Games scam stink in London
The Organisation
Committee of the Commonweath Games 2010 is heading for further trouble with the UK government writing to the Indian high commission in London seeking a probe into an alleged scam in |
TRS states intent with sweep
The Telangana
Rashtra Samiti-BJP alliance swept the July 27 bypolls surfing atop a Telangana tsunami that completely drowned the Congress, including state party chief D. Srinivas, and the Telugu Des |
Joint session for Obama Nov. 9
US President
Barack Obama, who will pay a state visit to India in early November, is expected to address a joint session of Parliament on November 9, government sources said Friday. In view of this, |
Khel Ratna for Saina
Ace shuttler and
July 30: Ace shuttler and world number two Saina Nehwal was on Friday selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour, putting the |
RJD loses national party status
Five political par
ties lost their status as state parties on Friday, according to the Election Commission. They are the JD(U), SP, PMK, MDMK and Arunachal Congress Party. Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav's R |
Psychological tests must for DAE scientists
The
department of atomic energy (DAE) has made it mandatory for all job aspirants to pass psychological test before being hired by any of the units under it, a senior official on Friday said. Querie |
Flood-like situation in UP as rain lashes north
Major
Major rivers in Uttar Pradesh on Friday continued to swell resulting in flood-like situation in a number of districts in the state as heavy rains lashed most parts of northern India. Intermi |
Govt clears judges' retirement age bill
The government on Friday cleared an amendment bill to increase the retirement age of high court judges from 62 to 65 years. The move, if passed, will benefit around 630 judges of the 21 high courts in |
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CRPF firing kills 3, Valley erupts
At least three pro
testers, including a 13-yearold boy, were killed and scores injured in incidents of CRPF firing and clashes between irate crowds and security forces across the Kashmir Valley durin |
3 IPS officers, 6 cops named in Tulsi case
The Gujarat CID crime has chargesheeted nine cops, including three IPS officials - D.G. Vanzara and Vipul Agarwal of Gujarat cadre and Dinesh M.N. of Rajasthan cadre - in the Tulsi Prajapati fake e |
Zardari likely to cancel UK visit after Cameron remarks
British Premie
David Cameron's warning to Pakistan to stop promoting the "export of terror" appears to have cast a shadow on bilateral ties, with the foreign office even debating the possibility of |
Taliban exploit openings in neglected north province
: Almost unnoticed,
this strategic northern province is slipping away from government control. Baghlan Province contains two of the crucial northsouth routes in Afghanistan.
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Plane catches fire prior to take-off in Karachi
ust days after the
the air crash in Islamabad, another Pakistani plane caught fire in Karachi while preparing to take-off on Friday. "All the passengers and crew members are safe after a Pakistan |
POK AMONG WORST-HIT AREAS Over 350 die in Pak flash floods
Over 350 people
have been killed by flash floods and bad weather in Pakistan in the last three days, officials said. "The toll could be even bigger. We have the details of over 350 deaths. Hun dr |
Nepal SC convicts Sobhraj of murder, upholds life term
Dealing a body
blow to "bikini killer" Charles Sobhraj's freedom bid, Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday convicted the Indian-origin criminal in a sensational murder case of an American tourist and uph |
Key accused in BDR mutiny dies
A ke
accused in 2009's bloody BDR mutiny which claimed lives of 57 army officers died of heart attack here as he awaited trial in jail along with 800 other Bangladesh Rifles' guards, officials said |
5 Taliban off UNSC blacklist
he UN Security s dropped five
prominent Taliban members from its sanctions blacklist under an ambitious national reconciliation plan of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The five were identified as |
rescue efforts
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Mugabe's sister & ally dies at 80
Zimbab
we President Robert Mugabe's sister and political ally Sabina Mugabe has died at age 80 after years of failing health, state media reported. Mugabe's younger sister died early on Thursday, |
Iran claims West plot in ciggies with pig blood
An Iran
ian official says cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy. The semiofficial Mehr news agency quotes Mohammed Rez |
Tokyo `oldest' man dead for 30 years
The police
are investigating whether the family of Tokyo's "oldest man" - who appears to have been dead at home for decades - fraudulently received pension money paid to him, news reports said on Fr |
Sweden: Ex-top cop convicted of sex crimes
A for
mer Swedish police chief known for his lectures on gender equality and sexual harassment was convicted on Friday of rape and other sex crimes and sent to prison. In a case that shocked this Nor |
Russian forces foil plane hijacking bid
Russian special
forces quickly overpowered a man after he briefly seized a plane with 105 passengers and crew at a Moscow airport on Thursday, officials said. The plane, which departed from the s |
Mexican Army kills drug boss Ignacio
Mexican soldiers
killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spir |
More classified documents missing: Gates
Days after the WikiLeaks went onto release more than 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war against terrorism, US defence secretary Robert Gates acknowledged that thousands of such classifi |
Qaeda briefly plants flag in Iraq as 23 troops killed
Al
Qaeda briefly planted its flag in Baghdad on Friday as militants killed 23 members of Iraq's security forces across the country in a combination of shootings and roadside bombs demonstrating th |
Beirut hosts Saudi, Syrian leaders for rare talks
President Bashar
al-Assad of Syria and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia arrived in Beirut on Friday for talks on possible indictments of Syria's allies in Lebanon in the assassination of a former Leb |
Turmoil in Italy as Silvio's party implodes
Italy was in politi
cal turmoil on Friday after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dramatically split with his one-time most powerful centre-right ally, putting the country at risk of early elections |
Pentagon seeks FBI help in leak probe
The Pentagon has
sought the assistance of FBI into its investigation of the illegal leakage of thousands of classified documents by WikiLeaks on the American war against terrorism in Afghanistan. |
Vicar jailed over fake marriages
Three men,
including a vicar, have been found guilty of a massive scam to organise hundreds of sham marriages in East Sussex region of Britain. Reverend Alex Brown, Ukrainian national Vladymyr B |
UK antiquated benefits system faces overhaul
Britain proposes
to completely overhaul the benefits system to simplify he structure and make work pay, work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said on Friday. "A system developed to hel |
US man gets death for killing 3 kids
An
American man was sentenced to death for beheading three children, including his daughter, as he believed they were possessed and he was the "chosen one" who must kill them to save the world.
