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Hyderabad

A 7.6 earthquake hit the Pakistan-India border region on the 8th of October, 2005. Recent news articles mentioning Hyderabad .

Work on ISR to start soon 04 Dec 2005
Ahmedabad Newsline, ...government about five years ago after the devastating Kutch earthquake, will start ... has National Geological Research Centre (NGRC) based in Hyderabad, but this ...

Kalam calls for research on monsoon Dec 1, 2005
Chennai Online, ...their energies on core areas like monsoon and earthquake dynamics and ... Mumbai, torrential and unprecedented rains in places like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Tamil ...

President tells "scientific" community to research on calamities Dec 1, 2005
NewKerala.com, Then Bangalore and Hyderabad experienced heavy rains and Tamil Nadu, which was battered by December ... ''It is essential to forecast the earthquake using multiple ...

- By Our Special Correspondent Dec 1, 2005
The Asian Age, Referring to the unprecedented rainfall in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Tamil Nadu and the ... Earthquake was another problem area and it was necessary for the ...

Sahayata in true sense of terms for quake-hit Nov 27, 2005
GreaterKashmir.com (press release), ...areas received relief package from a reputed and recognized Hyderabad-based NGO ... In earthquake affected areas of Kashmir, Sahayata distributed blankets, cooking ...

Kalam for research on monsoons, quake dynamics Dec 1, 2005
Outlook (subscription), ...their research on core areas like monsoon and earthquake dynamics besides ... torrential and unprecedented rains in places like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Tamil Nadu ...

The role of MQM Nov 28, 2005
HindustanTimes.com UK edition, ...to activate its cadre to support the victims of the earthquake, and they have ... or ethnic party with interest largely restricted to Karachi and Hyderabad, but we ...

Iran quake kills 10 Nov 27, 2005
Deccan Herald, A 5.9-magnitude earthquake levelled seven villages in southern Iran on Sunday ... in as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, PTI reports from Hyderabad. ...

It’s India’s turn now. Really Nov 27, 2005
Indian Express, The Hyderabad-based Matrix Laboratories’ acquisition of the Belgian giant DocPharma ... December 2004 tsunami or in managing post-earthquake reconstruction in ...

Expert rings earthquake alert Nov 13, 2005
Calcutta Telegraph, ...director of National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad and vice ... Gupta said simpler buildings with reinforcements for earthquake resistance should be ...

Are earthquakes caused by gruesome killing of men and animals? Nov 18, 2005
Asian Tribune, In the Al Kabir slaughter house in Hyderabad, 6000 animals are killed every day ... In Uttarkashi, an earthquake occurred on October 20, 1991, measuring 6.8 on the ...

President Kalam leads nation's Muslims in Eid celebrations Nov 4, 2005
NewKerala.com, ...across India, including in the communally senstive cities of Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kanpur and ... town of Uri, which was hit the hardest by the October 8 earthquake. ...

Quakes not an infrequent phenomenon Nov 8, 2005
Central Chronicle, National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad say that the Kangra rupture can fail again in a 7.5 intensify quake or as part of a much larger earthquake. ...

India to host S.Asia disaster management centre Nov 10, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...costing $28 million is being built in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. ... Pakistan to work together to help victims of the Kashmir earthquake have, however ...

13th SAARC summit opens in Dhaka Nov 12, 2005
Online - International News Network, Mr. Aziz observed that the current earthquake in Pakistan killed and ... The metro cities offered were Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad. ...

India to host South Asia disaster management centre Nov 10, 2005
Reuters India, ...like tsunamis and a monitoring system costing $28 million is being built in Hyderabad. ... to work together to help victims of the Kashmir earthquake have, however ...

Compel The General Nov 5, 2005
Outlook (subscription), ...violence across India and especially in cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. ... in providing relief to those affected by the recent earthquake in both ...

Terrorism and the Dhaka Summit Nov 16, 2005
Daily Pioneer, ...in those areas of Jammu & Kashmir that were hit by the earthquake. ... cells' and 'nodules' in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and ...

SAARC nations agree to set up disaster centre Nov 10, 2005
Nepali Times, ...in Sri Lanka and 16,000 in India, last month's Kashmir earthquake killed over ... and a monitoring system costing $28 million is being built in Hyderabad, the news ...

Accelerating economic growth major objective: Khaleda Nov 12, 2005
Independent-Bangladesh, ...and now Pakistan and India have suffered from a major earthquake, which has ... to our metropolitan cities Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata ...

Manmohan gives wide-ranging proposals for South Asian integration Nov 12, 2005
NewKerala.com, ...in the wake of last year's tsunami and the recent earthquake in Pakistan ... by designated airlines to New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata ...

Not the time to make more overtures to Pakistan Nov 8, 2005
Rediff, The assessment by some analysts that the recent severe earthquake in Pakistan occupied ... to establish secret cells as far down south as Hyderabad and possibly ...

Early Tsunami warning system to be installed by March, 2007 Nov 18, 2005
Webindia123, ...conducted an exhaustive study on Tsunami-generating earthquake across the ... ISRO and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information System, (NCOIS) Hyderabad. ...

President leads nation in celebrating Eid Nov 4, 2005
Webindia123, Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq spent the occasion with the earthquake affected people of ... In Hyderabad, Eid-ul-Fitr, was celebrated with customary fervour marking ...

Tsunami Warning System Working Group Holds Meeting in Jakarta Nov 10, 2005
Antara, ...which will be presented in the second ICG-IOTWS meeting in Hyderabad, India, on ... An earthquake is only 20-30 minutes away from a subsequent tsunami in the quake ...

India plans tsunami simulation project Nov 9, 2005
Daily Times, ...a tsunami warning centre in the southern city of Hyderabad at a cost of US$28 million, which it expects to open by September 2007. Earthquake-induced tsunamis ...

Accord to set up crisis centre Nov 10, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, ...the past year — the Indian Ocean tsunami and the Kashmir earthquake — and authorities ... $28 million is being built in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. ...

Manmohan: reconnect the subcontinent Nov 12, 2005
Hindu, ...the facility of daily air services to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata ... in the wake of last year's tsunami and the October 8 earthquake.

SAARC for fighting terror, India unveils new initiatives Nov 12, 2005
Webindia123, ...like the December 26 tsunami and the October 8 earthquake which together ... by designated airlines to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata and ...

Zero-tolerance for cross-border terrorism key to S. Asia's ... Nov 12, 2005
Webindia123, ...the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India and the October 8 earthquake that hit ... to our metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata ...

Crocodile tears, once again Nov 5, 2005
Asian Tribune, He is a resident of Latifabad, Hyderabad Pakistan. ... Instead of worrying for the victims of the earthquake that had brought immense devastation in Pakistan ...

IRC holding theatre festival at NCA Nov 12, 2005
Daily Times, Documentaries on the earthquake and social issues will be displayed during ... Group (Jafferabad), Multan Theatre Group, Murk Theatre Group (Hyderabad) and SAFCOW ...

United against terror Nov 3, 2005
Business Standard, ...was its timing — the Army’s relief work after the Kashmir earthquake had won a ... In Hyderabad, the serial blasts were splashed on the front pages of all the ...

China steals a march on India at SAARC Nov 13, 2005
NewKerala.com, Despite the bonhomie and improving relations and India's post-earthquake gestures, so ... airlines to New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata. ...

Muslims in India celebrate Eid with devotion Nov 4, 2005
Webindia123, ...was rather subdued this year due to the blasts and the earthquake (in Jammu ... Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Patna in Bihar, Hyderabad in Andhra ...


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