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In the News (Thu 24 Dec 09)

  
  Raichur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raichur is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
The capital of the district is the city of Raichur, which is 409 km from the state capital, Bangalore.
Among the historial attractions in the district, notable are the Raichur fort, built in 1294, and the nearby town of Anegundi, which has a number of monuments from the Vijayanagara empire, including the Ranganatha temple, Pampa lake and Kamal Mahal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raichur   (223 words)

  
 Your Gateway To Internet - Raichur City, Raichur Information, Raichur Education
Situated 409 kms north of Bangalore, is the historical town of Raichur with a rich cultural legacy.
Flanked by the Tungabhadra and Krishna Rivers, Raichur is famous for its imposing Fort.
Raichur is also composed of Rajiv Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital managed by Apollo Hospitals, modern hospital fitted with all latest equipment and specialist superspecialist doctors avaliable to care for the patients and provide best treatment.
www.meraraichur.com   (285 words)

  
 Raichur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One of the five districts that constitute the Hyderabad-Karnataka region, Raichur is a rocky terrain.
Suvarnagiri in Raichur district served as the southern capital of the Mauryas.
Raichur is unique in the sense that it allows for cultural assimilation, and yet maintains its old traditions.
www.freshlimesoda.com /features/meera.htm   (594 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Mind, Skin and Spirit
One of the most successful advocates of the mind-body-health concept, Raichur, who runs the TEJ Ayurvedic Skin Clinic in Manhattan, is a popular lecturer on the holistic health circuit, and has been consulted by a number of top spas in the United States including the Sonoma Mission Inn.
As a young adult in India, Raichur was trained in the fundamental practice of Ayurveda by her next door neighbor who was a physician.
Raichur, like Dr Chopra, is one of the pioneers in introducing the Ayurvedic secret of life and longevity to the United States.
www.rediff.com /news/1999/sep/28us.htm   (1148 words)

  
 The Hindu : Karnataka / Raichur News : Official approves drawing of water from reservoir
RAICHUR: The district administration has decided to continue to draw water from the balancing reservoir of the Tungabhadra left bank canal (TLBC) near here till the harvesting of the standing kharif crops in the command areas of the canal in Raichur taluk and parts of Manvi.
Hence, water supply to standing crops in Raichur taluk and parts of Manvi taluk should not be stopped till their harvesting, which is expected to be completed in the next 15 days, he said.
People living in Raichur and villagers along the TLBC are likely to face a severe water crisis if steps are not taken to improve the storage at the reservoir, he said.
www.hindu.com /2005/12/02/stories/2005120204170300.htm   (648 words)

  
 Absolute Brilliance - American Spa
A New Philosophy Raichur decided to delve further into the study of Ayurveda to learn how its principles could be combined with her knowledge of chemistry and botany and applied to beauty, wellness, and skincare.
Raichur's office is flooded with stunning before-and-after photographs of patient success stories and overstuffed binders filled with heartfelt "thank-yous" from loyal clients.
Raichur ascribes to an "If you can't eat it, don't put it on your face" philosophy in the creation of her products and continues to personally direct the formulation of every element of her line.
www.americanspamag.com /americanspa/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=173196   (633 words)

  
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Raichur is one of 57 Karnataka cities deploying in 2005-06 the Municipal eGovernance modules of
Raichur town is a place of considerable historical importance.It is the capital of Raichur district.
Raichur district was once known as Kishkindha, the legendary kingdom of the Vanaras(monkeys).
www.raichurcity.gov.in   (281 words)

  
 First status report from Vimukti
Raichur and 22kms away from Manvi the Taluk HQ.
The Dist Raichur traditionally has been and still continues to be one of the most backward dists in the whole of the State of Karnataka, and is known for harsh climatic and severe socio economic conditions, very low literacy rate and high infant mortality rates.
The Human Development Index Report 1999 shows Raichur as the one trailing behind every other district in all aspects - literacy, infant mortality rate, maternal deaths, nutrition, etc. The past months were quite challenging in terms of mobilisation and triggering a process of empowerment.
www.clubs.psu.edu /up/aid/web/projects/present/vimukti/firststatus.htm   (1752 words)

  
 Treatment Trends: to relax - American Spa
Raichur is referring to a session in her brand-new Rudraksa Room ($72, 45 minutes and $90, 60 minutes).
Raichur, who strung them by hand on copper wire, says, "What fascinates me is that nobody is touching you, but [the treatment] takes you to a whole different place of mind.
Raichur strategically places additional strands of beads on the client's body, depending upon the clients' special needs.
www.americanspamag.com /americanspa/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=36325   (608 words)

  
 Raichur in Karnataka
, is the historical town of Raichur with a rich cultural legacy.
Flanked by the Tungabhadra River, Raichur is famous for its imposing Fort.
Raichur is an important station on the Guntakal-Bombay railway line.
www.travelmasti.com /domestic/karnataka/raichur.htm   (130 words)