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Ex-Labour MPs, Tory peer lose expenses appeal
Three former
Labour MPs and one Tory peer have lost their bid to stop their prosecution for the alleged abuse of expense claims. Fifty-eight-year-old Elliott Morley (former MP for Scunthorpe), 60 |
Turkey softens terror law that jailed young Kurds
Berivan Sayaca, a
vivacious 15-year-old Kurdish girl, dreamed of escaping her life as a seamstress and studying law. Instead, she was convicted of supporting terrorism by attending a protest rally |
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immigration
Indian hotelier under scanner
The
owner of two Indian restaurants here has come under the scanner of Australian authorities after it was revealed that he allegedly accepted money to prepare fake documents for migrant workers see |
NZ school distributes condoms
A
school in New Zealand gave out condoms to students attending a ball "to help them make better choices" but the move has shocked an advocacy group. The principal of the Te Puke High School in Te Puk |
Labour leader
David emerges favourite Miliband sibling for post
Former
foreign secretary David Miliband appears to be emerging as the favourite to become the new leader of Britain's Labour Party, ahead of his younger brother Ed, according to latest opinion pol |
Canada jails man for nuke export bid
A
Canadian court has sentenced a Toronto man to four years and three months prison for attempting to export dual-use nuclearrelated items to Iran, in violation of UN resolutions. Mahmoud Yadegari |
Spain makes robot with `conscience'
Spain has
designed the world's first robot with its own "conscience" and "life", which will "entertain, teach and be a companion" to humans who purchase it. The AISoy 1, which will go on sale in Au |
`Ancient reptile traces discovered'
The dis
covery of ancient footprints made by reptiles 318 years ago proves they were the first vertebrates to conquer dry land, claim scientists. The fossilised reptile footprints were found in se |
Wahlberg stopped by LA police
London: Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg was stopped by police for allegedly running a stop sign as he was driving through Los Angeles. The Planet of the Apes star's luxury Bentley car was pulled over by |
Girls in skimpy clothes distract drivers
London: Men are more likely to be involved in a car accident in summer as they are distracted by girls in skimpy outfits, a survey has revealed. As many as 29 per cent of male drivers admitted that gi |
DeGeneres quits as Idol judge
Los Angeles: Celebrated Television host Ellen DeGeneres has quit the talent show American Idol, after serving as a judge for just one season. "A couple of months ago, I let FOX and the American Ido |
Freida's Miraal in Venice fest
London: Indian actress Freida Pinto starrer Miraal, her first project after debuting in the multiple Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire, is in competition for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fe |
2 rare songs of Rafi and Madan Mohan released
New Delhi: Two unheard and unreleased songs sung by Mohammed Rafi and composed by Madan Mohan have been released to mark the death anniversaries of the legendary musical duo who collaborated on some o |
Brown dwarf discovered
Washington: Astronomers claim to have discovered a very young brown dwarf, or a failed star, in a tight orbit around a young nearby sunlike star. An international team, led by University of Hawaii, |
Rahul 2nd wife claims assault, walks out, in
Mumbai: Amid high drama, Kolkata-based model Dimpy Ganguly walked out of her fourmonth-old TV marriage with Rahul Mahajan, accusing him of "punching, kicking and dragging" her by hair only to return h |
Cameron: I'll talk to Asif
British Prime
Minister David Cameron ended his India visit just the way he began: on a candid note. He told Pakistan "clearly and plainly" that it needs to crack down on and
eliminate terrorist gr |
Ideal man 60kg & woman 55kg
The ideal Indian
man is now five kg heavier and the ideal woman weighs 10 kg more than their ancestors in the preIndependence era. The Centre has fixed the weight of the Indian "reference man" at |
PM ticks off Pak's Qureshi
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, in fairly trong remarks at a joint ress conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron here on hursday, ticked off akistan's foreign minister hah |
Kishenganga: Ban, others to pick umpires
The UN Secretary-General is among the international personalities who will now decide on the three neutral umpires to settle the dispute between India and Pakistan over the Kishenganga project in Jamm |
CBI wants to quiz Modi in Sohrab probe
The CBI, probing
Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, is likely to question Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in this connection. It is also likely to file a status report with the Supreme Cou |
Obama not invited to Chelsea wedding
Chelsea Clinton's marriage on Saturday is the hottest ticket in town, but US President Barack Obama would have to give a miss to what is being called the wedding of the decade and of the century as he |
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In ladder of succession, Noel Tata takes a step up
Noel Tata, half
July 29: Noel Tata, halfbrother of Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata, has been appointed managing director of Tata International, which promotes the Tata brand overseas. The appointme |
RTE: Centre, states ratio to be 65:35
In an effort to
implement the Right To Education Act, the revolutionary law guaranteeing education as a right for children between six and 14 years, the government has reworked the share of the Cent |
Thailand lifts emergency in 6 provinces
Thailand's government lifted a state of emergency in six provinces on Thursday but said the special security law would remain in 10 others, including Bangkok, which was hit by a deadly bombing earlier |
Fonseka faces fresh trial in Sri Lanka
Sri
Lanka's former Army Chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was brought before the Colombo high court on Thursday to answer charges of provoking violence. Gen. Fonseka, |
Pakistan: Torrential rain kills 108 in 2 days
As many as 108
people were reported killed in two days in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the semiautonomous tribal areas and the adjoining Balochistan province as heavy rains swept |
Pak plane crash: Black box not found yet
Pakistan interior
minister Rehman Malik said on Thursday that black box of the crashed plane has not yet been found. "We are still looking for it. The black box has not been found yet. We |
Pak-occupied Kashmir elects its new leader
Legislators in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir on Thursday elected a new leader, days after their outgoing premier resigned ahead of a no-confidence vote, officials said. Sardar Atique Ahmad was |
Taliban on Dutch pullout: Well done
The Taliban have congratulated the Netherlands' government for the upcoming pull-out of their troops from Afghanistan, according to a newspaper interview with a spokesman from the group. "We want t |
Karzai asks West to target militants `outside' Afghan
Pak
istan said on Thursday it was seeking clarification of "incomprehensible" remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai calling for tougher Western action against militant sanctuaries. Asked by |
Secularism back in Bangla statute
Bangladesh's Supreme Court has restored "secularism" as one of the basic tenets in the country's 1972 Constitution. In a 186-page ruling announced on Wednesday, the appellate division of the apex c |
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Man attacked for listening to rap music
In an
apparent case of racial abuse, a 22-year-old white man was assaulted by a black teenager because he was listening to rap music. Joshuah Lamb, 14, allegedly punched David McKnight in Palm Ba |
138 killed in Congo boat accident
Some 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in bad weather in Democratic Republic of Congo, the police said on Thursday. The accident took place on Wednesday |
Donkey march during Israel gay parade?
Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox deputy mayor plans to march 50 donkeys through the streets of the Holy City to coincide with a gay pride parade on Thursday, his office said. "This expresses what we thin |
New oil spill sullying waters in Michigan
A new
oil spill is sullying US waters in the northern state of Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said on Wednesday. The US En |
4 arrested for Austria attack plot on guru
The Aus
trian police has arrested four Indian men suspected of planning an attack that could be linked to a deadly shooting at a gurdwara in Vienna in 2009, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
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Minister in L'Oreal row questioned
The French
police on Thursday questioned labour minister Eric Woerth as they probe the financial affairs of France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. Investigators went to Mr W |
Russia's FSB gets more powers
Russia on Thurs
ay gave sweeping powers o its Federal Security Serice, the successor to the GB to issue warnings or etain people suspected of reparing to commit crimes, s the Opposition alleged hat |
Arizona
Immigration law blocked
A federal judge in
Arizona on Wednesday broadly vindicated the Obama administration's high-stakes move to challenge that state's tough immigration law and to assert the primary authority of the fe |
US Indian is dean of B-school
Indian
origin Stanford University professor Sunil Kumar has been named dean of the prestigious Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Kumar's fiveyear term as dean at Chicago Booth wi |
US military scrutinises leaks for risks to Afghans
The Pentagon is
reviewing tens of thousands of classified battlefield reports made public this week about the war in Afghanistan to determine whether Afghan informants were identified and could be a |
In Roosevelt archive, history as he made it
A month after the
Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, Joseph P. Kennedy, the American ambassador in London and father of a future President, expressed grave doubts about "this war for idealism" against H |
Churchill archives online from '12
Britain's war-time
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill's archives will be available online from 2012. Churchill's one-million page personal archives include letters, drafts and notes for his sp |
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`Earth has 12 years to go before its ice melts'
The world has less than 12 years to go before it faces major ice-melting and potentially catastrophic effects if nothing is done to reduce carbon emissions, a Thai environmental conservationist has w |
Britain scraps fixed retirement age of 65
Britain has
scrapped the compulsory fixed retirement age of 65 years to allow people to work beyond that age. The default retirement age of 65 years, which was introduced in 2006, allows emplo |
Richest man buys $44m NY mansion
Mexi
can Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, has just bought a magnificent mansion in New York for $44 million. Mr Slim already owns a major interest in the New York Times and a major office bui |
1,800-yr-old personal care kit found
Archae
ologists have uncovered an ancient Roman personal care set at Myra-Andriake in Antalya's district of Demre, Turkey. Professor Nevzat Cevi, an academic from Akdeniz University's archaeology |
Militants in Afghan hide in burqas'
Male insurgents are hiding among villagers in eastern Afghanistan dressed in burqas in an attempt to avoid detection, the US regional military commander said on Wednesday. Major General John Campbe |
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HC rejects plea against Once Upon...
Mumbai: The decks have been cleared for the release of Once Upon a Time in Mumbai on Friday, after a sessions court on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by the daughter of alleged late smuggler Haji Mas |
Murphy's hubby emptied her bank accounts
Melbourne: American actress Brittany Murphy's bank accounts were emptied by her husband Simon Monjack before he died, sources have revealed. Murphy's former business manager has claimed that |
World's oldest tweeter dies
London: Ivy Bean, who became an online celebrity as the oldest known user of micro-blogging site Twitter, has died at the age of 104. Pat Wright, manager of the care home where she lived in Bradfor |
`Patients can grow own joints'
London: Raising hope for millions suffering from knee and hip problems, scientists have claimed that it would soon be possible for the patients to "grow" properly working joints inside their body usin |
Clooney's girlfriend in cocaine scandal
Los Angeles: Hollywood superstar George Clooney's model girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis is being investigated on drugs charges, after the arrest of a witness who claims to have seen her snorting cocaine |
`Racy' Jolie pics on Net
Highly shocking and racy images of actress Angelina Jolie are currently doing the rounds on the Internet. The images published by Star Magazine see the 35year-old actress flashing her assets in bon |
Jolie, Zeta-Jones in Liz Taylor biopic role race
London: Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hollywood's two leading ladies, have locked horns to play Elizabeth Taylor in a major new biopic of her life. Jolie, 35, is hoping that her notoriet |
CBI summons former DGP of Gujarat
Former
Gujarat DGP P.C. Pande was on Wednesday summoned by the CBI probing the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout. He has been told to appear before the CBI on August 11, CBI so |
Sanctuary for sloth bears in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan gov
ernment has earmarke 4,468 sq. km of land, locat ed between Jalore an Sirohi districts, for a slot bear sanctuary. The sanctu ary will be the first of it kind for bears.
