a series of potential roller coaster loops that have one thing in common- the force that riders would feel pushing their stoma
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Just when it was all geared up to approach the Asian surfers with all its might, the networking giant is suddenly facing what looks like insurmountable problems.

As Facebook gears up for a major push in Asia, the social networking giant may learn that good friends are hard to find as it faces privacy concerns in Japan and Korea and heavy-handed censors in China.

Mark Zuckerberg, chief execu
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