  
 Travel Guide to Karnataka - Raichur
109 kms from Bangalore, is the historical town of Raichur with a rich cultural legacy.
Over the centuries, Raichur became a part of various empires the Mauryas, Chalukyas, Bahamanis, Vijayanagara and the Mughal kings, all ruled over Raichur, endowing it with a rich and varied cultural legacy.
The place is surrounded on all sides by granite hills except the east and derives it s name from the abundance of boulders on these hills.
www.indiantravelportal.com /karnataka/raichur   (582 words)

  
 Children of Cotton Communities Poisoned by Pesticides - Public Hearing in Raichur, Karnataka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Families from the villages of Khanapur, Manjerla and Poorthipli in Raichur District where the study was conducted, participated in the public hearing organised by Greenpeace India along with its Karnataka project partners SEVA, Janachetana and ICRA.
He said Raichur had the largest number of neem trees anywhere in India and neem extracts provided not only effective protection against a range of pests but were also proven to be plant growth catalysts.
The Commission is of the view that the extremely hazardous Class 1 pesticides should be immediately banned and Class 1 b and Class II be gradually phased out in a realistic time frame.
www.greenpeace.org /india/news/children-of-cotton-communities   (1313 words)

  
 Pratima Skin Care
More than twenty-five years ago, Dr. Pratima Raichur, chemist, botanist and aesthetician, recognized that something was missing from the conventional Western approach to skin and beauty care.
The products we use are Dr. Raichur's exclusive formulations, based on decades of research in Ayurveda, botany, and biochemistry, and made with only all-natural ingredients and the purest herbs and essential oils, with no chemicals or preservatives whatsoever and not tested on animals.
Raichur offers lifestyle consultations in the clinic, then our ayurvedic trained aestheticians and massage therapists work magic in the spa.
www.pratimaskincare.com /php/about.php   (1137 words)

  
 BSP makes headway in Raichur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This wisdom shines through in the Raichur municipal council polls, which prove that it is not the party, it is not the caste, creed, liquor or money but the man who is more important.
BJP is limited to Raichur and the Dal factions have gone without a trace in most of the places.
The BJP campaigning gimmicks has not yielded the expected results and the party has had to be satisfied with the fact that at least it has not lost any seats as compared to the last elections.
www.ambedkar.org /News/BSPmakes.htm   (470 words)

  
 A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar By Robert Swell-Book 1 Chapter 12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Its fall was due in great measure to the assistance rendered by some Portuguese, headed by Christovao de Figueiredo, who with their arquebusses picked off the defenders from the walls, and thus enabled the besiegers to approach close to the lines of fortification and pull down the stones of which they were formed.
When the banquet had lasted longer than was reasonable, and the fumes of the wine had exercised their power, a fancy seized the sultan to pass the river and attack the enemy....
When Vijayanagar, with its grandeur, luxury, and love of display, its great wealth and its enormous armies, was at the height of its power, the foreign traders were eminently successful: when Vijayanagar fell, and the city became desolate and depopulated, the foreign traders had no market for their goods, and trade decayed.
www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/vijayanagar/book1.chapter12.html   (4476 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior...Business
The latest unit of the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS), the first such project with totally Indian funding, technology and equipment, is ready for commissioning much ahead of schedule setting a trend in power generation and triggering off similar "made in India" projects.
Raichur has already set a benchmark in completing work in a record time, he said.
Raichur, the only coal based thermal station in Karnataka, ISJ located on the right bank of Krishna River, 18 km from Raichur town.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /99jan27/busi.htm   (2648 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Hyderabad-Deccan
Soon after this we read of Christians in Raichur and Chitapur, who were visited by the priests from Goa.
Urban VIII in 1637 sent the Theatines to Bijapur, near Moodgul and Raichur.
In 1784 Delhi and the northern portion of India was given to the prefect Apostolic of Thibet; and the jurisdiction of the Vicar Apostolic of the Great Mogul restricted to Carwar, Golconda, and the Deccan.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07592b.htm   (1567 words)

  
 Bindi Ayurveda Skin Care
A key step Pratima Raichur at Tej, NYC, uses in her all-herbal technique: an "Ayurveda" (ancient Indian) facial massage with essential oils targeted to your skin type.
At her Tej Salon in New York City, Raichur uses the principles of Ayurveda, the 5,000-year-old Indian science of health and healing, to beautify hair and skin.
Raichur warns against being fooled by some so-called natural shampoos that "have the same ingredients as the others, but then they add 5 percent natural extracts." She firmly believes that "we need more nourishing things in this country, because of the harsh climate as well as all the chemicals and blow dryers people use."
www.bindi.com /acclaim.asp   (530 words)