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India to get 18 cheetahs
July 28:
The ministry of
environment and forests (MoEF) is taking the ambitious step of relocating 18 cheetahs from Iran, Namibia, South Africa and West Asia to three wildlife reserves in |
CVC finds `irregularities' in Games projects
The
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has found alleged irregularities in several projects related to the Commonwealth Games being carried out by various civic and construction agencies i |
Murali: Bedi would be hammered
AGE CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI
: Recently-retired
Sri Lankan spin great Muttiah Muralitharan responded to long-time critic Bishan Singh Bedi on Thursday, calling the former India |
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Jet crash in Pak kills all 152 aboard
A pas
senger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board. The Airblue j |
Cameron on camera
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Speaker no to Opp. bid for vote, BJP will petition Prez
The Opposition
made a valiant bid to corner the government on the price rise issue in both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, but Speaker Meira Kumar came to the rescue of the treasury benches in th |
`Buddha Boy' admits to beating locals
Nepal's
London, July 28: Nepal's "Buddha Boy", who is being hailed as a reincarnation of Lord Buddha, is being questioned by the police after local villagers in the country's Bara district complaine |
Kayani extension challenged in court
: The full new term
extension in service granted o Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has been challenged in a Pakistani court, officials said. A freelance journalist petitioned the Peshawar |
Report accuses Zardari of water pilferage
: Pakistan Presiden
Asif Ali Zardari and some other influential politicians are engaged in water pilferage, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report said. The ADB report claimed that top Sindhi po |
Bangla 1971 war veteran Bhuiyan dies
respect
ed politician and a Liberation War veteran, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, who was BNP's longest serving secretary-general, died here at the age of 67 after battling cancer. Bhuiyan, who was a member |
Vedanta faces protests over Orissa project
British cluding
campaigners, including activists from rights organisations, gathered outside the venue of the annual general meeting of Indianowned mining giant Vedanta Resources on Wednesday aftern |
`Pak military must clean its house'
Pak
Washington, July 28: Pakistan should carry out a thorough house cleaning of its military after revelations by Mumbai terror accused David Headley that its spy agency ISI had links to the attacker |
`Military aid to Pak no threat for India'
Days
after India voiced concern over misuse of the massive US military aid by Pakistan, the Obama administration has said that the security assistance to Islamabad, including supply of sophisticate |
Powerful blast in Chinese factory kills 12, injures 300
At least 12 people
were killed and as many as 300 injured when a powerful explosion triggered by a gas pipeline leakage ripped apart a plastic and chemicals factory in eastern China. Twelve people w |
Afghan bus hits bomb, 25 killed
A packed bus hit a
roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killing 25 people aboard, as Nato announced another US service member died in a rapidly rising monthly death toll. The passen |
US general for joint Indo-Pak military course
on Wednesday proposed that senior military officers from India and Pakistan should attend joint courses in American Services institutions as a means to create trust between the military leaders of the |
Rebels kill 5 in troubled Thai south
Narathiwat (Thailand), July 28: Suspected Islamist insurgents have shot dead four Muslim men while one militant was killed by security officials in Thailand's restive southern provinces, the police sa |
Another Russian held in US for smuggling arms
London, July 28: A young Russian beautician has been arrested in Texas for trying to smuggle US weapons parts to Russia, it has emerged. Anna Fermanova, 24, who lives near Dallas, was apprehended a |
Ex-Nazi camp guard indicted in Germany
Berlin, July 28: A former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich, German prosecutors said on Wednesday. Samu |
Egypt denies visas to 4 Iranian MPs
Egypt has
Tehran, July 28: Egypt has denied visas to four Iranian legislators who planned to travel to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, Iran's Press TV reported on Wednesday. "The Egyptian gover |
US House approves money for wars, but rift deepens
The House of Rep
July 28: The House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday to provide $59 billion to continue financing America's two wars, but the vote showed deepening divisions and anxiety among Dem |
Copter crash, bombing kill 11 in Iraq
A sandstorm
July 28: A sandstorm downed an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing its five-man crew, while a midmorning Baghdad bombing claimed the lives of six people, officials said. Defe |
WikiLeaks editor defends data leak
Julian Assange, the
July 28: Julian Assange, the founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing website, in London defended the leak of the Afghanistan war data. "We're not an organ |
US envoy may attend Hiroshima ceremony
US Presi
Tokyo, July 28: US President Barack Obama will likely send an envoy to a ceremony next week marking the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first US government official to attend the event, med |
Iran to pay for new babies to boost population
Iranian President
July 28: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new policy to encourage population growth, dismissing Iran's decades of internationally acclaimed family planning as un |
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UK conman gets 5 yrs for `selling' Ritz
An unemployed British truck driver has been sentenced to five years in jail for trying to sell the world famous Ritz hotel for �250 million to a duped investor. Anthony Lee was convicted earlier in Ju |
Chinese gets its own Guinness
Now, it's official. "Chinness", the Chinese version of Guinness, has been recognised by the country's trademark regulator. Derived from "Chinese" and "Guinness", "Chinness" has been officially appr |
Mastermind of Mariposa PC virus held
A 23-yearold Slovenian man has been arrested for allegedly creating "Mariposa" botnet, a malicious code that infected as many as 12 million computers, invading major banks and corporations worldwide, |
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Murder suspect who hosted TV show dies
A former TV crime
A former TV crime show host and state legislator accused of commissioning killings to boost ratings has died, a hospital spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Wallace Souza, 51, died o |
Singer Wyclef might enter Haiti Prez race
Port-Au-Prince, July 28: Haitian singer Wyclef Jean is considering a bid for the presidency of his earthquake-shattered homeland, where he is a popular figure, but has not yet decided whether to run i |
Terror suspects can claim compensation
Britain on Wednes
July 28: Britain on Wednesday faced a major setback when the court of appeal on Wednesday rejected its challenge to a landmark ruling allowing compensation claims by terrorism suspe |
Giant asteroid may crash into earth in 2182
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A massive asteroid could crash into earth in 2182, causing widespread devastation and possible extinction, scientists have warned. The asteroid, called 1999 RQ36, has a one-in-thousand chance |
In a first, Oz men charged with inciting racial hatred
In a first, two of the
In a first, two of the three men arrested for attacking an Indian student on a moving bus in Australia's Victoria state were on Wednesday charged with inciting racial hatred. |
Isolation equal to 15 cigarettes a day
People with
close family and social ties have 50 per cent more chances of living longer than those living isolated lives without friends, families or colleagues, says a new global study. Isolatio |
Ross' niece claims she's MJ love child
Diana Ross' niece, who claims to be Michael Jackson's illegitimate love child, has moved the court to claim "her part" of pop legend's estate. Mocienne Petit Jackson, who lives in the Netherlands, |
Cellphones carry more germs than toilet handle
The average mobile phone carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a flush handle in a men's toilet, tests have revealed. One of the phones in the test had such high levels of bacteria t |
Jolie attacked by stalker in Moscow
Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie was left petrified when she was attacked by a crazed lookalike fan at the premiere of her action movie Salt in Moscow. Jolie, 35, was grabbed by the deranged, tattoo |
UK woman, 56, is slowest to swim Channel
A 56-year-old British woman is said to have broken the world record as the slowest person to swim the English Channel. Jackie Cobell took an epic 28 hours 44 minutes; she was forced off course so muc |
HC green light to Once Upon A Time...
