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Forces recover arms, ammunition from cave hideout

A natural cave set amid the high altitude mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir turned ou...

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Why Mexican cavefish turned blind

Several populations of cavefish have constantly and independently, lost their eyesight and pigmentat...

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`Humans skilled anglers 42,000 years ago`

The artefacts -- nearly 39,000 fishbones and three fish hooks -- were found in a limestone cave in J...

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Protest against black marketing of plane tickets

Shiv Sena and Dogra Front protested against the alleged black marketing of tickets of helicopters f...

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Ice Age cave painters were realists

Cave painters during the Ice Age were more like da Vinci than Dali, sketching realistic depictions o...

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Stone Age paint kits found in South Africa

An ochre-rich mixture stored in two abalone shells has been discovered at Blombos Cave in Cape Town,...

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In African cave, signs of an ancient paint factory

A team has discovered the 100,000-year-old workshop at the Blombos Cave, 200 miles east of Cape Town...

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Ancient human remains found in Sardinia

A group of speleologists in western Sardinia have discovered human and animal remains believed to da...

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Manual scavenging still practised in Karnataka

Manual scavenging has not been totally eradicated and those engaged in it are yet to be fully rehab...

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Britain`s Cavendish abandons Tour of Spain

British sprinter Mark Cavendish pulled out of the Tour of Spain during fourth stage, his team said.

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Karnataka: NHRC seeks report on manual scavenging

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday sought a report from the Karnataka Governm...

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Cavendish heads list for 2012 Olympics test event

Britain`s Mark Cavendish, the Tour de France`s most successful sprinter, will head a provisional fie...

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Fresh batch of 426 pilgrims leaves for Amarnath

The 34th batch of pilgrims comprising 426 people Tuesday left for the Amarnath yatra from here amid...

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Fresh batch of 911 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

Amid tight security, a batch of 911 pilgrims Wednesday left for the Amarnath yatra from here, polic...

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Batch of 1,021 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

Amid tight security, the 27th batch of 1,021 Amarnath yatra pilgrims Tuesday left for the holy shrin...

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Record 5.58 lakh pilgrims visit Amaranth shrine

A record number of 5.58 lakh pilgrims offered prayers at the 13,500-ft high Amarnath cave shrine so...

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Record number of devotees to visit Amarnath

The number of pilgrims visiting the Amarnath cave shrine is heading for a record after crossing the ...

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Contador vows to revert to usual attacking style

Recovery permitting, Alberto Contador will revert to his usual attacking style in the Alps with his ...

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Mark Cavendish wins 15th stage of Tour de France

Mark Cavendish overcame high wind and "bashing" in the pack to collect his fourth stage victory at t...

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Cavendish goes green before mountain climb

Mark Cavendish beat hail, rain and rival sprinters to snatch the 11th stage of the Tour de France an...

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Greipel lets bike do talking at Tour de France

After all the feuding and hard words, Andre Greipel finally got what he wanted and it had nothing to...

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Stage 11: Cavendish poised to resume usual service

Mark Cavendish should have his usual lead-out train in full throttle again as he chases his 18th Tou...

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Cavendish back on favourable terrain in Tour

Sprinter Mark Cavendish has two days before the Pyrenees to score points in his quest for the Tour d...

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Devices to be powered out of thin air

Researchers have discovered a way of harnessing energy from the air around us.

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Adam relishing Liverpool role

New Liverpool recruit Charlie Adam says he is relishing playing for a "massive football club".

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Tour takes Mark Cavendish home to Chateauroux

Mark Cavendish will complete a full circle in the Tour de France when Friday`s 218-km seventh stage ...

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How to trek to Amarnath cave?

So far, over 150,000 pilgrims have performed the yatra from both the north and the south Kashmir rou...

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Cavendish wins crash-filled fifth stage

Briton Mark Cavendish became one of the top 10 stage winners in the Tour de France when he raced to ...

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Pumped-up Cavendish ready to silence critics

Mark Cavendish will be out to silence his critics when the fifth stage takes the peloton on a trek f...

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Stage is set for Cavendish and rival sprinters

Mark Cavendish could get the chance to shine in Monday`s 198-km third stage of the Tour de France.

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Bad weather halts Amarnath yatra

The Amarnath Yatra was halted on Sunday due to landslides and bad weather along the route to the Kas...

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Mark Cavendish sticks to his plan in green jersey

World-class sprinter Mark Cavendish will not change his strategy in his bid to become Britain`s firs...

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Amarnath yatra begins with 2,096 pilgrims in first batch

The annual Amarnath yatra began on Tuesday amid tight security.

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NGO helps rehabilitate women manual scavengers

Earlier, they removed human excreta with their hands and were shunned by society as `untouchables` ...

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Cuttack: Panic in villages as embankment caves in

Panic gripped riverside villages located near Mahanadi on the eastern limits of Cuttack city when ...

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Cavemen grew GM rice over 10,000 years ago?

Even cavemen were growing the GM variety more than 10,000 years ago, a new study has found.

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Cavendish signs off with a win as Giro heads for hills

Britain`s Mark Cavendish bade farewell to this year`s Tour of Italy by sprinting to his second stage...

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Cavendish shrugs off claims to take Giro stage

British sprint ace Mark Cavendish won the 10th stage of the Tour of Italy, a 159km ride from Termoli...

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Jordanian cave image could be first-ever portrait of Jesus

Researchers have found a 2000-yr-old portrait hidden in a Jordanian cave, which resembles Jesus Chri...

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70 books, 2,000 years old, found in Jordan

A total of 70 books, made of lead and dating back to over 2,000 years, have been found in a cave in ...

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Two labourers buried alive as earth caves in

Two labourers were buried alive when they were digging the soil at the depth of fifteen feet and t...

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States slow in abolishing manual scavenging: NHRC

Expressing concern over slow pace of abolition of manual scavenging and dry latrines, NHRC on Saturd...

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Centre asks states to eradicate manual scavenging

A survey conducted by Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA) has provided the Government a list of 4,833 pe...

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Earliest known winery found in Armenian cave

The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia.

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Cavemen `had a taste for vegetables too`

The eating habits of Neanderthals were far more sophisticated than earlier thought.

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Studies on Himalayan caves to help in climate forecast

Himalayan limestone caves will be an effective instrument of forecasting the climate of the region.

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Fossilized teeth of cavemen found in central China

Archaeologists have unearthed fossilized teeth of cavemen dating back 100,000 years.

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Scientists find eyeless cave fish in Indonesia

Scientists have discovered eyeless cave fish in Indonesia`s eastern Papua region.

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SC fiat on manual scavenging

Irked by some state governments failure to implement law against manual scavenging, the Supreme Co...

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`Cavemen ground flour, prepared veggies 30,000 years ago`

Scientists have found evidence that suggests ancient cavemen were grinding their own flour.

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