  
 RAICHUR IN BRIEF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Raichur, the resource rich and cosmopolitandistric, is located in the north-western part of Karnataka.
Raichur is well linked by rail and road to important cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai,Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
It has up-to-date telecommunication networks within the distrct, country and the world.Thus, on account of its resources, locational advantage, friendly people and their ability to absorb modern technology, Raichur is a district that has reached the take -off state in its Industrial Revolution..
kar.nic.in /raichur/raichur.htm   (232 words)

  
 Bublos.com, Books ›› Absolute Beauty: Radiant Skin and Inner Harmony Through the Ancient Secrets of Ayurveda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In Absolute Beauty, Pratima Raichur, a chemist and internationally recognized expert on Ayurvedic skin care, explains how the external skin tissue is the physical reflection of everything that happens within the body: the way we eat and breathe, as well as the thoughts and emotions that fill our mind and color our spirit.
Raichur recommends morning exercise (45 minutes), body self-massage (20 minutes), scalp massage (5 minutes), facial care (up to 15 minutes), saunas (or home alternatives, which she describes), nasal rinses, meditation, yoga, and, well, you name it.
Raichur also has her own cosmetics line which is available on the Web.
www.bublos.com /isbn/0060929103.html   (1488 words)

  
 www.samuha.org>Rationale for choosing Raichur and Koppal districts in North Karnataka <   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
www.samuha.org>Rationale for choosing Raichur and Koppal districts in North Karnataka <
Rationale for choosing Raichur and Koppal districts in North Karnataka
Raichur and Koppal, previously an integrated district, together form the 2nd most backward district in Karnataka
www.samuha.org /M-6.htm   (183 words)

  
 Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd.
Ranked among the top ten stations in the country, the coal based power station at Raichur generates on an average 32 Million Units per day from 7 Units of 210 MW each.
The Raichur Thermal Power Staion (RTPS) Expansion Scheme consisting of Units 5 and 6 of 210 MW each, was taken up in 1996 at a cost of Rs.1545 Crores.
This unit of 210 MW was synchronised to grid on 10.12.2002 in only 25 months which created a new national record in the history of Thermal Power Project implimentation.
www.karnatakapower.com /raichur.asp   (155 words)

  
 Raichur bandh partial- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
RAICHUR: The Raichur bandh, called by Janata Dal (S) on Thursday against the government’s “failure to maintain the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal’’, was partially successful.
Protesters sought the release of water to the canal at the earliest and uninterrupted power to farmers for irrigating their lands to grow alternative crops.
Forum for farmers: Raichur Zilla Raithara Hitarakshana Vedike, an apolitical forum, has been formed under the leadership of former minister M.S. Patil to protect the rights of farmers.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=141919   (316 words)

  
 `Insult' to Ambedkar's photo; tension in Raichur, Gulbarga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
RAICHUR: Deputy Commissioner G. Kumar Nayak and SP J. Arun Chakravarti on Sunday rushed to Janekal village in Manvi taluka in the district, where tension had broken out on Friday.
Anti-social elements had insulted the photograph of Dr Ambedkar by garlanding it with footwear and arrack sachets, causing upheaval in the village of Janekal.
They were protesting the disfigurement of the photograph of Dr B.R. Ambedkar at Janekal village in Raichur district.
www.ambedkar.org /News/Insultto.htm   (394 words)

  
 ABOUT RAICHUR TELECOM DISTRICT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Raichur SSA consist of two district naming Raichur and Koppal.
In am glad to inform you that the Raichur SSA is having total working connections of 65,000.
In order to make telephone bill payments easy and convenient to our esteemed customers, all Syndicate bank branches in Koppal and Raichur revenue districts are permitted to collecte telephone bill payments.
www.raichur.bsnl.co.in /aboutrcr.htm   (232 words)

  
 XII LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session II, (Monsoon)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Chairman, Sir, people of Raichur and Gulbarga Districts of Karnataka face a lot of difficulties in reaching Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore due to cancellation/diversion of more than 10 high utility, very important express trains passing through Raichur railway station.
Raichur is a very important commercial centre lying in between Chennai and Mumbai on the broad gauge line connecting the East and West Coasts.
Raichur is a big cotton market and large quantities of cotton are exported to cloth mills in South India.
parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls12/ses2/57220798.htm   (221 words)

  
 Ashok M. Raichur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Shashikala and A. Raichur, 2002, "The role of interfacial phenomena in determining adhesion of Bacillus polymyxa on hematite and quartz," Colloids and Surfaces, B: Biointerfaces, 24(1) 11-20.
Raichur and M. Jyoti Basu, 2001, "Adsorption of fluoride on to rare earth oxides," Separation and Purification Technology, 24(1/2) 121-127.
Raichur, X. Wang and B. Parekh, 2001, "Estimation of surface free energy of pyrites by contact angle measurements," Minerals Engineering, 14(1) 65-75.
www.metalrg.iisc.ernet.in /faculty/ashok.html   (227 words)

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