Month: September 2014

NASA’s hunt for dangerous asteroids falls short, report shows

September 15, 2014 0
Reporters gather around piece of meteorite, which according to local authorities and scientists, was lifted from bottom of the Chebarkul Lake, placed on display in a local museum in Chelyabinsk

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) – NASA won’t meet a congressionally ordered goal to find 90 percent of nearby and potentially dangerous asteroids larger than 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter, the agency’s Inspector General said on Monday. The shortfall comes despite a 10-fold increase in NASA’s annual budget over the past five years – from $4 million in 2009 to $40 million in 2014 – to track and assess potentially dangerous asteroids and comets. So-called “Near-Earth Objects,” or NEOs, fly within about 28 million miles (45 million km) of Earth. …

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Will love to work with Shankar, says Schwarzenegger

September 15, 2014 0

Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was here Monday as the chief guest for the audio launch of Tamil magnum opus “I”, said he would love to work with its director Shankar someday.

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Breaking News: Kunwar Amarjeet Singh returns to Dil Dostii Dance

September 15, 2014 0

It’s breaking news from the desk of Tellychakkar.com yet again. And this time around, fans of Channel V’s popular show Dil Dostii Dance will rejoice on reading this piece of information.

Yes, it’s about the return of the very popular Kunwar Amarjeet Singh in the above show produced by Cinevistaas Ltd.

Mark the date of this Friday (19 September) in your data books, as you will get to see your favorite Rey back in action. And the huge platform of ‘Dance Mania’ will be when he will stage a ‘phadoo’ comeback.

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Statehood hearing for DC unlikely to spur change

September 15, 2014 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Congress is dusting off the notion of statehood for the District of Columbia for the first time in 21 years, that doesn’t mean residents of the nation’s capital are any closer to gaining representation on Capitol Hill.

Sweden’s new leader reaches out to foes after shock far-right gains

September 15, 2014 0
Green Party spokespersons Gustav Fridolin, Asa Romson and leader of Sweden's Social Democrats Stefan Lofven pose in Stockholm

By Simon Johnson and Daniel Dickson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left leader began efforts to forge a minority government by reaching out to his defeated centre-right foes on Monday, a day after winning an election marked by big gains for an anti-immigrant party that now holds the balance of power. Stefan Lofven’s Social Democrats and two other left-leaning parties garnered more votes than the outgoing centre-right Alliance of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Sunday’s election but fell short of a parliamentary majority. …

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Unraveled: The Karan Patel-Media standoff controversy

September 15, 2014 0

Alert!!! Karan Patel is in news. The man of the moment, who is stunning one and all with his impressive performance in Star Plus’ Yeh Hai Mohabbatein (Balaji Telefilms), is known to be a tad moody in real life.

Now, a recent media report suggested that Karan turned up late on the set of the above show during one of the shoots which included Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor for Finding Fanny movie promotions.