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Panaji, Dec 31 (ANI): The Goa Government today decided to scrap all the 12 Special Economic Zones (SEZs), and recommended the de-notification of the three zones to the Union Commerce Ministry. Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat told reporters that this decision was taken after a lot of deliberations. He said the ... Read more...

Thimpu, Dec 31 (ANI): Parliamentary elections were held for the first time in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Monday. The voting, which was held in all the 15 districts of the Kingdom, will choose 15 members of the 25-member National Council or the upper house of Parliament. The voting for ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): India's external debt for the quarter ending September stood at 190.5 billion dollars (Rs.757, 967 crore), which is 9.9 billion dollars (5.5 per cent) more than over the previous quarter. The Union Finance Ministry stated that out of the increased amount, 5 billion dollars alone has ... Read more...

Kathmandu, Dec 31 (ANI): Four Maoist ministers were sworn-in here today, almost three months after they parted ways from the Nepal Government. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the four ministers at the State Hall in Singha Durbar, reported the Nepalnews. The Maoist ministers -- ... Read more...

Coimbatore, Dec 31 (ANI): In an effort to protect the fragile eco-diversity and the animal chain, the Coimbatore Zoo organised a programme to save frogs, an endangered species from extinction. Children and adults played the "leap-like-a-frog" game to draw attention to conservation efforts that would avert the disaster. The Coimbatore Zoo organized ... Read more...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Wagah, Dec 31 (ANI): Passengers have heaved a sigh of relief with the resumption of the Samjhauta Express that plies between Attari in India to Lahore in Pakistan. The train services were resumed on Sunday after it was temporarily suspended in the wake of unrest in Pakistan following ... Read more...

Islamabad, Dec 31 (ANI): With both the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) making it clear that they do want postponement in the schedule of the January 8 polls in the wake of the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): The Centre today announced appointment of four new Chief Justices of Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh High Courts by President Pratibha Patil. Justice Kalavamkodath Sivasankara Panicker Radhakrishnan, a judge of the Kerala High Court will be the new Chief Justice of the Jammu ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): The Centre on Monday extended the term of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry, which is probing into the destruction of the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, by another two months. The Commission has now been asked to submit its ... Read more...

Hyderabad, Dec 31 (ANI): In an unique gesture President Pratibha Patill will be visiting the Missile Complex of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Hyderabad on Tuesday, and will be spending few hours of the New Year day with top scientists. The year 2008 will be celebrated as Golden ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Former Defence Minister and convenor of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), George Fernandes in his New Year message has announced the revival of 'The OtherSide' journal, a decade after its publication was stopped. Fernandes, who is also the chairman of the Editorial Board of the journal, ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): The Central Government has agreed to extend the ceasefire with the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), a militant outfit operating in Assam, by another six months "Suspension of Operations (SOO) agreement between the security forces and the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), a militant outfit operating in Assam, ... Read more...

By Sandeep Datta New Delhi, Dec.31 (ANI): Though known for its rich natural resources like iron ore and thick forests, Bastar region in Chattisgarh has invariably remained deprived of development and benefits from various government schemes due to Naxalite campaigns. Hopefully, the situation is going to change, if one goes by ... Read more...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Pul Kanzri, December 31 (ANI): People living in areas along India-Pakistan border have expressed concern over the unrest in Pakistan in the wake of assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Residents of border villages, especially the farmers, who have their cultivable land close to the international border ... Read more...

Hyderabad, Dec 31 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said that India is keen to help Pakistan to restore normalcy there if the latter asks New Delhi for any assistance. Jaiswals statement comes in the wake of ensuing violence in Pakistan after the assassination of former ... Read more...

By Jethmal Sharma Bikaner (Rajasthan), Dec 31 (ANI): Bikaner is playing a perfect host to tourists for the New Year celebrations as the desert city, located 320 kilometres from Jaipur, is bustling with party hoppers. Bikaner (Rajasthan), Dec 31 (ANI): Bikaner is playing a perfect host to tourists for the New ... Read more...

By Jethmal Sharma Bikaner (Rajasthan), Dec 31 (ANI): Bikaner is playing a perfect host to tourists for the New Year celebrations as the desert city, located 320 kilometres from Jaipur, is bustling with party hoppers. The number of domestic tourists is very high as compared to their international counterparts who have ... Read more...

Srinagar, Dec 31 (ANI): Lack of snowfall in Srinagar has dampened the spirits of tourists and residents alike who expected to celebrate the New Year amidst heavy snow, a usual occurrence in the state around this time. Despite the onset of the most severe 40-day period of winter, known as the ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today. Dr. Singh promised Dhumal of all possible support from the Centre to make the state economically strong. Dr Singh has assured me regarding setting up of a central high school and ... Read more...

Washington, Dec 31 (ANI): Actress Uma Thurman says that her years of efforts to kick the butt have finally borne fruit. The Paycheck star said that it was due to this habit that she could not get roles in movies, as it would leave her out of breath and she couldnt ... Read more...

London, Dec 31(ANI): Binge drinking during the festive season has raised fresh concerns among government officials, who claim it is damaging the culture of Scotland. Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill hit out on the countrys damaging bevy culture, saying that it had become Scotland's "national sport". "Scotland has a huge cultural problem ... Read more...

