6 get jail for forcing minors to marry in Pak
A court here has sent six persons to jail for forcibly trying to marry two minor girls under "Sawara", a child marriage custom prevalent in tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.The custom is li |
Attack on US aid group in Pak, 6 killed
Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of an international aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding se |
US official sorry for remark on Gaddafi
A senior US state department official said on Tuesday he's sorry for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that prompted Libya to threaten diplomatic retaliation unless he apol |
MI5 ex-chief: US misled allies over detainees
The United States intelligence agencies had deliberately concealed mistreatment of terrorist suspects from Britain, according to former MI5 director-general Eliza Manningham-Buller.
"The American |
sex abuse Don't single out Church, says Vatican
The Vatican said on Tuesday it was wrong to focus blame for child abuse on the Catholic Church and denied accusations it had sought to cover up paedophilia by its clergymen around Europe. Vatican |
`Dead' calf of elephant born alive
An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb.The Asian elephant mother delivered the |
China boatmen asked to bare all to attract tourists
: In a bid to attract more tourists along the picturesque Three Gorges in central China, a local communist party official has asked the boat haulers to turn nude, a system followed thousands of ye |
Convict ex-MP bends law
: Bihar's muscleflexing former MP and ruling JD(U) leader Anand Mohan, serving a life sentence for murdering a district magistrate, threw the law of the land to the wind by attending a feast and |
Firms line up for IIM-A grads
All the students n the post-graduate programme in management PGP) of IIM, Ahmedabad, have found jobs in 110 diferent firms in India and abroad. IIM-A had introduced a cohort-based placement pr |
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Yadavs find maths not strong enough
JD(U) president Sharad Yadav's proposed move to bring a no-confidence against the government failed to fructify as both, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Samajwadi Party supremo |
Mamata meets Sonia on bill
UPA chairperMarch 10: UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi called Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee for a meeting at her 10, Janpath residence on Wednesday evening to discuss t |
Women's Bill in LS mid-March
A day after the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the government has decided to bring it in the Lok Sabha on March 15 or 16 for consideration and passage.Law minister M. |
Egypt's top cleric dies of heart attack
Sunni Islam's top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, state media said.Tant |
Malaysia: 4 Indians die in shop fire
Four Indian nationals working in a saree shop in Malaysia's southern Johor state were burnt to death in a fire early on Wednesday morning.The workers died when fire broke out in the textile shop at |
237 in fray for Peace Nobel
A record 237 candidates are in the running for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Institute said on Wednesday, with Chinese dissidents and the founders of the Internet known to be on the list."The |
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`A.Q. network offered nuke bomb to Saddam'
An agent linked to disgraced Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan had offered Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1990 that they could build an atomic bomb for him in three years under a $150 million "nucle |
Man hits three kids with hammer in Malay school
Three children were seriously injured on Wednesday when a man wearing a crash helmet rushed into a school and hit them on their heads with a hammer.The six-year old students of Sinario Kindergard |
China picks women first time for space
: China plans to launch its third unmanned mission to the moon in 2013, even as it selected two women astronauts for the first time to take part in its future space lab.The third unmanned probe t |
Pink Floyd sues EMI for royalties
Legendary rockers Pink Floyd have launched a legal battle to stop their songs being sold individually on iTunes and other Internet music sites.The band wants to exercise creative control and are |
Brit milkman threw away �1m sketches
A milkman, who threw in a bin 10 sketches by painter L.S. Lowry now estimated to be worth �1million, says that his children could paint better.Ben Timperley, 72, was given the 10 drawings about 50 |
High alert in Tibet on 51st Uprising Day
: The police armed with machine guns guarded intersections and demanded to see ID cards at checkpoints on Wednesday amid stepped up security in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as the region marked two se |
Want coffee break? 11 am is right time
If you are among those who desperately need a midmorning coffee break, then go for it at 11 am, as scientists claim a formula they have devised proves that "elevenses" is the best time to drink your b |
Aussie archaeologists uncover 40,000-year-old site
AUSTRALIAN archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the world's southernmost site of early human life, a 40,000year-old tribal meeting ground, an Aboriginal leader said on Wednesday.< |
Future of transport? Online Electric Vehicle unveiled
Korean scientists have unveiled what they claim is the "future of urban transport" -Online Electric Vehicle.A team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has invented the O |
Stressed men prefer dissimilar mates?
If you thought the mating business was already a jungle, where the pitfalls are looks, social rank, purchasing power, verbal skills and even subconscious smells, get ready to be dismayed for it is |
Ex-guards: Jacko was a womaniser
King of Pop Michael Jackson was a ladies man and a womaniser, according to his three security guards, Mike Garcia, Bill Whitfield and Javon `BJ' Beard.The late pop legend was dogged by rumours |
Papaya can help prevent cancer too
Rich in vitamins, folate, fibre and potassium, the papaya is often called a "nutritional masterpiece". Now scientists claim to have found evidence that the humble fruit can prevent cancer too.An |
Law bars Suu Kyi from polls
Burma's military rulers have barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and may force her own political party to expel her under a new election law unveiled on Wed |
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Ahmadinejad attacks US on Kabul visit
Iran's outspoken President on Wednesday accused the US of playing a double game in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapping visits to the country."We do not see th |
Delhi court gives bail to Sajjan
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, chargesheeted with others for alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots, on Wednesday appeared before a Delhi court which granted him bail. Former outer Delhi MP was granted |
Nirupama to visit Pak this month
Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao will visit Pakistan later in March, Pakistani officials said. Her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir had visited India in February for secretary-level talks. Ms Rao |
Fat may be our 6th taste
AN AUSTRALIAN study has revealed that humans have a sixth taste by which they can detect fat. Using a series of taste-testing experiments, researchers from Deakin University have found that humans can |
9 in 10 Britons sleep-deprived
A NEW study has revealed that nine in 10 Britons do not get enough sleep and that millions are risking their health by depriving themselves of much needed rest. The study found that the average Briton |
Husain surrenders Indian passport
Painter M.F. Husain, who was recently granted Qatari citizenship, has surrendered his Indian passport to the country's mission in Doha, Gulf Times said on Monday. |
1 dead, 11 hurt in Mumbai stampede
A 22-year-old police aspirant was killed and 11 others injured in a stampede that broke out during a police recruitment drive at the Kalina grounds here on Monday. |
PREHISTORIC BEHAVIOUR STALLS HISTORIC BILL
The Congress' promise of making International Women's Day a historic occasion by passing the landmark Women's Reservation Bill hit a roadblock amidst unruly scenes, repeated adjournments and vehem |
5 nuke energy parks soon in coastal states
India proposes to establish five nuclear "energy parks" in its coastal states and is in talks with the United States, France and Russia for technical collaboration, the chairman of India's Atomic |
THE OSCARS - War drama sweeps, Bigelow makes history
Hollywood finally entrusted a female director with an Oscar on Sunday. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in the 82-year history of the Academy Awards to take the prize as her gritty Iraq war mo |
If not now, then later appears to be strategy
After failing to get the Women's Reservation Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, the government appears to have decided on a "go-slow" strategy on the issue. Many in the corridors of power attri |
Gates, on Afghan visit, warns tough war ahead
US defence secretary Robert Gates flew into Kabul on Monday on an unannounced visit, warning of "hard fighting" still ahead despite signs of progress in the eight-year war against Taliban insurgents |
Oz: No more arrests in Indian toddler death
A day after the arrest of an Indian suspected in the death of toddler Gurshan Singh Channa, the Australian police on Monday said no further arrest was made in the high-profile case.After the |
Pak: Qaeda spokesman not under arrest
Pakistani security agents denied on Monday that an American Al Qaeda spokesman wanted in the United States for treason had been arrested, saying there had been confusion over the identity of a detaine |
`RAW tried to undermine Lankan Prez'
India's external intelligence agency tried to undermine Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse at polls in January and wanted him defeated, a minister said in an interview published on Monday. |
Pak Taliban denies top leaders' death
A Pakistani militant group has denied claims of killing of Taliban commanders Ziaur Rehman and Maulvi Faqeer Mohammed, reports our Pakistan correspondent.
