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Kojagari | kojagiri poornima | Kojagara | Sharad purnima

Kojagari or Kojagari Poornima
Kojagara or Kojagari is an important festival in some regions of India. Kojagari is celebrated to worship the Goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi. This festival is observed on the night of full moon in the month of Ashwina. “Kojagara “, literally means the night of awakening. It is also a festival of Goddess [...]

Sister Alphonsa canonised as Saint| First Indian Female Saint

Sunday October 12 was a special day for Christians in India as one of them Sister Alphonsa was canonised and elevated to Saint by the Vatican.
The shadow of the anti-Christian violence on the ceremony didn’t dampen the celebrations for Kottayam where people worship her shrine.
The shrine has become the shrine of a saint. The burial [...]

Agra University | www.dbrau.ac.in | b r ambedkar university

Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY,AGRA University
Revised Date for B.Ed. Entrance Examination 2008 is Examination Date : 19-10-2008
Agra University B.Ed Entrance Examination Information slip. Candidate can collect their Admit Card from DAO (District Administration Office) of respective nodal center city on 16,17, 18 October 2008.
For Dr.B R Ambedkar University Results and notification visit http://dbrau.ac.in/result.asp dbrau results.
Information [...]

Columbus Day 2008 Calendar | Columbus day holidays and closings

Columbus DAY 2008
Monday October 13 is Columbus Day, a federal holiday. The following public services will be affected:
•Schools: Chicago Public Schools will be closed. Most parochial and suburban schools also will be closed.
•Government offices: Federal, county and city offices will be closed.
•Postal service: No mail delivery.
•Courts: Federal, state and county courts will be closed, except [...]

Google Mapmaker - Map your locality

In countries like India, great maps and comprehensive local data are hard to come by. And traditional mapping approaches are stretched to the limit in such environments, where infrastructure and local businesses are evolving at a furious pace.
This need inspired us in Google India to design and build Google Map Maker, which enables users everywhere [...]

Airtel DTH set be launched on October 9

Telecom giant Airtel is all set to launch thier Direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service. A senior company official announced this today. He said that the service will be available in 63 cities from 9th October.
Airtel on Tuesday announced the launch of its direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service.
“This is a right time for Airtel to enter [...]

Register to vote online | www.rockthevote.com

In this year Elections in America there have been interesting rise in the online videos to promote candidate, their spoofs etc. Also there have been boom among young people to register to vote online. This is a very important concept as this marks the change in Voting phenomena that had been existing till now. www.rockthevote.com [...]

JMET Entrance Test 2009 | jmet 2008 | gate 2009

Joint Management Entrance Test - JMET 2009
Organising Institute : Indian Institure of Technology Kanpur
Joint Management Entrance Test 2009 (JMET 2009) is the first step in the process of admission to the TWO YEAR FULL TIME Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Management offered by IITs for the academic year commencing July/August 2009
Currently IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT [...]

Pay panel recommendation: Govt staff threaten stir in Gujarat

The state government employees are up in arms against the government over the issue of implementing the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations to hike their salaries. To register their protest, the employees carried out a huge rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday afternoon.
Other protest programmes such as going on a Mass Casual Leave and calling an indefinite [...]

Chadha Committee Report | UGC Pay Commission report

The UGC Pay Review Committee has recommended a hike of over 70 per cent in the pay of university and college teachers, besides allowances. The panel, headed by G.K. Chadha, submitted its report to UGC chairman S.K. Thorat.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Prof. Chadha said: “We have created extra positions at the university [...]