The release of Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai has been given a green signal by the Bombay high court after producers of Balaji Telefilms agreed to issue a statement denying that the movie is based on the |
Dev will remake Hare Rama Hare Krishna
EVERGREEN ACTOR Dev Anand announced that he is soon planning to remake his 70's hit Hare Rama Hare Krishna. The actor revealed that he has a strong script in mind. He plans to shoot the film once agai |
Justin may take Cowell place on Idol
Pop star Justin Timberlake is the latest celebrity to emerge as a potential replacement for music mogul Simon Cowell as a judge on talent hunt show American Idol. The SexyBack hitmaker has joined S |
Canadian actor Maury Chaykin dies
: Canadian actor Maury Chaykin has died at the age 61. Manager Paul Hemrend said Chaykin died early on Tuesday morning at a Toronto hospital surrounded by family. He would not elaborate on the cause o |
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Irish couple caught in a web of maritime laws
GAEA RICH and her family were in full holiday mode aboard their yacht on July 4 as they motored from Stamford, Connecticut, across Long Island Sound and into Oyster Bay, off the North Shore of Long Is |
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Hungary sued in Holocaust art claim
FOR MORE than two decades the heirs of a worldrenowned Jewish collector have been petitioning the Hungarian government to return more than $100 million worth of art, most of which has been hanging in |
Centre clarifies on staff dismissal
Central
government employees convicted during the recent strike will not now necessarily be dismissed from service, it is learnt here. The Government of India have now sent instruction to heads of |
truth to tell Pets' names are now kids' in UK
BRITAIN HAS the reputation for bizarre trends - and the latest one tops them all. Children are no more named Olivia or Jack, they are now Shy, Unity and Bean, according to the new UK survey. Rooney, B |
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Debunking wine myths
WE'VE ALL been in that situation before. You'd like to learn more about wine, but don't know where to start. You want to enjoy a glass of wine, but you're not sure if you'll like it. You want to reach |
Hit-&-run `driver' held on plane to Russia
Shahid Khan, the
Ukraine MBBS student accused of driving the Honda City which killed four labourers late Sunday night, was arrested by the police in dramatic circum stances at Delhi air |
Mani and Kalmadi provide some sport
Former sports
minister Mani Shankar Aiyar was labelled "antinational" by Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi after the senior Congress leader's critical comments on the q |
SC pulls up govt, says food rotting `criminal'
Describing the rot
ting of food stock as a "criminal" waste of resources, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought details from the Union food ministry on why adequate storage facilities had not been pro |
Behind price storm lies state poll politics
The issue of price
rise, if voted on in the two Houses of Parliament, will expose at least five major parties which are either part of the Centre or support it from the outside, and the fence-sitter |
House of death links Kauser, Ishrat
In a shocki
development that will tighten the noose over the Gujarat police, further exposing its obsession with encounters, it has emerged hat Ishrat Jahan was kept in he same farmhouse where |
RBI hike: No loan effect, yet
If you have an out
July 27: If you have an outstanding home loan, car loan or personal loan, you can breathe a little easy, for now. Although the Reserve Bank of India raised key policy rates on |
In price uproar, govt rejects vote
Both Houses of
Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday following the Opposition's protests over price rise and its demand for a discussion on the issue under motions that entail voting, a move reje |
Truckers' indefinite strike from Aug. 6
Truckers on Tuesday threatened indefinite strike from August 6 to protest against the toll policy and demanded lower toll tax. The All-India Motor Transport Congress also demanded removal of antidumpi |
Panel objects to Posco land acquisition
Amidst tight security, the Orissa government on Tuesday began the land acquisition process for the proposed Rs 52,000-crore Posco project near Kujanga in Jagatsinghpur district even as the empowered C |
Man rams car into a bar irked by vuvuzela noise
: A man in
Italy was so infuriated by the continuous buzzing sound of vuvuzelas at a bar that he fired a rifle and repeatedly rammed his car into the pub. Exasperated by noise coming from the bar in |
Rare Crusader-era fresco unveiled at Israel Museum
A rare
Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane has been unveiled to the public for the first time. The fresco depicts the Deisis, a famous Biblical scene featuring Jesus, |
US intel expert behind leak?
A 22
year-old US Army intelligence analyst, facing a court-martial, appears to be behind the biggest leak in US military history of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan that also exposed Pa |
Afghanistan questions US silence
The Unit
ed States has pursued a contradictory policy with regard to the Afghan war by ignoring Pakistan's role in the insurgency, the Afghan government said on Tuesday, following the leak of US mili |
US to use leak as leverage on Pakistan
The
US may seek to gain leverage from the WikiLeaks disclosures about ISI's links with Taliban and Al Qaeda, to get Islamabad act tougher on militant groups on its soil, as voices grow louder agains |
`No change in war strategy, Pak ties'
The US
military's top officer on Tuesday said information in leaked documents on the war in Afghanistan did not call into question the US strategy or Washington's relationship with Pakistan. Ad |
Osama hired bombers in Pak: WikiLeaks
Contra
dicting CIA's assertion that it has no intelligence on the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden since 2003, leaked secret US military documents say the Al Qaeda chief personally atte |
Vietnam
Communist soldiers mass grave found
An official says a mas grave has been found con taining the remains of 4 communist soldiers kille during the Vietnam War. Lt. Col. Do Van Dai i central Dak Nong provinc says it took excavators near |
`India-obsessed Pak digging own grave'
akistan's obses
sion with India is leading it to "dig its own grave" as the ISI's "destructive role" now stands exposed in the wake of the revelations by classified intelligence documents, a leading |
Pak rejects ISI links to Taliban
Pak
istan on Tuesday angrily dismissed as "misplaced" and "skewed" the leaked US intelligence reports that accused its spy agency ISI of supporting Taliban in Afghanistan and bombing of the Indian em |
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FILMMAKER ZOOMS IN ON KOCHI'S SLICES OF HISTORY
HIS IS a curious case of phoren birth with a desi twist in the tale. Born in Britain, but based out of Kochi (Kerala), Englishman Tom Peirce has everything Indian about him. From friends-n-family (inc |
DECCAN CHRONICLE 50 YEARS AGO
16-point plan for Naga state
Talks began here today between Prime Minister Nehru and a 19-man delegation of Naga Convention on the future political set up of Naga area. The talks were held at the conference room of the externa |
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Scottish women love cats & dogs
THEY DRESS them up, coo while talking to them and frame their baby pictures - but it's not the babies women are pampering - it's cats and dogs. A survey showed that 75 per cent Scottish women buy t |
Moss hires exorcist for her house
Supermodel Kate Moss has hired a professional exorcist to rid her London home, which has been struck by several calamities in recent months, of "evil energy". The model, who lives in a plush area o |
Smith, wife gatecrash at wedding
Star couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett brought a little Hollywood glamour to a French bride's wedding as they unwittingly gate crashed the nuptials. The couple, who were on the way to the premiere |
`Dinosaurs dressed to attract mates'
Just like brightly plumed peacocks, dinosaurs evolved fancy head crests and sails along their backs to attract mates, says a new study. Palaeontologists claim that pteranodon crests and eupelycosau |
Pitt gorges on butter chicken
Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt chose naan and butter chicken over gourmet cuisine during his solitary trip to New Zealand. The superstar surprised the staff at Tulsi restaurant, a small Indian eate |
Jolie `joins' Twitter
Angelina Jolie has finally joined the social networking site Twitter, it has emerged. According to a source, one won't hear any 140character musings from the actress as she's locked her account rig |
OBITUARY I
A comedian has the last laugh
ACE COMEDY actor Ravi Baswani, 64, who was known for his sterling performance in the cult movie Jaane Bi Do Yaaron, died of a massive heart attack in Nainital on Tuesday. Baswani was in Nainital to |
Paris under fire over Nazi salute
Paris Hilton is in trouble again. This time the hotel heiress has come under fire for pulling a "Heil Hitler" pose while partying aboard a yacht. The reality TV star was pictured wearing a military |
Oz lyricists' bid to write longest song
Hoping to set a world record for the longest ever song, 168 Australian songwriters are penning a single, proceeds from which will go to charity. The song producers will release it as a single with |
Dhobi Ghat heads to Toronto festival
Dhobi Ghat, directed and produced by Aamir Khan's wife Kiran Rao, will have its world premiere at 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), organisers announced here on Tuesday. Aamir Khan, |
Congress MP is unseated, to go to court
The Kerala high court on Monday nullified the election of the Congress MP, Mr Kodikunnil Suresh, saying he was born a Christian and was not entitled to contest from the constituency reserved for sched |
4 SSB jawans die in Bodo attack
Suspected rebels of the outlawed NDFB on Monday gunned down four personnel of the SSB, including a subinspector, and critically wounded three others in an ambush in western Assam.