The leader of Tanzeem Jaish-e-Islami in Ba |
PIO leaders' cars set on fire
Two cars belonging to senior Indianorigin leaders of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS), were set on fire by two unidentified men, media reports said on Monday. A Hyundai and a Mercedez Benz, belon |
Security law for Thaksin protests
: Thailand's government said on Monday it plans to invoke a harsh security act allowing the military to deal with mass rallies this weekend by supporters of fugitive former Premier Thaksin Shinawa |
meanwhile - Q&A: MARINA MAHATHIR - `The Quran is fair to women, but it has been selectively interpre
MARINA MAHATHIR, social activist and daughter of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, helped found an NGO called "Sisters in Islam", which advocates women's rights within the framework of |
Sarkozy urges end to nuclear apartheid
Calling for an end to nuclear apartheid in the realm of civil nuclear energy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in an hard-hitting speech, called for poor countries -wanting to use nuclear energy |
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Iraq polls - Maliki emerges as frontrunner
: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Shia leader who helped ease Iraq's deadly sectarian conflict, emerged on Monday as a frontrunner after an election seen as a test of the nation's young democr |
N. Korea: Set to `blow up' South
SEOUL North Korea's Army said on Monday it is ready to "blow up" South Korea and the US, hours after the allies kicked off annual military drills that Pyongyang has slammed as a rehearsal for attack.< |
MI5 papers show UK feared Nazi `spyclists'
: British intelligence agencies suspected in 1937 that members of the Hitler Youth, who were touring Britain on cycles, were spying for the Nazi Germany.The Hitler Youth, led by Hartmann Lauter |
13 killed in suicide blast in Lahore
A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a building where the police interrogates high value terrorist suspects, killing 13 people and injuring about 80 others. The bla |
Delhi & 3 top metros put on IM terror alert
The Centre on Monday sounded an alert in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru warning of possible terror attacks in these metropolises following the sustained interrogation of suspected Indian M |
Anwar loses final bid over sacking
Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has lost his final court battle to declare as unlawful his dramatic sacking in 1998, his lawyer said on Monday.Mr Anwar was sacked from his p |
Malik: Taliban is behind suicide attack
Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that the suicide attack on Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) at a building in Lahore was carried out by the remnants of Taliban militants.Tal |
200 dead in Nigeria religious violence
Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people including a 4-day-old infant, residents said, less than two months after sectarian violence in the volatile region left more than 300 dea |
Failed Oz actor duped Nazi spy
Failed Australian actor Meyrick Clifton James duped a Nazi spy into thinking he was top British General Bernard Montgomery Montyduring the World War II, de-classified documents released by British s |
Strong quake in Turkey kills 57
A strong earthquake killed 57 villagers in a remote part of eastern Turkey before dawn on Monday, officials said, and aftershocks continued for hours after while rescuers searched for trapped surviv |
Women-only taxis hit busy Cairo streets
A waxed rag in hand, Inas Hamam gives her car a good buff as she awaits her first clients of the day, Egyptian women, tired of sexual harassment, who prefer a female taxi driver.Following in the tr |
3 plunge to death in Scotland
Three people plunged to their deaths from a high-rise block of flats in Scotland, the police said, in what neighbours believed was a triple suicide by asylum seekers to avoid deportation.The bodi |
Iris Murdoch's secret affair with student out
Dame Iris Murdoch is best known for her novels about morality and sexual relationships.
Now 11 years after her death, a new book has revealed a secret affair between the Irish-born British au |
Abuse case: Pope kin to testify
: The brother of Pope Benedict XVI has told a newspaper he is willing to testify in the sex scandal rocking Germany's Catholic Church, even though he says he knows nothing about the alleged abuse of b |
focus - Gender equality makes good economics too, finds UNDP
THE CASE FOR gender equality has been traditionally pitched as a human rights or a social justice argument. A new report by the United Nations Development Programme argues that gender equality is |
DECCAN CHRONICLE 50 YEARS AGO - Morarji justifies tax proposals
The finance minister, Mr Morarji Desai, justified today his taxation proposals and deficit financing and asked people to judge development plans and economic policies as a whole and not from the p |
spotlight - Israel-Palestinian indirect talks last chance?