London, Dec 31 (ANI): Led Zeppelin will be the headline act at the Bonnaroo festival in the US next year. The festival will run from June 12 to 15 in Tennessee. A source has revealed that the band is also planning to hit the road and tour. This is the news that will ... Read more...

Washington, Dec 31 (ANI): Will Smith starrer I am Legend ruled the international box office during the last weekend of 2007, grossing 46.1 million dollars in 25 markets. The film captured the British box office with a 21.8 million dollars opening, taking over approximately half of the business of the ... Read more...

Sydney, Dec.31 (ANI): Members of the Indian cricket team are likely to seek the services of a sports psychologist to counter the aggressive play of the Australians in the Sydney Test, which begins on January 2. The tourists last night conceded Australia were "one-nil up in the mind games", but have ... Read more...

By Smita Prakash New Delhi, Dec.31 (ANI): All of nineteen, the new heir Bilawal, sporting Armani glasses, quivering lips, Oxford accent intact....one more sacrificial lamb from the Bhutto stables. The new BB, christened barely three days after his stunningly beautiful mother was assassinated by a suicide squad, faced the media ... Read more...

London, Dec 31 (ANI): It looks like Paris Hilton is going to have quite a New Year, after making at least 2 million dollars just from hosting bashes. Since her Halloween party in Vegas, for which she received a 500,000 pounds pay cheque, the Simple Life star has reportedly passed the ... Read more...

Sydney , Dec 31 (ANI): Timbaland has ended 2007 with his song Shock Value being the top selling song during the years last week in Australia . The song has sold 23,563 units, including 661 downloads, so far. It has even left behind the likes of Eagles, who came in second ... Read more...

Melbourne, Dec 31 (ANI): Customers at strip club in Texas will have to carry extra 5 dollars when they go to the place next time, for a new law intended to tax strip clubs has been introduced. The surcharge, which is supported by women's rights campaigners, is intended to aid sex-crime ... Read more...

Washington, Dec 31 (ANI): A hypoallergenic cat called Ashera GD has topped science journal Wired News New Organism of 2007 list. The cat created by Lifestyle Pets has been genetically engineered to be hypoallergenic, and costs around 27,000 dollars. Second in the list is an E. coli that produces butanol fuel, ... Read more...

London, Dec 31 (ANI): Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus claims that recently leaked photographs, which show her messing around in a hotel room with a female friend, are entirely innocent. Leaked on the internet, the pictures show the 15-year-old actress rolling around on a hotel room floor and sharing a sweet ... Read more...

London, Dec 31 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney and his ex-wife Heather Mills had a big row on Boxing Day after he was said to have brought their daughter home an hour late. The fight between the two is said to have started after 65-year-old Paul supposedly failed to drop off four-year-old ... Read more...

Dubai, Dec.31 (ANI): Indian and Pakistani labourers working in the United Arab Emirates are using their weekends to watch some of their favourite Bollywood movies. A majority of these labourers enjoy these Indian film blockbusters on the wide screen for free. For the past five weeks, the Millionaire Movie Nights have been ... Read more...

Sydney, Dec 31 (ANI): An alarmingly high number of young motorists in New South Wales in Australia have admitted to taking drugs before getting behind the wheels, says a report. The survey, conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), revealed that almost 40 per cent confessed to taking ... Read more...

Guwahati, Dec 31 (ANI): Three ultras belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed and another injured in an encounter with security forces in the Dibru-Saikhowa Reserve Forest area. The deceased ultras were believed to be fresh recruits who had returned recently from Myanmar to carry out a ... Read more...

Guwahati, Dec 31 (ANI): Three ultras belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed and another injured in an encounter with security forces in the Dibru-Saikhowa Reserve Forest area. The deceased ultras were believed to be fresh recruits who had returned recently from Myanmar to carry out a ... Read more...

Guwahati, Dec 31 (ANI): Three ultras belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed and another injured in an encounter with security forces in the Dibru-Saikhowa Reserve Forest area. The deceased ultras were believed to be fresh recruits who had returned recently from Myanmar to carry out a ... Read more...

Lahore, Dec 30 (ANI): President Pervez Musharrafs spokesman, Major General (retired) Rashid Qureshi has dismissed an e-mail from the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to a CNN staffer, saying that Musharraf would be responsible if anything happened to her. Qureshi said, Its a ridiculous statement which doesnt deserve comment. Wolf Blitzer ... Read more...

New York, Dec 31 (ANI): Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown is all set to walk down the aisle again with her husband Stephen Belafonte in April 2008 in Los Angeles. The 32-year-old singer had left her family and friends shocked when she slipped off to Las Vegas to marry Belafonte in ... Read more...

New York, Dec 31 (ANI): Ex Playboy model Cindy Margolis has revealed that she was so desperate to start a family that she began a 14-day, round-the-clock sex marathon on her honeymoon. The 42-year-old model writes in her new book Having a BabyWhen the Old-Fashioned Way Isnt Working that she ... Read more...

London, Dec 31 (ANI): English R&B singer Craig David has been exposed to having begged a glamour model for a date on Myspace, and when the pretty lady gave in, he is said to have spent the whole night worshipping himself. The lady spilling the beans is Taylor Ray Lewis, who ... Read more...