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US intel mega-leak exposes Pak double game
Americans fight ing the war in Afghanistan have long harboured strong suspicions that Pakistan's military spy service has guided the Afghan insur gency with a hidden hand, even as P |
Was Polish alert on Kabul attack passed on to India?
A week before the July 2008 bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, Polish intelligence had given a tipoff about a possible Taliban strike on the Indian mission, the leaked US military documents indic |
India salutes heroes of Kargil
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CBI to question Shah in prison
In a day of legal developments, Gujarat's former minister of state for home Amit Shah on Monday moved the special CBI court for bail, while the CBI sought and obtained permission to interrogate Mr Sha |
Sheila, minister in CWG spat
Differences between Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia and chief minister Sheila Dikshit over the latter allegedly promoting her MP son Sandeep Dikshit now threatens to derail a Commonwealth Games "bra |
Sri Lanka make a strong start
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Malik: Terrorists get arms from Afghan
Pakistan interior
minister Rehman Malik on Monday said that the terrorists in Pakistan are being supplied arms from Afghanistan. "The government has protested with Kabul over this issue and has |
Malay mulls school for pregnant teens
A
Malaysian state is considering establishing a school for pregnant teenagers, to curb an alarming epidemic of "baby dumping", a report said on Monday. The chief minister of Malacca state, Moham |
10 hurt in settlers, Palestinians clash
Israeli settlers entered a
Palestinian village, set fire to a field, tried to tear down an unfinished house and attacked villagers on Monday, residents said, in apparent retaliation for authorities |
Afghan rocket attack kills 45 civilians, claims official
A rocket
attack on an Afghan village killed at least 45 civilians, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said on Monday, as leaked documents laid bare the civilian toll of the US-led war. Women |
Philippine protests
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Natives take hostages at Brazil dam site
Brazilian native
Indians on Sunday took 100 workers hostage at the construction site of a hydroelectric plant in the southern Amazon region, local media reported. As many as 400 Indians from sev |
No design to attack any country: Gilani
Pakistan Prime
Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday said that Pakistan is a peace-loving country and does not harbour aggressive designs against any country, reports our Pakistan correspondent. |
Remains of biggest rat discovered
Archaeologists have discovered the remains what they believe of the world's largest rat that scurried on the earth nearly 2,000 years ago. The skeletal remains of the monster rat, which is believed |
Pak: Degrees of 224 legislators genuine, 46 fake
Pakistan High
er Education Commission (HEC) on Monday declared that 224 degrees of the parliamentarians are genuine, 46 are fake and 11 cases of degrees are in the courts, reports our Pakistan corres |
Britain to have elected crime commissioners
Britain on
Monday proposed radica policing reforms, including election of police and crime commissioners from 2012 to re-establish the link be tween the police and the pu blic, reports our correspon |
Is Burma working on N-arms programme?
Burma
is working on a nuclear weapons programme, a media report said, citing expert opinion on leaked photographs. Fears that the country's military junta had joined a clandestine nuke network li |
UK FOREIGN OFFICE TO APPEAL -`Speedy removal of foreigners unlawful'
The British high
court on Monday quashed the home office policy of fast-track deportation of foreign nationals refused permission to remain in the UK, declaring it was unlawful. The home office's |
Cern seeks funds for LHC successor
Scientists behind
the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe don't want to stop there - they want to build an even bigger machine with partners and funds from aro |
Chief jailer guilty of war crimes
Khmer Rouge
UN-backed war
crimes tribunal sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer on Monday to 35 years in prison - the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that destroyed a generati |
`Arctic may be ice-free by 2050'
limate change on
the planet may make the Arctic Ocean ice-free by 2050, a top Russian expert has said. "In 30-40 years, the Arctic may have no ice in the summertime, including the North Pole," direc |
Pak minister survives suicide blast, 8 killed
Eight people were
killed and 30 others injured in a suicide attack near the residence of a Pakistani minister on Monday, the police said. The suicide attacker targeted the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa prov |
Flexible memory device developed
South Kore
an scientists have said they have built a highly durable, flexible memory device that can speed up the development of wearable computers and paper-like display panels. The team led by Lee |
Police questions L'Oreal heiress
The police ques
tioned France's richest woman on Monday about suspected tax evasion and money laundering in a scandal that has shaken the government. L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, 87, was |
SARKOZY PROMISES REVENGE French hostage killed by Qaeda
Paris,
French
President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday that France would avenge the murder of a 78-year-old aid worker who was kidnapped and killed in the Sahara desert by Al Qaeda's North African |
Underground city unearthed in Iran
An
ancient underground city believed to have been used as a shelter during wars by habitants has been discovered in the western Iranian province of Hamedan. The city is located near the village |
EU to adopt new Iran sanctions
The European
Union was set on Monday to formally adopt a package of new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's foreign trade, banking and energy sectors. The move, which was agreed to in |
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Paresh, wife pledge to donate skin
In a rare gesture,
actor Paresh Rawal and his wife Swaroop Sampat have signed up to donate their skin. The couple have taken up the brand ambassadorship for skin donation awareness to help the ca |
SRK, Aamir dine together in London
Bollywood Rukh Khan
superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan seem to have patched up as the two were spotted dining together in London.