Israel-Palestinian indirect talks last chance? US-mediated indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian will be a last chance to keep the West Asia peace process alive, the Palestinian chief nego |
Australia Indian held for toddler killing
A 23-year-old part-time Indian taxi driver, who kept a three-year-old Indian boy unconscious in the boot of his car and drove around for three hours before dumping him in a field, was arrested on Sund |
Delhi cops get custody of IM man for 8 days
Suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Salman Ahmad alias Chotu, 21, arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Nagar on Friday, was brought to New Delhi on Sunday and produced in the chief metropolitan m |
Abbas gets nod for Israel talks
Breaking the deadlock in peace talks, Palestinian administration's top decision-making body has authorised President Mahmoud Abbas to begin indirect negotiation with Israel under US mediation.The e |
Swiss vote on lawyers for abused animals
Already boasting laws to protect goldfish from being flushed down the toilet and to guarantee companions for lonely animals, Switzerland on Sunday voted on whether abused animals deserve lawyers. |
`German choir abuse predates Pope brother'
March 7: The Vatican said on Saturday that two cases of sexual abuse linked to a renowned cathedral choir in Germany did not coincide with the thirty-year period it was run by Pope Benedict's brothe |
Canada: Sikh charged with killing father
: A Sikh man who beat his father to death in December 2009 in the family home in Calgary city was charged with homicide. The police said Ranjit Rana Singh, 30, faces second-degree murder charges in |
Pak legislators refuse body scan in D.C.
: A six-member Pakistani parliamentary delegation comprising members of from the conservative tribal areas returned from the United States airport after refusing to be body scanned at the Washingt |
Pakistan seeks Interpol help to find British boy
: Pakistan on Sunday contacted the secretary-general of Interpol Ronald K. Noble to help find a Pakistan-origin five-year old British boy who was kidnapped from Pakistan's Jehlum city last week, repor |
Brown faces criticism over Afghan visit
British Prime Minister Gordon brown is facing severe criticism for his surprise visit to Afghanistan after testifying before the Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraq war, reports our special correspondent. M |
New twist in Indian-origin driver's death
: The prime suspect in the murder of Indian-origin taxi-driver Hiren Mohini was a kitchen worker at an Auckland casino, a workmate has claimed.Jack at Sky City said he had worked with the suspe |
Missing teacher from S. Africa found in India
A good samaritan from Delhi ended the concerns of a worried family of a South African teacher of Indianorigin, who had gone missing in India in February.Shaun Gounden, 34, set out from his Joha |
US: Gayatri Mantra read at Catholic rally
In a remarkable interfaith gesture, fifth annual Catholic Diocesan Youth Rally held at Reno in Nevada, involving Catholic teenagers from various parts of Nevada, heard from area Muslim-Hindu-Buddh |
`When to shut up' training for cabbies
London black cab drivers may undergo training on when to leave the passengers with some peace and quiet.Authorities were said to be mulling additional lessons for new recruits, including ones based |
Women's bill set to make history today
With the numbers in the Rajya Sabha decisively tilted in favour of the Women's Reservation Bill, which is hanging fire for nearly a decade and a half now, India is all set to create history by movin |
focus - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY SPECIAL - HONOUR KILLING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A GIRL BEFRIENDS boys. What could be more normal and ordinary? Yet for doing just that a Turkish teenager was reportedly buried alive by her father and grandfather. This recent piece of news has been |
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JAYA PRADA WE TALK of liberation of women, reservation for women and prominence to women. But even now, women continues to struggle in a male dominated patriarchal form of society. Look around and y |
Indonesia - `Hobbit' challenges evolutionary theory
Hunched over a picnic table in a limestone cave, the Indonesian researcher gingerly fingers the bones of a giant rat for clues to the origins of a tiny human. This world turned upside down may once ha |
Female Marines set to reach Afghan women
The Marines in a recent "cultural awareness" class scribbled careful notes as the instructor coached them on do's and don'ts when talking to villagers in Afghanistan: Don't start by firing off questio |
Rao pushes for political solution
India on Sunday assured Sri Lanka of its support to the process of resettlement and rehabilitation of Tamil civilians displaced due to the war and pushed for a political solution to the decades- |
Fonseka threatens to go on fast
Sri Lanka's former Army Chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has threatened to go on a hungerstrike to protest against his detention, his wife said on Sunday.Mr Fonseka will beg |
JD-U split, may not issue a whip
With many party MPs hinting they would support the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the Janata Dal (United) has called a meeting of its parliamentarians on Monday morning to formulate |
Iraqis defy violence to vote as bombs kill 24
Iraqis defied waves of bomb, mortar and rocket attacks that killed 24 people to turn out Sunday in huge numbers to vote in elections seen as a test of the war-shattered state's fragile democracy.Lo |
Ex-spouses battle it out today
The 82nd Academy Awards will see a battle of the exes with James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster Avatar and his former-wife Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama Hurt Locker fighting it out for top hono |
Will Razzie be Bullock lucky charm?
SANDRA BULLOCK warmed up for the Academy Awards with a stop at the Razzies to collect a dubious honour: A worst-actress prize for her romantic comedy flop All About Steve. Bullock swung by the Raz |
Metamorphosis is the norm on Day 3
DAY 3 of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer-Resort 2010 kicked off to an "inspired" start on Sunday.
