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Philadelphia celebrates Telangana night

Philadelphia, May 23 : Philadelphia Telangana Association (PTA) celebrated its second Telangana Cultural Night on Saturday (May 18), with greater enthusiasm and ...
Middletown man charged with helping hide evidence in Lanco killing

Emlyn Lucas Jones, of the first block of Elwyn Avenue, is behind bars at the Delaware County prison, charged Tuesday with aiding 23-year-old Kyle "Chunks" Wunder, one of three men accused in the Aug. 17, 2012, killing of Douglas C. Herr, 62, of Drumore ...
Operation Swill Probers say Jersey bars switched cheap stuff for top-shelf liquor

dfoster@trentonian.com TRENTON - That Grey Goose martini your sipping might really be Nikolai vodka.Low-grade swaps similar to that were alleged to have occurred at 29 bars in the state, according to an enforcement action from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control called Operation Swill.Early Wednesday, the state alcohol authority raided the targeted licensed bars and ...
Darby OKs contract for scanning

By Laura WiseleyTimes Correspondent DARBY BOROUGH - The borough will execute a contract to provide instant document scanning services for the borough’s administration and code enforcement departments.Borough Manager Mark Possenti said at a recent business meeting that the contract with DocStar Imagenet of Malvern will allow the borough to convert its files into electronic images, saving ...
Police West Decatur couple treated at hospital following Worth Township crash

WORTH TOWNSHIP - A crash Tuesday night on U.S. Route 322 sent a West Decatur couple to the hospital, state police at Philipsburg reported Thursday.Lyle Wisor and Norma Wisor, both 70, were transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center after their Chevrolet Cobalt collided with a Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 18-year-old Dion Barnard of Port Matilda.Police said Barnard attempted to cross over Route ...

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Topless Woman Arrested In Downtown Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh police were called to downtown Pittsburgh after a woman was walking around topless. The woman was wearing only a skirt, and walking along downtown streets and sidewalks. Several people were seen taking pictures and video of the woman before police arrived. Police handcuffed her, and arrested ...
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Police say they don't even know whether 21-year-old Collegeville resident Matthew Royer may have met with foul play, or is simply not returning home of his own ...
US mayors group holds technology summit in Philly

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is the current president of the organization, whose summit will bring more than 30 mayors from across the U.S. to Philadelphia Thursday and ...
Suicide attacker takes Niger cadets hostage

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Niger's interior minister says that a suicide attacker, who penetrated a military garrison in the city of Agadez, has taken several cadets ...
For Philadelphia bicyclist a cat is his co-pilot

View results PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube.The 26-year-old bike courier didn’t intend to become Internet-famous. He originally shot footage of the ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...