The duo were seen flashing hashi's (Japanese chopsticks) F |
UK's oldest couple wed at age 97, 87
It's never too late
to fall in love -a couple in Britain, aged 97 and 87, are said to have scripted history by becoming the oldest to get married. According to the Daily Express, Henry Kerr, who |
Buckingham Palace launches Queen's Year exhibition
THE BUCKINGHAM Palace is highlighting Queen Elizabeth II's hectic work schedule in a special exhibition, called The Queen's Year, during the two monthsummer opening of the British monarch's London res |
Couture Week: Final
Show ends on `golden' note
IT WAS one of the most spectacular finishes as Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla took the stage to make the climax of Delhi Couture Week an affair to remember. Abu-Sandeep were showing in the capital aft |
Nobel laureate Yunus to star in Simpsons
Bangladesh's
microcredit pioneer and Nobel Peace laureate Mohammed Yunus is set to star in a special episode of hit American TV series The Simpsons, his office said on Monday. Yunus's off |
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As Turkey inches eastward, Syrians begin to feel the love
Well-heeled Syrians had already been coming to this ancient industrial city, drawn here by Louis Vuitton purses and storefront signs in Arabic. But local shop owners say Israel's deadly raid on a Turk |
16-point plan for Naga state
Talks began here today between Prime Minister Nehru and a 19-man delegation of Naga Convention on the future political set up of Naga area. The talks were held at the conference room of the externa |
truth to tell Man hides �140k in aunt's grave
IN AN attempt to fool the Inland Revenue, a tax dodger buried �140,000 in his aunt's grave. The cheat had planned to leave the cash in the grave for 20 years the time limit for tax investigations b |
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KEY OMISSION IN MEMO TO DESTROY CIA TERROR TAPES
WASHINGTON: When the CIA sent word in 2005 to destroy scores of videos showing waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, there was an unusual omission in the carefully worded memo: the name |
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Facebook and Twitter can destroy marriage
Being active on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter may increase your social circle but it can also spell disaster for your immediate family. A young working couple in Allahabad arriv |
US military boss to Pak: LeT threat is `growing'
America's top military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, has demanded concerted action to contain the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba militant outfit, which has become "more active" and expanded operations to Afghanistan |
Pawar: Sule not seeking ministership
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said Sunday that his equest to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reduce his portfolios was not ntended either to elevate is NCP colleague Praful Patel to Cabinet r |
Alonso wins, but Ferrari fined
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11th anniversary of Kargil victory
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Session begins today: Opp. on prices warpath
The price rise issue has brought the BJP, Left and regional parties together, but not the Mandalites, on the eve of Parliament's Monsoon Session beginning on Monday. Senior UPA ministers Sharad Paw |
BP's chief executive to step down
BP chief execu tive Tony Hayward is t step down following intens criticism of his handling o the worst oil spill in US his tory, the BBC reported o Sunday. The BBC said a official announcement is t fo |
`Tired' PM skips leaders' meeting
Prime Ministe Manmnohan Singh skippe a meeting of leaders o political parties on Sunday with Speaker Meira Kuma saying that he could no attend it due to "ill-health".
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Modi minister surrenders, jailed
Gujarat's controversial former minister of state for home Amit Shah, a close associate of chief minister Narendra Modi, was finally arrested by the CBI on Sunday for his role in the fake encounter kil |
Jobless Briton stands with placard in rain, gets hired
A jobless
Briton who stood for hours in pouring rain with a placard saying "please give me a job" was surprised when a passing businessman offered him one on the spot. Mark Wheeldon, 23, a reside |
Divorce cases on rise in UK post recession
: With the
global economic recession easing, the number of divorce cases in Britain has shot up as warring husbands and wives can now afford to bear the costs of dividing their property and paying l |
Vuvuzuela part of English lexicon
cacophony may have irritated many, but "vuvuzela", the air horn trumpet that became the loudest and most distinctive symbol of the FIFA World Cup, has now been accepted in the English lexicon. Accordi |
`Iran will react if ships are inspected'
iran will
react swiftly if its commercial shipping or aviation are subjected to inspection, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday. A UN Security Council resolution on June 9 imposed restri |
US, S. Korea begin major naval drill
The United States
and South Korea launched a major naval exercise involving a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan despite North Korea's threats of nuclear retaliation. The war |
Brit gives fiancee ring of shin bone
Love
knows no bound. A British man gave his fiancee a bit of his leg literally and she agreed to give him her hand in marriage in return. Yes, 25-year-old Mike Perrett, who lost his right leg in |
Shell out $30K for Obama's b'day bash
to attend Barack Obama's birthday bash in Chicago? Just shell out $300,00 and you can party with the US President. Real-estate mogul Neil Bluhm is planning to throw a private party for Mr Obama, wh |
Putin promises bright life to deported spies
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin, a former KGB sleuth himself has promised "bright life" to 10 Russian spies exchanged with the US, including "hot spy" Anna Chapman, and even sang patriotic songs with |
Ali Zafar was abducted by `Laden fan' in Lahore
PAKISTANI SINGERACTOR Ali Zafar, who has made it big with his debut film Tere Bin Laden, was kidnapped in his hometown of Lahore two years ago by persons who might have been members of the militant gr |
Couture Week: Day 5
High on fashion, dry on stars
DAY FIVE OF the Pearls Infrastructure Delhi Couture week was high on fashion and dry on Bollywood without a single representation from the film industry. There was no star presence even in Suneet V |
Reclusive nuns sign record deal
London: An order of Benedictine nuns, who live a reclusive life, has signed a major record deal with the label behind controversial singer Lady Gaga. Unlike Gaga's outrageous stage performances and bi |
ON PAK'S MIND: TERROR OPERATIONS, NOT TALKS
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BY MAKING an utter mockery of talks in Islamabad, while keeping the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Boundary (IB) hot with ceasefire violations and terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir ( |
Having tea with a terrorist
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NAIROBI, KENYA: I KNOW the "spiritual leader of the Somali militant group Al Shabab who exhorted his followers to attack East African targets days before bombers killed nearly 80 people watching the W |
High level talks on Kerala issue
New Delhi: The Kerala situation was discussed at high-level in the capital today.
For over 40 minutes this evening the Prime Minister conferred with the Union Home Minister, Mr Pant and the Finance |
Software brings history to `life'
TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS the superimposition of a historic photo on an up-todate snap of the same scene.