Amalraj Sengupta was up first, showcasing his collection inspired by the movie Transformers.Sl |
1st ever Miss India Nepal pageant
: Vatsala Sharma has emerged the winner of the first ever Miss India Worldwide Nepal Pageant 2010.The Nepalis Council had organised the event in Kathmandu on Saturday, to promote peace and friend |
Missing Panchen Lama living in Tibet: China
A young boy who disappeared after being appointed as second highest Tibetan Buddhist religious leader by the Dalai Lama is living with his family somewhere in Tibet, a top Chinese official said on |
Bonhams to auction Cromwell letters March 23
: Letters signed by English revolutionary leader Oliver Cromwell are among an archive of important Civil War and other historical documents to be auctioned here later in March.The Bonhams' sale o |
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IPL defers auction, relaxes bid clauses
The overweening ambition of Mr Lalit Modi to further ratchet up the astronomical valuations of the Indian Premier League resulted in a hasty retreat on Sunday, without the sealed tenders even being op |
India rejects Pak claim on Hafiz Saeed
India on Sunday expressed "surprise" over the reported statement by Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that New Delhi had not demanded the arrest of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed during the Februa |
Pak to try MPs, judges who validate coups
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Parliament is expected to approve an amendment in the Constitution soon to try parliamentarians and the judges who validate military coups.A constitutional reforms committee |
US enriches companies defying its Iran policy
The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to foreign and multinational American companies while they were doing bus |
Indians in Oz laud cops after toddler case arrest
Indian community leaders in Australia applauded the Victorian police for resolving the killing of the three-year-old Indian toddler after an Indian taxi driver was on Sunday arrested and charged f |
Two tiger cubs found dead in Ranthambhore
The forest authorities in Rajasthan have said that two tigers cubs were found dead near the famous Ranthambhore National Park. "It seems to be a case of poisoning. We have ordered a probe," said chief |
Maoists for Mahasweta, Arundhati as mediators
The Maoists, who have in the recent past declared that they are ready to hold peace talks with the government, have now floated three names who they are ready to accept as mediators in the proposed di |
OBCs might go to court; battle in LS
While the Women's Reservation Bill might sail through the Rajya Sabha, whose composition will not be affected by it, the government might face problems once it is placed before the Lok t Sabha, give |
Easier for undergrads to go abroad
Undergraduates going for obs abroad may not require emigration checks if a proposal of the ministry of overseas Indian affairs goes hrough. The ministry has mooted the proposal as part of its new Em |
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Passport case hearing today
Rahul Mahajan will be in Delhi on Monday for a hearing regarding the release of his passport in a local court. He is facing trial in a drug abuse case and had moved a Delhi court for the release of hi |
Rathore sets terms for narco-analysis
Former Haryana DGP S.P.S. Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika case, said he is ready to undergo a narco-test if the victim's family and the eyewitness also take it. |
Dieselisation of railways
The minister of railways, Mr Jagjivan Ram, told the Lok Sabha today that with the three steel plants going into production and the shortage of highgrade coal in the country, the railways would h |
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GENDER PLAYS no role in the life of a law-enforcing agent. The law takes precedence over all matters and being equal in all respects means women police officers should match their male counterpart |
truth to tell - Woman steals granny's fling
KEELIE ROBERTS, 22, left her 73-year-old grandma in a shock when she had a fling with her other half. Keelie now plans walk down the aisle with the 63-year-old fella.The affair began when Margaret |
meanwhile - In new economy, all's not fair for women
WHETHER WINNING contracts at work or eliciting winsome smiles at home, women are natural multitaskers and strong individuals who can put superheroes to shame. However, presentday young working w |
Einstein's manuscript on display
: The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity, which helps explain everything from black holes to the Big Bang, went on display on Sunday in its entirety for t |
Internet-order `Viagra' contains bird droppings?
Health experts have warned online shoppers to beware of Internet-order medicines some of which have been found to contain everything from arsenic to bird droppings.Fake medicines, such as those c |
Tibet faces heat of global warming
The ecological balance of Tibet plateau has become fragile with glacial shrinkage, reduced snow fall and land desertification, a phenomena that can affect the water flow in the Indian rivers.Home |
Egyptian queen got bread, beer at funeral
Atranslation of the hieroglyphics engraved on white stone in the tomb of a 4,000year-old Egyptian queen has suggested that she was offered a loaf of bread and a jug of beer during her funeral.
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Prez Pak PM, differ on FM pick
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani have different candidates for the vacant finance minister's slot, official sources said, reports our Pakistan correspondent. |
Gates concerned over Blackwater in Afghan
US defence secretary Robert r Gates is concerned about i possible misconduct in t Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and i has promised to review the issue, the Pent |
Briton first to sell house on Twitter
ABritish man is said to have become the first person to sell his house on social networking site Twitter.Peter Bouvier, 33, revealed that he got so fedup waiting for buyers that he ditched his |
Oz: Parents view kid's body 1st time
The parents of a three-year-old Indian boy, who died under mysterious circumstances here, for the first time viewed the body of the toddler, two days after it was found in a suburban area. |
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Bal attacks Maha gov on migrants
Having launched salvos against Sachin Tendulkar and Mukesh Ambani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has now targeted Maharashtra governor K. Sankarnarayanan for his suggestion that Mumbai's population |
AI to honour women high-flyers bottomline
Air India has lined up a team of female pilots and cabin crew, engineers and flight dispatchers for several international and domestic flights, including the non-stop service from Mumbai to New York |
IM man held in UP town
A suspected terrorist belonging to the Indian Mujahideen outfit was arrested from Siddhartanagar on Friday by the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad.According to ADG Brijlal, Salman, alias Chhotu, was wanted |
India didn't seek Saeed arrest: Pak
India has not demanded the arrest of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and the issue did not even figure in the foreign secretary-level talks in February, foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday.
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Pak court adjourns 26/11 case
: A Pakistani anti-terror court on Saturday adjourned for a week the hearing in the Mumbai attack case against LeT's operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects after recording th |
New chief in Marjah has criminal record
: The man chosen to be the fresh face of good Afghan governance in a town just seized from the Taliban has a violent criminal record in Germany, but Western officials said on Saturday they are not pus |
Cong kills 3 birds with one bill
The Congress has killed three birds with one stone by pushing the controversial Women's Reservation Bill. While it has isolated the Mandalite parties which have checked the Congress in the Hindi belt |
`No school for half of Afghan kids'
: Almost half of school-age children in Afghanistan do not have access to education, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday as he inaugurated the new school year.Despite a seven-fold increase in |
Lanka: UN panel on rights uncalled for
Terming as "unwarranted", the UN's move to set up an expert panel on alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapakse said his nation opposes the proposal."The intention of |
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Campbell chauffeur paid off?
: Miodrag Mejdina, the chauffeur who claimed he was assaulted by Naomi Campbell, was reportedly forced to drop the charges against the supermodel.The driver alleged that Campbell kicked him and the |
`I have dedicated life, work to my parents'
BOLLYWOOD ACTOR Abhishek Bachchan, who was honoured with a Bafta interview on Friday, said he has dedicated his life and work to his parents and gets the maximum satisfaction from getting their approv |
Iraq: Qaeda threatens to kill voters
: Al Qaeda in Iraq on Friday threatened to kill people who vote in the nation's election and imposed a self-declared curfew during polling hours. The Islamic State of Iraq, the Qaeda front in the co |
Pak: Top 3 Taliban men killed in ops
Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said that key Tehrik-e-Taliban leaders Maulvi Faqir Mohammed, Qari Ziaur Rehman and Fateh Mohammed have been killed in airstrikes. |
Ahmadinejad calls 9/11 `big fabrication'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the US war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agen |
Palin scoops free gifts at Oscar suite
Sarah Palin may have not been nominated for an Academy Award, but that did not stop the politicianturned-author from invading the Oscar's gifting suite and walking away with a ton of free goodies. |
Iran bars Karoubi son's UK visit
Iranian authorities prevented a son of prominent Opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi from leaving the country for London and confiscated his passport, Karoubi's website reported on Saturday.The Saham |
`Trivial chats dampen people's state of mind'
: Attention gossip mongers, don't spend so much time on trivial chats as they actually dampen one's state of mind.According to psychologists from the University of Arizona in US, a person's wel |
GenNext dominates Day 2
WITH MUTED shades the norm on day 2 of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2010, the occasional splashes of colour really stood out. Designer Sabah Khan's bright patchwork skirts and shirts had digit |
Won't mind playing Alice: Depp
He may be playing the Mad Hatter in his latest film Alice in Wonderland but Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp would not mind stepping into the shoes of Alice, had his director asked him to do it. The |
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Holbrooke regrets Kabul attack remark
US special envoy on AfPak Richard Holbrooke said he regrets any misunderstanding caused by his remarks on the Kabul attack. "I regret any misunderstanding caused by my comments[.] I did not say Indian |
Mobile firm S Tel asked to stop ops
S Tel, the latest telecom company to enter India, was asked by the gov- ernment on Friday to stop its operations in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand (both considered as one circle) and in Orissa |
focus - A FEW SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO CUT EMISSIONS
HOW DIFFERENT coun- tries should share the cost of cleaning up the earth's envi- ronmental pollution is a question that is currently actively engaging the minds of environment forums across the world. |
DECCAN CHRONICLE 50 YEARS AGO - Dieselisation of railways
The minister of rail- ways, Mr Jagjivan Ram, told the Lok Sabha today that with the three steel plants going into production and the shortage of high- grade coal in the country, the rail- ways would h |
snippets - Frozen veggies `more healthy'
A NEW report has claimed that frozen vegetables can often contain more nutri- ents than fresh ones.Scientists from the Insti- tute of Food Research claimed that produce which is frozen soon after b |
meanwhile - UK granny takes French party scene by storm
THE LATEST party circuit princess to wow the night clubs and festivals of France with her DJ skills is a British granny who took a shine to the decks after going to a birthday disco for her grand- son |
Want better listener? Protect those ears
FOR FOOTBALL fans, the indelible image of last month's Super Bowl might have been quarterback Drew Brees' fourth-quar- ter touchdown pass that put the New Orleans Saints ahead for good. But for audiol |
Genealogical tourism is rage
GENEALOGICAL TOU- RISM is redefining leisure travel market, says a Uni- versity of Illinois travel expert. U. of I. recreation, sport and tourism professor Carla Santos explains: "Genealogical tourism |
Ford to play Indiana Jones again
Hollywood superstar Harrison Ford is getting his whip out again, as he is set to hit the big screen as Indiana Jones.The 67-year-old has revealed that Indiana Jones 5 could be on the cards as he ha |
Driver says charge on Naomi false
Naomi Campbell's driver has apologised for falsely accusing her of assaulting him and the supermodel says she is "pleased".Driver Miodrag Mejdina conveyed through his lawyer that he "got angry and |
quota for women - Cong, BJP issue whips to vote in RS
The Congress and BJP on Friday issued three-line whips to their members to back the Women's Reservation Bill, coming up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, while the Marxists have assured the government the |
No need to panic on food situation: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in Parliament on Friday that there's no need to "panic on the food situation front" because there are adequate food stocks.Dr Singh also told the Lok Sabha that h |
Gujarat riots - Phone records of top cops given to SC
While urging the Supreme Court to remove all the three Gujarat police officials from the special investigating team probing the major post-Godhra riot cases, the NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJ |
bottomline - The Trunk of Jewels: A last Agatha Christie case
: A treasure of ewels and gold coins, which most likely belong to English crime writer Agatha Christie, have been discovered in a battered old runk bought for �100 at an auction.A Christie fan, Jen |
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Cops see homicide case
The body of a three-year-old Indian boy was found dumped by a roadside in Melbourne, Australia, triggering shock and outrage in India. New Delhi termed it a "most unfortunate incident" as Canberra lau |
60 lakh truckers threaten to strike
: Some 60 lakh truck drivers have threat- ened to go on strike across the country from April 5 to demand a rollback of the diesel price hike.Any such strike by truck- ers is likely to hit the suppl |
Ashcroft row reduces Tory lead
: Britain is likely facing a hung Parliament as the Conservative party had the lead of just two points in 60 key marginal seats over the ruling Labour party and the controversy over the domicile statu |
`Ice cover till equator 716.5m years ago'
Confirming the theory that ice may have covered the entire earth in ancient time, geolo- gists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago.Based on an analysis |
Chile Prez: Rebuilding to take 3 yrs
Chile's President says it will take three years to rebuild the region wrecked by an earthquake and tsuna- mi, something all too clear to the people cleaning up this splintered tourist town.Dichato |
NY imam guilty of lying in Zazi case
A New York cleric, who tipped off Al Qaeda- trained militant Najibullah Zazi as he plotted to bomb the city's subways in 2009, has pleaded guilty to lying to US federal agents about his contacts with |
US: 9/11 accused may face military trial
White House advisers are nearing a rec- ommendation for President Barack Obama to choose a military trial for self-pro- fessed September 11, 2001 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four of h |
Oz: Indian community shocked at toddler's death
Members of the Indian community have expressed shock over the death of three-year-old tod- dler who went missing from his house here.Expressing shock, Primus chief Ravi Bhatia said, "The killing of |
Man opens fire near Pentagon, 2 cops hurt
A man pulled a gun from his pocket and opened fire outside the Pen- tagon's metro entrance on Thursday, injuring two police officers before he was shot and seriously wounded, officials said.News re |
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`Barack is struggling to kick the butt'
US First Lady Michelle Obama has admitted for the first time that her hubby Presi- dent Barack Obama is liter- ally struggling to quit smoking amid the rigours of the presidency.However, the First |
JFK secret love letters sell for $1,15,000
Love letters and telegrams written by former US President John F.