But this new pic must be clicked from the same spot and the same zoom level or else the combined im |
Users will not pay for Twitter
A NEW study has revealed that Internet users would not like to pay for online services like Twitter. The study of the Internet on Americans by the Centre for the Digital Future found that 49 per ce |
3 suspected Qaeda men held in Iraq
Authori
ties have arrested three suspected senior leaders of Al Qaeda's front group in Iraq, including its self-styled minister of defence, a spokesman said on Sunday. Also among the group detaine |
Unborn baby's kick saves mom
You may
call it a miracle - a baby saved his mother's life before he was even born just by kicking in the womb only to alert doctors of a tumour inside. Mother-to-be 26-year-old Claire feared she |
US `preferred Megrahi release'
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ed States told Scotland it was "far preferable" to free the Lockerbie bomber than have him transferred to a Libyan jail, leaked documents showed Sunday, amid renewed US criticism of the rele |
Jewels of Duchess of Windsor
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Italy PM `funds' daughter job?
Silvio
Berlusconi's scandal-prone life has touched off yet another controversy, this time because of his daughter. Barbara, the Italian Premier's eldest daughter by his second marriage, was recen |
German music fest toll is 19
to 19 on Sunday and the police said that 342 had been injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German festival billed as the world's lar |
Saudi clerics: OK to shed veil in France
Two Saudi clerics
have declared Muslim women are exempt from wearing full veils in France, which is planning to ban them, but added they should avoid visiting it as tourists. The comments, by I |
UK royals post photos on Flickr
The aid on
The Buckingham Palace said on Sunday it has launched an account with online photo management site Flickr. The British Monarchy website Flickr account streams both up-to-theminute image |
1857 Uprising
British hero's medals auctioned for �228K
The Raj nostalgia
is selling strongly in Britain as medals awarded to a British hero for bravery during the 1857 Uprising, or the first war for Indian Independence, sold for �228,000. |
Burqa row: Tory MP warned of legal action
The controversy
over wearing veil or burqa in Britain deepened as Conservative MP Philip Hollobone has been threatened with legal action if he implements his decision not to meet Muslim women wearin |
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10 killed at music fest in Germany
At least 10 people
were killed and 10 seriously injured after overcrowding at an entrance gate sparked a stampede at a "Love Parade" music festival in Germany on Saturday, the police said. --Re |
Gadkari looks for LS berth for 2014
BJP president
Nitin Gadkari is set to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Maharashtra as he is not in the mood to enter national politics through the Rajya Sabha. Eight Lok Sabha seats in Mahara |
KIND ATTENTION: HON'BLE MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS
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Pak trawler, laden with fuel, rations, is seized
A Pakistani vessel
Masha Allah, was found eight nautical miles inside Indian waters by the Indian Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon. The Masha Allah had left Port Qasim (close to Karachi) in P |
fake encounter
Modi mantri resigns, still on the run
Gujarat's abscond
ing minister of state for home, Mr Amit Shah, who has been chargesheeted for murder in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter killing by the CBI, on Saturday resigned from the Narendra Modi |
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Gangster pride leads to jail fight, Salem cut up
Jailed gangster
Abu Salem was the victim of a spoon attack by a fel. low inmate, Mustafa Dossa, on Saturday that left him with facial injuries. The police claimed the attack was the result |
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Vaz to Cameron: Dazzle India with Koh-i-Noor
: Indian-origin P Keith Vaz, has
Labour MP Keith Vaz, has asked British Prime w Minister David Cameron to 1 discuss the issue of the o Koh-i-Noor diamond with r India during the |
Pak man held before wedding in Britain
It didn't
turn out to be a dream wedding for a 32-year-old Pakistani man and his Czech bride as they were arrested moments ahead of what the police called a "sham wedding". Abdul Majid from Pakis |
Mexico: 38 bodies found in mass graves
Authorities found the remains of at least 38 people in a series of pits and scattered on the ground at a suspected drug-gang dumping site near the industrial hub of Monterrey in northern Mexico, a |
`Iran to build N-fusion reactor'
TO DISCUSS FUEL SWAP WITH BRAZIL, TURKEY TODAY
A top
Iranian official said on Saturday that Tehran was conducting studies into building an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, which if successful would be the first such plant in the world. "S |
UK grocery shop sans shopkeeper?
No shop
keeper to man it. Yet, a grocery store in Britain opens round the clock and sell household goods to the residents without fearing theft. The village shop in Draughton, North Yorkshire, is |
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Chelsea wedding leaves some feeling left out
So, just what does
it take to score an invitation o the hottest -not to menion most secretive -politi al wedding of the summer?
More than a cross-country ide on a private jet, appar ntly. "I'm g |
Wilders' anti-Islam party to enter govt talks
Netherlands
Anti-Islam legisla
or Geert Wilders emerged n Saturday as a possible member of the next Dutch overnment after the cenrist Christian Democrats greed to informal talks with Mr Wilders and the free m |
McChrystal ends service with regret, a laugh
General Stanley A.
McChrystal retired on Friday with the full pageantry of a 17-gun salute, an Army marching band and an emotional send-off from the secretary of defence, but with his own acknowledg |
7 Indians trying to enter UK caught
Seven
Indian citizens have been prevented from sneaking into the country after British officers found them in France hiding aboard a lorry-load of steel bound for Llanelli in Wales. The men were |
Couture Week
Net-a-couture dazzles Day 4
WHERE THERE is Anamika Khanna, there is oodles of pizzazz. And she proved it yet again during her couture show at the ongoing Delhi Couture Week. Her look is global. Her designs are quirky |
Solar drone lands after 14 days aloft
An ultra-light
unmanned aircraft powered by solar energy and designed for military surveillance landed after being aloft for two weeks, setting the record for the longest unmanned flight, its manu |
Supermodel airbrushed to look size zero
Crystal Renn, the
world's most successful plus-sized model has spoken up against airbrushing after she was digitally reduced from a size 10 to a size zero for a new ad campaign. The 24-year-old w |
Zsa Zsa is critical after heart attack
Hollywood icon
Zsa Zsa Gabor is in critical condition after she suffered a heart attack post her hip replacement surgery earlier this week. The 93-old actress broke her hip on Saturday after fa |
Superman Reeves had gay affair?
Christopherr
Reeves, the Superman star considered one of Hollywood's foremost family men, had a passionate affair with gay porn star Cal Culver, claims a new book. Both Reeves and Culver have lon |