Kennedy to his Swedish lover in the 1950s were sold by an auction house here on Friday for over $115,000.An anonymous West Coast |
Kid dies as parents nurse online baby
Acouple hooked to the Inter- net in South Korea raised an online child but let their own baby daughter starve to death, a media report said.The couple in South Korea was hooked to an online game wh |
Lifetime award for UK Indian Army filmmaker
Ninety-year-old Yavar Ali Abbas, who start- ed out as a cameraman with the Indian Army before the partition, received lifetime achievement award on Thursday night in London for his critically-acclaime |
Passenger ship trapped in Baltic Sea ice rescued
: A passenger ferry with nearly 1,000 people on board returned safely to the Stock- holm harbour early on Fri- day after having broken free from heavy pack ice that had trapped it for hours in the Bal |
House votes mass killing as genocide
Turkey said on Friday it would push on with efforts to nor- malise ties with Armenia despite a US congressional panel vote labelling as ge- nocide the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 191 |
John Paul II sainthood - Doubts over miracle, delay likely
The canonisation of Pope John Paul II may be delayed after reports that a French nun has had a relapse of Parkinson's disease, which was believed to have been cured due to the Pope's intervention.T |
Abuse claims surface against leading choir in Germany
A sexual abuse scandal rocking Ger- many's Catholic Church widened on Friday to include a thousand-year-old boys' choir led for three decades by Pope Benedict XVI's brother.The Regensburg Diocese s |
FBI: Cyber terrorism is a real and growing threat
Terrorists, crooks and nation states are ramping up cyber-assaults that are eat- ing away at data, cash and security in the United States, the head of the FBI warned. "The risks are right at our doors |
Permits to hunt nilgai in HP
The Himachal Pradesh government has allowed the shooting of blue bulls (nilgai) following complaints by farmers that the animals were destroying their crops. A notification to this effect was issued o |
MAOIST AIM IS 2050: PILLAI - Largest haul of bomb chemicals in West Bengal
: Chemicals like sulphur and ammonium nitrate, which are also used to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs), were found stocked in gunny bags near Sirsi vil- lage in Kotwali, in West Bengal' |
`Ex-Army, paras may be helping Naxals'
On a day when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government is ready to talk to any sepa- ratist group that abjures vio- lence unconditionally and agrees to abide by the con- stitutional process, |
Hamas killing: Someone close leaked plan
Someone close to slain Hamas military commander Mah- moud al-Mabhouh could have leaked information about his travel plans to the hit squad that assassinated him at a hotel here, the police chief of Du |
Taiwan quake
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`ISI knows where Osama is hiding'
: The Pakistani intelligence agency ISI knows the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden but is keeping his location a secret and wants to use the Al Qaeda chief as leverage over the US as it is wary of Ameri |
UK: 3 more held in terror fundraising
London, March 4: The police in Britain has arrest- ed three men in Slough, Berkshire, for alleged fundraising for terrorist activities. The arrests come after a 30-year-old British Airways employee wa |
Pak: 30 Taliban, soldier die in airstrike, clashes
: Pakistani security forces on Thursday killed 30 Taliban militants in the law- less tribal areas, officials said.According to the security officials, the extremists attacked Marjan-1 check post in |
`Military ops no solution to terrorism'
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that military operation is no solution to terrorism and the extremism."The military operation is no solution to terrorism and extremism, |
NDA split on women quota bill
The BJP-led NDA is divided on the Women's Reservation Bill with the Janata Dal (U) and the Shiv Sena opposing it in its present form. The gov- ernment has decided to take up the bill in the Rajya Sabh |
65 DIE IN U.P. ASHRAM STAMPEDE
Sixty-five people were killed and over 200 seriously injured in a stam- pede at the Mangadh Ashram in Kunda, in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, on Thursday. Sources, however, said the death toll |
Pak ex-officer is US policy puzzle
With his white turban, untrimmed beard and worn Army jacket, the man known uniformly here by his nom de guerre, Col.
Imam, is a particular Pakistani enigma.A United States-trained former colonel |
Sonia praises Pranab balance
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday praised finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for his deft handling of the Union Budget while asking party MPs to counter the Opposition's "propaganda" on it. S |
Benazir assassination - Pak tracks ex-Army links in case
Pakistani investigators are searching for four retired military officials who were allegedly involved in the assassina- tion of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, official sources said. This is the |
Extra-small condoms for 12-yr-olds
: Switzerland has probably become the first country in the world to sell extra-small condoms for boys as young as 12 years, though the official age of consent in the land-locked nation is 16.Called |
Hurt Locker stole story: US soldier
AUS Army sergeant who is suing the makers of Oscar- nominated film The Hurt Locker said on Wednesday he felt betrayed because they stole his story.Master Sergeant Jeffrey S.
Sarver, 38, has file |
Oscar drops Cohen as presenter
In another controversy surrounding this year's Oscar awards, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has been dropped as a presenter over fears that he may offend Avatar direc- tor James Cameron with his antics.
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4 charged in Sikh murder in Britain
Three teenagers March 4: Three teenagers and a 20-year-old man have been charged with murder of Gurmail Singh, 63-year- old British shopkeeper of Indian origin, during a rob- bery at his shop in Hudde |
Chile keeps shaking, rattling survivors
Frightened by more heavy aftershocks, coastal residents in Chile camped out on hillsides on Thursday, five days after one of the strongest earth- quakes in a century killed more than 800 people.An |
Rules of holy living for women from 1676
"Don't laugh too much", "don't wear sexy, see-through out- fits" and "don't rush into second marriages" are some of the pieces of advice a 400-year-old book offers to women.The advises, though may |
TODAY in HISTORY
Today is Friday March 5, the 64th day of 2010.
There are 301 days left in the year. HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE 1496 King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his son |
Egyptian queen burial chamber found
French archaeologists announced on Wednes- day the discovery outside Cairo of the burial chamber of a mysterious queen from Egypt's Old Kingdom more than 4,000 years ago.The necropolis of Saqqara o |
India-made bracelets recalled in US
Children's bracelets, manufac- tured in India and sold in New York and Chicago stores, are being recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission as the bangles allegedly contain high levels of l |
Germany: Four militants jailed for `2nd 9/11' plot
A German court on Thursday jailed four Islamic militants who dreamed of "mounting a second September 11" for a thwarted plot to attack US diplomats, soldiers and civilians.Sentencing the extremists |
Churchill's grandson dies
Winston Spencer Churchill, a former journalist and member of Parliament and a grandson of Britain's wartime leader, died on Tuesday at his home in London. He was 69.He had been treated for cancer, |
Capt slain in Kashmir gunfight
An Army officer and two militants were killed and three soldiers and a policeman wounded in a renewed gunfight at Dadasar, outside the Kashmiri town of Tral about 40 km south of capital Srinagar, rais |
Cost of food up 17.87%, to rise higher
Food inflation rose marginally to 17.87 per cent for the week ending February 20 due to short supply.On a year-on-year basis, wheat price jumped by 14 per cent, rice by 10 per cent, pulses 35 per c |
Gratuity upper limit Rs 10 lakhs
In a move which is sure to bring smiles to the faces of provate sec- tor employees, the govern- ment on Thursday approved hiking the upper ceiling for payment of gratuity to them from Rs 3.5 lakhs to |
Mullah Omar's son-in-law held
Pakistan forces captured the son-in-law of former Taliban ruler Mullah Mohammed Omar. Motas- im Agha Jan was captured when intelligence agencies conducted raid on a house at Ehsan Abad near Sohrab Got |
Army officer first lady cashiered
The Indian Army's first lady officer to be subjected to a general court martial, Maj. Dimple Singla, has been cashiered (unceremonious dismissal from service) and sentenced to one year in jail after b |
DECCAN CHRONICLE 50 YEARS AGO - New movement in the offing
A new organisation, to be called the "26th Jan- uary movement" will be inaugurated here next week with the main objects of pro- moting socialism and democracy, and the spirit of `Panch Shila' in the c |
truth to tell - For sale: Two bottled ghosts
SPOOKY AS it may sound, but online auction site TradeMe is putting two vials, which apparently contain spirits of ghosts exorcised from a house in New Zealand, up for sale.Entitled "Two Captured Gh |
meanwhile - China's dancing dwarves: Entertaining or exploited?
CHEN MINGJING'S entrepreneurial instincts vaulted him from a peasant up-bringing to undreamed- of wealth, acquired in ven- tures ranging from making electric meters to investing in real estate. But, a |
focus - Naga talks hold promise
IN A FRESHLY renewed effort to make some progress, the government of India held what sounded meaningful sessions of talks with the National Social Council of Nagaland/Nagal- im's Isaac-Muivah group NS |
`Pak won't arrest Saeed over new India dossiers'
: Pakistani authorities have decid- ed not to arrest Jamaat-ud- Dawa chief and 26/11 mas- termind Hafiz Saeed on the basis of new dossiers from India claiming that they do not contain "actionable inte |
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Raid at ex-cricketer house for Sarath kin
Investigators have raided the house of an ex-Sri Lankan cricket cap- tain to arrest Dhanuna Tillakaratne, the son-in-law of former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, who is absconding after an arrest warrant |
Singapore won't revoke chewing gum ban
Singapore said it March 4: Singapore said it will maintain a ban on chewing gum sales, a policy that has helped shape the city-state's international image as a tightly con- trolled, squeaky-clean isla |
Politicians, lobbyists descend on Beijing
With great fanfare and rigid security, China on Wednesday launched its annual exercise in participa- tory democracy, socialist- style: the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congre |
Salman in hospital after fire sequence
Actor Salman Khan, who is shooting for his brother Arbaz Khan's debut production Dabang in Satara district had to be rushed to a hospital during the weekend, after shooting a gruelling sequence which |
Harry Potter leads poll of best books to pass on
HARRY POTTER series by British writer J.K. Rowling is the literature from the noughties that Britons want to pass on to the next gener- ation. The seven-book Harry Potter series topped a poll of books |
Ugly Betty finally gets a makeover
Ugly Betty will be ugly no more as the pro- tagonist of the superhit series will finally get a makeover in its final episodes. Along with her bushy eyebrows and wacky outfits, Betty's braces have beco |
Arabs back indirect Israel, Palestine talks
Arab League foreign ministers on Wednes- day approved an American proposal that Palestinians hold indirect talks with Israelis, a move that could help restart direct discus- sions between the two side |
Abbas, Perez meet April 22 in Rome
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel's President Shimon Perez will meet at the museum housing Rome's ancient Ara Pacis monu- ment next month in what Rome's mayor has described as a |
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NZ youth found guilty in Sikh trader killing
A22-year-old youth has been found guilty by a New Zealand court of murdering a south Auckland-based Sikh businessman in 2008.Anitelea Chan-Kee, who fired the fatal shot at liquor store owner Navtej |
`Asteroid, not Deccan volcanoes, killed dinos'
THE EXTINCTION of dinosaurs at the end of Mesozoic era was caused by an asteroid colliding with earth and not massive vol- canic activity, an interna- tional panel of experts has concluded.The Cret |
Lived 10m years earlier than thought
Dinosaurs lived on earth almost 10 million years earlier than previous- ly thought, a new discovery suggests. An international team has in fact based its conclusion on the discovery of a four-legged a |
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Court no to D.C. gay union law ban
The US Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to block the dis- trict of Columbia's gay mar- riage law, freeing the nation's capital to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the fol- lowing |
Sex diaries of Chinese official posted online
A Chinese official was facing a probe after sex diaries allegedly written by him were posted online, an offi- cial said.The investigation was launched on Monday against Han Feng, an offi- cial from |
`Arthritis' turns out to be bullet
: A war veteran in the UK has dis- covered what he thought was arthritis turned out to be a German bullet which had been lodged in his hip for the last 66 years.Fred Gough, from Darlas- ton, West M |
US to give Pak more bomb kits, drones
US will supply sophisticated laser-guided- bomb kits, 12 American- made surveillance drones and 18 late-model F-16 fighters to boost Pakistani forces capability to strike in remote tribal areas, a dev |
300 feared dead in Uganda landslide
At least 300 people, including dozens of children, were feared dead after heavy rain triggered landslides that swept through villages on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda, officials said on Tuesday. |
All Americans may get to own guns
: The US Supreme Court appeared to be leaning towards granti- ng all Americans the right to own firearms, in the latest landmark case on Tuesday involving gun rights in the country.The justices in |
Obama indulges his sweet tooth
Days after US President Barack Obama was warned during a check- up to avoid high-fat foods because of his elevated cho- lesterol, he asked onlookers to let him get away with a small indulgence."Don |
Kasuri fears Indo-Pak N-war for water
Former Pakistan foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has said that there can be a nuclear war between Pakistan and India on the water issue."Water is the most impor- tant issue between Pakista |
Bangladesh - HC: Death illegal for crime against women
Bangladesh's high court has declared death penalty, the only mode of punishment for killing a woman or a child after rape, as illegal and unconstitutional."Whatever is the nature of crimes, death p |
Rourke will star opposite Freida Pinto
Oscar-nominated Mickey Rourke will play the villain opposite Slumdog Millionaire act- ress Freida Pinto in Greek mythology film War of the Gods. The 25-year-old Indian star plays a Greek priestess in |
`Parisians arrogant, snobbish'
French ways may ered to be polite, be considered to be polite, but a new survey says that Parisians are "snobbish" and "arrogant".In the poll, more than 70 per cent of those questioned thought Pari |
Police seeks Naomi for hitting driver
The police said y they wanted on Tuesday they wanted supermodel Naomi Camp- bell for questioning in con- nection with an assault on her chauffeur as they drove through New York.The police said Camp |
I can never hate India, says Husain
Renowned painter M.F.
Husain, who has accepted Qatar nationality, feels that the attack against him by right wing outfits in India that forced him into exile for 12 years was targeted at art and se |
Oscars ban producer of Hurt Locker
Nicolas Chartier, one of the four nominated producers of film Hurt Locker, has been barred by the Academy from attending the Oscar awards gala on March 7.The executive committee of Academy of Motio |
Kansas will rename city as Google
Acity in Kansas seeking to be a test hub for a high-speed broadband network being built by Google has tem- porarily changed its name to... Google.Topeka mayor William Bunten issued a proclama- tion |
women's quota - 2 Yadavs warn of `yudh' over bill
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday threatened that there would be a "yudh (war)" if the government went ahead with the Women's Re |
PM and Advani spar in LS
The Lok Sabha witnessed some sparring between PM Manmohan Singh and NDA working chairman L.K. Advani on Wednesday during the debate on the motion of thanks on the President's address.The PM repeate |
Surat bomber held in UK 17 yrs later
The UK Metropolitan Police has arrested a terrorist wanted in India for 17 years over his role in the Surat bomb blast of 1993.The extradition unit of the Metropolitan Police on February 16 arreste |
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bottomline - Sotheby's to auction rare Tipu sword, cannon in April
A rare sword and bronze cannon are among ipu Sultan's weapons and rtefacts being auctioned in ondon next month. The ipu Sultan Collection will e auctioned at Sotheby's uring its bi-annual Arts of he I |
3 suicide bombings rock Iraq, 33 killed
Three powerful coordinated suicide attacks in the central Iraq city of Baqouba killed at least 33 people and wounded 55 on Wednesday, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections.The police |
Free land, arms & petrol help buy Iraqi votes
BAGHDAD The Arabic word that has delivered land, money, weapons, clothes and numerous other perks for Iraqis in the run-up to Sunday's parliamentary election is "rashwa." The English word is bribe. |
Palin turns into a comic on Tonight
Former Republican vice-presidential nomi- nee Sarah Palin turned into a standup comic on Jay Leno's Tonight Show, drop- ping one-liners about the White House, Congress and Tina Fey, the Saturday Night |
`Iran court upholds death for 20-yr-old'
: An Iranian appeals court has con- firmed a death sentence handed down to a 20-year- old student over anti-gov- ernment riots late Decem- ber, several Opposition websites reported on Wednesday.Moh |
Hyderabad - DEATH DIVE AT AIR SHOW
The awe of a scintillating aerobatics dis- play at the start of the India Aviation-2010 air show on Wednesday turned to shock after a naval plane lost con- trol and crashed into a two- storey resident |
Hawking to leave Cambridge?
After 50 years, eminent physicist Stephen Hawking is plan- ning to leave Cambridge University over the British government's cuts in sci- ence, a media report said.The author of bestselling A Brief |
`Pretty women make men reckless'
If you think that young men take more risks around attractive women just to impress them, think again, for a new study has claimed that the pres- ence of beautiful females elevates male's testosterone |
Marriage is bliss at just under 3 years?
Want to the know the peak span of wedding bliss? Well, mar- ried couples are at their hap- piest two years, 11 months and eight days after walking down the aisle, a new study has revealed.Researche |
Lankan held for keeping father in chains
A 66-year-old deranged man was kept in chains and confined to his house for year and a half by his son in north-western Sri Lanka.The shocking incident came to light when the police raided the hous |
Pak Taliban hit school, music event
Taliban militants blew up a boys' school and assailants threw grenades into a music event, killing a student, in separate incidents in north and southwest Pakistan, officials said on Wednes- day.Th |
BA worker arrested for terror funding
The British police said on Wednesday they had arrested an employee at a British Airways call cen- tre in northern England on suspicion of raising funds for terrorism.The 30-year-old man was arreste |
Two Muslim women barred from travelling
The Manchester Airport barred two Muslim women from boarding their flight after they refused to go through full body scan- ners installed at the airport, reports our London corre- spondent.The two |
Pravin dies of multiple organ failure
Pravin Mahajan, serving life imprisonment for killing his brother, BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, died due to multiple-organ failure on Tuesday after suf- fering from a prolonged ill- ness.Pravin, who |
Major injured in Kabul attack dies
An Army major, who was injured in the terror strike in Kabul, died at a hospital here on Wednesday, taking to seven the number of Indians killed in the attack.Major Nitesh Roy of the Army Education |
Fonseka to be tried in military court
Former Sri Lankan Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, who has been arrested on conspiracy charges, will face a court martial, the military has announced and said that over 25 people have already given evidence |
Protests rock Indonesia
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Caste discrimination may be in UK bill
Britain is actively considering adding a caste- based discrimination clause in the Equality Bill, which is currently being debated in Parliament.Caste discrimination is widespread in Britain and it |
Former Labour leader Michael Foot, 96, dies
Former Labour leader Michael Foot, who was an Indophile and a friend of former defence minister V.K. Krishna Menon, died in London on Wednesday. He was 96.Foot, who had been unwell for a while now |
In Kabul, LeT hunted for Indians by name
Four Lashkar-e-Tayyaba gunmen, who stormed into the Kabul guesthouses packed with Indian offi- cials, came clad in burqas to hide their strapped explo- sives and appeared to have detailed knowledge, i |
AI to rescue Kavi crew, will fly them to Oscars
Air India has come to the rescue of cast and crew members of Oscar-nominated short film Kavi, who had no money to buy tickets to fly to Los Angeles for the award func- tion, by providing them complime |
